This title was first published in 2000: Robert S. Summers is a distinguished legal theorist whose work has had significant influence in Europe as well as the United States. The study of form and substance in law, the theme of this collection, marks many of his most distinctive contributions to law and legal philosophy over four decades.

This book is a work of outstanding importance for scholars of comparative law and jurisprudence and for lawyers engaged in EC law or other international forms of practice. It reviews, compares and analyses the practice of interpretation in nine countries representing Europe as well as the US and Argentina in common and civil law; it also explores implications for general theories of interpretation and of justification. Its authors, who include Aulis Aarnio, Robert Alexy, Ralf Dreier, Enriq...

They call him the Silent Death, because he kills without sound and leaves none capable of speaking in his wake…When the empire's deadliest fae murderer catches her wielding forbidden magic, twenty-year-old Emelin believes her hour has come. Instead, her inhumanly beautiful captor spares her life, but carries her off on his velvet wings into the one place from which no human ever returns:The heart of the Fae Isles. The treacherous Crimson Court, where the Mo...

Undone, Book 2:I don't trust men. My ex cheated on me with my cousin. In our bed. And Kaden, my boyfriend, well...I think he cheated on me, too. Confidence is a fragile thing, and mine is already shattered. So I flew back to Chicago, putting distance between us before Kaden could hurt me more.I've sworn off men for good, focusing on my work and waiting for the pain to fade. I'm over Kaden. Really, I swear. I don't love him anymore. It's over. Only ...

This is no fairy tale.... Once, I fell in love with a gorgeous boy next door. Years later, he's back - a total hunk, hot as hell, and bad. So bad. Rude. Arrogant. Hard. And I'm dying for a taste.Jarett was our neighbors' adopted son. Handsome, strong, and quiet, he was my protector and my friend. Now he's back, and he's still gorgeous. Tall, dark, and sexy. All man.But he's a bad guy, moving with a dangerous crowd. So why do I keep winding up in his arms? O...

Once I met a boy and gave him my heart. But what if he never gives it back?He's our neighbors' adopted son.He's quiet, brooding, hot.We walk together down the street after school,And we talk.I want him a lot.But he thinks he's bad luck, a bad son,And misunderstandings will tear us apart…** This is a prequel to BAD WOLF—a short Novella ***This is the story of how Gigi and Jarett met.

"There's no taming a fae like the Silent Death..."Emelin has escaped the Crimson Court and saved Creon from the Mother's chains. But her newfound allies bring dangers of their own. Thrown into a world of old feuds and thorny grudges, she needs all her ingenuity to keep the Silent Death safe from his friends-turned-enemies.The political games of the Alliance are the easy part…Haunted by shadows of his past and magic he never wanted to wield, Creon is...

My wedding to Prince Charming is interrupted with accusations that it's a sham.It is, but we both hold tight to the story that we're marrying for love. I don't have to fake it, but I'm not so sure about my husband.As I play the waiting game for him to return home from training camp, I start to find my niche with the wives of his pro football teammates. But our marriage contract is only valid for one year. If it's all just for show, why do I feel a little sa...

Love had cut me in so many ways I wondered if my heart could take any more.But then I saw him. He was my boss. A single father.And to top it off he was insolent.I didn't intend to want him, that wasn't my objective. But somehow I couldn't say no.We shouldn't have worked, but like witchcraft, I was under his spell.My heart's been destroyed before. I'm not sure it can handle heartbreak again.

When the worst-case scenario becomes reality, all the lucky charms in the world can't solve our problems.Just when Luke started to open up, he closes himself off again. When we first met, he assured me he was no prince charming. I'm starting to believe him.And then tragedy strikes.This can go one of two ways: Either he'll lean on me the way a husband should lean on a wife, or he'll push me away. But I've got a little secret of my own, and I have no ...

Nothing makes me work harder than when my future husband tells me, "prove your worth".Luke hired me as his publicist so his pro football team owner will see that he's indispensable to the organization. When a defamatory headline hits newsstands, it's up to me to show the world what a Prince Charming he truly is.My solution? A marriage of convenience. It'll get his boss off his back and quiet the slanderous voices. Luke is adamant that this is nothing more t...

From New York Times & USA Today bestselling author Nicole Blanchard comes More Than Friends, a trio of steamy friends-to-lovers romances filled with forbidden romance, undeniable chemistry, and the delicious tension of crossing the line.Book 1, Friend Zone Best friends Charlie and Liam have always been firmly planted in the friend zone. But when a kiss turns into a temporary living situation, Liam's resolve to keep things platonic shatters as fast ...