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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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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

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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
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The Negligence Liability of Public Authorities

by Duncan Fairgrieve, Dan Squires QC ...

Whether, and in what circumstances, public authorities should be held liable for negligence in the performance of their public functions is a highly complex area of the law. Written by Cherie Blair and Dan Squires QC, the first edition of The Negligence Liability of Public Authorities provided a much needed guide to these complexities and offered a detailed account of the law for practitioners and ... Read more

$705.61 NZD

Whether, and in what circumstances, public authorities should be held liable for negligence in the performance of their public functions is a highly complex area of the law. Written by Cherie Blair and Dan Squires QC, the first edition of The Negligence Liability of Public Authorities provided a much needed guide to these complexities and offered a detailed account of the law for practitioners and
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Children, Human Rights and Temporary Labour Migration

Protecting the Child-Parent Relationship

by Rasika Jayasuriya ...

Series series Routledge Research in Asylum, Migration and Refugee Law
This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law.The work provides a systematic analysis and critique of how the restrictive features of policies governing temporary labour migration interfere with provisions of the Convention on the Rights ... Read more

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This book focuses on the neglected yet critical issue of how the global migration of millions of parents as low-waged migrant workers impacts the rights of their children under international human rights law.The work provides a systematic analysis and critique of how the restrictive features of policies governing temporary labour migration interfere with provisions of the Convention on the Rights
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The Dynamics of Law and Morality

A Pluralist Account of Legal Interactionism

by Wibren van der Burg ...

This book investigates the dynamic intertwinement of law and morality, with a focus on new and developing fields of law. Taking as its starting point the debates and mutual misunderstandings between proponents of different philosophical traditions, it argues that this theoretical pluralism is better explained once law is accepted as an essentially ambiguous concept. Continuing on, the book ... Read more

$150.91 NZD

This book investigates the dynamic intertwinement of law and morality, with a focus on new and developing fields of law. Taking as its starting point the debates and mutual misunderstandings between proponents of different philosophical traditions, it argues that this theoretical pluralism is better explained once law is accepted as an essentially ambiguous concept. Continuing on, the book
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Regulating Corporate Bribery in International Business

Anti-corruption in the UK and Germany

by Nicholas Lord ...

This book is about the regulation of corporations that use bribery in international commerce to win or maintain overseas business contracts and interests. Recent large-scale cases involving multinational corporations demonstrate how large commercial ’non-criminal’ enterprises are being implicated in substantive overseas bribery scandals and illustrate the difficulties faced by responsible ... Read more

$158.75 NZD

This book is about the regulation of corporations that use bribery in international commerce to win or maintain overseas business contracts and interests. Recent large-scale cases involving multinational corporations demonstrate how large commercial ’non-criminal’ enterprises are being implicated in substantive overseas bribery scandals and illustrate the difficulties faced by responsible
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Legal Cases, New Religious Movements, and Minority Faiths

Edited by James T. Richardson, François Bellanger ...

Series series Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements
New religious movements (NRMs) and other minority faiths have regularly been the focus of legal cases around the world in recent decades. This is the first book to focus on important aspects of the relationship of smaller faiths to the societies in which they function by using specific legal cases to examine social control efforts. The legal cases involve group leaders, a groups’ practices or ... Read more

$145.03 NZD

New religious movements (NRMs) and other minority faiths have regularly been the focus of legal cases around the world in recent decades. This is the first book to focus on important aspects of the relationship of smaller faiths to the societies in which they function by using specific legal cases to examine social control efforts. The legal cases involve group leaders, a groups’ practices or
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Private Law, Public Law, Metalaw and Public Policy in Space

A Liber Amicorum in Honor of Ernst Fasan

Edited by Patricia Margaret Sterns, Leslie I. Tennen ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
The law of outer space is rapidly evolving to adapt to changes in the economic drivers as well as advancements in technological capabilities. The contents of this book are a reflection of this changing environment as evidenced in the writings of the second and third generations of space lawyers. Theoretical aspects of space law are explored by chapters relating to fundamental concepts central to ... Read more

$205.50 NZD

The law of outer space is rapidly evolving to adapt to changes in the economic drivers as well as advancements in technological capabilities. The contents of this book are a reflection of this changing environment as evidenced in the writings of the second and third generations of space lawyers. Theoretical aspects of space law are explored by chapters relating to fundamental concepts central to
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Confidentiality in Arbitration

