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  • Constitutionalism and the Economy in Africa

    Edited by Charles M. Fombad, Nico Steytler ...
    Series series Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law
    Despite expectations that the celebrated second wave of constitutional democracy in the 1990s would facilitate economic development, Africa remains the continent with the highest level of poverty in the world. The fight against poverty hinges on a vibrant economy that creates jobs and income by generating enough revenue to enable the state to take pro-development measures. However, instead of the ... Read more

    R2 746,99

  • Contract Law

    A Comparative Introduction, Second Edition

    by Jan M. Smits ...
    This innovative and accessible text offers a straightforward and clear introduction to the law of contract suitable for use across geographical boundaries. It introduces the key principles of contract law by comparing solutions from different jurisdictions and has an innovative design with text boxes, colour and graphics, making it a highly attractive tool for studying. This revised second edition ... Read more

    R730,61

  • Law and Social Policy in the Global South

    Brazil, China, India, South Africa

    Edited by Ulrike Davy, Albert H.Y. Chen ...
    The book is an in-depth study of the origins and the trajectories of the law governing social policies in Brazil, China, India, and South Africa, four middle-income countries in the global South with a history in social policy making that starts in the 1920s.The policies of these countries affect almost half of the world’s population. The book takes the legal framework of the policies as a ... Read more

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  • Cases, Materials and Text on Contract Law

    by Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson, Jacobien Rutgers, Professor Hugh Beale, Professor Stefan Vogenauer ...
    Series series Ius Commune Casebooks for the Common Law of Europe
    This is the third edition of the widely acclaimed and successful casebook on contract in the IusCommune series, developed to be used throughout Europe and beyond by anyone who teaches, learns or practises law with a comparative or European perspective. The book contains leading cases, legislation and other materials from English, French and German law as the main representatives of the legal ... Read more

    R1 446,69

  • Borders, Legal Spaces and Territories in Contemporary International Law

    Within and Beyond

    Edited by Tommaso Natoli, Alice Riccardi ...
    This book examines the challenges posed to contemporary international law by the shifting role of the border, which has recently re-emerged as a central issue in international relations. It posits that borders do not merely correspond to States’ boundaries: indeed, while remaining a fundamental tool for asserting States’ power, they are in fact a collection of constantly changing spatial limits. ... Read more

    R2 604,16

  • Private International Law in Commonwealth Africa

    by Richard Frimpong Oppong ...
    This book provides a comprehensive and comparative examination of private international law in Commonwealth Africa. It offers an unrivalled breadth of coverage in its examination of the law in Botswana, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The book is clearly and logically structured - it is ... Read more

    R1 086,85

  • The Constitutional Protection of Private Property in China

    Historical Evolution and Comparative Research

    by Chuanhui Wang ...
    This timely book reviews the changes in legal reform around the constitutional protection of private property in China since 1949. Using a comparative approach, it analyses the development of property theories and the various constitutionalisation models and practices of private property in representative countries including the United States, Canada, Germany, India and China. It also explores the ... Read more

    R760,83

  • Financial Crime, Law and Governance

    Navigating Challenges in Different Contexts

    Edited by Doron Goldbarsht, Louis de Koker ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Embark on a journey through the dynamic landscape of global financial crime combating with our latest collection, meticulously curated by leading researchers. At the intersection of finance, technology, law, governance, and international cooperation, this multidisciplinary exploration offers profound insights into the nuanced world of financial crime across diverse jurisdictions, including ... Read more

    R2 777,81

  • Making Decisions Judicially

    A Guide for Decision-Makers

    by Godfrey Cole, Yvette Genn, Mary Kane, HHJ Christopher Lethem, Mark Ockelton, Judge Meleri Tudur, Professor Nicholas Wikeley ...
    Are you involved in making decisions in court, a tribunal, or another formal decision-making environment? This book gives guidance in the skills required to reach and deliver well-structured judicial decisions.The authors (all of whom have extensive judicial and quasi-judicial experience) instruct the readers on the skills required at each stage of a hearing, including:- ensuring there is a fair ... Read more

    R472,75

  • The State and the Paradox of Customary Law in Africa

    Edited by Olaf Zenker, Markus Virgil Hoehne ...
    Series series Cultural Diversity and Law
    Customary law and traditional authorities continue to play highly complex and contested roles in contemporary African states. Reversing the common preoccupation with studying the impact of the post/colonial state on customary regimes, this volume analyses how the interactions between state and non-state normative orders have shaped the everyday practices of the state. It argues that, in their ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • Comparative Health Law and Policy

    Critical Perspectives on Nigerian and Global Health Law

    by Irehobhude O. Iyioha, Remigius N. Nwabueze ...
    Health law and policy in Nigeria is an evolving and complex field of law, spanning a broad legal landscape and drawn from various sources. In addressing and interacting with these sources the volume advances research on health care law and policy in Nigeria and spells the beginning of what may now be formally termed the ’Nigerian health law and policy’ legal field. The collection provides a ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence

    Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism

    by Sarah Sorial ...
    This book employs the theoretical framework of ‘speech act theory’ to analyse current legislative frameworks and cases pertaining to sedition or the advocacy of violence and the issue of freedom of speech. An analysis of the relation between speech and action offers a promising way of clarifying confusion over the contested status of speech, which advocates violence as a political strategy. This ... Read more

