Comparative law

Disaster losses in the context of natural hazards continue to rise, despite a growing understanding of disaster risks and measures to reduce them.

This book comprehensively discusses the main features of the Chinese patent law system, which not only legally 'transplants' international treaties into the Chinese context, but also maintains China's legal culture and promotes domestic economic growth.

Examining a neglected aspect of international copyright law, this book highlights the obligation on nations to maintain broad copyright exceptions.

This edited volume is a timely and insightful contribution to the growing discourses on public law in Asia.

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.

This book explores how the domestic law of states is increasingly accompanied by a ''global law'' distinct from regional and international law.

A collection of expert essays analyzing how American and European''s views of international law are diverging as a reaction to globalization.

This book examines the extent to which regulatory frameworks for information and communication technologies safeguard the rights of persons with disabilities as citizenship rights.

[Writings pertaining to European and international private, banking and commercial law]
Europeanization and internationalization challenge the realm of jurisprudence to an extraordinary degree.

In declaring the war against terrorism President George W.

Political Parties and Elections presents a comparative analysis of the ways in which advanced industrial democracies seek to regulate the activities of political parties in electoral contests.

This book traces the emergence and transformations of asbestos compensation to explore the wider issue of to what extent legal systems have converged in the era of globalization.

Shaw examines voting rights within the European Union and its Member States.

This book reviews and critically analyzes the current legal framework with regard to a more just culture for the aviation sector.

This book examines the best language fair trial practices of the courts in arguably the most multilingual region of the world.

This book is an essential guide on surrogacy, discussing various legal issues that arise in surrogacy cases.

Rethinking Legal Scholarship bridges the gap between American and European legal scholarship by looking at underlying methodological challenges.

This volume provides cutting-edge interdisciplinary analysis of the synergies between foreign investment and environmental protection by leading scholars and practitioners.

The history of United Nations peacekeeping is largely one of failure.

When the British Empire enacted copyright law for its colonies and called it colonial, or Imperial, copyright, it had its own interests in mind.

Modern constitutionalism as an idea and practice is facing great uncertainty in current times.

Over the last 15 years, K bler liability has resulted in the allocation of damages on only five occasions.

This book provides the first detailed history of the Constitution's treaty supremacy rule.

This book investigates stakeholders' interests, market players, and governance models for the takeover market in the changing global economic orders.

Als Rechtsanwender ist die Auflegung eines Private Equity-Fonds in Deutschland mit dem Risiko der Gewerblichkeit behaftet, was zu einem Standortnachteil im internationalen Vergleich führt.

A collection of studies in bioethics and society that goes beyond conventional medical ethics and suggests political, socio-legal, and empirical analysis.

This book discusses copyright protection of unpublished works including letters, diaries, manuscripts, photographs, memoranda, sketches, private journals, government records and drafts intended for future publication.

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.

With international attention focused on Hong Kong, many forget that Macau also exists in a delicate "e;one country, two systems"e; (OCTS) balance with mainland China.

This volume explores the legal history of migration and the role played by legal theories, case law, practices, customary laws, and legislations in shaping and governing mobility between the 19th century and the Second World War.

This publication entitled Encyclopaedia of World Legal, Judicial and Court Systems is truly global in terms of content, scope and coverage.

In the State of Israel, the unique family law derives from ancient Jewish law, halakhic traditions, and an extensive legal tradition spanning many centuries and geographic locations.

This book applies a structural model of convenience theory to suspected crime and a maturity model to investigation reports.

This book provides essential information on the legal rights of employers and employees in Turkey, plus up-to-date sections on wages, working hours, employment contracts, discrimination laws, and unions.

This book explores the recent trend of enhancing the role of the people in constitutional change.

This book seeks to trace the notarial history of China from 1902 to 1979.

The dramatic uprisings that ousted the long-standing leaders of several countries in the Arab region set in motion an unprecedented period of social, political and legal transformation.

This book explores the ambit of the notion of persecution in international law and its relevance in the current geopolitical context, more specifically for refugee women.

This book analyses collective punishment in the context of human rights law.

An objective and rigorous analysis of climate change liability law in eighteen jurisdictions around the world.

This book focuses on the decision of the Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration that China had operated its law enforcement vessels in ways that created risks of collision with Philippine official vessels at Scarborough Shoal in April and May 2012.

This book focuses on the legal and procedural problems caused by China's default in the South China Sea Arbitration.