Comparative law

A commitment to free speech is a fundamental precept of all liberal democracies.

This comparative law book aims at formulating a new analytical approach to constitutional comparisons, assuming as a starting point the different legal perspectives implied in the (Sunni) Islamic outlook on the juridical phenomena and the Western concept of law, with particular reference to constitutionalism.

This book focuses on a highly significant issue in agency law: the legal situation created when an agent acts without authority.

This book is a contribution to the nascent discourse on global health and biomedical research ethics involving Muslim populations and Islamic contexts.

A multilevel and comparative constitutional analysis of the impact of Euro-crisis law on the EU Constitution and its Member States.

This work examines ideas about the role of law and legal reform in the creation of market economies, focusing on the process of post communist transition in Russia.

There is a considerable mismatch between theories on the influence of the EU outside its borders and concrete knowledge on whether and to what extent the suggested impact is of any practical relevance.

This book examines the increasing role of the legal method of systematisation in European Union (EU) law.

This book highlights the right to terminate a contract, yielding invaluable insights to enable policymakers and legal practitioners to facilitate international trade.

The sexual abuse of children and teens by rogue priests in the U.

This book aims to enrich the thinking and discussion in relation to the importance that citizenship, immigration, rights and private laws play in the modern world.

In 2005, Iraq drafted its first constitution and held the country's first democratic election in more than fifty years.

This book examines the interpretation and application of the right to freedom of religion and belief of new minorities formed by recent migration by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC).

This book presents the results of extensive international comparative research into the effects of the economic and financial crisis on democratic institutions and social cohesion policies.

This is a study of the legal rules affecting the practice of female prostitution at Rome approximately from 200 B.

This book presents an important discussion on land tenure rights for the effective implementation of sustainable soil management provisions.

Using a comparative approach, this book analyses the history of China''s private property protection at the constitutional level since 1949.

The aim of this book is to delve into the impact of the Information and Communications Technologies in the criminal prevention and investigation, by addressing the state of the art of different measures and its implementation in different legal systems vis a vis the protection of human rights.

This book critically re-examines this foundational source of international law, incorporating the insights of experts in many fields.

This book provides practical, business-orientated and accessible guidance on key employment and labour law aspects in national and international transfers of business in the European Union, its member states and selected important countries around the world.

This book merges philosophical, psychoanalytical and legal perspectives to explore how spaces of justice are changing and the effect this has on the development of the administration of justice.

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

This book proposes a strategic pressure theory that argues that in emerging democracies, political competition eggs on rather than restrains power-hungry politicians.

This book focuses on the building of a crypto economy as an alternative economic space and discusses how the crypto economy should be governed.

How often is the defense of insanity or temporary insanity for accused criminals valid-or is it ever legitimate?

The book covers a range of topics including the historical evolution and present landscape of Brazilian environmental law; fundamental principles of environmental law; environmental constitutionalism in Brazil; the legal framework governing environmental assets; animal protection and rights; environmental federalism; national environmental policy; administrative tools for environmental regulation; civil and criminal environmental liability; judicial interpretations of environmental law; specially protected areas; climate change legislation and litigation; and water resource management.

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

This book analyses the dichotomy between the goal of social inclusion and the effect of social exclusion through over-indebtedness since 2008 in Europe.

This collection brings together a carefully curated selection of researchers from law, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, history, social ontology and international relations, in order to examine how law and custom interact within specific material and spatial contexts.

This book presents the case law of Polish courts, namely the Supreme Court, administrative courts and the Constitutional Tribunal, in which the principles of EU law have been successfully applied.

It challenges long standing accepted wisdom about dictatorship and institutions.

This book is intended to promote discussion and understanding of customary law and to explore its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa.

This book employs the theoretical framework of 'speech act theory' to analyse current legislative frameworks and cases pertaining to sedition or the advocacy of violence and the issue of freedom of speech.

International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice surveys and analyzes the legal doctrines affecting copyright practice around the world, in both transactional and litigation settings.

Decisional privacy gives individuals the freedom to act and make decisions about how they live their lives, without unjustifiable interference from other individuals or the state.

2001 instalment of a series of annual volumes which is utilized in the development of an American Law Institute project on World Trade Organization Law.

Assesses what we know - and do not know - about comparative constitutional design and particular institutional choices concerning executive power and other issues.

This volume identifies and elaborates on the significance and functions of the various actors involved in the development of family law in the Middle East.

This new edition of European Contract Law examines the contract rules of several different European jurisdictions, including the most important civilian systems and English common law, while attempting to articulate general principles which are common in all of them.