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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

    R292,09

  • Coercive Human Rights

    Positive Duties to Mobilise the Criminal Law under the ECHR

    Series series Hart Studies in Security and Justice
    Traditionally, human rights have protected those facing the sharp edge of the criminal justice system. But over time human rights law has become increasingly infused with duties to mobilise criminal law towards protection and redress for violation of rights. These developments give rise to a whole host of questions concerning the precise parameters of coercive human rights, the rationale(s) that ... Read more

    R683,20

  • The Legal Power to Launch War

    Who Decides?

    The issue of who has the power to declare war or authorise military action in a democracy has become a major legal and political issue, internationally, and is set to become even more pertinent in the immediate future, particularly in the wake of military action in Syria, ongoing wars in the Middle East, and tense discussions between the United States and its allies, and Russia and China.This book ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • Transforming the Politics of International Law

    The Advisory Committee of Jurists and the Formation of the World Court in the League of Nations

    Edited by P. Sean Morris ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Legal History
    This volume examines the role of League of Nations committees, particularly the Advisory Committee of Jurists (ACJ) in shaping the statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ). The authors explore the contributions of individual jurists and unofficial members in shaping the League’s international legal machinery. It is a companion book to The League of Nations and the Development ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • Gender and Migration in Italy

    A Multilayered Perspective

    Edited by Elisa Olivito ...
    Series series Law and Migration
    Recent migratory flows to Europe have brought about considerable changes in many countries. Italy in particular offers a unique point of view, since it is possible to observe not only the way migration has changed specific features of the country, but also how it is intertwined with gender relations. Considering both the type of migration that has affected Italy and the consequent measures adopted ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • 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

    R1 321,11

  • God, Schools, and Government Funding

    First Amendment Conundrums

    In recent years, a conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, over vigorous dissents, has developed circumventions to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment that allow state legislatures unabashedly to use public tax dollars increasingly to aid private elementary and secondary education. This expansive and innovative legislation provides considerable governmental funds to support ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • Administrative Law and The Administrative Court in Wales

    by David Gardner ...
    Series series The Public Law of Wales
    As we progress into the twenty-first century, Wales is acquiring a new identity and greater legislative autonomy. The National Assembly and the Welsh Government have power to create laws specifically for Wales. In parallel, the judicial system in Wales is acquiring greater autonomy in its ability to hold the Welsh public bodies to account. This book examines the principles involved in challenging ... Read more

    R949,89 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Human Rights and America's War on Terror

    Edited by Satvinder S. Juss ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    This volume examines the success of the 9/11 attacks in undermining the cherished principles of Western democracy, free speech and tolerance, which were central to US values. It is argued that this has led to the USA fighting disastrous wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and to sanctioning the use of torture and imprisonment without trial in Guantánamo Bay, extraordinary rendition, surveillance and ... Read more

    R1 121,66

  • The Work of the British Law Commissions

    Law Reform... Now?

    The Law Commission (of England and Wales) and the Scottish Law Commission were both established in 1965 to promote the reform of the laws of their respective jurisdictions. Since then, they have each produced hundreds of reports across many areas of law. They are independent of government yet rely on governmental funding and governmental approval of their proposed projects. They also rely on both ... Read more

    R893,54

  • Public Finance Law and Public Administrations

    The Shaping Power of Public Finance in the European Union

    Series series Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law
    The book examines how the growth of public finance law within the European Union has both influenced and continued to impact the structure of national-level public administration in EU Member States. It assesses whether this regulatory influence has improved public administration or, conversely, negatively impacted civil society.Illustrating how global crises have shaped the formulation of ... Read more

    R1 071,79

  • Política Pública Formal e Política Pública Real

    análise crítica da participação no projeto Agente Ambiental Comunitário do Amapá

    O livro apresenta a dissertação defendida pelo autor no curso de Mestrado em Direito Ambiental e Políticas Públicas na Universidade Federal do Amapá, contendo uma análise dos processos participativos na criação, execução e avaliação do Projeto Agente Ambiental Comunitário do Amapá. Discute-se tal política pública como uma apresentação de um Projeto Formal, a ser confrontado pela abordagem crítica ... Read more

