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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

$16.99 NZD

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
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The Harm in Hate Speech

by Jeremy Waldron ...

Series Book 10 - The Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures, 2009.
For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Waldron rejects this view, and makes the case that hate speech should be regulated as part of a commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities. ... Read more

$36.10 NZD

For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Waldron rejects this view, and makes the case that hate speech should be regulated as part of a commitment to human dignity and to inclusion and respect for members of vulnerable minorities.
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Disability, Sexuality, and Gender in Asia

Intersectionality, Human Rights, and the Law

Edited by Wanhong Zhang, Peng Ding, Wei Gao, Hanxu Liu, Yijun Liu, Elisabeth Bjørnstøl ...

This book introduces experiential knowledge of the intersectionality of disability, sexuality, and gender equality issues. Scholars and disabled persons’ organizations in different Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, and Japan have contributed to the book. It is a preliminary introduction of the frontline practice of Asian disability activism and the experience of women and ... Read more

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This book introduces experiential knowledge of the intersectionality of disability, sexuality, and gender equality issues. Scholars and disabled persons’ organizations in different Asian countries such as China, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, and Japan have contributed to the book. It is a preliminary introduction of the frontline practice of Asian disability activism and the experience of women and
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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

$78.36 NZD

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
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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

$95.08 NZD

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
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Varieties of Capitalism:The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage

The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage

Edited by Peter A. Hall, David Soskice ...

What are the most fundamental differences among the political economies of the developed world? How do national institutional differences condition economic performance, public policy, and social well-being? Will they survive the pressures for convergence generated by globalization and technological change? These have long been central questions in comparative political economy. This book provides ... Read more

$135.23 NZD

What are the most fundamental differences among the political economies of the developed world? How do national institutional differences condition economic performance, public policy, and social well-being? Will they survive the pressures for convergence generated by globalization and technological change? These have long been central questions in comparative political economy. This book provides
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Small States and the Changing Global Order

New Zealand Faces the Future

Edited by Anne-Marie Brady ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This book provides a critical examination of the foreign policy choices of one typical small state, New Zealand, as it faces the changing global balance of power. New Zealand’s foreign policy challenges are similar with those faced by many other small states in the world today and are ideally suited to help inform theoretical debates on the role of small states in the changing international system ... Read more

$287.99 NZD

This book provides a critical examination of the foreign policy choices of one typical small state, New Zealand, as it faces the changing global balance of power. New Zealand’s foreign policy challenges are similar with those faced by many other small states in the world today and are ideally suited to help inform theoretical debates on the role of small states in the changing international system
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Framed

America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance

by Sanford Levinson ...

In his widely acclaimed volume Our Undemocratic Constitution, Sanford Levinson boldly argued that our Constitution should not be treated with "sanctimonious reverence," but as a badly flawed document deserving revision. Now Levinson takes us deeper, asking what were the original assumptions underlying our institutions, and whether we accept those assumptions 225 years later. In Framed, Levinson ... Read more

$78.38 NZD

In his widely acclaimed volume Our Undemocratic Constitution, Sanford Levinson boldly argued that our Constitution should not be treated with "sanctimonious reverence," but as a badly flawed document deserving revision. Now Levinson takes us deeper, asking what were the original assumptions underlying our institutions, and whether we accept those assumptions 225 years later. In Framed, Levinson
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Socialism and Legal History

The Histories and Historians of Law in Socialist East Central Europe

Edited by Ville Erkkilä, Hans-Peter Haferkamp ...

Series series Routledge Research in Legal History
This book focuses on the way in which legal historians and legal scientists used the past to legitimize, challenge, explain and familiarize the socialist legal orders, which were backed by dictatorial governments.The volume studies legal historians and legal histories written in Eastern European countries during the socialist era after the Second World War. The book investigates whether there was ... Read more

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This book focuses on the way in which legal historians and legal scientists used the past to legitimize, challenge, explain and familiarize the socialist legal orders, which were backed by dictatorial governments.The volume studies legal historians and legal histories written in Eastern European countries during the socialist era after the Second World War. The book investigates whether there was
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The Unity of Public Law?

Doctrinal, Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives

Edited by Mark Elliott, Professor Jason NE Varuhas, Shona Wilson Stark ...

