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  • Frameworks for Water Law Reform

    by Sarah Hendry ...
    Series series International Hydrology Series
    The world is currently experiencing unprecedented global change, with population increase, urbanisation, climate change and environmental degradation combining to make management of freshwater resources a critical policy focus of the twenty-first century. This timely book designs and develops an original, analytical framework for water law reform processes, using case studies across four ... Read more

    €37.39

  • In the Common Defense

    National Security Law for Perilous Times

    by James E. Baker ...
    The United States faces the realistic and indefinite threat of terrorist attack with nuclear weapons. Whether the United States is successful in preventing such an attack will depend on whether we effectively wield the instruments of security. It will also depend on whether we effectively manage national security processes and apply the law in a manner that both enhances security and upholds our ... Read more

    €31.79

  • The Veiled Sceptre

    Reserve Powers of Heads of State in Westminster Systems

    by Anne Twomey ...
    Series Book 20 - Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
    This book is a comprehensive review and analysis of the reserve powers and their exercise by heads of state in countries that have Westminster systems. It addresses the powers of the Queen in the United Kingdom, those of her vice-regal representatives, and those of heads of state in the less studied realms and former colonies that are now republics. Drawing on a vast range of previously ... Read more

    €35.49

  • The Regulation of the Legal Profession in Ireland

    by Maeve Hosier ...
    'The Regulation of the Legal Profession in Ireland' is a new and insightful exploration of history, controversy and reform relating to the Irish legal system. During recent legislative debate over a professional reform bill, Alan Shatter--then the Minister of Justice in Ireland--publicly called this study, in its earlier form as a PhD dissertation, "marvellous" and stated that it "should be ... Read more

    €9.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Hitler's American Model

    The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law

    by James Q. Whitman ...
    How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi GermanyNazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In Hitler's American Model, James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece ... Read more

    €25.59

  • Contested Territories and International Law

    A Comparative Study of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the Aland Islands Precedent

    by Kamal Makili-Aliyev ...
    This book considers the possibilities for resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the context of comparative international law. The armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh has been on the peace and security agenda since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This volume draws parallels with a similar situation between Sweden and Finland over ... Read more

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  • Transitional Justice in Italy and the Crimes of Fascism and Nazism

    by Paolo Caroli ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Legal History
    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of the Italian experience of transitional justice examining how the crimes of Fascism and World War II have been dealt with from a comparative perspective.Applying an interdisciplinary and comparative methodology, the book offers a detailed reconstruction of the prosecution of the crimes of Fascism and the Italian Social Republic as well as crimes ... Read more

    €53.98

  • Media Law in the United Arab Emirates

    by Matt J. Duffy ...
    Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this analysis of media law in the United Arab Emirates surveys the massively altered and enlarged legal landscape traditionally encompassed in laws pertaining to freedom of expression and regulation of communications. Everywhere, a shift from mass media to mass self-communication has put enormous pressure on traditional ... Read more

    €56.29

  • Embryonic Stem Cells and the Law

    Crafting A Humane System of Regulation

    by Joshua Weiser ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book deals with the research and use of embryonic stem cells to combat a number of diseases and the legal limitations, arising mostly from bioethical concerns regarding human life. Using the New Haven problem and policy-oriented method of jurisprudence, the author thoroughly explains the scientific and technological parameters and promise of this medical innovation and its alternatives as ... Read more

    €179.99

  • The Public Policy Exception in the Judicial Review of International Commercial Arbitral Awards

    Lessons from and for China

    by Shu Zhang ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book systematically examines how the Chinese arbitration law system responds to the application of the public policy exception in the judicial review of international arbitral awards. The discussion is based on a general understanding of the legal concept of public policy in international arbitration practice and the understanding developed in Chinese arbitration law and judicial practice. In ... Read more

    €149.99

  • Sovereignty in China’s Perspective

    by Yonghong Yang ...
    Series Book 118 - Schriften zum internationalen und zum oeffentlichen Recht
    This book explores China’s perspective on sovereignty. The concept of sovereignty is universal, however, the understanding of it varies in different states and due to cultural backgrounds, history or the composition of ethnic groups. In order to comprehend China’s current perspective on sovereignty, the author connects Chinese historical ideas with the current international society. She locates ... Read more

    €73.50

  • Korruptionsbekaempfung und das Bestechungsstrafrechtssystem

    Eine kriminal- und strafrechtswissenschaftliche Studie unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung des deutschen und tuerkischen Strafrechts

    by Botschaft der Republik Türkei, Semih Yumak ...
    Series Book 15 - Deutsches, europaeisches und internationales Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht
    Den strafrechtlichen Kern der Korruption bilden die klassischen Bestechungsdelikte. Um Korruption durch das Strafrechtsinstrumentarium angemessen bekämpfen zu können, ist ein gerechtes, klar und deutlich strukturiertes Bestechungsstrafrechtssystem nötig. Zu diesem Zweck sind die Bestechungsstraftaten vom Gesetzgeber allgemeinverständlich und gerecht zu konzipieren. Die vorliegende Publikation – ... Read more

    €120.15

  • Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities

    National and International Perspectives

    by Arie Rimmerman ...
    Series series Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
    Social inclusion is often used interchangeably with the terms social cohesion, social integration and social participation, positioning social exclusion as the opposite. The latter is a contested term that refers to a wide range of phenomena and processes related to poverty and deprivation, but it is also used in relation to marginalised people and places. This book consists of two parts: the ... Read more