The Case of Egypt

by Mariam M. El-Awa ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This book addresses the issue of privacy and confidentiality in the broader context of the Egyptian legal system. The volume opens with an overview of the major approaches to confidentiality adopted in various jurisdictions. It goes on to examine the duties of confidentiality and privacy in arbitration law and practice on the basis of interviews with 30 law professors and practitioners who often ... Read more

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This book addresses the issue of privacy and confidentiality in the broader context of the Egyptian legal system. The volume opens with an overview of the major approaches to confidentiality adopted in various jurisdictions. It goes on to examine the duties of confidentiality and privacy in arbitration law and practice on the basis of interviews with 30 law professors and practitioners who often
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Riassunti pratici per la preparazione al concorso 80 commissari di polizia vol.V

PUBBLICA SICUREZZA

by Filomena Masi, FEDERICA LONGO ...

Riassunti per la preparazione alla prova scritta del concorso 80 commissari della Polizia di Stato. Trattazione chiara, semplice ed aggiornata. La collana comprende tutte le materie oggetto delle prove, permettendo, così, al candidato, di avere un approfondimento di tutte le discipline di interesse. ... Read more

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Riassunti per la preparazione alla prova scritta del concorso 80 commissari della Polizia di Stato. Trattazione chiara, semplice ed aggiornata. La collana comprende tutte le materie oggetto delle prove, permettendo, così, al candidato, di avere un approfondimento di tutte le discipline di interesse.
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Public Policymaking in a Globalized World

Revised edition

Edited by Robin J. Lewis ...

The inexorable advent of globalization has transformed the public policymaking process into a multi-faceted challenge that transcends traditional policymaking boundaries and forces scholars, experts, and practitioners to redefine their field in terms of both theory and practice. While every policy dilemma has a specific location in time and space, most significant policy issues— climate change, ... Read more

$123.46 NZD

The inexorable advent of globalization has transformed the public policymaking process into a multi-faceted challenge that transcends traditional policymaking boundaries and forces scholars, experts, and practitioners to redefine their field in terms of both theory and practice. While every policy dilemma has a specific location in time and space, most significant policy issues— climate change,
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O interesse público sob a crítica da Teoria Crítica

by Luasses Gonçalves dos Santos ...

A Editora Contracorrente tem a satisfação de publicar o livro O interesse público sob a crítica da Teoria Crítica, do autor Luasses Gonçalves dos Santos. A obra propõe uma reconstrução da concepção de interesse público e, a partir dela, a busca de uma via alternativa, progressista e emancipatória. Nas palavras do prefaciador, o ilustre professor Gilberto Bercovici: "Trata-se de uma reflexão ... Read more

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A Editora Contracorrente tem a satisfação de publicar o livro O interesse público sob a crítica da Teoria Crítica, do autor Luasses Gonçalves dos Santos. A obra propõe uma reconstrução da concepção de interesse público e, a partir dela, a busca de uma via alternativa, progressista e emancipatória. Nas palavras do prefaciador, o ilustre professor Gilberto Bercovici: "Trata-se de uma reflexão
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Peace, Discontent and Constitutional Law

Challenges to Constitutional Order and Democracy

Edited by Martin Belov ...

Series series Comparative Constitutional Change
This book offers a multi-discursive analysis of the constitutional foundations for peaceful coexistence, the constitutional background for discontent and the impact of discontent, and the consequences of conflict and revolution on the constitutional order of a democratic society which may lead to its implosion. It explores the capacity of the constitutional order to serve as a reliable framework ... Read more

$119.54 NZD

This book offers a multi-discursive analysis of the constitutional foundations for peaceful coexistence, the constitutional background for discontent and the impact of discontent, and the consequences of conflict and revolution on the constitutional order of a democratic society which may lead to its implosion. It explores the capacity of the constitutional order to serve as a reliable framework
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International Law and Violence Against Women

Europe and the Istanbul Convention

Edited by Johanna Niemi, Lourdes Peroni, Vladislava Stoyanova ...

Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
This book offers an in-depth and critical analysis of the Istanbul Convention, along with discussions on its impact and implications.The work highlights the place of the Convention in the landscape of international law and policies on violence against women and equality. The authors argue that the Convention with its emphasis on integrated and comprehensive policies has an important role in ... Read more

$123.46 NZD

This book offers an in-depth and critical analysis of the Istanbul Convention, along with discussions on its impact and implications.The work highlights the place of the Convention in the landscape of international law and policies on violence against women and equality. The authors argue that the Convention with its emphasis on integrated and comprehensive policies has an important role in
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The Law of Estoppel

by Michael Barnes KC ...

