Comparative law

Der Europaischen Beschluss zur vorlaufigen Kontenpfandung ( EuKoPfVO"e;) ist die erste grenzuberschreitende zivilrechtliche einstweilige Manahme auf EU-Ebene und ermoglicht die vorlaufige Pfandung von Bankkonten von Schuldnern.

This book investigates whether the theory of deliberative democracy - developed in the West to focus democratic theory on the legitimation that deliberation can afford - has any application to Chinese processes of democratization.

For centuries, courts across the common law world have developed systems of law by building bodies of judicial decisions.

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

Traditionally, human rights have protected those facing the sharp edge of the criminal justice system.

The European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (EYCL) is an annual publication devoted to the study of constitutional law.

This is the first book on the theory and practice of proportionality in Latin American constitutional law.

Human development is not simply about wealth and economic well-being, it is also dependent upon shared values that cherish the sanctity of human life.

The last two decades have witnessed an exponential growth in debates on the use of foreign law by courts.

This book provides a systematic overview of counter-terrorism laws in twenty-two jurisdictions representing the Americas, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia.

In a period of paradigmatic transition, Toward a New Legal Common Sense aims to devolve to law its emancipatory potential.

Legal systems around the world vary widely in terms of how they deal with the transfer of and security interests in receivables.

What are the connections between conceptions of rights found in English law and those found in bills of rights around the World?

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) was established to provide evidence-based policy advice to EU institutions and Member States.

Over the course of the last four decades as China's ideological realm has been transformed, it has become significantly more complicated.

This book provides comprehensive survey-based data regarding the powers of national legislatures worldwide.

Sendas de la reforma de la justicia a principios del siglo xxi es un estudio de Derecho comparado que permite al lector ahondar sobre las profundas transformaciones del Derecho procesal en un número significativo de países que cuentan con arraigados lazos culturales, sociales y políticos.

This book presents an important discussion on the implementation of sustainable soil management in Africa from a range of governance perspectives.

This book explores the intricate terrain of international religious freedom discourse.

This book focuses on the speech style of lawyer talk in contemporary Chinese courtrooms.

This book assesses territorial governance (that is, all forms of subnational governance) as a constitutional artefact in five Southeast Asian countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand.

Alan Paterson argues that, in a democracy, legal institutions are too important to be defined and controlled by lawyers alone.

Firmly rooted on Roman and canon law, Italian legal culture has had an impressive influence on the civil law tradition from the Middle Ages to present day, and it is rightly regarded as "e;the cradle of the European legal culture.

How should disability justice be conceptualised, not by orthodox human rights or capabilities approaches, but by a legal philosophy that mirrors an African relational community ideal?

This book explains the phenomenon of states'' compliance with human rights tribunals'' rulings using theories from international law, human rights, and international relations.

Jack Straw reviews recent reforms to the system of British justice and suggests key areas where further reform is needed.

Can the law keep up with AI?

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

This book examines the idea of a fundamental entitlement to health and healthcare from a human rights perspective.

This book provides the first systematic account of the relationship between nationalism and the rule of law.

For several decades it has been widely accepted that human space exploration is the exclusive domain of government agencies.

In Climate Change Law in China in Global Context, seven climate change law scholars explain how the country's legal system is gradually being mobilized to support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in China and achieve adaptation to climate change.

Das Wiener UN-Kaufrecht gilt mittlerweile in mehr als 40 Staaten und beginnt auch in Europa, namentlich in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz zunehmend eine Rolle zu spielen.

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

The global financial and economic crisis which started in 2008 has had devastating effects around the globe.

Why have the early years of the 21st century seen increasing use of emergency-type powers or claims of supra-legal executive authority, particularly by the Western countries regarded as the world's leading democracies, notably the United States?

This book provides a vital and original investigation into, and critique of, the situation facing the realisation of the child's right to play.

The papers published in this proceedings volume are written by a selection of authors, resulting from a call for papers for the 1st International Conference on Law and Governance in a Global Context (ICLAVE) originating from Indonesia and other countries.

This book offers a compelling and persuasive framework for understanding the German constitutional system.

The European Union is developing instruments which allow law enforcement and judicial authorities to freeze, seize and confiscate illicit assets in a simplified way.

Original sources illustrate and compare the principal doctrines of private law in the United States, England, France, Germany and China.

Historian Ramses Delafontaine presents an engaging examination of a controversial legal practice: the historian as an expert judicial witness.