This major collection contains selected papers from the second Public Law Conference, an international conference hosted by the University of Cambridge in September 2016. The collection includes contributions by leading academics and judges from across the common law world, including senior judges from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. The contributions engage with the theme of unity (and ... Read more

$128.69 NZD

This major collection contains selected papers from the second Public Law Conference, an international conference hosted by the University of Cambridge in September 2016. The collection includes contributions by leading academics and judges from across the common law world, including senior judges from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the UK. The contributions engage with the theme of unity (and
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Making Laws That Work

How Laws Fail and How We Can Do Better

by Justice David Goddard ...

This book examines why laws fail and provides strategies for making laws that work.Why do some laws fail? And how can we make laws that actually work? This helpful guide, written by a leading jurist, provides answers to these questions and gives practical strategies for law-making. It looks at a range of laws which have failed; the 'damp squibs' that achieve little or nothing in practice; laws ... Read more

$56.68 NZD

This book examines why laws fail and provides strategies for making laws that work.Why do some laws fail? And how can we make laws that actually work? This helpful guide, written by a leading jurist, provides answers to these questions and gives practical strategies for law-making. It looks at a range of laws which have failed; the 'damp squibs' that achieve little or nothing in practice; laws
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Judges and Judging in the History of the Common Law and Civil Law

From Antiquity to Modern Times

Edited by Paul Brand, Joshua Getzler ...

In this collection of essays, leading legal historians address significant topics in the history of judges and judging, with comparisons not only between British, American and Commonwealth experience, but also with the judiciary in civil law countries. It is not the law itself, but the process of law-making in courts that is the focus of inquiry. Contributors describe and analyse aspects of ... Read more

$73.99 NZD

In this collection of essays, leading legal historians address significant topics in the history of judges and judging, with comparisons not only between British, American and Commonwealth experience, but also with the judiciary in civil law countries. It is not the law itself, but the process of law-making in courts that is the focus of inquiry. Contributors describe and analyse aspects of
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Information Obligations and Disinformation of Consumers

Edited by Gert Straetmans ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This book focuses on recent developments in consumer law, specifically addressing mandatory disclosures and the topical problem of information overload. It provides a comparative analysis based on national reports from countries with common law and civil law traditions in Asia, America and Europe, and presents the reports in the form of chapters that have been drafted on the basis of a ... Read more

$308.99 NZD

This book focuses on recent developments in consumer law, specifically addressing mandatory disclosures and the topical problem of information overload. It provides a comparative analysis based on national reports from countries with common law and civil law traditions in Asia, America and Europe, and presents the reports in the form of chapters that have been drafted on the basis of a
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Zivilrechtlicher Rechtsschutz bei fehlerhaften Angebotsunterlagen

Zivilrechtliche Ansprueche der Wertpapierinhaber und der Zielgesellschaft bei fehlerhaften Angebotsunterlagen im Rahmen von Wertpapiererwerbs- und Uebernahmeverfahren vor dem Hintergrund der U.S.-amerikanischen Rechtsschutzsituation

by Rassul Khalilzadeh ...

Series Book 5721 - Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht
Das Buch untersucht die zivilrechtlichen Rechtsschutzmöglichkeiten der Wertpapierinhaber und der Zielgesellschaft bei fehlerhaften Angebotsunterlagen im Rahmen von Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmeverfahren. Hintergrund ist die erhebliche Einschränkung des II. Senats des BGH in Bezug auf den Rechtsschutz, den der Empfänger eines öffentlichen Angebots zum Erwerb von börsennotierten Wertpapieren ... Read more

$170.99 NZD

Das Buch untersucht die zivilrechtlichen Rechtsschutzmöglichkeiten der Wertpapierinhaber und der Zielgesellschaft bei fehlerhaften Angebotsunterlagen im Rahmen von Wertpapiererwerbs- und Übernahmeverfahren. Hintergrund ist die erhebliche Einschränkung des II. Senats des BGH in Bezug auf den Rechtsschutz, den der Empfänger eines öffentlichen Angebots zum Erwerb von börsennotierten Wertpapieren
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Religion, Drug, or Cult?

