Comparative law

Through an investigation of the protection needs of 'irregularised migrants', this book offers a novel approach to the phenomenon of irregular migration by reframing it as a matter of refugee law.

As global great power competition intensifies, there is growing concern about the geopolitical future of Antarctica.

This volume analyses current debates concerning problems in the nature, justification, and legal protection of human rights for minorities, with reference to the issues surrounding social milieu as a source of any legitimized law, which is in itself in need of legal recognition as well as being an object of legal protection.

This book analyses cases of judicial avoidance: what happens when courts leave some or all of the merits of a case undecided?

An examination of important aspects of the company laws of seven European countries.

This book explores the close, complex and consequential - yet to a large extent implicit - relationship between international law and time.

This title was first published in 2001.

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

This book is the first comprehensive and authoritative translation into English of national and international laws of Russia that relate to the Arctic from the early 19th century to the present, revealing the historical and current context of sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction across nearly half of the north polar region.

Economists advise that the law should seek efficiency.

This book examines the extent to which the regulatory design of the emissions permit system in China, taking into account the EU's regulatory experience with integration and from the perspective of the specific Chinese situation, provides opportunities for or hinders the implementation of integrated pollution prevention and control.

This book explore the power of judicial review as held by the United States Supreme Court.

Reasonableness is at the centre of legal debate, both in academic circles and in practice.

This book advocates pursuing a regional approach to nuclear risk framework, which it argues is more promising in the current scenario than the non-achievable global regime.

This book is a collection of papers that address a fundamental question: What is the role of civil justice and civil procedure in the various national traditions in the contemporary world?

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the state of Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially machine learning (ML) applications in public service delivery in Estonia, discussing the manifold ethical and legal issues that arise under both European and Estonian law.

Cooperation across borders requires both knowledge of and understanding of different cultures.

This handbook combines the latest theory on a high-profile, complex subject in criminology, exploring the legal and ethical dimensions of society s response to sex offenders in jurisdictions from the USA to Japan.

This book examines the presence of ethnic, religious, political, and ideational pluralities in Southeast Asian societies and how their respective constitutions respond to these pluralities.

Essays in honour of John Bell on the art of comparative law, focussing on the manner of ''legal development''.

This book explores the intellectual history of contract law in ancient China by employing archaeological and empirical methodologies.

The special section of the BYEIL 2024 is devoted to the topic: Sustainability and Law.

This book provides a distinctive and critical analysis of the anti-money laundering (AML) measures that have been put in place in Turkiye and the United Kingdom.

This book maps various national legal responses to gender mobility, including sex and name registration, access to gender modification interventions, and anti-discrimination protection (or lack thereof) and regulations.

A comparative analysis ''from below'' of attempts to constitutionalise socio-economic rights in Ireland from 1848 rebellions to present day protests.

Michael Taggart was the Alexander Turner Professor of Law in the University of Auckland, New Zealand until his retirement in 2008.

This book analyses the features and functionality of the relationship between the law, individual or collective values and medical-scientific evidence when they have to be interpreted by judges, courts and para-jurisdictional bodies.

Innovations in Evidence and Proof brings together fifteen leading scholars and experienced law teachers based in Australia, Canada, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, the USA and England and Wales to explore and debate the latest developments in Evidence and Proof scholarship.

An examination and critique of the growth of mass administrative detention of immigrants, something contrary to the rule of law.

Enacted in 1860, the Indian Penal Code is the longest serving and one of the most influential criminal codes in the common law world.

The role of religion as a contentious and motivating force in society is examined here through the lens of the church-state dynamic in countries with three very different approaches to this crucial relationship.

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.

Die Ausweitung von Initiativen zur Bepreisung von Kohlenstoff ist von entscheidender Bedeutung, insbesondere in Zeiten eines fragmentierten Klimaregimes und der wachsenden Notwendigkeit, die Ambitionen zu erhohen und die Treibhausgasemissionen zu reduzieren.

This book argues that human dignity and law stand in a privileged relationship with one another.

Marking the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh's Constitution, this book gauges its development from 1972 to 2022, focusing on its foundational goals, performances, and current challenges.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be a topic for academic research for years to come.

The Max Planck Handbooks in European Public Law describe and analyse public law of the European legal space, an area that encompasses not only the law of the European Union but also the European Convention on Human Rights and, importantly, the domestic public laws of European states.

A detailed comparative analysis of intellectual property rights in Europe and the United States.

Enacted in 1860, the Indian Penal Code is the longest serving and one of the most influential criminal codes in the common law world.

This book provides a complex insight into how law, as a distinct tool and technology, conceptualizes and operationalizes race, ethnicity and nationality.

For fifty years, the first edition of The Italian Legal System has been the gold standard among English-language works on the Italian legal system.

As globalization continues to spread and evolve, so nation-states attempt to govern financialization, tax evasion, corruption, terrorism, civil and military conflicts and environmental dangers, social polarization and the complexities in human rights implementation, by institutional and transnational means.

This book discusses the major features of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) and its likely impact on investment liberalisation in China, Europe's largest trading partner.

This book presents a new perspective on the debate around legitimacy, politics and constitutional law in Supreme Courts.