This work contains within a single book an account of all the forms of estoppel in operation today, including estoppel by record (res iudicata), as well as of the associated doctrine of election.There can be few practitioners who do not at some time have to engage with estoppel. Estoppel applies across all, or nearly all, English civil law. In explaining each form of estoppel an attempt is made to ... Read more

$593.99 NZD

This work contains within a single book an account of all the forms of estoppel in operation today, including estoppel by record (res iudicata), as well as of the associated doctrine of election.There can be few practitioners who do not at some time have to engage with estoppel. Estoppel applies across all, or nearly all, English civil law. In explaining each form of estoppel an attempt is made to
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The Constitution of the Republic of Austria

A Contextual Analysis

by Manfred Stelzer ...

Series series Constitutional Systems of the World
This book shows how the Austrian Constitution has been shaped and interpreted by the fundamental events in Austria's modern history. At the same time it emphasises the way in which the Constitution establishes a parliamentary system, with additional presidential features, limited, in turn, by Austria's federal structure and the parliaments of nine states. It charts the history and character of the ... Read more

$57.59 NZD

This book shows how the Austrian Constitution has been shaped and interpreted by the fundamental events in Austria's modern history. At the same time it emphasises the way in which the Constitution establishes a parliamentary system, with additional presidential features, limited, in turn, by Austria's federal structure and the parliaments of nine states. It charts the history and character of the
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Informationelle Selbstbestimmung im Web 2.0

Chancen und Risiken sozialer Verschlagwortungssysteme

by Stephan Doerfel, Andreas Hotho, Aliye Kartal-Aydemir, Alexander Roßnagel, Gerd Stumme ...

Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
Die neue Generation des Internets („Web 2.0“ oder „Social Web“) zeichnet sich durch eine sehr freizügige Informationsbereitstellung durch seine Nutzer aus. Vor diesem Hintergrund haben Informatiker und Juristen in enger Interaktion die Chancen und Risiken der neuen Web 2.0-Technologien erkundet und gestaltet. Nach Bestandsaufnahme werden die technischen und rechtlichen Chancen und Risiken bezogen ... Read more

$57.55 NZD

Die neue Generation des Internets („Web 2.0“ oder „Social Web“) zeichnet sich durch eine sehr freizügige Informationsbereitstellung durch seine Nutzer aus. Vor diesem Hintergrund haben Informatiker und Juristen in enger Interaktion die Chancen und Risiken der neuen Web 2.0-Technologien erkundet und gestaltet. Nach Bestandsaufnahme werden die technischen und rechtlichen Chancen und Risiken bezogen
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Tutelle et curatelle : tout ce que je dois savoir 25 questions-réponses pour protéger mes proches

by Florence Fresnel ...

Tutelle et curatelle : tout ce que je dois savoir (25 questions-réponses pour protéger mes proches) aborde les problèmes juridiques posés par la vulnérabilité des personnes âgées, malades ou handicapées. Il a pour objet d'informer, de conseiller et de guider les personnes confrontées à ces difficultés. On estime à environ 850 000 le nombre de personnes protégées en France, et à bien plus celui des ... Read more

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Tutelle et curatelle : tout ce que je dois savoir (25 questions-réponses pour protéger mes proches) aborde les problèmes juridiques posés par la vulnérabilité des personnes âgées, malades ou handicapées. Il a pour objet d'informer, de conseiller et de guider les personnes confrontées à ces difficultés. On estime à environ 850 000 le nombre de personnes protégées en France, et à bien plus celui des
... Read more
Giustizia e social media

by Pieremilio Sammarco ...

Series series Percorsi
Il rapporto tra l’attività giurisdizionale e la sua conoscenza da parte del pubblico è storicamente complesso: sono note le interazioni tra informazione e processo giudiziario e le influenze reciproche che possono determinare distorsioni sull’accertamento della verità e sul rispetto dei diritti fondamentali dei soggetti coinvolti. Internet e soprattutto i social media alimentano incessanti flussi ... Read more

$36.28 NZD

Il rapporto tra l’attività giurisdizionale e la sua conoscenza da parte del pubblico è storicamente complesso: sono note le interazioni tra informazione e processo giudiziario e le influenze reciproche che possono determinare distorsioni sull’accertamento della verità e sul rispetto dei diritti fondamentali dei soggetti coinvolti. Internet e soprattutto i social media alimentano incessanti flussi
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Het Grondwettelijk Hof: rechter of regelgever?

by Karel-Jan Vandormael ...