Ayahuasca's Legal Path in Brazil, the United States, and France

by Henrique Fernandes Antunes ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This book explores the emergence of the religious use of ayahuasca as a subject of public interest and state intervention in Brazil, the United States, and France. In Brazil, since the 1980s, ayahuasca use has been permitted by the National Council on Drug Policies exclusively for religious purposes. In the late 2000s, public policies shifted from drug control to cultural heritage, following ... Read more

$267.99 NZD

This book explores the emergence of the religious use of ayahuasca as a subject of public interest and state intervention in Brazil, the United States, and France. In Brazil, since the 1980s, ayahuasca use has been permitted by the National Council on Drug Policies exclusively for religious purposes. In the late 2000s, public policies shifted from drug control to cultural heritage, following
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Das freie Erwerbseinkommen der Ehefrau

Die rechtliche Gestaltung in Deutschland und Frankreich im Langen 19. Jahrhundert

by Edith Viola Dali ...

Series Book 6846 - Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht
Im Rahmen der Arbeiterschutzbewegung des 19. Jahrhunderts führten die spezifischen Probleme der Frauenarbeit zu weiterführenden gesellschaftlichen und rechtlichen Fragen rund um die Verwertungsrechte eigener Arbeitskraft – insbesondere für verheiratete Frauen. Diese neuen Fragen waren durch den Topos der Lohnsicherung direkt an den Diskurs der Lohngerechtigkeit gekoppelt, welcher neben ... Read more

$160.99 NZD

Im Rahmen der Arbeiterschutzbewegung des 19. Jahrhunderts führten die spezifischen Probleme der Frauenarbeit zu weiterführenden gesellschaftlichen und rechtlichen Fragen rund um die Verwertungsrechte eigener Arbeitskraft – insbesondere für verheiratete Frauen. Diese neuen Fragen waren durch den Topos der Lohnsicherung direkt an den Diskurs der Lohngerechtigkeit gekoppelt, welcher neben
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Impossibility in Modern Private Law

A Comparative Study of German, Swiss and Turkish Laws and the Unification Instruments of Private Law

by Hüseyin Can Aksoy ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This book provides an analysis of the treatment of impossibility in modern private law. The author explains the regulation of impossibility in German, Swiss and Turkish laws with a comparative analysis of the subject under (i) the United Nations Convention on International Sale of Goods (CISG), (ii) UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC), (iii) Principles of European ... Read more

$185.99 NZD

This book provides an analysis of the treatment of impossibility in modern private law. The author explains the regulation of impossibility in German, Swiss and Turkish laws with a comparative analysis of the subject under (i) the United Nations Convention on International Sale of Goods (CISG), (ii) UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC), (iii) Principles of European
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Deviance in International Relations

'Rogue States' and International Security

Edited by W. Wagner, W. Werner, M. Onderco ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Rogue states' have been high on the policy agenda for many years but their theoretical significance for international relations has remained poorly understood. In contrast to the bulk of writings on 'rogue states' that address them merely as a policy challenge, this book studies what we can learn from deviance about international politics. ... Read more

$185.99 NZD

Rogue states' have been high on the policy agenda for many years but their theoretical significance for international relations has remained poorly understood. In contrast to the bulk of writings on 'rogue states' that address them merely as a policy challenge, this book studies what we can learn from deviance about international politics.
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Private Law in China and Taiwan

Legal and Economic Analyses

Edited by Yun-chien Chang, Wei Shen, Wen-yeu Wang ...

Past research and literature suggest that legal institutions drive economic development. Yet China has grown for decades without the fundamental legal infrastructure that was once considered necessary. This is called the 'China puzzle' or the 'China myth'. By carefully comparing the four key branches of private law in China and Taiwan - a jurisdiction that grew with modest legal institutions and ... Read more

$73.99 NZD

Past research and literature suggest that legal institutions drive economic development. Yet China has grown for decades without the fundamental legal infrastructure that was once considered necessary. This is called the 'China puzzle' or the 'China myth'. By carefully comparing the four key branches of private law in China and Taiwan - a jurisdiction that grew with modest legal institutions and
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Art Crime in Context

Edited by Naomi Oosterman, Donna Yates ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This book brings together empirical and theoretical case-study research on art and heritage crime. Drawn from a diverse group of researchers and professionals, the work presented explores contemporary conceptualisations of art crime within broader contexts. In this volume, we see ‘art’ in its usual forms for art crime scholarship: in paintings and antiquities. However, we also see art in fossils ... Read more

$308.99 NZD

This book brings together empirical and theoretical case-study research on art and heritage crime. Drawn from a diverse group of researchers and professionals, the work presented explores contemporary conceptualisations of art crime within broader contexts. In this volume, we see ‘art’ in its usual forms for art crime scholarship: in paintings and antiquities. However, we also see art in fossils
... Read more
Code minier

Livre II : Régimes particuliers (droit français)

by Various ...

