Comparative law

During the past decade, administrative law has experienced remarkable development.

This book explores the interrelation of facts and norms.

This book explores to what extent constitutional principles are put under strain in the social media environment, and how constitutional safeguards can be established for the actors and processes that govern this world: in other words, how to constitutionalise social media.

This edited volume seeks to reassess the old and to analyse and develop novel approaches to the notion of proportionality in criminal matters and the new security architecture.

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

Legislation and case law following the relatively recent corporate scandals have increased scrutiny on the ethics and integrity of individuals, and the culture they create, at the highest levels within the corporate structure.

Examining the law and public policy relating to religious liberty in Western liberal democracies, this book contains a detailed analysis of the history, rationale, scope, and limits of religious freedom from (but not restricted to) an evangelical Christian perspective.

The protection of the homeland is the top priority for U.

The Marketization of Religion provides a novel theoretical understanding of the relationship between religion and economy of today's world.

This book provides a unique comparative and global analysis of the regulation of disclosure in financial (securities) markets.

A detailed critical evaluation of the Ruggie Framework and the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Die Untersuchungshaft gilt seit jeher und bis heute als der massivste Eingriff in die Rechtsstellung eines Beschuldigten vor der Verurteilung, muss er doch aufgrund eines Haftbefehls und trotz (noch) geltender Unschuldsvermutung einen möglicherweise längerfristigen vollständigen Entzug seiner persönlichen Freiheit dulden.

This book provides an in-depth guide to researchers and practitioners who are interested in analysing the evolution of EU law from a national and comparative constitutional law perspective.

This volume presents global and comparative perspectives on the perpetual pendular movement of family law between status and contract.

His recurring theme is how to marry trade and non-trade rules, or economic and non-economic objectives at the international level.

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.

Die anhaltende Bedeutung von Amnestien, einer Form der Straffreiheit, wird am Beispiel Afghanistans deutlich, wo 2010 ein bedingungsloses Amnestiegesetz in Kraft trat.

This book assesses the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE) regarding agricultural activities by comparing how specific questions arising in this context must be dealt with under the Italian and Austrian legal systems.

This book deals with the carrier's liability for deck cargo in the Nordic countries and England as state parties of the Hague-Visby Rules.

This book reflects the research output of the Committee on the International Protection of Consumers of the International Law Association (ILA).

Cooperation across borders requires both knowledge of and understanding of different cultures.

South Africa's 1996 'Final' Constitution is widely recognised as the crowning achievement of the country's dramatic transition to democracy.

This book explores developments in international law regarding the relationship between human rights law and international humanitarian law and their coapplicability in armed conflict situations.

Italian Private Law provides an excellent overview and analysis of Italian private law and its transition from the early twentieth century legal tradition to a system based on constitutional values, geared towards European integration.

This book gathers national and international reports from around the globe on key issues in the field of antitrust and intellectual property.

Die Arbeit widmet sich den Schwierigkeiten der Ermittlung des anwendbaren Rechts im einstweiligen Rechtsschutz bei grenzüberschreitenden Schiedsverfahren.

This edited collection gathers together the principal findings of the three-year RELIGARE project, which dealt with the question of religious and philosophical diversity in European law.

One of the most unfortunate facts about the relationship of the United States with Latin America is that only in recent years has there been any appreciable amount of intellectual interchange with reference to law.

This sweeping sociological analysis traces the emergence of intellectual property as a new type of legal property.

Religious freedom is a fundamental and relatively uncontested right in both the United States and Europe.

This book presents a comprehensive account of past and present efforts to introduce the jury system in Japan.

This book maps various national legal responses to gender mobility, including sex and name registration, access to gender modification interventions, and anti-discrimination protection (or lack thereof) and regulations.

In the 2016 Hamlyn Lectures, Chief Justice of New Zealand, Dame Sian Elias critiques recent changes in criminal justice systems.

This book systematically explores the historical development, connotation, characteristics and cultural resources of Chinese rule of law path based on the combination theory and practice.

Das absolute Verbot der Folter, wesentlicher Bestandteil der großen internationalen Menschenrechtsverträge des 20.

This book discusses civil litigation at the supreme courts of nine jurisdictions - Argentina, Austria, Croatia, England and Wales, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United States - and focuses on the available instruments used to keep the caseload of these courts within acceptable limits.

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 provides a contextual analysis of the constitution of the European Union which, unlike most constitutions, does not belong to a state.

Ludwik Dembinski Richard O'Regan Editor Chairman, Editorial Committee The present volume is a complete revision of International Geneva 1985 which was published on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the United Na- tions and which was generally received as a useful and informative contribution to the essential reference works on Geneva.

How does the UK Supreme Court approach human rights law?

Democracy in the Courts examines lay participation in the administration of justice and how it reflects certain democratic principles.

A comprehensive analysis into the background of legal responses to, and wider implications of, hate speech in Japan.