    R1 221,38

  • Civilian Drones, Visual Privacy and EU Human Rights Law

    by Girish Agarwal ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    This book examines rights issues in relation to visual privacy in the use of civilian drones. Here, visual privacy is described as the freedom from a combination of unwanted activities directed towards an individual, such as observing, recording, and publishing of personal visual information without an individual’s consent. The book answers the question of whether visual observation of an ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • Socio-Legal Struggles for Indigenous Self-Determination in Latin America

    Reimagining the Nation, Reinventing the State

    by Roger Merino ...
    Series series Indigenous Peoples and the Law
    This book is an interdisciplinary study of struggles for indigenous self-determination and the recognition of indigenous’ territorial rights in Latin America.Studies of indigenous peoples’ opposition to extractive industries have tended to focus on its economic, political or social aspects, as if these were discrete dimensions of the conflict. In contrast, this book offers a comprehensive and ... Read more

    R1 021,93

  • The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

    From Declaration to Binding Instrument

    Edited by Giacomo Di Federico ...
    Series Book 8 - Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
    The first part of the book reviews the multi-level system of protection currently operating in Europe and its constitutional implications. The Charter is analysed from a legal, political and practical standpoint. The activity of the European Parliament as a fundamental rights actor will also be examined, as well as the right to a fair trial and to effective judicial protection before and by the EU ... Read more

    R2 430,63

  • Law and Agroecology

    A Transdisciplinary Dialogue

    Edited by Massimo Monteduro, Pierangelo Buongiorno, Saverio Di Benedetto, Alessandro Isoni ...
    This book represents a first attempt to investigate the relations between Law and Agroecology.There is a need to adopt a transdisciplinary approach to multifunctional agriculture in order to integrate the agroecological paradigm in legal regulation. This does not require a super-law that hierarchically purports to incorporate and supplant the existing legal fields; rather, it calls for the ... Read more

    R2 951,46

  • Jewish Law and American Law, Volume 1

    A Comparative Study

    by Samuel J. Levine ...
    Series series Touro University Press
    This volume contributes to the growing field of comparative Jewish and American law, presenting twenty-six essays characterized by a number of distinct features. The essays will appeal to legal scholars and, at the same time, will be accessible and of interest to a more general audience of intellectually curious readers. These contributions are faithful to Jewish law on its own terms, while ... Read more

    R511,51 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Consumer Protection and Online Auction Platforms

    Towards a Safer Legal Framework

    by Christine Riefa ...
    Series series Markets and the Law
    Online auctions have undergone many transformations and continue to attract millions of customers worldwide. However these popular platforms remain understudied by legal scholars and misunderstood by legislators. This book explores the legal classification of online auction sites across a range of countries in Europe. Including empirical studies conducted on 28 online auction websites in the UK, ... Read more

    R1 321,11

  • Comparing and Classifying Legislatures

    Edited by David Arter ...
    Series series Library of Legislative Studies
    Recent years have witnessed substantial work in the legislative studies field. But what do we know about legislatures today and are there clear criteria for comparing and classifying them?This is a new review of the state of our knowledge of parliament and tackles key questions: Do legislatures matter in legislative terms, and, if so, how much? What is the extent of the legislature’s control of ... Read more

    R1 221,38

  • Dispute Resolution within Africa

    A Journey Forward

    Edited by Rashri Baboolal Frank ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The main topic is dispute resolution within specific Africa countries, and the journey of Africa becoming a global leader as the seat of dispute resolution, focusing on the mechanisms of mediation, arbitration, conciliation and negotiation. In international commercial transactions, it is inviolable that disputes arise, and the commercial contracts provide for a med-arb clause, and parties go to ... Read more

    R2 604,16

  • Sustainability and the Insurance Market

    Trends and Challenges

    Edited by Juan Bataller-Grau, Marcin Kawiński, Pierpaolo Marano ...
    Series Book 10 - AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation
    This open access book focuses on the regulatory framework for the sustainability of the insurance market. It analyzes its potential impact on insurance undertakings governance and product design. The book is structured into three parts. It firstly explores the general framework on the sustainability for the insurance market, focusing on the regulation at the European Union level. Secondly, it ... Read more

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  • Muslim Women between Community and Individual Rights

    Legal Pluralism and Marriage in South Africa

    by Fatima Mukaddam ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book presents an in-depth exploration of the intricate negotiations of married Muslim women within Cape Town’s Muslim communities, navigating the complexities of legal pluralism governed by Muslim Personal Law (MPL). Spanning historical epochs from colonialism to the democratic era, it argues that MPL’s informal status perpetuates patriarchal norms, especially in the domain of marriage. It ... Read more

    R1 909,68

  • Intellectual Property and the Common Law

    Edited by Shyamkrishna Balganesh ...
    In this volume, leading scholars of intellectual property and information policy examine what the common law - a method of reasoning, an approach to rule making, and a body of substantive law - can contribute to discussions about the scope, structure and function of intellectual property. The book presents an array of methodologies, substantive areas and normative positions, tying these concepts ... Read more

    R1 086,85

  • The Evolution of Western Private Law

    by Alan Watson ...
    In The Evolution of Western Private Law, renowned legal scholar Alan Watson presents a comprehensive overview of legal change in the Western world. Watson explains why and how such change occurs in mature systems, in underdeveloped systems, and when legal systems of different levels of sophistication and from different societal roots—such as those of the Romans and of Germanic tribes—come into ... Read more

    R1 101,57