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  • When You Come at the King

    Inside DOJ's Pursuit of the President, From Nixon to Trump

    by Elie Honig ...
    "[A] deeply researched, keenly analytical, and frequently provocative chronicle of this singular judicial entity. . . . A senior legal analyst for CNN and former assistant U.S. attorney, Honig is well-suited to the task of providing a historical overview of the special counsel's function with the ever-evolving context of politics, partisanship and political skepticism." —Booklist (STARRED review) ... Read more

    €14.15

  • Australia in the International Legal System

    From Empire to the Contemporary World

    What impact has Australia had on international law and what is its significance in terms of its participation in the transnational legal system? This collection of essays delves into the history of Australia's interactions with international law and considers how its people have shaped international law. It explores key issues such as the country's imperial and settler past. It assesses how ... Read more

    €107.91

  • Legitimate Expectations in the Common Law World

    Edited by Matthew Groves, Greg Weeks ...
    Series series Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law
    The recognition and enforcement of legitimate expectations by courts has been a striking feature of English law since R v North and East Devon Health Authority; ex parte Coughlan [2001] 3 QB 213. Although the substantive form of legitimate expectation adopted in Coughlan was quickly accepted by English courts and received a generally favourable response from public law scholars, the doctrine of ... Read more

    €51.01

  • National Security in International and Domestic Investment Law

    Dynamics in China and Europe

    Edited by Yuwen Li, Feng Lin, Cheng Bian ...
    Series series The Rule of Law in China and Comparative Perspectives
    This book offers a dynamic introduction to the new developments on national security review of foreign direct investment (FDI) from the perspectives of both domestic law and international investment law. COVID-19 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine have intensified FDI screening to an unprecedented scale, yet its purposes, scope and potential impact remain ambiguous and controversial. The book ... Read more

    €55.29

  • Language in the Negotiation of Justice

    Contexts, Issues and Applications

    Series series Law, Language and Communication
    This book explores the ways language is used by the professional legal community for the communication of its main business - the negotiation of justice - in today’s globalized world. The volume addresses three main aspects of language use in the negotiation of justice. Beginning with the legal contexts of litigation, arbitration and mediation, the book moves on to discuss the main issues ... Read more

    €71.42

  • Copyrighting Creativity

    Creative Values, Cultural Heritage Institutions and Systems of Intellectual Property

    Edited by Helle Porsdam ...
    Series series Digital Research in the Arts and Humanities
    What is the relationship between creativity, cultural heritage institutions and copyright? Who owns culture and cultural heritage? The digital age has expanded the horizon of creative possibilities for artists and cultural institutions - what is the impact on legal regimes that were constructed for an analogue world? What are the tensions between the safeguarding of cultural heritage and the ... Read more

    €55.29

  • Das Hochschulrecht in Baden-Württemberg

    Systematische Darstellung

    Aufgrund des weitgehenden Bedeutungsverlustes des Bundeshochschulrechts hat sich ein heterogenes Hochschulrecht der Länder entwickelt. Mit der Abschaffung der gesamten Rahmengesetzgebungskompetenz des Bundes im Rahmen der Föderalismusreform 2006 entfiel auch die darin enthaltene Zuständigkeit für "die allgemeinen Grundsätze des Hochschulwesens". In vielen Ländern hat eine intensive ... Read more

    €138.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Traité de droit administratif européen

    TRAITE DROIT ADMINISTRATIF EUR

    Series series Droit administratif / Administrative law
    La première édition 2007 du « Traité de droit administratif européen » se voulait un point de départ au développement de la science du droit administratif européen dans la littérature francophone.Sa troisième édition 2022 entièrement actualisée est ajourd’hui devenue une référence pour de nombreux praticiens. Elle s’inscrit dans la continuité des éditions précédentes en mettant en lumière les deux ... Read more

    €219.99

  • Précis de droit de l'énergie

    Le droit de l'énergie recouvre les aspects juridiques respectivement internes et internationaux de l'énergie. Dans le premier cas, on traitera du droit français de l'énergie tandis que, dans le second cas, on traitera de l'internationalisation de son économie et du développement du droit européen applicable. Les trois défis qui pèsent sur le droit contemporain de l'énergie sont ceux de son ... Read more

    €20.99

  • Public Law

    Public Law guides students through all the essential components of the Public Law module, in a user-friendly structure that is ideal for visual learners.Written by an experienced teacher of Public Law, the book takes an accessible and engaging approach to often complex areas of law, politics and the constitution. Incorporating recent developments, academic debate and commentary, the book ... Read more

    €50.68

  • El derecho a la seguridad social

    Series Book 28 - Colección Lo Esencial del Derecho
    La seguridad social está consagrada en la Constitución y en varios instrumentos internacionales como un derecho humano fundamental, irrenunciable, inalienable, imprescindible e indispensable para el respeto de la dignidad humana de todas las personas. Permite prestar asistencia médica y garantizar ingresos básicos cuando las personas enfrentan contingencias o riesgos sociales -enfermedades, ... Read more

    €6.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Courts Without Cases

    The Law and Politics of Advisory Opinions

    Since 1875, Canadian courts have been permitted to act as advisors alongside their ordinary, adjudicative role. This book offers the first detailed examination of that role from a legal perspective.When one thinks of courts, it is most often in the context of deciding cases: live disputes involving spirited, adversarial debate between opposing parties. Sometimes, though, a court is granted the ... Read more

