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  • Human Germline Genome Modification and the Right to Science

    A Comparative Study of National Laws and Policies

    Edited by Andrea Boggio, Cesare P. R. Romano, Jessica Almqvist ...
    The advent of the CRISPR/Cas9 class of genome editing tools is transforming not just science and medicine, but also law. When the genome of germline cells is modified, the modifications could be inherited, with far-reaching effects in time and scale. Legal systems are struggling with keeping up with the CRISPR revolution and both lawyers and scientists are often confused about existing regulations ... Read more

    $358.99 HKD

  • Policing in Hong Kong

    by Kam C. Wong ...
    This book is one of the first to document the challenges and opportunities facing the Hong Kong police force following the reversion of political authority from the UK to China in 1997. Thematically organized and oriented towards those issues of greatest concern to the public, such as police accountability, assaults on police, police deployment, surveillance powers, and policing across borders, it ... Read more

    $570.63 HKD

  • China's National Security

    Endangering Hong Kong's Rule of Law?

    Edited by Associate Professor Cora Chan, Professor Fiona de Londras ...
    All states are challenged by the need to protect national security while maintaining the rule of law, but the issue is particularly complex in the China–Hong Kong context.This timely and important book explores how China conceives of its national security and the position of Hong Kong. It considers the risks of introducing national security legislation in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong's sources of ... Read more

    $385.99 HKD

  • A Financial Centre for Two Empires

    Hong Kong's Corporate, Securities and Tax Laws in its Transition from Britain to China

    by David C. Donald, Jiangyu Wang, Jefferson P. VanderWolk ...
    Series series International Corporate Law and Financial Market Regulation
    This is a case study of legal transplant, economic development, cultural adaptation and political integration. Hong Kong's journey from British entrepôt to China's international financial centre is one of the most interesting legal stories of our time. But Hong Kong's future is even more interesting: will this region with British-origin institutions survive full integration into China and become ... Read more

    $1,019.29 HKD

  • Interpreting Discrimination Law Creatively

    Statutory Discrimination Law in the UK, Canada and Australia

    by Dr Alice Taylor ...
    This book explores the judiciary's role in achieving substantive equality utilising statutory discrimination law. The normative literature suggests that to eliminate discrimination, courts have to adopt a more substantive interpretation of discrimination laws, but the extent to which this has occurred is variable.The book tackles the problem by exploring the idea that there needs to be a 'creative ... Read more

    $373.29 HKD

  • Human Rights and their Limits

    by Wiktor Osiatyński ...
    Human Rights and their Limits shows that the concept of human rights has developed in waves: each call for rights served the purpose of social groups that tried to stop further proliferation of rights once their own goals were reached. While defending the universality of human rights as norms of behavior, Osiatyński admits that the philosophy on human rights does not need to be universal. Instead ... Read more

    $371.89 HKD

  • Corporate Governance in Asia

    A Comparative Approach

    Edited by Bruce Aronson, Joongi Kim ...
    Corporate governance in Asia continues to attract global interest due to its critical importance to the world's fastest-growing region. The study of governance systems remains complicated by Asia's mix of legal traditions, market systems and social history. This comprehensive textbook provides a comparative overview of the corporate governance framework, theory and practice in major Asian ... Read more

    $410.29 HKD

  • The Trial

    A History from Socrates to O. J. Simpson

    by Sadakat Kadri ...
    In an extraordinary history of the criminal trial, Sadakat Kadri shows with wit, legal insight and a travel writer’s eye for detail, how the irrationality of the past lives on in the legal systems of the present. A bold and brilliant debut from a prize-winning writer.‘The Trial’ spans a vast distance in time, opening in the dread silence of the Egyptian Hall of the Dead and ending with the ... Read more

    $87.59 HKD

  • The Future of the Law of the Sea

    Bridging Gaps Between National, Individual and Common Interests

    Edited by Gemma Andreone ...
    This book is open access under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.It explores the diverse phenomena which are challenging the international law of the sea today, using the unique perspective of a simultaneous analysis of the national, individual and common interests at stake. This perspective, which all the contributors bear in mind when treating their own topic, also constitutes a useful element in the ... Read more

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  • Legal Orientalism

    China, the United States, and Modern Law

    by Teemu Ruskola ...
    Since the Cold War ended, China has become a global symbol of disregard for human rights, while the United States has positioned itself as the world’s chief exporter of the rule of law. How did lawlessness become an axiom about Chineseness rather than a fact needing to be verified empirically, and how did the United States assume the mantle of law’s universal appeal? In a series of wide-ranging ... Read more

    $372.99 HKD

  • Sustainability and the Insurance Market

    Trends and Challenges

    Edited by Juan Bataller-Grau, Marcin Kawiński, Pierpaolo Marano ...
    Series Book 10 - AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation
    This open access book focuses on the regulatory framework for the sustainability of the insurance market. It analyzes its potential impact on insurance undertakings governance and product design. The book is structured into three parts. It firstly explores the general framework on the sustainability for the insurance market, focusing on the regulation at the European Union level. Secondly, it ... Read more

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  • The Brussels Effect

    How the European Union Rules the World

    by Anu Bradford ...
    For many observers, the European Union is mired in a deep crisis. Between sluggish growth; political turmoil following a decade of austerity politics; Brexit; and the rise of Asian influence, the EU is seen as a declining power on the world stage. Columbia Law professor Anu Bradford argues the opposite in her important new book The Brussels Effect: the EU remains an influential superpower that ... Read more

