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  • Terrorism, Criminal Law and Politics

    The Decline of the Political Offence Exception to Extradition

    by Julia Jansson ...
    Series series Transnational Criminal Justice
    Recent atrocities have ensured that terrorism and how to deal with terrorists legally and politically has been the subject of much discussion and debate on the international stage. This book presents a study of changes in the legal treatment of those perpetrating crimes of a political character over several decades. It most centrally deals with the political offence exception and how it has ... Read more

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  • The Principle of Effective Legal Protection in Administrative Law

    A European Perspective

    This collection presents a comparative analysis of the principle of effective legal protection in administrative law in Europe. It examines how European states consider and enforce the related requirements in their domestic administrative law. The book is divided into three parts: the first comprises a theoretical introductory chapter along with perspectives from International and European Law; ... Read more

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  • Environmental Public Interest Litigation in China

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book offers readers an accessible and broad-ranging guide to Environmental Public Interest Litigation (EPIL), which has burgeoned in China over the past decade. The aim of this book is to provide a systematic review of Chinese experiences with EPIL in environmental matters, both with a view to gauging its success to date and well as discussing some more critical aspects. To this end, the book ... Read more

    RM 712.69

  • Economic Development and Human Rights in Contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book explores the connections between economic development and the protection of human rights. Drawing on experiences from Sub-Saharan African countries, the book demonstrates how various economic activities impact the protection of human rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. The book explores the core concepts and principles, theory and practice, accountability mechanisms, and key challenges to the ... Read more

    RM 712.69

  • Handbook of Global Legal Policy

    Edited by Stuart Nagel ...
    Series series Public Administration and Public Policy
    Featuring a pragmatic approach to coping with the legal complications surrounding pretrial release, drug-related crime, and freedom of religion, among other issues, this timely reference presents a host of legal policy problems in diverse political and cultural settings throughout the world. Contributors bridge the academic gulf between worldwide and public policy studies, as well as the ... Read more

    RM 1,038.96

  • Core Concepts in Criminal Law and Criminal Justice: Volume 2

    The trans-jurisdictional discourse on criminal justice is often hampered by mutual misunderstandings. The translation of legal concepts from English into other languages and vice versa is subject to ambiguity and potential error: the same term may assume different meanings in different legal contexts. More importantly, legal systems may choose differing theoretical or policy approaches to ... Read more

    RM 543.39

  • Personal Participation in Criminal Proceedings

    A Comparative Study of Participatory Safeguards and in absentia Trials in Europe

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book presents a comprehensive analysis of personal participation in criminal proceedings and in absentia trials. Going beyond the accused-centred perspective of default proceedings, it not only examines the consequences of absence in various types of criminal proceedings, but also the fair trial safeguards allowing personal contributions during trials, as well as in pre-trial inquiries, ... Read more

    RM 712.69

  • Towards a Rational Legislative Evaluation in Criminal Law

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book launches a debate on the need to evaluate criminal policies and, what is more complex and ambitious, to develop an evaluation method. The contributions address topics such as the general methodology for evaluating public policy, preparing criminal statistics, and analyzing costs, cost-effectiveness and cost benefits. Additionally, the work explores the state of affairs in various ... Read more

    RM 377.29

  • Judicial Protection in Transnational Criminal Proceedings

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book proposes and outlines a comprehensive framework for judicial protection in transnational criminal proceedings that ensures the right to judicial review without hampering the effective functioning of international cooperation in criminal matters. It examines a broad range of potential approaches in the context of selected national criminal justice systems, and offers a comparative ... Read more

    RM 628.89

  • Fault in Criminal Law

    A Research Companion

    Edited by Alan Reed, Michael Bohlander ...
    Series series Substantive Issues in Criminal Law
    This volume presents a comparative examination of the issue of fault in criminal law. Extant law reveals significant problems in adoption of consistent approaches to doctrinal and theoretical underpinnings of fault liability and culpability thresholds in criminal law. This has been exemplified by a plethora of recent jurisprudential authorities revealing varying degrees of confusion and ... Read more

    RM 227.36

  • Arbitration Discourse in Asia

    Series Book 208 - Linguistic Insights
    Arbitration is the most widely used alternative method to resolve commercial disputes between parties. Since arbitration in international contexts is equally applicable to legal traditions across the world, there has been incessant effort on the part of all jurisdictions to harmonize principles and practices to establish a unified system of arbitration. As differences are difficult to reconcile, ... Read more

    RM 462.09

  • The Inter American Court of Human Rights

    The Legitimacy of International Courts and Tribunals

    This book provides a critical legal perspective on the legitimacy of international courts and tribunals. The volume offers a critique of ideology of two legal approaches to the legitimacy of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) that portray it as a supranational tribunal whose last say on human rights protection has a transformative effect on the democracies of Latin America. The book ... Read more

    RM 235.20

  • The Concept of Modern Law

    Polish and Central European Tradition

    Edited by Michał Peno, Konrad Burdziak ...
    Series Book 11 - Ius, Lex et Res Publica
    This book contains texts prepared by representatives of various branches of law, philosophers and dogmatists who link a general reflection on law with caselaw. This ensures that the presented approaches are versatile and insightful, and that the addressed issues vary, the most important of which is the oeuvre of the Polish jurisprudence and its contribution to building a modern state and legal ... Read more

