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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$ 26.15 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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  • 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$ 27.02 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$ 79.76 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$ 21.14 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$ 27.13 SGD

  • Social and Legal Norms

    Towards a Socio-legal Understanding of Normativity

    Edited by Matthias Baier ...
    In an era where new areas of life and new problems call for normative solutions while the plurality of values in society challenge the very basis for normative solutions, this book looks at a growing field of research on the relations between social and legal norms. New technologies and social media offer new ways to communicate about normative issues and the centrality of formal law and how ... Read more

    S$ 82.51 SGD

  • Social Systems Theory and Judicial Review

    Taking Jurisprudence Seriously

    Series series Studies in Modern Law and Policy
    This book demonstrates the empirical gains and integrative potentials of social systems theory for the sociology of law. Against a backdrop of classical and contemporary sociological debates about law and society, it observes judicial review as an instrument for the self-steering of a functionally differentiated legal system. This allows close investigation of the US Supreme Court’s jurisprudence ... Read more

    S$ 67.38 SGD

  • Introduction au droit des collectivités territoriales

    À jour des dernières modifications législatives et notamment de celles du Code général de la fonction publique, cet ouvrage présente les notions essentielles encadrant le fonctionnement des collectivités territoriales et leurs principaux domaines d'intervention.En s'appuyant sur des chiffres-clés, des tableaux de synthèse, des définitions et des références aux principaux textes officiels, ce guide ... Read more

    S$ 44.57 SGD

  • 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

    S$ 82.51 SGD

  • Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Responsibility of States

    Challenges and Possibilities

    This book reviews whether the existing framework in place can effectively address breaches in the context of Autonomous Weapons Systems (AWS). The work endeavors to map out the main gaps and some possible approaches to address them. Part I sets the ground. First, it provides a concept of AWS. Next, it discusses the accountability gap AWS generate and shows how the international community has put ... Read more

    S$ 101.76 SGD

  • Development by Agreement

    A Tool Kit for Land Developers and Local Government, Second Edition

    Landowners and local governments often use agreements to increase public benefits and reduce uncertainty surrounding proposed developments. The second edition of this guide provides an overview of problems faced by land developers and local governments that can easily be solved by development and annexation agreements. ... Read more

    S$ 138.64 SGD

  • General Reports of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law/Rapports Généraux du XVIIIème Congrès de l’Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé

    Series series Ius Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
    This title presents twenty-nine topics, prepared by leading scholars in more than 20 countries, providing a comparative analysis of cutting-edge legal topics of the 21st century. Considering topics of vital moment to contemporary legal scholars, the title includes pieces on Surrogate Motherhood, The Balance of Copyright in Comparative Perspective, International Law in Domestic Systems, ... Read more

    S$ 294.18 SGD

  • Federalism and the Courts in Africa

    Design and Impact in Comparative Perspective

    This volume examines the design and impact of courts in African federal systems from a comparative perspective.Recent developments indicate that the previously stymied idea of federalism is now being revived in the constitutional arrangements of several African countries. A number of them jumped on the bandwagon of federalism in the early 1990s because it came to be seen as a means to facilitate ... Read more

    S$ 82.51 SGD

  • Digitalisierung und Recht

    Retrospektive und Entwicklungslinien eines digitalen Wandels

    Series series Social Science and Law (German Language)
    Das Werk skizziert Entwicklungslinien eines digitalen Wandels, der Folge einer Verschränkung von Digitalisierung und Recht ist. Durch Retrospektiven, Beschreibungen gegenwärtiger Zustände und gelegentlichen Prognosen wird illustriert, wie sich diese Entwicklungslinien von der Vergangenheit bis in die Zukunft erstrecken. Besonders untersucht werden hierbei die Reaktionen des Rechts auf den ... Read more

    S$ 55.03 SGD

  • Networking the Rule of Law

    How Change Agents Reshape Judicial Governance in the EU

    Series series Studies in Modern Law and Policy
    Judicial networks have proved effective in influencing recent judicial policies enacted by both old and new EU member states. However, this influence has not been standard. This volume seeks to improve our understanding of how networks function, as well as the extent they matter in the governance of a constitutional democracy. The authors examine the judicial function of networks, the way they ... Read more

    S$ 93.51 SGD

  • Efetivação do Direito à Assistência à Saúde

    A presente obra tem como diferencial tratar do assunto olhando para o outro lado da relação de efetivação dos direitos, demonstrando que se não forem estabelecidos critérios claros a respeito do assunto, a efetivação do direito à saúde pelo Poder Judiciário acabará interferindo em toda a estrutura do Estado, dificultando cada vez mais a satisfação do direito do cidadão. O ciclo vicioso, portanto, ... Read more

    S$ 13.48 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Como Passar Concursos de Magistratura Estadual, Federal

    2.900 questões

    Series series Como Passar
    A experiência diz que aquele que quer ser aprovado deve fazer três coisas: a) entender a teoria; b) ler a letra da lei; e c) treinar. A teoria é vista em cursos e livros à disposição no mercado. O problema é que ela, sozinha, não é suficiente. É fundamental "ler a letra da lei" e "treinar". E a presente obra possibilita que você faça esses dois tipos de estudo. Aliás, você sabia que mais de 90% ... Read more

    S$ 50.96 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Environmental Courts and Tribunals

    Powers, Integrity and the Search for Legitimacy

    The global phenomenon of the establishment of specialist courts is one of the most important recent developments in environmental law. Although they are generally seen as a much needed innovation, they do pose challenges, particularly around questions of legitimacy. This important book tackles these questions directly, looking specifically at the courts in the common law world. It argues that to ... Read more

    S$ 59.07 SGD

  • Private Sector Environmental Information and the Law

    Series series Routledge Research in International Environmental Law
    Current advancements in civil rights and environmental activism emphasize the crucial importance of making environmental information widely available to the public, regardless of whether it is in the hands of the government or of corporations, especially when the information is needed to understand and prevent risks for human health and the environment. In the wake of a resurgence of environmental ... Read more

    S$ 78.38 SGD

  • Concursos de Cartório : Prática para a Segunda Fase - 2ª Ed - 2025

    A Coleção Cartórios foi criada com o objetivo de permitir aos Concurseiros, Tabeliães, Registradores, Escreventes, Juízes, Promotores, Advogados, Defensores Públicos, Procuradores, Analistas, Assessores, bem como todos os profissionais do Direito, ou não (mas que trabalhem com a temática) que tenham acesso a estudo completo, profundo, atual e didático de todas as matérias que compõem o Direito ... Read more

    S$ 25.47 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Food Law and Regulation for Non-Lawyers

    A US Perspective

    Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
    Designed and modeled after a six-week introductory food law course taught at Northeastern University, Food Law and Regulation for Non-Lawyers offers a succinct overview of key topics and core concepts for food scientists, quality managers, and others who need to understand the regulation of food in the U.S. This second edition includes critical updates on the Food Safety Modernization Act-- the ... Read more

    S$ 88.28 SGD

  • El derecho a comunicar

    Los conflictos en torno a la libertad de expresión en las sociedades contemporáneas

    Series series Singular
    Las problemáticas vinculadas al ejercicio de la libertad de expresión y el acceso a los medios de comunicación adquirieron una centralidad inédita en el debate político desde la vuelta a la democracia. Si en un principio la lucha se orientó a desterrar la censura estatal, poco a poco la agenda de temas reclamó otro tipo de declaraciones y derechos ante la presencia de actores igualmente poderosos, ... Read more

    S$ 13.98 SGD or Free with Kobo Plus