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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

    €18.87

  • 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

  • In the Common Defense

    National Security Law for Perilous Times

    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

  • Hitler's American Model

    The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law

    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

    Was €25.59 Now €11.99

  • 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

  • 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

  • Code de la santé publique

    Partie réglementaire - Deuxième partie : Santé de la famille, de la mère et de l'enfant. - Livre I : Protection et promotion de la santé maternelle et infantile (droit français)

    by Various ...
    Découvrez le Code de la santé publique, Partie réglementaire, Deuxième partie, dédiée à la santé de la famille, de la mère et de l'enfant. Ce livre incontournable, Livre Ier, se concentre sur la protection et la promotion de la santé maternelle et infantile, offrant aux professionnels du droit un accès privilégié aux dispositions réglementaires et aux textes officiels essentiels. Plongez dans un ... Read more

    €19.99

  • Geographical Indications for Food Products

    International Legal and Regulatory Perspectives

    Since the first edition of this indispensable volume nearly a decade ago, great changes have taken place in the national and international legal and regulatory frameworks for geographical indications (GIs) systems for food products. Rather than limitation (designed to prevent the use of 'culture' for protectionist purposes), the preponderance now favours recognition of GIs, with enforcement ... Read more

    €251.18

  • Direct Democracy in the Baltic States

    Institutions, Procedures and Practice in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

    Edited by Evren Somer ...
    Series Book 76 - Studien des Instituts fuer Ostrecht Muenchen
    Over the last decades, provisions for direct democracy have increasingly been added to new constitutions around the world, including in the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Using a comparative legal approach, this book identifies a large set of direct democratic instruments in the Baltics that are being activated either automatically, by public authorities or by the citizens. ... Read more

    €53.85

  • Debt's Grip

    Risk and Consumer Bankruptcy

    by Pamela Foohey ...
    Debt’s Grip tells the story of financial struggle in the United States. Drawing on original data from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, a landmark long-term study, the authors use the words of bankruptcy filers themselves to shed light on their battles to keep their homes and their cars, pay for healthcare and higher education, care for their children, find adequate employment, retire, negotiate ... Read more

    €25.71

  • Die Fernwirkung der Beweisverbote

    Ein Rechtsvergleich zwischen deutschem und chilenischem Strafprozessrecht

    Series Book 6069 - Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht
    Die Fernwirkung der Beweisverbote stellt ein Thema nicht nur von größter dogmatischer Bedeutung, sondern auch von praktischer Relevanz im juristischen Alltag dar, da Gerichte über die Verwertbarkeit bzw. den Ausschluss von rechtswidrig erlangten Beweiselementen entscheiden müssen.Die vorliegende Arbeit bietet durch die rechtsvergleichende Behandlung des Themas unter Einbeziehung einer ... Read more

    €74.85

  • The Evolution of Western Private Law

    by Alan Watson ...
    In The Evolution of Western Private Law, renowned legal scholar Alan Watson presents a comprehensive overview of legal change in the Western world. Watson explains why and how such change occurs in mature systems, in underdeveloped systems, and when legal systems of different levels of sophistication and from different societal roots—such as those of the Romans and of Germanic tribes—come into ... Read more

    €48.79

  • Contesting Economic and Social Rights in Ireland

    Constitution, State and Society, 1848–2016

    by Thomas Murray ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
    This book presents a political understanding of socio-economic rights by contextualising constitution-makers' and judges' decision-making in terms of Ireland's rich history of people's struggles for justice 'from below' between 1848 and the present. Its theoretical framework incorporates critical legal studies and world-systems analysis. It performs a critical discourse analysis of constitution ... Read more

    €108.39

  • Cross-Border Insolvency

    The Enactment and Interpretation of the UNCITRAL Model Law

    by Neil Hannan ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book examines the effect of the adoption of the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency in five common law jurisdictions, namely Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. It examines how each of those states has adopted, interpreted and applied the provisions of the Model Law, and ... Read more

    €99.99

  • Die rechtliche Zulässigkeit ärztlicher Mitwirkung an verbotenen Kinderwunschbehandlungen im Ausland

