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  • Choosing Not to Choose

    Understanding the Value of Choice

    Our ability to make choices is fundamental to our sense of ourselves as human beings, and essential to the political values of freedom-protecting nations. Whom we love; where we work; how we spend our time; what we buy; such choices define us in the eyes of ourselves and others, and much blood and ink has been spilt to establish and protect our rights to make them freely. Choice can also be a ... Read more

    S$ 26.48 SGD

  • Key Ideas in Law: The Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers

    Series series Key Ideas in Law
    Prompted by the events following the 2016 referendum on EU membership and written during the COVID-19 pandemic by one of the leading public lawyers of our day, this book considers two key constitutional principles, the rule of law and separation of powers, by examining the generality, certainty and predictability of law, relations between the different branches of the state, and the mechanisms of ... Read more

    S$ 27.35 SGD

  • Ambiguity in EU Law

    A Linguistic and Legal Analysis

    Series series Law, Language and Communication
    Ambiguity – an expression or utterance giving rise to at least two mutually exclusive interpretations – has been traditionally regarded as an ever-present, and therefore trivial, feature of EU law, alongside other forms of linguistic indeterminacy. At the same time, ambiguity has been condemned as a perilous defect in the legal text, since it is commonly assumed that the Court of Justice of the EU ... Read more

    S$ 85.00 SGD

  • Key Ideas in Constitutional Law

    Series series Key Ideas in Law
    This book examines how constitutions, and the UK's in particular, emerge from disagreement and power tussles.Tensions arise over both distribution and use of powers. A constitution seeks a degree of stability, but also adjusts dynamically to social, economic, military and political events and changing expectations of the state and what makes it legitimate. To show how these processes work, the ... Read more

    S$ 21.46 SGD

  • Over Ruled

    The Human Toll of Too Much Law

    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica has always been a nation of laws. But today our laws have grown so vast and reach so deeply into our lives that it’s worth asking: In our reverence for law, have we gone too far?Over just the last few decades, laws in this nation have exploded in number; they are increasingly complex; and the punishments they carry are increasingly severe. Some of these laws come ... Read more

    S$ 27.46 SGD

  • Digital Constitutionalism

    The Role of Internet Bills of Rights

    Series series Routledge Research in the Law of Emerging Technologies
    Investigating the impact of digital technology on contemporary constitutionalism, this book offers an overview of the transformations that are currently occurring at constitutional level, highlighting their link with ongoing societal changes. It reconstructs the multiple ways in which constitutional law is reacting to these challenges and explores the role of one original response to this ... Read more

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  • Law and Revolution

    Past Experiences, Future Challenges

    The last one hundred years have seen a number of events that could be perceived as disruptive challenges to the normal operation of the legal order. Some have been disruptive innovations of technologies or business practices, others social changes or constitutional transformations, further buttressed by the impact of globalisation and interdependence affecting the development of international, ... Read more

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  • Death, Dying and the Ending of Life, Volumes I and II

    Series series The International Library of Medicine, Ethics and Law
    The two volumes of Death, Dying, and the Ending of Life present the core of recent philosophical work on end-of-life issues. Volume I examines issues in death and consent: the nature of death, brain death and the uses of the dead and decision-making at the end of life, including the use of advance directives and decision-making about the continuation, discontinuation, or futility of treatment for ... Read more

    S$ 1,045.21 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 217.88 SGD

  • Code de commerce

    Partie législative - Livre VI : Des difficultés des entreprises (droit français)

    by Various ...
    Découvrez le Code de commerce, Partie législative - Livre VI : Des difficultés des entreprises, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit. Ce livre, conçu avec rigueur et précision, regroupe l'ensemble des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels relatifs aux difficultés rencontrées par les entreprises. Il offre une vision claire et structurée des mécanismes juridiques ... Read more

    S$ 34.31 SGD

  • Code de commerce

    Partie réglementaire - Livre III : De certaines formes de ventes et des clauses d'exclusivité (droit français)

    by Various ...
    Découvrez le Code de commerce Partie réglementaire - Livre III : De certaines formes de ventes et des clauses d'exclusivité, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit. Ce livre, conçu avec rigueur et précision, vous plonge au cœur des dispositions réglementaires essentielles qui régissent les pratiques commerciales. En explorant les différentes formes de ventes et les clauses d ... Read more

    S$ 34.31 SGD

  • Code de commerce

    Partie Arrêtés - Livre II : Des sociétés commerciales et des groupements d'intérêt économique (droit français)

    by Various ...
    Découvrez le Code de commerce Partie Arrêtés - Livre II : Des sociétés commerciales et des groupements d'intérêt économique, un ouvrage incontournable pour les professionnels du droit. Ce recueil exhaustif vous plonge au cœur des dispositions réglementaires et des textes officiels qui régissent le fonctionnement des sociétés commerciales et des groupements d'intérêt économique. Conçu pour répondre ... Read more

    S$ 34.31 SGD

  • Operação Lava Jato e a democracia brasileira

    A Editora Contracorrente oportunamente apresenta o livro "Operação Lava Jato e a democracia brasileira", no qual se reúnem sete estudos inéditos sobre as consequências políticas, institucionais e econômicas da Operação Lava Jato. Fundamental para o enriquecimento do debate público atual, respeitados cientistas políticos, sociólogos e economistas oferecem, a partir de dados empíricos, uma rigorosa ... Read more

    S$ 10.41 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • HOW TO BUILD NEW COUNTRIES

