International law

Access to genetic resources and Benefit Sharing (ABS) has been promoted under the Convention on Biological Diversity, with the aim of combining biodiversity conservation goals with economic development.

Human dignity, equality, and freedom are central to the South African Constitution.

Equal rights for women in the workplace is a critical aspect of the twentieth century civil rights movement, as well as an issue of academic and public interest.

This second volume of highly topical two-volume set "e;The Investment Weapon"e; continues to present pioneering research for the purpose of developing a common analytical foundation and framework for the emerging interdisciplinary research field of investment control.

Offers the first-ever comprehensive treatment under international law of the foundational human right to life.

An analytical study of human dignity as the humanity of a person, as a constitutional value and a constitutional right.

This comprehensive volume analyzes dual markets for regulated substances and services, and aims to provide a framework for their effective regulation.

This revised second edition takes account of developments in the field of dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration.

This book examines efforts from the early twentieth century to the present, to increase international cooperation in addressing issues of international migration.

This book uses the very latest research to examine current interactions between religion, migration and existential wellbeing.

This book addresses some of the most debated topics preceding the UK referendum on membership of the EU, namely welfare services and free movement of citizens.

In 1997, a Mexican national named Jose Ernesto Medellin was sentenced to death for raping and murdering two teenage girls in Texas.

The Political Economy of Plea Bargaining provides the political, economic, and cultural context for understanding the evolution of plea bargaining as a juridical technology implemented to ensure the efficient administration of violations of criminal law.

This book explores the scope and limits of what is appropriate for regional action in the maintenance of peace and security.

This book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be, used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union's Agenda 2063.

Traditional understandings of the genesis of the separation of church and state rest on assumptions about "e;Enlightenment"e; and the republican ethos of citizenship.

Offers the most comprehensive, detailed and up-to-date analysis of international investment law and arbitration compared to its competitors.

Throughout its history, Nigeria has been plagued by religious divisions.

The Arab revolutions of 2011 were a transformative moment in the modern history of the Middle East, as people rose up against long-standing autocrats throughout the region to call for bread, freedom and dignity.

Siberia has had an interesting history, quite distinct from that of Russia.

This book flags and contemplates the lurking problem of space crimes that may escalate and expand with diversification of space activities, greater footfall on the celestial bodies and passage of time, for the lack of appropriate solutions.

What did Mao Zedong bring to China?

An authoritative, in-depth examination of remedies in international sales of manufactured goods, this book provides a detailed analysis of the remedies available to a commercial buyer.

Global economic and social forces are affecting everyone, everywhere.

This is a book on "e;equity in the civil law tradition"e; from the double perspective of legal history and comparative law.

FIDIC contracts are the most widely used contracts for international construction around the world and are used in many different jurisdictions, both common law and civil law.

This book explores the legal regime of non-product related process and production methods (NPR PPMs) in the context of trade-restrictive environmental measures, eco-labelling requirements and sanitary measures under the WTO.

Research Methods in Human Rights introduces the reader to key methodological approaches to Human Rights research in a clear and accessible way.

An analysis of the legal issues raised by the international fight against money laundering.

Das Buch untersucht die sich wandelnden rechtlichen Strukturen der Erbringung, Organisation und Finanzierung von öffentlichen Dienstleistungen (Leistungen der Daseinsvorsorge, Dienstleistungen von allgemeinem Interesse).

Wild Law - In Practice aims to facilitate the transition of Earth Jurisprudence from theory into practice.

Explains why the current US insider trading regime is inefficient and unjust, and offers a clear path to reform.

This book explores the phenomena of both Political Catholicism and the growth of Euroscepticism across Eastern and Western Europe.

Even today, class discrimination remains an important global legal issue.

This book provides an unprecedented portrayal of a lively shari'a court in contemporary West Jerusalem, which belongs to the Israeli legal system but serves Palestinian residents of the eastern part of the city.

Exploring the key legal issues in combating race discrimination, Race Matters provides readers with a detailed understanding of the issue of inequality.

This volume has a long and distinguished pedigree.

The essays selected and reproduced in this volume explore how international refugee law is dynamic and constantly evolving.

Outlines the relationship between Sustainable Development Goals and international law, including current problems and potential solutions.

This book explores the concept of test data exclusivity protection for pharmaceuticals.

Over the last three decades, a number of reforms have taken place in European social policy with an impact on the opportunities for persons with disabilities to be full and active members of society.

Since the last edition of the book was published, there have been a number of important developments in the telecommunications industry.

Los Delitos de Pornografía Infantil conforman el llamado Derecho penal sexual, cuyas sucesivas reformas son síntoma del carácter controvertido y polémico de esta tipología delictiva, planteando complejas cuestiones tanto respecto a la forma en la que el Derecho penal debe intervenir, así como a los límites de su castigo.

The landscape of European competition law has seen significant changes in the past decade, both in terms of enforcement and substantive application.

This book provides a set of proposals for how best to guarantee effective enforcement of labour rights worldwide.

Human security has been advanced as an alternative to traditional state-based conceptualizations of security, yet controversies about the use and abuse of the concept remain.

This volume of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (NYIL) is the fiftieth in the Series, which means that the NYIL has now been with us for half a century.

A lively narrative account of the first case to appear at the International Criminal Court, A Conviction in Question documents the trial of Union of Congolese Patriots leader and warlord, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.