Comparative law

This book's essays seek to cleanse comparative law of some of the epistemic detritus it has been collecting and that has been cluttering its theory and practice to the point where this flotsam has effectively stultified 'good' comparison.

The contributors to this book examine the conceptual issues relating to the link between conflict and poverty as well as presenting case studies of countries often regarded as 'hot spots' for conflict in Africa.

The fifth volume of the Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions (YSEC Yearbook) offers an in-depth exploration of socio-economic constitutionalism, a field gaining rapidly in importance as global economies shift.

This book offers a guide to intellectual property law in the People's Republic of China.

This book examines how law functions in a multitude of facets and dimensions.

This book discusses how UNIDROIT principles are viewed and interpreted in different countries, presenting various perspectives and practical lessons learned.

Biotechnology and the Challenge of Property addresses the question of how the advancement of property law is capable of controlling the interests generated by the engineering of human tissues.

This book provides critical legal analyses of latest developments in ocean law and policy by leading Asian legal scholars in the 5 years leading up to the 30th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) entering into force on 16 November 1994.

Over 2 billion people (61% of the world's employed population) work in the informal economy.

The book focuses on some of the most pressing issues in international investment law in Asia, such as the role of developing countries, the rebalancing between the investors' rights protection and the host states' right to regulate, the ISDS reform, among others.

From Van Gend en Loos and Costa v ENEL to Cassis de Dijon and Consten and Grundig, Landmark Cases in EU Law explores the most important and well-known EU law cases in two volumes.

This pioneering study on environmental case-law examines how courts engage with science and reviews legitimate styles of judicial reasoning.

This book provides answers to the following questions: how do traditional principles of private international law relate to the requirements of the internal market for the realisation of the EU's objectives regarding the protection of weaker parties such as consumers and employees?

This book studies the funding problems with shareholder litigation through a functionally comparative way.

Introduced in 2008, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has existed for nearly a decade.

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This book investigates the regulation and promotion of financial inclusion and provides a comparative analysis of the regulation, promotion and enforcement of the relevant laws in the SADC (in particular, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe), as well as the challenges of financial inclusion.

An historical, empirical, doctrinal and comparative case study of how a former British colony became China''s international financial centre.

This book explores current developments in transnational commercial and consumer law.

This book analyses and compares Asian trust laws to critically evaluate Asian approaches to the reception of the trust.

This book delves into the transformative efforts that sought to redefine punishment and rehabilitation, highlighting the pivotal role of Community Service Orders (CSO) and the legislative push to abandon the use of Short-Term Prison Sentences (STPS) for fine default.

In the past two decades, Muslim countries across the globe have been faced with a crisis in governance.

This book examines claims in negligence arising from illegal conduct of the claimant.

All institutions concerned with the process of judging - whether it be deciding between alternative courses of action, determining a judge's professional integrity, assigning culpability for an alleged crime, or ruling on the credibility of an asylum claimant - are necessarily directly concerned with the question of doubt.

This book examines the risks to freedom of expression, particularly in relation to the internet, as a result of regulation introduced in response to terrorist threats.

This book explains, compares and assesses the legal implications of Dieselgate within a range of selected jurisdictions and at the EU, international and comparative law level.

This book offers insight on access to justice from rural areas in internationally comparable contexts to highlight the diversity of experiences within, and across rural areas globally.

Examines the public law of gender and equality from the perspectives of comparative constitutional law, international law and governance.

This seminal book develops a new perspective on the debate concerning the Europeanisation of private law.

This book gathers contributions from a broad range of jurisdictions, written by practitioners and academics alike, and offers an unparalleled comparative view of key issues in competition law, intellectual property and unfair competition law, with a specific focus on the use of personal data.

This account of business-related human rights violations details the barriers victims face when seeking remedies and offers policy solutions.

This book considers the issue of free speech in transitional democracies focusing on the socio-legal developments in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland.

This book brings together leading counterterrorism experts, from academia and practice, to form an interdisciplinary assessment of the terrorist threat facing the United Kingdom and the European Union, focusing on how terrorists and terrorist organisations communicate in the digital age.

This book, first published in 2007, is a comparative approach to the interpretation of the CISG.

Principles of French Law offers a comprehensive introduction to French law and the French legal system in terms which a common lawyer can understand.

This book explores the delicate balance between fostering competitive energy markets and ensuring effective regulation.

This book addresses the increasing demand for a logical understanding of how framework agreement should be used and implemented.

The book provides a critical overview of innovation policy in Europe and a synopsis of the current institutional framework of Europe shaped after the Europe2020 strategy and in view of the upcoming Horizon2020 agenda.

This book analyses the problem of the possibility of guaranteeing the constitutionality of law in cases when a constitutional court either has been weakened or does not exist.

This book explores the ''clean hands'' doctrine, a safety valve in the legal system designed to correct injustice.

Bismarck once said: "e;I do not want any colonies at all.

What are the contemporary challenges faced by property law as we enter the 2nd decade of the 21st century?

This book takes bold steps in forming much-needed philosophical foundations for restorative justice through deconstructing and reconstructing various models of thinking.

Criminality has accompanied social life from the outset.