    €44.10

  • Seven Pillars of Wisdom

    by T.E. Lawrence ...
    Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a memoir of the soldier known as 'Lawrence of Arabia.' Lawrence is a fascinating and controversial figure and his talent as a vivid and imaginative writer shines through on every page of his masterpiece. 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' written between 1919 and 1926, is an extraordinary tale of action, politics and adventure. The story describes heroism through instances of war ... Read more

    €0.99

  • Humanitarian Visas for International Protection Purposes

    Defining EU Member States’ Obligations under International and European Human Rights Law

    This book analyzes whether EU Member States hold any obligation, under international and European human rights law, to protect third country nationals applying for humanitarian visas with a view to lodging an international protection claim upon arrival in the EU. ... Read more

    €149.99

  • Judicial Review in Greater China

    Activism and Deference of Four Apex Courts

    by Shiling Xiao ...
    Series series Globalization: Law and Policy
    This book examines the judicial review systems in the four areas of Greater China – China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau – and uncovers judicial review activities of the apex courts of each region. It provides a comparative assessment of judicial activism and deference. The development of modern judicial review is one of the key elements of the twentieth century’s legal heritage. By enforcing the ... Read more

    €55.29

  • Handbuch des Verwaltungsrechts

    Band VII: Aufgaben, Organisation und öffentliche Sachen

    Das Handbuch ist eine auf 12 Bände angelegte Edition des Verwaltungsrechts. Als wissenschaftliches Gemeinschaftswerk von zwei Herausgebern und rund 250 Autor*innen basiert es auf einer Gesamtkonzeption, die das deutsche, europäische und internationale Verwaltungsrecht als Einheit und in ihrer Interdependenz und Interaktion in den Blick nimmt. Die Bände wenden sich gleichermaßen an die ... Read more

    €289.99 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Inquiries

    Wrong Route on Bloody Sunday

    Throughout the twentieth century, administrations have wrestled with allaying public concern over national disasters and social scandals. This book seeks to describe historically the use of public inquiries, and demonstrates why their methods continued to deploy until 1998 the ingrained habits of lawyers, particularly by issuing warning letters in order to safeguard witnesses who might be to blame ... Read more

    €25.50

  • EU External Relations Law

    The Cases in Context

    Marking the 50th anniversary of the influential ERTA doctrine, this book analyses and contextualises the entire breadth of the jurisprudence of EU external relations law through a systematic, case-by-case account of the field.The entire framework of EU external relations law has been built from the ground up by the jurisprudence of the Court of Justice of the European Union. At the beginning of ... Read more

    €151.07

  • Public Law Librarianship: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions

    While there are common misconceptions regarding the definition of a public law library, it can be defined as a government mandated library which provides the public with access to legal resources. Largely, public law libraries are instituted by state or federal law. Public Law Librarianship: Objectives, Challenges, and Solutions aims to introduce firsthand knowledge on the funding, organizational ... Read more

    €142.99

  • Praxishandbuch des Amts- und Staatshaftungsrechts

    Series series Humanities, Social Science (German Language)
    Bei dem Praxishandbuch des Amts- und Staatshaftungsrechts handelt es sich um eine umfassende und systematische Darstellung aller relevanten Anspruchsgrundlagen und Problemfelder bei schädigendem Verhalten der öffentlichen Hand (Bund, Länder und Gemeinden mit allen Untergliederungen). Das Buch behandelt Ansprüche sowohl aus Amts- und Staatshaftung wie auch aus Enteignung und Aufopferung; auch ... Read more

    €56.29

  • Tax Law, Religion, and Justice

    An Exploration of Theological Reflections on Taxation

    by Allen Calhoun ...
    Series series Law and Religion
    This book asks why tax policy is both attracted to and repelled by the idea of justice.Accepting the invitation of economist Henry Simons to acknowledge that tax justice is a theological concept, the work explores theological doctrines of taxation to answer the presenting question. The overall message of the book is that taxation is an instrument of justice, but only when taxes take into account ... Read more

    €54.14

  • Gestion financière des collectivités territoriales

    Analyse fiscale et financière - Intercommunalité - Péréquation communale, départementale et régional

    En l’espace de quatre décennies de décentralisation (1982-2024), la gestion des collectivités locales s’est profondément transformée. Des méthodes novatrices de management et de financement se sont développées, mais elles se sont accompagnées d’une montée des risques et d’une plus grande vulnérabilité dans un contexte de très fortes tensions sur les finances publiques.Cette 9e édition de Gestion ... Read more

    €67.99

  • Grandeurs et misères de la loi camerounaise relative à la protection des données personnelles

    La loi camerounaise sur la protection des données personnelles est de nature omnibus qui s’aligne sur les canons édictés par la Déclaration universelle des droits de l’Homme des Nations Unies, et les Lignes directrices de l'OCDE sur la protection de la vie privée et les flux transfrontières de données à caractère personnel. En revanche, le législateur s’est émancipé de certains points en ... Read more

    €5.99

  • History of Law

    by Blake Carson ...
    Series series History of Education and Communication
    From Hammurabi’s Code to modern justice systems—how has law evolved over time? Law has been the backbone of civilization, shaping societies through rules, governance, and justice. Ancient legal codes, like Hammurabi’s Code and Roman law, laid the foundation for modern legal systems. The Magna Carta introduced principles of democracy, while the U.S. Constitution set precedents for human rights and ... Read more

    €0.85 or Free with Kobo Plus