Comparative law

This sweeping sociological analysis traces the emergence of intellectual property as a new type of legal property.

An examination of how the constitutional frameworks for autonomies around the world really work.

This book brings together leading international scholars of law and religion to provide an overview of current issues in State-religion relations.

Analyzes institutional bypasses, a strategy to promote change and implement reforms in developing countries.

This edited volume addresses the dynamics of the legal system of Myanmar/Burma in the context of the dramatic but incomplete transition to democracy that formally began in 2011.

This book argues that law has a vital role in shaping the electricity system to enable a more active role for consumers in liberalizsed electricity industries.

This book critically examines the proper role of the law in protecting job security in the contemporary workplace.

The Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies provides a forum for the scrutiny of significant issues in European Union Law, the Law of the Council of Europe, and Comparative Law with a "e;European"e; dimension, and particularly those which have come to the fore during the year preceding publication.

This book describes the constitutions of six major federations and how they have been interpreted by their highest courts, compares the interpretive methods and underlying principles that have guided the courts, and explores the reasons for major differences between these methods and principles.

This book provides a comparative analysis of the concept and concrete application of the system of indirect review of administrative action.

This book discusses the future role of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in a world facing survival challenges.

This book examines the attainment of complete free movement of civil judgments across EU member states from the perspective of its conformity with the fundamental right to a fair trial.

This book provides fresh perspectives in the legal study of the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Today, a California resident can incorporate her shipping business in Delaware, register her ships in Panama, hire her employees from Hong Kong, place her earnings in an asset-protection trust formed in the Cayman Islands, and enter into a same-sex marriage in Massachusetts or Canada--all the while enjoying the California sunshine and potentially avoiding many facets of the state's laws.

A theory of religious freedom for the modern era that uses natural law from ancient Greek, Jewish, Christian and Islamic sources.

The aim of this edited collection of essays is to examine the relationship between private law and power both the public power of the state and the 'private' power of institutions and individuals.

This book is a response to the dangers posed to constitutional democracy by the continuous growth of executive power and the simultaneous decline of parliaments' role in policy formation.

A new understanding of the causes and consequences of incomplete property rights in countries across the world.

Whilst advances in biotechnology and information technology have undoubtedly resulted in better quality of life for mankind, they can also bring about global problems.

Es gab im Alten Reich zwar vielfältige Gerichtsstrukturen, jedoch konnten diese nicht immer effektiv genutzt werden, sei es, weil sie keine Zuständigkeit hatten, sei es, weil ihnen die wechselrechtliche Expertise fehlte.

This book examines the two most populous nations on earth - India and China - in an effort to demystify the interaction between intellectual property rights (IPR) regimes, innovation and economic growth by critically looking at the economic and legal realities.

Comparative Company Law provides a systematic and coherent exposition of company law across jurisdictions, augmented by extracts taken from key judgments, legislation, and scholarly works.

This collection considers how contemporary cultural and religious diversity challenges and redefines national constitutional and legal frameworks and concepts, within the context of education.

This timely book provides contributions on international, comparative crime phenomena: gangs, trafficking, fear of crime, and crime prevention.

Whatever your background, if you seek an understanding of the legal system of the United States, this is the book for you.

Despite the growth in international criminal courts and tribunals, the majority of cases concerning international criminal law are prosecuted at the domestic level.

This book investigates the legitimacy of Economic Criminal Law.

Risk Management in Outer Space Activities assesses selected risks associated with space activities, from an Australian and New Zealand perspective.

This proceedings volume combines chapters derived from papers presented at the 4th and 5th Annual Conferences on the Future of the Commercial Contract in Scholarship and Law Reform.

This book discusses the reform and improvement of Chinese legislation on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects (PFIPs), the goal being to help its implementation in China satisfy international standards.

This book of text, cases and materials from Asia is designed for scholars and students of constitutional law and comparative constitutional law.

The book deals with confidentiality as one of the most controversial issues in international commercial arbitration.

Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions is both a roadmap for navigating the intellectual universe of constitutional amendments and a blueprint for building and improving the rules of constitutional change.

Draws from a wealth of primary sources to outline how classical Roman property law was reinvented by liberal nineteenth-century jurists.

Leading scholars of European constitutionalism highlight different facets of the constitutional discussion.

A comprehensive doctrinal analysis of cybercrime laws in four major common law jurisdictions: Australia, Canada, the UK and the US.

In this volume, ownership is defined as the simple fact of being able to describe something as 'mine' or 'yours', and property is distinguished as the discursive field which allows the articulation of attendant rights, relationships, and obligations.

This book examines the constitutional treatment of national security in the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

This book explores labor and competition law in 14 jurisdictions and globally, addressing cutting-edge questions in the legal organization of markets.

This book traces the evolution of Chinese public institutions from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to modern China, including a diverse range of topics such as the bureaucratic system, the fiscal and economic system, talent selection, appointment and assessment, imperial examination, governance and censorship and justice in ancient China.

This book examines different legal systems and analyses how the judge in each of them performs a meaningful review of the proportional use of discretionary powers by public bodies.

This ground-breaking book examines the multifaceted dynamics between copyright law and music borrowing within a rich diversity of music genres from across the world.

The effects of US secondary sanctions are broad and are often designed to cripple the target country's economy and currency.

This is the first book-length work to offer a sustained comparison of Roma and African Americans.