Comparative law

A newly updated edition of "e;the most readable and succinct account of the origins, the development, and the philosophy of the civil law"e; (Houston Law Review).

This edited volume addresses the dynamics of the legal system of Myanmar/Burma in the context of the dramatic but incomplete transition to democracy that formally began in 2011.

This volume analyses current debates concerning problems in the nature, justification, and legal protection of human rights for minorities, with reference to the issues surrounding social milieu as a source of any legitimized law, which is in itself in need of legal recognition as well as being an object of legal protection.

This book provides a critical socio-legal study that brings together the latest scholarly advances on corporate social responsibility, and, at the same time, addresses the pressing issue of corporate liability for harmful acts across the supply and production chains.

Enough laws have been enacted since the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing to permit a study which is capable of accurately portraying the status quo of national implementation of the Protocol and the ensuing practice, emerging challenges and how countries are coping with them.

This edited volume focuses on specific, crucially important structural measures that foster corporate change, namely cross-border mergers.

A thorough and timely investigation of both well-established and emerging crime and punishment issues, this book provides readers with compelling examples of how different countries around the world confront these problems.

This book offers unique insights into Islamic law, considering its theoretical perspectives alongside its practical application in daily Muslim life.

A comparative study providing insights into the regulations and practices of bankers'' remuneration in the UK and China.

The past decade has witnessed change in the ways judges for the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights are selected.

This book provides an original account detailing the origins and components of a faith-based accounting system that was founded around 629 CE.

This collection brings together leading international socio-legal and medico-legal scholars to explore the dilemma of how to support legal capacity in theory and practice.

This collection brings together some of the most influential sociologists of law to confront the challenges of current transnational constitutionalism.

This book tackles the challenging topic of corruption.

The sometimes complex and controversial relation between the fundamental rights of the European Union, as enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (CFR), and national fundamental rights in the context of constitutional review is reflected in a series of landmark decisions in the multilateral cooperation of European courts, which have reshaped the fundamental rights architecture in the multilevel system in recent decades.

The first sustained consideration of the law of charity from a liberal philosophical perspective.

Plea bargaining is one of the most important and most discussed issues in modern criminal procedure law.

Whereas many modern works on comparative law focus on various aspects of legal doctrine the aim of this book is of a more theoretical kind - to reflect on comparative law as a scholarly discipline, in particular at its epistemology and methodology.

With the rise of the Chinese economy and consumer market, intellectual property (IP) conflicts in Sino-U.

This book provides law-based governance which is one of the basic policies that underpins our endeavors to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

Notwithstanding the widespread and persistent affirmation of the indivisibility and equal worth of all human rights, socio-economic rights continue to be treated as the "e;Cinderella"e; of the human rights corpus.

The post-2008 financial regulatory reforms do not fully appreciated the critical role of the supervisory model in attaining financial stability.

This book discusses options for an improved compliance system under the Paris Climate Agreement by addressing  current weaknesses.

This book asks whether and how far constitutional theory and judicial practice differ between Europe and the United States?

Comparing five Central American countries, this book explores the influences of criminals, activists, and other societal actors on the justice system.

This present book examines some of the key features of the interplay between legal history, authoritarian rule and political transitions in Brazil and other countries from the end of 20th Century until today.

Susan Haack brings her distinctive work in theory of knowledge and philosophy of science to bear on real-life legal issues.

Nations throughout the world receive more patent applications, grant more patents, and entertain more patent infringement lawsuits than ever before.

This book examines the operation of the rule of law in the non-liberal democracy of Singapore.

Addresses why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law.

This book analyzes the business model of enterprises in the digital economy by taking an economic and comparative perspective.

This collection of case studies from fourteen European legal systems analyses the legal protection of personality interests in Europe.

The first textbook to address land law as it relates to the Commonwealth Caribbean, it encompasses all areas covered in an undergraduate course on the law of real property in the Caribbean.

This book discusses to what extent and how constitutional design and practice in Latin America have helped in combatting the subordination of women and LGBTQIA+ people.

This volume addresses the role of the judge and the parties in civil litigation in mainland China, Hong Kong and various European jurisdictions.

This book analyses the legal challenges facing international cooperation on water management in the twenty-first century.

This book provides in English the case law of the Colombian Constitutional Court, which has become one of the most creative and important courts of the global south and the world since its creation in 1991.

Comparative Takeover Regulation compares the laws relating to takeovers in leading Asian economies and relates them to broader global developments.

This book argues that Afghani warlords can under certain conditions become effective governors on behalf of the state.

This book examines how judicial reform can be effectively assessed through a procedural justice approach.

This collection examines the difficult task of reforming governments worldwide to meet citizens' needs and aspirations.

The main topic is dispute resolution within specific Africa countries, and the journey of Africa becoming a global leader as the seat of dispute resolution, focusing on the mechanisms of mediation, arbitration, conciliation and negotiation.