Comparative law

Intestate Succession is the second volume in the Comparative Succession Law series which examines the principles of succession law from a comparative and historical perspective.

This book focuses on the most serious social and economic challenges faced by China from a public international law perspective.

This collection presents an analysis of illicit networks and discusses implications for law enforcement and crime prevention.

This book is the first to systematically illustrate the application of the New York Convention in China in English, integrating theory with practical cases.

National civil justice systems are deeply rooted in national legal cultures and traditions.

This book engages in a theological critique of the legal frameworks and theoretical approaches of Australia, the US and England to create a peaceful coexistence of difference which supports both religious freedom and equality.

This important collection of essays is at the cutting edge of contemporary research on Roman law, comparative law, and legal history.

This book introduces a general theory of intellectual property (IP) law, highlighting its importance and relevance in addressing complex IP issues in the digital economy, which often intersect with competition law.

Developing CDM Projects in the Western Balkans: Legal and Technical Issues Compared, arises from the professional practical experience gained by an interdisciplinary team of legal and technical experts acting in the framework of the environmental bilateral cooperation performed by the Italian Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea in the Western Balkan countries, through the "e;Task Force for Central and Eastern Europe"e;.

This is the first book published that focuses on competition law and policy in the Japanese pharmaceutical sector.

This book analyses essential concepts of competition law and industrial policy, and shows where the two areas clash with and complement each other, respectively.

Marital rape stands at the intersection of the socio-legal issues arising from both domestic violence and sexual assault.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of a fundamental human freedom and a cornerstone of democracy: the Freedom of Religions or Beliefs (FoRB).

This is the first textbook to provide a clear understanding of law's role in promoting the global growth of renewable energy production and consumption.

A fresh look at the bridges and boundaries between foreign relations law and public international law.

Implied constitutional principles form part of the landscape of the development of fundamental rights in common law jurisdictions, affecting issues ranging from the remuneration of judges to the appropriation of property by the state.

The growing interest in the relationship between religion and law is, in the case of Christianity, often viewed in monolithic terms.

This handbook provides a toolbox of definitions and typologies to develop a theory of multilevel constitutionalism and subnational constitutions.

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

The book examines whether small jurisdictions (states) are confronted with specific issues providing social security and how to deal with these issues.

For the first time, the author has explored the intertwinement of written law, Islamic law, and customary law in the highly complex Afghan society, being deeply influenced by traditional cultural and religious convictions.

There are now a number of statutes in different parts of the world that offer non-constitutional protection for human rights through mechanisms such as strong interpretive obligations, quasi-tort actions and obligations on legislatures to consider whether statutes are felt to breach human rights obligations.

Indispensable for students of diplomacy and junior members of diplomatic services, this dictionary not only covers diplomacy's jargon but also includes entries on legal terms, political events, international organizations, e-Diplomacy, and major figures who have occupied the diplomatic scene or have written about it over the last half millennium.

In recent times, there has been a growing dominance of executives centered on the figure of a central leader, while parliaments, which should be the focus of political power, are being marginalized.

"e;Europe"e; is one of the defining issues of our times.

A richly textured account of the making, implementing, and changing of international legal regimes, which encompasses law, politics and economics.

This volume challenges conventional wisdom about judicial independence in China and its relationship to economic growth, rule of law, human rights protection, and democracy.

A constitution has the task of realizing its regulatory objective for the entire duration of its existence.

This book addresses the legal and contractual obligations of sea carriers regarding due care for the cargo under a contract of carriage.

This book focuses on animal laws and animal welfare in major jurisdictions in the world, including the more developed legal regimes for animal protection of the US, UK, Australia, the EU and Israel, and the regulatory regimes still developing in China, South Africa, and Brazil.

China (the Mainland of PRC) trades with other states in trillions of USD every year, and about 95% of the cargoes are carried by ocean-going ships calling at hundreds of Chinese ports each singe day.

In diesem Buch untersucht der Autor in einer vor allem rechtsvergleichenden Studie aus dem Wettbewerbsrecht den von marktbeherrschenden Unternehmen ausgeübten Behinderungsmissbrauch bei einer vertikalen Marktstruktur.

Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law is a collection of original research on the rule of law from a panel of leading economists, political scientists, legal scholars, sociologists and historians.

Proof is the property of a disputed fact being established inferentially from an extant fact.

This innovative, refreshing, and reader-friendly book is aimed at enabling students to familiarise themselves with the challenges and controversies found in comparative law.

Most of the world's redundant ships are scrapped on the beaches of the Indian sub-continent, largely by hand.

The European codification project has rapidly gathered pace since the turn of the century.

Ellermann examines the development of immigration policies in four democracies from the postwar era to the present.

Codifying Choice of Law Around the World chronicles, documents, and celebrates the extraordinary, massive codification of Private International Law (PrIL), or Conflict of Laws that has taken place in the last 50 years, from 1962-2012.

Constitutionalism is the permanent quest to control state power, of which the judicial review of legislation is a prime example.

Legislative draft for a European Foundation, supported by explanatory and comparative chapters on each issue.

A series of recent high-profile court cases has demonstrated the inadequacy of current laws in addressing issues relating to medical treatment decisions involving seriously ill children.