    RM 227.99

  • Transfer of Movable Property under U.S. Law

    Discussed from a Functional Perspective

    by Martin Lilja ...
    Series Book 34 - Salzburger Studien zum Europaeischen Privatrecht
    This book discusses legal rules for three functional commercial conflict situations under the laws of the U.S.A., mainly analyzing the U.C.C., the Bankruptcy Code, Common Law and Equity. In this context, the term conflict situation is meant to address a certain type of conflict arising between certain parties – e.g. buyer, seller, creditors of buyer or seller, or other types of third parties, like ... Read more

    RM 328.19

  • Access to Justice for the Chinese Consumer

    Handling Consumer Disputes in Contemporary China

    by Dr Ling Zhou ...
    Series series Civil Justice Systems
    This book offers a socio-legal exploration of localised consumer complaint processing and dispute resolution in the People's Republic of China – now the second largest consumer market in the world – and the experiences of both ordinary and 'professional' consumers.Drawing on detailed analysis of an impressive body of empirical data, this book highlights local Chinese understandings and practice ... Read more

    RM 317.59

  • Loss of Control and Diminished Responsibility

    Domestic, Comparative and International Perspectives

    by Alan Reed ...
    Series series Substantive Issues in Criminal Law
    This book provides a leading point of reference in the field of partial defences to murder and with respect to the mental condition defences of loss of control and diminished responsibility in general. The work includes contributions from leading specialists from different jurisdictions. Divided into two parts, the first provides an analysis from the perspective of the UK, looking at particular ... Read more

    RM 235.20

  • Economic Sanctions under International Law

    Unilateralism, Multilateralism, Legitimacy, and Consequences

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    Since the Second World War, States have increasingly relied upon economic sanctions programs, in lieu of military action, to exert pressure and generally to fill the awkward gap between verbal denunciation and action. Whether or not sanctions are effective remains a point of contention among policymakers. Frequently asked questions include whether any legal order constrains the use of sanctions, ... Read more

    RM 670.79

  • Historic Titles in International Law

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The question of Historic Titles in International Law has been much discussed in recent years. In particular, it was an issue of some im portance in several international arbitrations, such as the Gulf of Fon seca case, decided by the Central American Court of Justice; the Island of Palmas case, decided by Judge Huber as sole arbitrator, under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration; the ... Read more

    RM 209.59

  • Die UN-Menschenrechtsvertragsorgane und der Klimawandel

    by Nora Jauer ...
    Series series Social Sciences, Humanities and Law (excluding publishing partner content) (German language)
    Das vorliegende Buch bietet erstmals eine umfassende und systematisch vergleichende Analyse der gesamten Praxis der einzelnen UN-Vertragsorgane im Bereich des menschenrechtsbasierten Klimaschutzes. In den letzten Jahren haben sich sieben der insgesamt zehn UN-Menschenrechtsvertragsorgane in zunehmendem Maße mit den Folgen des Klimawandels als Gefahr für die Menschenrechte befasst. Anlass hierzu ... Read more

    RM 340.89

  • Inscribing Solidarity

    Debates in Labor Law and Beyond

    Edited by Julia López López ...
    Many governments, large institutions, and collective actors rely on the principle of solidarity to embed social policies on firm normative and legal grounds. In this original volume, a multidisciplinary roster of scholars come together to examine the contributions – and challenges –implicit in relying on the idea of solidarity to 'inscribe' this principle in social policies. Chapters explore how ... Read more

    RM 395.49

  • Vessel Collisions in the Law of the Sea

    The South China Sea Arbitration

    This book focuses on the decision of the Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration that China had operated its law enforcement vessels in ways that created risks of collision with Philippine official vessels at Scarborough Shoal in April and May 2012. The book explains the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) and the incidents in layperson’s terms. It analyzes ... Read more

    RM 544.99

  • Sociolegal Challenges for the Social Justice Continuum

    Perspectives from India and South Africa

    As legal jurisdictions in the Global South, both India and South Africa have long histories of inequality and structural oppression. This book engages in comparative sociolegal analysis to examine the contours of social justice in both countries.It explores the role of law as an instrument for social change in the face of persistent conditions of injustice, discrimination, social exclusion, and ... Read more

    RM 207.75

  • Access to Justice and Legal Aid

    Comparative Perspectives on Unmet Legal Need

    This book considers how access to justice is affected by restrictions to legal aid budgets and increasingly prescriptive service guidelines. As common law jurisdictions, England and Wales and Australia, share similar ideals, policies and practices, but they differ in aspects of their legal and political culture, in the nature of the communities they serve and in their approaches to providing ... Read more

    RM 155.49

  • Business Networks Reloaded

    Business networks are an important economic phenomenon of increasing practical importance throughout Europe. This volume examines business networks from an interdisciplinary perspective, with many contributions dealing with a certain form of business network, the so-called cooperative or non-hierarchical. With regard to this specific form of cooperation the volume presents new economic findings, ... Read more

    RM 235.20