Découvrez le Code minier Livre II : Régimes particuliers, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit désireux de maîtriser les spécificités réglementaires du secteur minier. Ce livre, riche en contenus, offre une compilation exhaustive des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels, soigneusement sélectionnés pour répondre aux besoins des praticiens. Grâce à une ... Read more

$29.99 NZD

Découvrez le Code minier Livre II : Régimes particuliers, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit désireux de maîtriser les spécificités réglementaires du secteur minier. Ce livre, riche en contenus, offre une compilation exhaustive des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels, soigneusement sélectionnés pour répondre aux besoins des praticiens. Grâce à une
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Die Partizipation Minderjaehriger im Verfahren der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit

Eine Analyse der Beteiligung und der Verfahrensfaehigkeit in Familien- und Erbrechtsverfahren

by Carmen Schauberger ...

Series Book 52 - Schriften zum Verfahrensrecht
Die Autorin untersucht die Frage, inwiefern die Reform des Verfahrens in Familiensachen und in den Angelegenheiten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit dem Interesse des Kindes dient. Besonderes Augenmerk richtet sie auf die Verfahrensfähigkeit von Minderjährigen unter Anwendung der üblichen Methoden zur Gesetzesauslegung. Gleichzeitig zeigt sie auf, wie die Vertretung der Kindesinteressen im Fall ... Read more

$149.99 NZD

Die Autorin untersucht die Frage, inwiefern die Reform des Verfahrens in Familiensachen und in den Angelegenheiten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit dem Interesse des Kindes dient. Besonderes Augenmerk richtet sie auf die Verfahrensfähigkeit von Minderjährigen unter Anwendung der üblichen Methoden zur Gesetzesauslegung. Gleichzeitig zeigt sie auf, wie die Vertretung der Kindesinteressen im Fall
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Freiwilliges und zwangsweises Delisting im deutschen und suedkoreanischen Recht

Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung

by Christin Riedel ...

Series Book 19 - Boersen- und kapitalmarktrechtliche Abhandlungen
Die Autorin untersucht den Ausgleich der widerstreitenden Interessen des Emittenten, des Großaktionärs und der Minderheitsaktionäre bei einem freiwilligen und einem zwangsweisen Delisting in Deutschland und Südkorea. Beide Rechtsordnungen versuchen auf unterschiedliche Weise, einen Ausgleich zwischen dem Anlegerschutz als Individualschutz und dem Funktionsschutz der Börse bei einem Delisting zu ... Read more

$156.99 NZD

Die Autorin untersucht den Ausgleich der widerstreitenden Interessen des Emittenten, des Großaktionärs und der Minderheitsaktionäre bei einem freiwilligen und einem zwangsweisen Delisting in Deutschland und Südkorea. Beide Rechtsordnungen versuchen auf unterschiedliche Weise, einen Ausgleich zwischen dem Anlegerschutz als Individualschutz und dem Funktionsschutz der Börse bei einem Delisting zu
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Warlords, Strongman Governors, and the State in Afghanistan

by Dipali Mukhopadhyay ...

Warlords have come to represent enemies of peace, security, and 'good governance' in the collective intellectual imagination. This book asserts that not all warlords are created equal. Under certain conditions, some become effective governors on behalf of the state. This provocative argument is based on extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan, where Mukhopadhyay examined warlord-governors who have ... Read more

$73.99 NZD

Warlords have come to represent enemies of peace, security, and 'good governance' in the collective intellectual imagination. This book asserts that not all warlords are created equal. Under certain conditions, some become effective governors on behalf of the state. This provocative argument is based on extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan, where Mukhopadhyay examined warlord-governors who have
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