Comparative

To what extent is the language of judicial opinions responsive to the political and social context in which constitutional courts operate? Courts are reason-giving institutions, with argumentation playing a central role in constitutional adjudication...

Debates about emergency powers traditionally focus on whether law can or should constrain officials in emergencies. Emergencies in Public Law moves beyond this narrow lens, focusing instead on how law structures the response to emergencies and what kind...

This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of globalization's impact on the Brazilian legal profession. Employing original data from nine empirical studies, the book details how Brazil's need to restructure its economy and manage its global...

Is there a distinctive Chinese model for law and economic development? In The Beijing Consensus scholars turn their collective attention to answer this basic but seemingly under-explored question as China rises higher in its global standing. Advancing...

Is there a place for religious language in the public square? Which institution of government is best suited to deciding whether religion should influence law? Should states be required to treat religion and non-religion in the same way? How does the...

In the digital era, many African countries sit at the crossroads of a potential future that will be shaped by digital-era technologies with existing laws and institutions constructed under conditions of colonial and post-colonial authoritarian rule. In...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789403500430Author Javier Martinez-TorronFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law InternationalWeight(grams) 395g

At the beginning of 2020, the Polish justice system faced unprecedented challenge related to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The need to reduce face-to-face contacts, limit the activities of public institutions and introduce remote work has forced...

This book puts the spotlight on a different and neglected aspect of law drafting and reform: the question of size. Specifically, how does the size of a jurisdiction affect its ability to make and change its laws? Some of the challenges affecting small...

Jewish law is a singular legal system that has been evolving for generations. Often conflated with Biblical law or Israeli law, Jewish law needs to be studied in its own right. An Introduction to Jewish Law expounds the general structure of Jewish law...

Constituting Equality addresses the question, how would you write a constitution if you really cared about gender equality? The book takes a design-oriented approach to the broad range of issues that arise in constitutional drafting concerning gender...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616196561Author Simon PalmerFormat HardbackPage Count 260Imprint Talbot PublishingPublisher Talbot PublishingWeight(grams) 553g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781584779926Author Professor of Comparative Law William E ButlerFormat HardbackPage Count 532Imprint Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Publisher Lawbook Exchange, Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789359889672Author Dr Anil Kumar DixitFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint True Sign Publishing House Private LimitedPublisher True Sign Publishing House...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789403541020Author Ioannis IglezakisFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law InternationalWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781991201560Author M. Christian GreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 428Imprint African Sun PressPublisher African Sun PressWeight(grams) 500g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789041194756Author Ludwig WeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law International

The way the law responds to death or personal injury resulting from medical treatment has changed over time. Expectations of success in medical interventions have risen. Hospitals have become more complex and use more advanced technology. This has had an...

Cases arising from disputes between neighbours (what English law would describe in terms of the law of nuisance) fall towards the edge of the law of tort, on its boundary with the law of property. They therefore provide a good example of how the...

In Climate Change Law in China in Global Context, seven climate change law scholars explain how the country's legal system is gradually being mobilized to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in China and achieve adaptation to climate change...

Using a conceptual framework, this 2007 book examines the processes of legal reform in post-socialist countries such as China. Drawing on Bourdieu's concept of the 'field', the increasingly complex and contested processes of legal reform are analysed in...

This volume analyzes whether China's thirty years of legal reform have taken root in Chinese society by examining how ordinary citizens are using the legal system in contemporary China. It is an interdisciplinary look at law in action and at legal...

Researched over a period of 15 years by an author who has personally participated in the debate internationally, Audio-Visual Coverage of Courts was the first book to undertake a comprehensive comparative study of televised court proceedings in Great...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781581121742Author Bulent SevenFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Dissertation.comPublisher Dissertation.comWeight(grams) 635g

This open access book presents innovative strategies to address cross-cutting topics and foster transversal competences. The modernization of European legal education presents a compelling challenge that calls for enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration...

This open access book presents innovative strategies to address cross-cutting topics and foster transversal competences. The modernization of European legal education presents a compelling challenge that calls for enhanced interdisciplinary collaboration...

Richard Frimpong Oppong challenges the view that effective economic integration in Africa is hindered by purely socio-economic, political and infrastructural problems. Inspired by the comparative experiences of other regional economic communities and...

The recent financial crisis has questioned whether existing contracts may be adapted, terminated or renegotiated as a result of unexpected circumstances. The question is not a new one. In medieval times the notion of clausula rebus sic stantibus was...

Christian Law: Contemporary Principles offers a detailed comparison of the laws of churches across ten distinct Christian traditions worldwide: Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Lutheran, Methodist, Reformed, Presbyterian, United, Congregational and Baptist...

Cultural law is a new and exciting field of study and practice. The core themes of linguistic and other cultural rights, cultural heritage, traditional crafts and knowledge, the performing arts, sports, and religion are of fundamental importance to...

The state is legally required to be neutral towards religion, but in many countries it is increasingly anything but. This book conducts a comparative legal analysis of the church–state relationship within and between western countries – including the...

While the internationalisation of society has stimulated the emergence of common legal frameworks to coordinate transnational social relations, private law itself is firmly rooted in national law. European integration processes have altered this state of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789403503042Author Alexandru Cristian StrencFormat PaperbackPage Count 170Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law International

This detailed description and comparative analysis of the development of tort law in Europe over the last 150 years is based on national reports that are structured by a basic questionnaire. The national reports are complemented with a comparative...

What does doing comparative law involve? Too often, explicit methodological discussions in comparative law remain limited to the level of pure theory, neglecting to test out critiques and recommendations on concrete issues. This book bridges this gap...

Comparative Law is experiencing something of a renaissance,as legal scholars and practitioners traditionally outside the discipline find it newly relevant in projects such as constitution and code drafting, the harmonization of laws, court decisions, or...

From Parchment to Practice explores the set of problems that arise when a new constitution has been adopted. All new constitutions must manage a balance or tension between two forces: aspirations for social and political transformation on the one hand...

In comparing existing research on Eastern and Central Europe, Central Asia and Latin America, it is clear that legal developments in East and South Asian societies are somewhat under-researched. This volume fills a gap in studies of the effects of...

As individuals travel across borders, societies have become more and more pluralistic. The result of increased migration is the interaction among cultural communities and inevitably clashes between state law and customary law. These cultural conflicts...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789041188182Author Sylvie Bleker-van EykFormat HardbackPage Count 440Imprint Kluwer Law InternationalPublisher Kluwer Law International