    €34.59

  • Code de la santé publique

    Livre I : Produits pharmaceutiquesPartie législative - Cinquième partie : Produits de santé. - (droit français)

    by Various ...
    Découvrez le Code de la santé publique Livre Ier, une référence incontournable pour les professionnels du droit spécialisés dans le domaine des produits pharmaceutiques. Cette œuvre magistrale, qui se concentre sur la Partie législative - Cinquième partie : Produits de santé, offre une compilation exhaustive des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels. Conçu pour répondre aux besoins ... Read more

    €19.99

  • Fates of Political Liberalism in the British Post-Colony

    The Politics of the Legal Complex

    Edited by Terence C. Halliday, Lucien Karpik, Malcolm M. Feeley ...
    What explains divergences in political liberalism among new nations that shared the same colonial heritage? This book assembles exciting original essays on former colonies of the British Empire in South Asia, Africa and Southeast Asia that gained independence after World War II. The interdisciplinary country specialists reveal how inherent contradictions within British colonial rule were resolved ... Read more

    €47.69

  • The Cambridge Handbook of International and Comparative Trademark Law

    Edited by Irene Calboli, Jane C. Ginsburg ...
    Series series Cambridge Law Handbooks
    Trade in goods and services has historically resisted territorial confinement, but trademark protection remains territorial, albeit within an increasingly important framework of multilateral treaties. Trademark law therefore demands that practitioners, policy-makers and academics understand principles of international and comparative law. This handbook assists in that endeavour, with chapters ... Read more

    €33.69

  • The EU Comitology System in Theory and Practice

    Keeping an Eye on the Commission?

    by Jens Blom-Hansen ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    EU law consists of several thousand acts of which the overwhelming majority are made by the Commission. The Commission is controlled by comitology, a system of committees of member state representatives that are consulted when new acts are proposed. This book looks at why the system was created, how it functions and how it has evolved. ... Read more

    €49.99

  • Legal Responses to Vacant Houses

    An International Comparison

    by Narufumi Kadomatsu, James J. Kelly Jr., Romain Melot, Arne Pilniok ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book presents an international comparison of legal responses to the issue of vacant housing in Japan, the USA, France and Germany. While vacant housing is a shared problem in these four countries, the origin and context of the problem, as well as the focus of legal responses, differ considerably. Presenting the outcomes of an international symposium, this book explores different legal ... Read more

    €59.99

  • Religious Freedom and the Law

    Emerging Contexts for Freedom for and from Religion

    Edited by Brett G. Scharffs, Asher Maoz, Ashley Isaacson Woolley ...
    Series series ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
    This volume presents a timely analysis of some of the current controversies relating to freedom for religion and freedom from religion that have dominated headlines worldwide. The collection trains the lens closely on select issues and contexts to provide detailed snapshots of the ways in which freedom for and from religion are conceptualized, protected, neglected, and negotiated in diverse ... Read more

    €51.68

  • The Law of Intervening Causation

    by Douglas Hodgson ...
    Utilizing a comparative examination of case-law from England, Canada, the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, this volume provides a comprehensive and systematic study of the law of intervening causation (novus actus interveniens) to present an analysis of this particular judicial limitation of liability device. The work provides a structure from which to formulate core general legal ... Read more

    €63.17

  • Religious Literacy, Law and History

    Perspectives on European Pluralist Societies

    Edited by Alberto Melloni, Francesca Cadeddu ...
    Series series ICLARS Series on Law and Religion
    The book profiles some of the macro and micro factors that have impact on European religious literacy. It seeks to understand religious illiteracy and its effects on the social and political milieu through the framing of the historical, institutional, religious, social, juridical and educational conditions within which it arises. Divided into four parts, in the first one, One literacy, more ... Read more

    €51.68

  • Litigating the Politics of Human Rights

    Contemporary U.S. Culture Wars on Trial

    by Sonja C. Grover ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The cases analysed involve litigation concerning a disparate range of contemporary US culture wars including equity in access to public services unrestricted by religious bias, resistance to the teaching of historical facts relating to racial tensions in America including the so-called ‘critical race theory’ debate, the right of schoolchildren to exposure concerning a diversity of views, current ... Read more

    €119.99

  • Ne bis in idem and Multiple Sanctioning Systems

    A Case Law Study of the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU

    by Javier Ignacio Escobar Veas ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The aim of the book is to resolve the question of whether multiple sanctioning systems are contrary to the ne bis in idem under the regulation provided by Protocol 7 to the ECHR and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The first part is a comparative study regarding the lawfulness of multiple sanctioning systems under the ne bis in idem, studying the evolution and the current state of the case ... Read more

    €119.99

  • Stability and Legitimate Expectations in International Energy Investments

    by Dr Rahmi Kopar ...
    Series series Global Energy Law and Policy
    This book assesses stability guarantees through the lens of the legitimate expectations principle to offer a new perspective on the stability concept in international energy investments. The analysis of the interaction between the concepts of stability and legitimate expectations reveals that there are now more opportunities for energy investors to argue their cases before arbitral tribunals.The ... Read more

    €54.89