    Can a brand-new sovereign state be lawfully built from scratch on dry land, through a negotiated treaty, upon territory with no pre-existing population? This study argues that it can. How to Build New Countries is a comprehensive legal analysis of de novo state creation through the mechanism of a 999-year sovereign lease of jurisdictional authority from a willing grantor state, combined with a ... Read more

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  • The Law, Politics and Theory of Treaty Withdrawal

    This book explores how the law of treaty withdrawal operates.Many commentators have observed a wider sense of crisis in international law as governments of different ideological stripes withdraw or threaten to withdraw from international organisations and treaties. There are different political forces behind all of these cases, but they all use the same basic device in international law – a treaty ... Read more

    S$ 65.50 SGD

  • Direito às cidades inteligentes

    A ideia central da obra é o Direito à Cidade Inteligente. Tema da mais alta importância, visto ser na cidade que a vida dos cidadãos acontece. Ao longo da obra se busca responder se o direito à cidade é reconhecido no Brasil, quais as possíveis razões de sua inefetividade e se existem caminhos para a sua concretização, partindo-se da premissa de que estamos a tratar de um direito fundamental, com ... Read more

    S$ 20.84 SGD

  • Das Hessische Vergabe- und Tariftreuegesetz verstehen und richtig anwenden

    Erläuterungen für die Vergabepraxis

    Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
    Seit dem 1. März 2015 gilt das Hessische Vergabe-und Tariftreuegesetz (HVGT), das für zahlreiche öffentliche Auftraggeber wie auch für Bieter von Aufträgen und Bauleistungen einschneidende Veränderungen bei der Auftragsvergabe mit sich bringt.Diese Kurzkommentierung erläutert kompakt und verständlich die wesentlichen Inhalte des HVGT und seine korrekte Anwendung in der Praxis. ... Read more

    S$ 29.86 SGD

  • Die Rolle des Bundesrates bei der Wahl der Bundesverfassungsrichter

    Series series Social Science and Law (German Language)
    In einem Bundesstaat wie der Bundesrepublik Deutschland wirken die Länder bei den wesentlichen staatlichen Aufgaben mit. Aus diesem Grund werden die Richter des Bundesverfassungsgerichts von beiden Gesetzgebungskörperschaften gewählt. Die Richterwahlen erlangen so, aber auch wegen der besonderen Rolle des Gerichts, eine besondere Bedeutung und politische Dimension.In der Vergangenheit stand ... Read more

    S$ 118.80 SGD

  • Ökonomische Analyse des Öffentlichen Rechts

    by Michael Rodi ...
    Series series Business and Economics (German Language)
    Dieses Buch eröffnet eine kritische Perspektive auf das Öffentliche Recht, das die Beziehungen des Einzelnen zum Staat und staatlichen Einrichtungen zueinander regelt. Der Standpunkt, von dem aus diese Perspektive eingenommen wird, liegt außerhalb des Öffentlichen Rechts, ja des Rechts überhaupt. Die Analyse bedient sich wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Methoden, es geht daher um eine ökonomische ... Read more

    S$ 29.86 SGD

  • The Actors of Postnational Rule-Making

    Contemporary challenges of European and International Law

    Edited by Elaine Fahey ...
    Despite its centrality to academic discussions of power and influence, there is little consensus in legal scholarship over what constitutes an actor in rule-making. This book explores the range of actors involved in rule-making within European Union law and Public International law, and focuses especially on actors that are often overlooked by formative and doctrinal approaches.Drawing together ... Read more

    S$ 66.88 SGD

  • Discrimination, Equality and Health Care Rationing

    by Rachel Horton ...
    Series series Bristol Studies in Law and Social Justice
    Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.When deciding who to treat, those engaged in priority-setting and resource allocation in health care need to comply with their obligations under the Equality Act 2010.This book provides an in-depth examination of how anti-discrimination laws intersect with health care rationing in the UK. It critiques how existing legal frameworks apply to ... Read more

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  • Advanced Introduction to International Conflict and Security Law

    Series series Elgar Advanced Introductions series
    Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Advanced Introduction to International Conflict and Security Law ... Read more

    S$ 36.61 SGD

  • Atuação da Mídia na Cobertura dos Casos Judiciais

    e os impactos na vida e na saúde dos magistrados de primeiro grau da Justiça Estadual da Bahia

    O livro é fruto das pesquisas desenvolvidas pela autora no Mestrado em Segurança Pública Justiça e Cidadania pela UFBA e que resultou na dissertação defendida em 2014 em que se buscou, com apoio na teoria das representações sociais desenvolvida por Serge Moscovici que por sua vez remete ao conceito de representação coletiva de que tratou Émile Durkheim, fazer-se a análise da representação do poder ... Read more

    S$ 14.88 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen der Uebertragung von Aufgaben auf Ausschuesse des Deutschen Bundestages – unter besonderer Beruecksichtigung plenarersetzender Aufgabenwahrnehmung

    Series Book 6813 - Europaeische Hochschulschriften Recht
    Die Übertragung von Aufgaben auf die Ausschüsse des Bundestages ist eine verfassungspolitische Realität, deren Bedeutung für die praktische Arbeit des Bundestages nicht unterschätzt werden kann. Ein wesentlicher Teil der Arbeit des Bundestages finden in den Ausschüssen statt, indem diesen die Vorbereitung von Plenarbeschlüssen und die Ausübung von Kontroll-, Informations- und Untersuchungsrechten ... Read more

    S$ 87.73 SGD