    $155.89 HKD

  • Contracting and Contract Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

    Edited by Professor Dr Martin Ebers, Professor Dr Cristina Poncibò, Professor Dr Mimi Zou ...
    This book provides original, diverse, and timely insights into the nature, scope, and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially machine learning and natural language processing, in relation to contracting practices and contract law. The chapters feature unique, critical, and in-depth analysis of a range of topical issues, including how the use of AI in contracting affects key ... Read more

    $379.59 HKD

  • East Asian Perspectives on Political Legitimacy

    Bridging the Empirical-Normative Divide

    Edited by Joseph Chan, Doh Chull Shin, Melissa S. Williams ...
    What makes a government legitimate? Why do people voluntarily comply with laws, even when no one is watching? The idea of political legitimacy captures the fact that people obey when they think governments' actions accord with valid principles. For some, what matters most is the government's performance on security and the economy. For others, only a government that follows democratic principles ... Read more

    $301.39 HKD

  • Hong Kong Competition Law

    Comparative and Theoretical Perspectives

    by Thomas K. Cheng, Kelvin Hiu Fai Kwok ...
    This is the first academic monograph on the new competition law in Hong Kong. It provides an overview of the historical background of the Competition Ordinance, highlighting the debate and the process that led to the adoption of the Ordinance. It offers detailed comparative and theoretical analysis of the key provisions of the Ordinance, focusing on the First Conduct Rule, the Second Conduct Rule, ... Read more

    $243.69 HKD

  • Insurance Distribution Directive

    A Legal Analysis

    Edited by Pierpaolo Marano, Kyriaki Noussia ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This open access volume of the AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation offers the first comprehensive legal and regulatory analysis of the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD). The IDD came into force on 1 October 2018 and regulates the distribution of insurance products in the EU. The book examines the main changes accompanying the IDD and analyses its impact on insurance ... Read more

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  • Aspects of Law Reform

    An Insider's Perspective

    by Jack Straw ...
    Series series The Hamlyn Lectures
    The British justice system is an ancient one that has continually evolved to meet modern needs. In this set of three essays, originally presented as the Hamlyn lectures in 2012, Jack Straw reviews some of the most important recent reforms to the system of British justice and suggests key areas in need of further reform. He focuses in particular on the criminal courts, human rights, judicial ... Read more

    $262.89 HKD

  • International Taxation of Trust Income

    Principles, Planning and Design

    by Mark Brabazon ...
    Series series Cambridge Tax Law Series
    In International Taxation of Trust Income, Mark Brabazon establishes the study of international taxation of trust income as a globally coherent subject. Covering the international tax settings of Australia, New Zealand, the UK, and the US, and their taxation of grantors/settlors, beneficiaries, trusts, and trust distributions, the book identifies a set of principles and corresponding tax settings ... Read more

    $301.39 HKD

  • The Civil Law Tradition

    An Introduction to the Legal Systems of Europe and Latin America, Fourth Edition

    by John Henry Merryman, Rogelio Pérez-Perdomo ...
    Designed for the general reader and students of law, this is a concise history and analysis of the civil law tradition, which is dominant in most of Europe, all of Latin America, and many parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The fourth edition is fully updated to include the latest developments in the field and to correct and update historical details gleaned from newly-published research ... Read more

    $166.69 HKD

  • Introduction to the Smart Court System-of-Systems Engineering Project of China

    by Jianfeng Xu, Fuhui Sun, Qiwei Chen ...
    This book discusses the overall development and use of smart courts from the perspective of system-of-systems engineering (SoSE) and its methodology, analyzes the relationships between the components, structures, environments, and functions of various systems, and illustrates the basic approaches to system design, specification, integration, operation and management. As the general introductory ... Read more

    $1,170.39 HKD

  • Poder público e litigiosidade

    by Hugo de Brito Machado Segundo ...
    A ideia de escrever este livro surgiu em Viena, Áustria. Realizei pesquisa em torno da tributação indireta, em 2012, e, analisando seus resultados, foi possível perceber o que poderia ser uma questão de princípio, talvez extensível a situações diversas: a tensão, no âmbito do direito da União Europeia, entre autonomia e efetividade, e a importância do devido processo legal a conectar o direito ... Read more

    $68.00 HKD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Religion, Law and the Politics of Ethical Diversity

    Conscientious Objection and Contestation of Civil Norms

    Edited by Claude Proeschel, David Koussens, Francesco Piraino ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Religion and Politics
    This book provides a multidisciplinary and comparative look at the contemporary phenomenon of conscientious objection or contestation in the name of religion and examines the key issues that emerge in terms of citizenship and democracy. These are analysed by looking at the different ways of challenging or contesting a legal obligation on the grounds of religious beliefs and convictions.The authors ... Read more

    $468.99 HKD

  • Free Exercise of Religion and the United States Constitution

    The Supreme Court’s Challenge

    by Mark P. Strasser ...
    Series series ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
    The United States is extremely diverse religiously and, not infrequently, individuals sincerely contend that they are unable to act in accord with law as a matter of conscience. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects the free exercise of religion and the United States Supreme Court has issued many decisions exploring the depth and breadth of those protections. This book ... Read more

    $468.99 HKD

  • Redesigning Justice for Plural Societies

    Case Studies of Minority Accommodation from around the Globe

    Edited by Katayoun Alidadi, Marie-Claire Foblets, Dominik Müller ...
    Series series Law and Anthropology
    This volume examines cases of accommodation and recognition of minority practices: cultural, religious, ethnic, linguistic or otherwise, under state law. The collection presents selected situations and experiences from a variety of regions and from different legal traditions around the world in which diverse societal stakeholders and political actors have engaged in processes leading to the ... Read more

    $453.36 HKD