Series series Bibliotheek Publiek recht Larcier
Dit werk geeft een antwoord op de vraag welke rol een grondwettelijk hof speelt binnen het staatsbestel en de trias politica. In navolging van de theorie van H. Kelsen wordt de rechtspraak van het Belgisch Grondwettelijk Hof geanalyseerd in het licht van de rechtsscheppende functie waarmee elke grondwetstoetsing ongetwijfeld gepaard gaat. Op basis van een conceptuele indeling aan de hand van de ... Read more

$159.99 NZD

Dit werk geeft een antwoord op de vraag welke rol een grondwettelijk hof speelt binnen het staatsbestel en de trias politica. In navolging van de theorie van H. Kelsen wordt de rechtspraak van het Belgisch Grondwettelijk Hof geanalyseerd in het licht van de rechtsscheppende functie waarmee elke grondwetstoetsing ongetwijfeld gepaard gaat. Op basis van een conceptuele indeling aan de hand van de
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The Courtroom as a Space of Resistance

Reflections on the Legacy of the Rivonia Trial

by Awol Allo ...

Series series Critical Studies in Jurisprudence
Fifty years before his death in 2013, Nelson Mandela stood before Justice de Wet in Pretoria's Palace of Justice and delivered one of the most spectacular and liberating statements ever made from a dock. In what came to be regarded as "the trial that changed South Africa", Mandela summed up the spirit of the liberation struggle and the moral basis for the post-Apartheid society. In this blistering ... Read more

$145.03 NZD

Fifty years before his death in 2013, Nelson Mandela stood before Justice de Wet in Pretoria's Palace of Justice and delivered one of the most spectacular and liberating statements ever made from a dock. In what came to be regarded as "the trial that changed South Africa", Mandela summed up the spirit of the liberation struggle and the moral basis for the post-Apartheid society. In this blistering
... Read more
Translating Guilt

Identifying Leadership Liability for Mass Atrocity Crimes

by Cassandra Steer ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This book seeks to understand how and why we should hold leaders responsible for the collective mass atrocities that are committed in times of conflict. It attempts to untangle the debates on modes of liability in international criminal law (ICL) that have become truly complex over the last twenty years, and to provide a way to identify the most appropriate model for leadership liability. A unique ... Read more

$342.52 NZD

This book seeks to understand how and why we should hold leaders responsible for the collective mass atrocities that are committed in times of conflict. It attempts to untangle the debates on modes of liability in international criminal law (ICL) that have become truly complex over the last twenty years, and to provide a way to identify the most appropriate model for leadership liability. A unique
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Prohibited Chemical and Biological Weapons and the Law

Legal Responses to Lethal Innovation

Edited by Stacey Henderson ...

Scientific advances in the biological and chemical sciences can offer significant benefits to humanity, but these discoveries may also lead to the proliferation of novel classes of weapons and new uses for them. This book explores the current challenges, risks, and opportunities posed by new scientific discoveries in this area. Focusing on non-human consequences of the use of chemical and ... Read more

$111.70 NZD

Scientific advances in the biological and chemical sciences can offer significant benefits to humanity, but these discoveries may also lead to the proliferation of novel classes of weapons and new uses for them. This book explores the current challenges, risks, and opportunities posed by new scientific discoveries in this area. Focusing on non-human consequences of the use of chemical and
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The Power of the Supreme People's Court

Reconceptualizing Judicial Power in Contemporary China

by Ding Qi ...

Series series The Rule of Law in China and Comparative Perspectives
This book explores the recent development of the Supreme People’s Court of China, the world’s largest highest court. Recognizing that its approach to exercising power in an authoritarian context has presented a challenge to the understanding of judicial power in both democratic and non-democratic legal settings, it captures the essence of the Court through its institutional design as well as ... Read more

$123.46 NZD

This book explores the recent development of the Supreme People’s Court of China, the world’s largest highest court. Recognizing that its approach to exercising power in an authoritarian context has presented a challenge to the understanding of judicial power in both democratic and non-democratic legal settings, it captures the essence of the Court through its institutional design as well as
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