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  • Making Public Places Safer

    Surveillance and Crime Prevention

    Series series Studies in Crime and Public Policy
    The United Kingdom has more than 4.2 million public closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras-one for every fourteen citizens. Across the United States, hundreds of video surveillance systems are being installed in town centers, public transportation facilities, and schools at a cost exceeding $100 million annually. And now other Western countries have begun to experiment with CCTV to prevent crime ... Read more

    PHP2,882.29

  • Contested Territories and International Law

    A Comparative Study of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict and the Aland Islands Precedent

    This book considers the possibilities for resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict in the context of comparative international law. The armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh has been on the peace and security agenda since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This volume draws parallels with a similar situation between Sweden and Finland over ... Read more

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  • Constitutional Law and Precedent

    International Perspectives on Case-Based Reasoning

    Edited by Monika Florczak-Wątor ...
    This collection examines case-based reasoning in constitutional adjudication; that is, how courts decide on constitutional cases by referring to their own prior case law and the case law of other national, foreign, and international courts. Argumentation based on judicial authority is now fundamental to the resolution of constitutional disputes. At the same time, it is the most common form of ... Read more

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  • Estudios en derecho público

    Liber amicorum en homenaje a Carlos Betancur Jaramillo. Tomo I

    Series Book 1 - Consejo Superior de la Judicatura - CENDOJ
    "La obra que el lector tiene en sus manos expresa el afecto, el respeto y la admiración de jueces, abogados y académicos a uno de los maestros del derecho público colombiano. Ello explica su naturaleza como liber amicorum y la existencia de un capítulo que destaca los aportes que ha hecho el doctor Carlos Betancur Jaramillo al derecho público y al derecho privado. Las contribuciones de los autores ... Read more

    PHP679.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Solidarity in International Law

    Challenges, Opportunities and The Role of Regional Organizations

    Edited by Leonardo Pasquali ...
    Series series Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Law
    The principle of solidarity is particularly important now because it is in juxtaposition to some current self-centered trends in politics: the crises that have upset the world in recent years, such as migrations, hegemonic aspirations, pandemics, and wars, have made self-evident the inadequacy of such selfish politics. It therefore seems very useful to understand the role that solidarity could ... Read more

    PHP3,756.88

  • Strangers Next Door?

    Indonesia and Australia in the Asian Century

    There are no two neighbouring countries anywhere in the world that are more different than Indonesia and Australia. They differ hugely in religion, language, culture, history, geography, race, economics, worldview and population (Indonesia, 270 million, Australia less than 10 per cent of that). In fact, Indonesia and Australia have almost nothing in common other than the accident of geographic ... Read more

    PHP4,737.29

  • Gender Competent Public Law and Policies

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book offers a new perspective on public law and public policies. The collection of papers gathered here begins with an in-depth discussion on gender perspectives in constitutional law, which can support gender justice, but also perpetuate patriarchal norms. The book then analyzes the role of the European Ombudsman in the area of gender discrimination. Despite its limited jurisdiction, this ... Read more

    PHP9,687.79

  • Muslim Families, Politics and the Law

    A Legal Industry in Multicultural Britain

    by Ralph Grillo ...
    Series series Cultural Diversity and Law
    Contemporary European societies are multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, certainly in terms of the diversity which has stemmed from the immigration of workers and refugees and their settlement. Currently, however, there is widespread, often acrimonious, debate about ’other’ cultural and religious beliefs and practices and limits to their accommodation. This book focuses principally on Muslim families ... Read more

    PHP4,742.45

  • Revista de Direito Público - Ano VI, N.º 12 - Julho/Dezembro de 2014

    I – DOUTRINAAlice Feiteira– “Como o direito e a sociedade foram vistos de cá”Cristina Queiroz– O processo político da CatalunhaJoão Zenha Martins– Auxílios de Estado: pressupostos e novas leituras em torno do conceito de seletividadeJorge Duarte Pinheiro– Religião e Direito da FamíliaJorge Morais Carvalho– Crise e ConsumoLuís Salgado de Matos– Religião e PoderMaria Eduarda Gonçalves e Maria Inês ... Read more

    PHP1,219.31

  • Virtual Freedoms, Terrorism and the Law

    Series series Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Law
    This book examines the risks to freedom of expression, particularly in relation to the internet, as a result of regulation introduced in response to terrorist threats.The work explores the challenges of maintaining security in the fight against traditional terrorism while protecting fundamental freedoms, particularly online freedom of expression. The topics discussed include the clash between ... Read more

    PHP3,880.08

  • International Institutions and social, economic and cultural rights

    Seguimos teniendo las mismas instituciones y mecanismos internacionales que diseñamos luego de la segunda guerra mundial. Dichas instituciones se caracterizan por su fragmentación, disfunciones estructurales como la corrupción, falta de recursos y por una falta de capacidad institucional. El objetivo de este libro es evaluar los desafíos que enfrentan las instituciones internacionales en la ... Read more

    PHP379.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dictionary of Public International Law

    Significant use has been made of the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice because it is the principle judicial organ of the world's most universal international organization, the United Nations. Moreover, article 103 of the Charter of the United Nations makes the obligations in this treaty superior any other treaty obligations into which States may enter.The Dictionary of Public ... Read more

    PHP10,497.49

  • State and Legal Practice in the Caucasus

    Anthropological Perspectives on Law and Politics

    Series series Cultural Diversity and Law
    Legal pluralism and the experience of the state in the Caucasus are at the centre of this edited volume. This is a region affected by a multitude of legal orders and the book describes social action and governance in the light of this, and considers how conceptions of order are enforced, used, followed and staged in social networks and legal practice. Principally, how is the state perceived and ... Read more