    R239,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Non-Governmental Organisations and the Law

    Self-Regulation and Accountability

    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    This book examines accountability issues and the problems of regulating non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through self-regulation. It focuses on methods of self-regulation for NGOs in response to prominent scandals that revealed problems with their accountability, notably the ‘Mafia Capitale’ scandal in Italy and the Oxfam GB scandal in Haiti. It also touches upon other accountability failures ... Read more

    R1 046,86

  • The Evolution of Intermediary Institutions in Europe

    From Corporatism to Governance

    Edited by Poul F Kjaer, Eva Hartmann ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book investigates the consecutive shifts between three types of intermediary institutions in the European context: Corporatist, Neo-corporatist and Governance institutions. It does so by combining insights from European Political Economy; European Integration and governance studies; and, socio-legal studies in the European context. ... Read more

    R868,01

  • Security, Constitutionalism and Legal Systems

    Edited by Paola Piciacchia ...
    Series series Routledge-Giappichelli Studies in Law
    The book explores, through new studies, the theme of security in its multiple dec-linations from a comparative and European public law perspective. It highlights the current complexity of the dynamics related to public security at the domestic and international levels and the reflections that these dynamics may have on contemporary constitutionalism and the rule of law. It critically examines how ... Read more

    R1 146,59

  • Migration and the New Technological Borders of Europe

    Edited by H. Dijstelbloem, A. Meijer ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    European borders that aim to control migration and mobility increasingly rely on technology to distinguish between citizens and aliens. This book explores new tensions in Europe between states and citizens, and between politics, technology and human rights. ... Read more

    R868,01

  • 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

    R1 071,79

  • Translating Guilt

    Identifying Leadership Liability for Mass Atrocity Crimes

    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

    R2 604,16

  • Disability, Sexuality, and Gender in Asia

    Intersectionality, Human Rights, and the Law

    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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  • Human Rights and Judicial Review in Australia and Canada

    The Newest Despotism?

    Series series Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law
    It is commonly asserted that bills of rights have had a 'righting' effect on the principles of judicial review of administrative action and have been a key driver of the modern expansion in judicial oversight of the executive arm of government. A number of commentators have pointed to Australian administrative law as evidence for this 'righting' hypothesis. They have suggested that the fact that ... Read more

    R893,54

  • Regimento Interno da Câmara dos Deputados

    24ª edição

    Series Book 2 - Legislação
    A 24ª edição da coletânea Regimento Interno da Câmara dos Deputados, revista e atualizada até 17/01/2023, inclui o Regimento Interno - aprovado pela Resolução nº 17 de 1989 e alterado até a Resolução nº 35 de 2022 - o Código de Ética e Decoro parlamentar, o Regimento comum do Congresso Nacional e outras legislações correlatas.A publicação é fundamental para parlamentares, candidatos, estudantes e ... Read more

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  • Fondamentaux - Finances publiques : droit budgétaire, comptabilité publique 2021-2022 - Ebook epub

    Ce manuel d’initiation couvre les programmes de finances publiques et de comptabilité publique tels qu’enseignés dans les facultés de droit. Conçu pour permettre un apprentissage rapide par l’étude des deux textes fondamentaux que sont la LOLF et le GBCP, il facilitera également la révision du cours avant les examens ou même la préparation des concours.PLAN DE L’OUVRAGEL’évolution du cadre ... Read more

    R139,60

  • Governing (Through) Rights

    Series series Human Rights Law in Perspective
    Taking a critical attitude of dissatisfaction towards rights, the central premise of this book is that rights are technologies of governmentality. They are a regulating discourse that is itself managed through governing tactics and techniques – hence governing (through) rights. Part I examines the 'problem of government' (through) rights. The opening chapter describes governmentality as a ... Read more

    R538,53

  • The Politics of Hate Speech Laws

    This book examines the complex relationship between politics and hate speech laws, domestic and international. How do political contexts shape understandings of what hate speech is and how to deal with it? Why do particular states enact hate speech laws and then apply, extend or reform them in the ways they do? What part does hate speech play in international affairs? Why do some but not all ... Read more

    R1 146,59