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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

    R305,66

  • The Dynamics of Law and Morality

    A Pluralist Account of Legal Interactionism

    This book investigates the dynamic intertwinement of law and morality, with a focus on new and developing fields of law. Taking as its starting point the debates and mutual misunderstandings between proponents of different philosophical traditions, it argues that this theoretical pluralism is better explained once law is accepted as an essentially ambiguous concept. Continuing on, the book ... Read more

    R1 487,80

  • Regulating Corporate Bribery in International Business

    Anti-corruption in the UK and Germany

    by Nicholas Lord ...
    This book is about the regulation of corporations that use bribery in international commerce to win or maintain overseas business contracts and interests. Recent large-scale cases involving multinational corporations demonstrate how large commercial ’non-criminal’ enterprises are being implicated in substantive overseas bribery scandals and illustrate the difficulties faced by responsible ... Read more

    R1 487,80

  • Legal Cases, New Religious Movements, and Minority Faiths

    Series series Routledge Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements
    New religious movements (NRMs) and other minority faiths have regularly been the focus of legal cases around the world in recent decades. This is the first book to focus on important aspects of the relationship of smaller faiths to the societies in which they function by using specific legal cases to examine social control efforts. The legal cases involve group leaders, a groups’ practices or ... Read more

    R1 436,49

  • Private Law, Public Law, Metalaw and Public Policy in Space

    A Liber Amicorum in Honor of Ernst Fasan

    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The law of outer space is rapidly evolving to adapt to changes in the economic drivers as well as advancements in technological capabilities. The contents of this book are a reflection of this changing environment as evidenced in the writings of the second and third generations of space lawyers. Theoretical aspects of space law are explored by chapters relating to fundamental concepts central to ... Read more

    R1 603,09

  • Confidentiality in Arbitration

    The Case of Egypt

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book addresses the issue of privacy and confidentiality in the broader context of the Egyptian legal system. The volume opens with an overview of the major approaches to confidentiality adopted in various jurisdictions. It goes on to examine the duties of confidentiality and privacy in arbitration law and practice on the basis of interviews with 30 law professors and practitioners who often ... Read more

    R1 603,09

  • Riassunti pratici per la preparazione al concorso 80 commissari di polizia vol.V

    PUBBLICA SICUREZZA

    Riassunti per la preparazione alla prova scritta del concorso 80 commissari della Polizia di Stato. Trattazione chiara, semplice ed aggiornata. La collana comprende tutte le materie oggetto delle prove, permettendo, così, al candidato, di avere un approfondimento di tutte le discipline di interesse. ... Read more

    R99,55 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Public Policymaking in a Globalized World

    Revised edition

    Edited by Robin J. Lewis ...
    The inexorable advent of globalization has transformed the public policymaking process into a multi-faceted challenge that transcends traditional policymaking boundaries and forces scholars, experts, and practitioners to redefine their field in terms of both theory and practice. While every policy dilemma has a specific location in time and space, most significant policy issues— climate change, ... Read more

    R1 205,58

  • O interesse público sob a crítica da Teoria Crítica

    A Editora Contracorrente tem a satisfação de publicar o livro O interesse público sob a crítica da Teoria Crítica, do autor Luasses Gonçalves dos Santos. A obra propõe uma reconstrução da concepção de interesse público e, a partir dela, a busca de uma via alternativa, progressista e emancipatória. Nas palavras do prefaciador, o ilustre professor Gilberto Bercovici: "Trata-se de uma reflexão ... Read more

    R159,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Peace, Discontent and Constitutional Law

    Challenges to Constitutional Order and Democracy

    Edited by Martin Belov ...
    Series series Comparative Constitutional Change
    This book offers a multi-discursive analysis of the constitutional foundations for peaceful coexistence, the constitutional background for discontent and the impact of discontent, and the consequences of conflict and revolution on the constitutional order of a democratic society which may lead to its implosion. It explores the capacity of the constitutional order to serve as a reliable framework ... Read more

    R1 128,62

  • International Law and Violence Against Women

    Europe and the Istanbul Convention

    Series series Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
    This book offers an in-depth and critical analysis of the Istanbul Convention, along with discussions on its impact and implications.The work highlights the place of the Convention in the landscape of international law and policies on violence against women and equality. The authors argue that the Convention with its emphasis on integrated and comprehensive policies has an important role in ... Read more

    R1 205,58

  • The Law of Estoppel

    This work contains within a single book an account of all the forms of estoppel in operation today, including estoppel by record (res iudicata), as well as of the associated doctrine of election.There can be few practitioners who do not at some time have to engage with estoppel. Estoppel applies across all, or nearly all, English civil law. In explaining each form of estoppel an attempt is made to ... Read more