    PHP3,880.08

  • Les biens de l'administration

    Series series Centre Montesquieu d'études de l'action publique
    L’administration est instituée pour les besoins de l’action publique. En vue d’assurer la réalisation des missions qui lui sont confiées, l’administration a besoin de moyens humains et financiers. Elle doit également se pourvoir en moyens matériels, par l’acquisition et la gestion de biens tant mobiliers qu’immobiliers, quand certains biens ne tombent pas, par nature, dans le patrimoine qui est le ... Read more

    PHP7,689.15

  • Compensating Asbestos Victims

    Law and the Dark Side of Industrialization

    by Andrea Boggio ...
    This book traces the emergence and transformations of asbestos compensation to explore the wider issue of to what extent legal systems have converged in the era of globalization. Examining the mechanism by which asbestos compensation is delivered in Belgium, England, Italy and the United States, as well as the cultural forces and actors which contribute to its emergence and transformations, the ... Read more

    PHP3,880.08

  • Das Verbot des Rückkaufhandels gemäß § 34 Abs. 4 GewO

    Auswirkungen auf „Sale-and-rent-back“-Verträge

    Series series Social Science and Law (German Language)
    Das Rückkaufhandelsverbot gemäß § 34 Abs. 4 GewO ist zuletzt vermehrt in den Fokus der Gerichte geraten. Das hängt mit Klagen von Verbrauchern zusammen, die bei Liquiditätsengpässen entsprechende Geschäftsmodelle beanspruchten und sich benachteiligt fühlten. Oft handelt es sich um sogenannte „Sale-and-rent-back“-Verträge. Philip Raillon beleuchtet das Verhältnis des Rückkaufhandelsverbots zum ... Read more

    PHP4,828.79

  • The Rule of Law in Brazil

    The Legal Construction of Inequality

    Series series The Rule of Law in Context
    This book provides a broad perspective of the functioning, evolution, and dynamics of the rule of law in Brazil. It stresses not only how the rule of law has developed in the legal system, but also how the political institutions and extra-legal organisations have transformed its foundations.The rule of law is not a simple concept when it comes to defining the political, economic, and legal ... Read more

    PHP2,990.99

  • The Institutional Framework of the European Communities

    After more than a decade of British membership of the European Community, there is still a widespread lack of appreciation of what goes on within the Community institutions, and of its significance for UK political and legal processes. This book aims to provide a concise introduction to the institutions and law-making processes of the Community, and to set them im their proper perspective as part ... Read more

    PHP4,064.87

  • Stirring Up Hatred

    Myth, Identity and Order in the Regulation of Hate Speech

    by Jen Neller ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book critically examines the development of the ‘stirring up hatred’ offences which are currently found within the UK’s Public Order Act 1986. Through a critical discourse analysis of key excerpts of parliamentary Hansard, the book constructs a detailed genealogy of the offences from the perspectives that shaped them. A novel application of theory on 'myth' is used to navigate the complex ... Read more

    PHP7,750.09

  • Manual de Direito Administrativo - Volume 01

    Fundamentos, fontes, princípios, organização e agentes

    Series Book 1 - Manual de Direito Administrativo
    A função precípua de um manual consiste em oferecer aos leitores, de modo rápido, direito e claro, os fundamentos, os conceitos e um panorama da legislação e da jurisprudência de certa disciplina científica. Não é outra a finalidade desta obra, que apresenta o conteúdo essencial acerca dos tópicos nucleares do direito administrativo brasileiro contemporâneo. Como manual, não é seu foco aprofundar ... Read more

    PHP879.00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Constitutional Law of Bangladesh

    Progression and Transformation at its 50th Anniversary

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book provides a supportive lending hand to researchers of constitutional law worldwide about the constitutional law of Bangladesh. Moreover, this book discusses the evolution and development of the constitutional law of Bangladesh over 50 years from its embryonic stage with reference to comparative constitutional law. This book is a very useful resource for the comparative constitutional ... Read more

    PHP14,145.09

  • Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood

    From Protection to Punishment

    by Simon Flacks ...
    Series series New Advances in Crime and Social Harm
    Debates about the regulation of drugs are inseparable from talk of children and the young. Yet how has this association come to be so strong, and why does it have so much explanatory, rhetorical and political force? The premise for this book is that the relationship between drugs and childhood merits more exploration beyond simply pointing out that children and drugs are both ‘things we tend to ... Read more

    PHP3,880.08

  • Equality Before the Law

    Equal Dignity, Wrongful Discrimination, and the Rule of Law

    Series series Hart Studies in Constitutional Theory
    This book presents a defence of the value of equality within law which is neither purely formal nor an entirely speculative theory of justice. It does this by combining a theoretical with a doctrinal project.At the theoretical level, it argues that there is a distinct and meaningful conception of equality before the law which can be separated from concerns of distributive justice. It therefore ... Read more

    PHP2,941.09

  • Guerra o pace

    Stati Uniti, Cina e l'Europa che non c'è

    Series series Sconfinamenti costituzionali
    Il Mondo di oggi vive una "Guerra o pace" diversa, seppur latente, oltre a quella scoppiata di recente fra Ucraina e Russia, che riguarda l'economia, la difesa, la politica e la cultura e che sarebbe limitativo ridurre ad una semplice contrapposizione fra Cina e Occidente. Questo saggio si propone di esaminarne le componenti più significative. A cominciare dal concetto di imperialismo – o, meglio, ... Read more

    PHP821.97 or Free with Kobo Plus