Comparative law

In an effort to balance the protection of reputation and the right to free speech, the UK Parliament attempted to fundamentally transform English libel law through the Defamation Act 2013.

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

This book offers guidelines for the upcoming discussions on reform, representing an attempt to work out conceptions for a better international competition order on the basis of the scientific approach 'law and economics'.

This brief focuses on translational criminology practices as they relate to counter-terrorism and homeland security.

Natural disasters such as large-scale flooding are on the increase.

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

In the last two decades, multinational companies (MNCs) and global union federations (GUFs) have started to negotiate so-called global framework agreements (GFAs) which define minimum standards for labor conditions across their locations.

Mediation provides an attractive alternative to resolving disputes through court proceedings.

Provides the first annual English language foreign affairs record for Germany from the perspective of international law.

As individuals travel across borders, societies have become more and more pluralistic.

The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world's countries - each representative of a different type of legal system.

It is my great pleasure to introduce The Legal Environment and Risks for Foreign Investment in China by Shoushuang Li, a star young lawyer in Beijing.

This second volume on the constitutional dimension of contract law explores this increasingly relevant subject in jurisdictions that are usually overlooked by mainstream scholarship in the English-speaking world.

This book is a collection of articles that the author has pondered for a long time on the legal theory and practice of China's civil law.

This short book on comparative law theory and method is designed primarily for postgraduate research students whose work involves comparison between legal systems.

Mental health law is a rapidly evolving area of practice and research, with growing global dimensions.

Marine Insurance is considered one of the oldest of the many forms of commercial protection.

This special issue asks what role society can play in the regulation of transnational risks, as an alternative to or at least significant addition to reliance on state regulatory activity and the myth of the self-regulatory capacity of markets (Stiglitz, 2001, p.

What should be the primary goals of a judicial appointments system, and how much weight should be placed on diversity in particular?

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

This book adopts a novel approach to resolving the present difficulties experienced by the courts in imposing strict liability for the tort of another.

The second volume in this series explores the evolution of administrative laws in Europe to better understand the foundations of EU institutions, focusing on the period of 1890-1910.

Despite some significant advances in the creation and protection of rights affecting women's health, these do not always translate into actual health benefits for women.

Ethnic identity groups-defined broadly to include ethnic, religious, linguistic, or racial identities-have long played a role in the formulation and implementation of U.

This book focuses on Chinese cases on the CISG decided by Chinese courts of all levels, mainly from 2006 to 2010.

Analyses the relation of preventive and curative health policy and its evolution over time.

This book investigates the dynamic intertwinement of law and morality, with a focus on new and developing fields of law.

Are pregnant women entitled to the same rights of self-determination and bodily integrity as other adults?

Dieses Buch begrundet ein Recht auf soziale Grundsicherung aus Artikeln 6, 7, 9 und 11 des UN-Sozialpakts, definiert als diskriminierungsfreier Zugang zu einem Existenzminimum.

How have national identities changed, developed and reacted in the wake of transition from communism to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe?

The Indian Constitution is one of the world's longest and most important political texts.

The first comprehensive study of Chilean constitutional history in the English language.

Vietnam is one of the main developing countries experiencing rapid growth in East Asia.

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

Konsultative Hauptversammlungsbeschlüsse als eines der Mitspracheinstrumente der Aktionäre wurden im deutschen Aktienrecht bislang überwiegend unter Vorstandsvergütungen zusammengefasst bzw.

Lawfare is a complex and evolving concept with many permutations.

This book provides an original and critical analysis of the most contentious subjects being negotiated in the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI).

In this book, Eldar Haber describes how copyright has become over-criminalized.

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 book offers a comprehensive exploration of Vietnam's legal landscape through the lens of inclusivity.

Drawing on the case of moral education reform, this book provides an authoritative picture of how policy is enacted between state policymaking and school practice in Japan, focusing on how national policy is enacted locally in the classroom.

This book explores the unusual and unique experience of direct democracy in the small state of New Zealand, where referendums have been a persistent feature of the political landscape for over a century.

This book offers a compendium of diverse essays on emerging legal issues in outer space, written by experts in the field of Space Law from different parts of the globe.

Commonwealth Caribbean Tort Law is well established as the leading text on tort law in the Caribbean jurisdictions, now updated in its sixth edition.