    R5 160,38

  • The Constitution of the Republic of Austria

    A Contextual Analysis

    Series series Constitutional Systems of the World
    This book shows how the Austrian Constitution has been shaped and interpreted by the fundamental events in Austria's modern history. At the same time it emphasises the way in which the Constitution establishes a parliamentary system, with additional presidential features, limited, in turn, by Austria's federal structure and the parliaments of nine states. It charts the history and character of the ... Read more

    R522,20

  • Informationelle Selbstbestimmung im Web 2.0

    Chancen und Risiken sozialer Verschlagwortungssysteme

    Series series Computer Science and Engineering (German Language)
    Die neue Generation des Internets („Web 2.0“ oder „Social Web“) zeichnet sich durch eine sehr freizügige Informationsbereitstellung durch seine Nutzer aus. Vor diesem Hintergrund haben Informatiker und Juristen in enger Interaktion die Chancen und Risiken der neuen Web 2.0-Technologien erkundet und gestaltet. Nach Bestandsaufnahme werden die technischen und rechtlichen Chancen und Risiken bezogen ... Read more

    R448,95

  • Tutelle et curatelle : tout ce que je dois savoir 25 questions-réponses pour protéger mes proches

    Tutelle et curatelle : tout ce que je dois savoir (25 questions-réponses pour protéger mes proches) aborde les problèmes juridiques posés par la vulnérabilité des personnes âgées, malades ou handicapées. Il a pour objet d'informer, de conseiller et de guider les personnes confrontées à ces difficultés. On estime à environ 850 000 le nombre de personnes protégées en France, et à bien plus celui des ... Read more

    R100,00 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Het Grondwettelijk Hof: rechter of regelgever?

    Series series Bibliotheek Publiek recht Larcier
    Dit werk geeft een antwoord op de vraag welke rol een grondwettelijk hof speelt binnen het staatsbestel en de trias politica. In navolging van de theorie van H. Kelsen wordt de rechtspraak van het Belgisch Grondwettelijk Hof geanalyseerd in het licht van de rechtsscheppende functie waarmee elke grondwetstoetsing ongetwijfeld gepaard gaat. Op basis van een conceptuele indeling aan de hand van de ... Read more

    R2 200,00

  • 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 436,49

  • 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 671,90

  • 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 102,96

  • The Power of the Supreme People's Court

    Reconceptualizing Judicial Power in Contemporary China

    by Ding Qi ...
    Series series The Rule of Law in China and Comparative Perspectives
    This book explores the recent development of the Supreme People’s Court of China, the world’s largest highest court. Recognizing that its approach to exercising power in an authoritarian context has presented a challenge to the understanding of judicial power in both democratic and non-democratic legal settings, it captures the essence of the Court through its institutional design as well as ... Read more

    R1 205,58

  • Article 8 ECHR, Family Reunification and the UK’s Supreme Court

    Family Matters?

    Series series Human Rights Law in Perspective
    How do courts reconcile protecting family life with immigration control in human rights cases? This book addresses that question through an analysis of 11 UK Supreme Court decisions on immigration and family life, mostly focusing on Article 8 ECHR, the right to respect for family life, and starting with Huang v SSHD in 2007. The analysis is set against a national context that includes the Human ... Read more

    R825,00

  • Regulating Municipal Water Supply Concessions

    Accountability in Transitional China

    by Yan Wei ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    This book discusses the recently introduced concession policy, which is also known as PPP worldwide, on municipal utilities policy in China. In this context, critics have claimed that there is a gap in accountability with regard to concessions. The author utilizes interdisciplinary methods and comparative studies, taking into account the situation in the EU and US to analyze the accountability gap ... Read more

    R890,55

  • Tax Law, State-Building and the Constitution

    This monograph looks at how tax is intertwined with constitutional law and the state in the UK. It looks at a variety of topics including tax devolution, scrutiny and reform of tax legislation, the protection of taxpayers and the domestic legal processing of international rules and problems.Tax Law, State-Building and the Constitution presents and interrogates five key claims. First, there is a ... Read more

    R618,57

  • The Law of Humanity Project

    A Story of International Law Reform and State-making

    by Ukri Soirila ...
    Series series Studies in International Law
    This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to the role of humanity in international law, offering a fresh perspective to a discussions with global implications. The 1990s and the first decade of the twenty-first century witnessed the sporadic emergence of a new vision of global law. Although the vision has taken many different forms, all instances of it have been uniform in the ... Read more

    R797,40