Comparative law

Through a comparative analysis involving 13 countries from Africa, America, Asia and Europe, this book provides an invaluable assessment of women's equality at the global level.

A practical guide to reform of the regulatory environment for access to government held data for research.

This work is an assessment of how to manage risk in property transactions in the context of the move from paper-based to electronic conveyancing (eConveyancing).

This book sheds light on the latest trends in environmental law by analyzing some of the main sectors of law, including administrative law, constitutional law, EU law, US Law,  and human rights law.

Mter an international organization is established, if it is necessary for it to acquire certain rights or assume duties or new functions not provided in its constitution, there are four techniques to achieve that 1 end.

Constitutions are often seen as the product of the free will of a people exercising their constituent power.

Thelaw of outer space is rapidly evolving to adapt to changes in the economicdrivers as well as advancements in technological capabilities.

This book shows how the legal systems of individual European countries protect patient autonomy.

This collection presents a detailed analysis of European concepts of unconscionability in financial transactions, against a backdrop of harmonisation initiatives.

Considers the lessons that French medical accident liability and redress law provides for possible reform in England and elsewhere.

This book examines three countries in Asia to determine why new democracies adopt judicial review.

The development of the law of obligations across the common law world has been, and continues to be, a story of unity and divergence.

As the proverbial workhorse of international economic law, investment arbitration is heavily relied upon around the globe.

A theory of international courts that assumes member states can ignore international agreements and adverse rulings, and that the court does not have informational advantages.

In the age of economic globalisation, do art and heritage matter?

This book offers a comparative study of the management of legal pluralism.

Provides an unrivalled understanding of major regulatory reforms that will profoundly affect the future of finance.

The scope of this study is not as broad as its title might indicate.

This volume examines the development of refugee law and policy in Japan.

This book lays a more solid cognitive foundation for interaction between the international community and China.

Fresh comparative perspectives on land disputes in East Asia, with a focus on the transitional societies in China and Vietnam.

How do you protect rights without a Bill of Rights?

An international consensus approach to patent remedies treating complex products such as smartphones, computer networks, and the Internet of Things.

This book examines national reports on contract law in each of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in order to provide a comparative analysis.

The vast majority of all international judicial decisions have been issued since 1990.

Communication in Investigative and Legal Contexts Despite a number of research studies, there remain significant differences of opinion among psychologists, linguists and other practitioners on how best to describe particular types of questions and communicate most effectively in forensic contexts.

This book presents selective case studies concerning China's Copyright Law, especially the typical cases chosen by China's Supreme People's Court and the Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou IP courts in recent years as the local court's guiding reference cases, the goal is to help readers familiarize themselves with China's dispute and resolution system from a practical point of view.

How do you protect rights without a Bill of Rights?

The field of comparative constitutional law has grown immensely over the past couple of decades.

A comprehensive legal analysis of how governance of human activities in developed states should be restructured to improve ecological protection.

This is the first book to present a systematic and synthetic introduction to Jewish law.

Exploring Italy as a case study, this book investigates how populists in power manipulate categories and instruments of constitutional law.

The book provides a discursive reflection on the current challenges facing administrative law, based on a key idea: the defence of the liberal model of society.

This book investigates four core characteristics of occupational health and safety legal systems in order to provide a comparative and critical analysis of the similarities and differences in protecting the health and safety of workers at the workplace.

In this book, Patrick Parkinson argues that the conflicts in family law derive from the breakdown of the model on which divorce reform was predicated.

The distinct personal laws that govern the major religious groups are a major aspect of Indian multiculturalism and secularism, and support specific gendered rights in family life.

This book is a collection of studies of drug policies in several Latin American countries.

The notion of property in work has deep historical roots in the common law tradition, but is yet to receive the attention it deserves.

Vaccine Law and Policy is the first book on vaccine law and policy written specifically for the general public or an educated lay audience without legal background.

This book offers an edited volume for all readers who wish to gain an in-depth grasp of the economic analysis of recent developments in energy law and policy in Europe and the United States.

This work explores the transformative potential of neuroscience in reshaping India's criminal justice system.

This book considers the increasing trend towards a 'culture of control' in democratic countries.