Comparative law

Territorial autonomy in Spain has reached a crossroads.

This book provides a review of central contributions from a variety of countries, and is intended to enhance and expand the national professional dialogue on curricula in nursing and midwifery education.

In the post-2001 context of economic and political conflict, this book presents a timely and detailed examination of the role of the criminal law in the protection of the existing order from political dissent and destabilization.

Examines the interplay between artificial intelligence and international economic law, and its effects on global economic order.

Freedom of establishment is one of the four fundamental freedoms of the European Union.

Small jurisdictions have become significant players in cross-border corporate and financial services.

This book undertakes a comparative study of the public interest and political speech defences in defamation law, particularly from the perspective of the misuse of democratic free expression justifications.

This work offers a synthesis of the current approaches toward an integration of international trade and climate change, with a view to fostering potential improvements in policies and institutions affecting these.

The European Community harmonised the contractual laws of the member states in some ways.

What do different concepts like true lie, bad luck, honest thief, old news, spacetime, glocalization, symplexity, sustainable development, constant change, soft law, substantive due process, pure law, bureaucratic efficiency and global justice have in common?

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the question of what role international law plays in promoting a resolution of Central and East European transboundary environmental disputes.

Writing Constitutions intends to serve as a practical manual for those writing constitutions or interested in their design.

'Why do we vote in schools?

This book investigates whether treaty interpretation at the ECtHR and WTO, which are sometimes perceived as promoting 'self-contained' regimes, could constitute a means for unifying international law, or, conversely, might exacerbate the fragmentation of international law.

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This book examines the tangled responsibilities of states, companies, and individuals surrounding human rights in the digital age.

The decisions courts make in constitutional rights cases pervade our political life and touch on our most basic interests and values.

This book focuses on Chinese cases on the CISG decided by Chinese courts of all levels, mainly from 1990 to 2005.

The book deals with data protection issues from practical viewpoints.

"e;Given their ethnic diversity, to what extent, and at what cost and benefit to human dignity, can European countries adopt and adapt plural democracy?

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Well-chosen negative legal proof rules can be useful procedural safeguards.

Among the many constitutional developments of the past century or so, one of the most significant has been the creation and proliferation of institutions that perform functions similar to those performed by courts but which are considered to be, and in some ways are, different and distinct from courts as traditionally conceived.

A comparison of proportionality, the dominant doctrine in constitutional law worldwide, with the American doctrine of balancing.

During the 20th century many countries embarked on a process of constitutional secularization by which the role of religion gradually became limited.

This book analyzes regulatory models established in the field of online music distribution, and examines their consistency with the overarching objectives of copyright law.

Victim-offender mediation schemes have experienced significant growth in the last decade.

Justice, the State and International Relations offers a review of historical traditions of international ethical and political theory in the light of modern developments in political philosophy.

This innovative book blends constitutional theory with real-life political practice to explore the impact of codifying constitutional amendments on the operation of the constitution in relation to democracy, the rule of law, and the separation of powers.

This book presents a series of authoritative discussions of the application of Jewish tradition to contemporary social and political issues.

This book offers a comparative study of the management of legal pluralism.

This book describes and analyses the notion of Mahr, the Muslim custom whereby the groom has to give a gift to the bride in consideration of the marriage.

This book is an essential guide on surrogacy, discussing various legal issues that arise in surrogacy cases.

This volume examines European and national higher-court decisions on social media from the perspective of fundamental rights and judicial dialogue.

This book consists of updated and refreshed papers written by international law scholars and practitioners from the ASEAN region and published by the Journal of East Asia and International Law, comprehensively covering almost all contemporary international legal issues related to ASEAN.

This book explores how Islam can impact the structures and performance of firms, financial institutions and capital markets across a range of countries and industries.

The book is the most comprehensive in its area and analyses many jurisdictions that have received little attention.

Translated and updated from the seminal Spanish text on legal decisions affecting gender and sexuality in Latin America, this English edition is the only law text to focus specifically on the rights of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and the transgender population in addition to women's rights more broadly.

Until recently, internal use of the armed forces has been generally regarded by the public, as well as academic commentators, as conduct to be expected of a military or autocratic regime, not a democratic government.

This book investigates China's demands for the repatriation of Chinese cultural relics 'lost' during the country's modern  history.