    Series series Social Science and Law (German Language)
    In dem vorliegenden Buch wird die Zulässigkeit einer ärztlichen Mitwirkung an verbotenen Kinderwunschbehandlungen im Ausland analysiert. Hierfür zeigt der Autor den akuten Forschungsbedarf auf, indem er den Hauptgrund für das reproduktive Reisen in das liberale Ausland identifiziert: die restriktive Rechtslage im Embryonenschutzgesetz. Im Vorfeld der rechtlichen Erörterung werden die für das ... Read more

    €58.87

  • Assessing Government Transparency in China (2021)

    Edited by He Tian, Yanbin Lv ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The book continues to use quantitative and empirical research methods to summarize and analyze the achievements of government openness in China in 2020. It points out that in 2020, the exploration of standardization and standardization of government affairs openness is accelerating, decision-making openness is making steady progress, and government affairs services, administrative law enforcement, ... Read more

    €159.99

  • The Legal Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage

    A Comparative Perspective

    Edited by Pier Luigi Petrillo ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book describes the global legal framework for safeguarding the “Intangible Cultural Heritage” – as defined by the UNESCO Convention in 2003 – and analyses its use in selected countries in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe. Each of the contributions has been prepared by high profile experts and strategically addresses countries that are representative for their corresponding area. Our ... Read more

    €159.99

  • The Trademark Paradox

    Trademarks and Their Conflicting Legal and Commercial Boundaries

    Series Book 20 - Schriften zum Medien-, Urheber- und Wirtschaftsrecht
    Trademarks play a fundamental role in our everyday lives as consumers, helping us to quickly choose the products we like and avoid those that we don’t. Trademarks are also essential elements in a competitive market, allowing companies to build brand loyalty without fear of free-riding by competitors. Trademark laws thus diminish customer confusion, make «communication» between seller and buyer ... Read more

    €106.55

  • Is the Death Penalty Dying?

    European and American Perspectives

    Is the Death Penalty Dying? provides a careful analysis of the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice on both sides of the Atlantic from the end of World War II to the twenty-first century. This book examines and assesses what the United States can learn from the European experience with capital punishment, especially the trajectory of abolition in different ... Read more

    €31.79

  • Copyright Perspectives

    Past, Present and Prospect

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book provides international and domestic perspectives on the law of copyright and is led by a foreword on the future of copyright by Dr Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO and a chapter on the lessons for copyright policy in classical Roman law, by Justice Arthur Emmett. The body of this collection covers current perspectives in the digital age, from the application of the Berne ... Read more

    €89.99

  • Religion-State Relations in the United States and Germany

    The Quest for Neutrality

    This comparative analysis of the constitutional law of religion-state relations in the United States and Germany focuses on the principle of state neutrality. A strong emphasis on state neutrality, a notoriously ambiguous concept, is a shared feature in the constitutional jurisprudence of the US Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court, but neutrality does not have the same ... Read more

    €98.09

  • Pluralism in International Criminal Law

    Despite the growth in international criminal courts and tribunals, the majority of cases concerning international criminal law are prosecuted at the domestic level. This means that both international and domestic courts have to contend with a plethora of relevant, but often contradictory, judgments by international institutions and by other domestic courts. This book provides a detailed ... Read more

    €125.31

  • The Court of Justice of the European Coal and Steel Community

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    THE CREATION OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY On 9th May, 1950, M. Robert Schuman, the then Foreign Minister of France, speaking at a Press Conference in Paris, outlined the idea of establishing a Community within Europe to control the production of coal and steel. "The French Govern ment", he stated, "propose to place the whole of the Franco German production of ... Read more

    €49.99

  • Economic Law Reforms in the ASEAN Emerging Economies

    A Review of Three Decades’ Paths

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book reviews the periodic changes in the legal policies of the late-developing ASEAN countries, often known as the CLMV countries (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam), in their continuous path toward globalization after the collapse of the socialist bloc. The book also identifies the characteristics of the legal reforms in their present stage guided by the common framework under the ASEAN ... Read more

    €159.99