Systems of law: common law

Oxford's variorum edition of William Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law of England and Wales offers the definitive account of the Commentaries' development in a modern format.

A timely examination of fundamental issues in intellectual property (IP) law, with international perspectives looking across regimes, jurisdictions, disciplines and professions.

This book challenges accounts about the development and operation of the common law.

The legal and commercial importance of the tort of Conversion is difficult to overstate, and yet there remains a sense that the principles of the tort are elusive.

Explores the English origins of the principles of judicial review in common law jurisdictions and autochthonous pressures for their adaptation.

This 2001 book was the second completed project of The Common Core of European Private Law launched at the University of Trento.

This book assembles the world''s most authoritative specialists for a comparative analysis of the enforcement of corporate and securities laws in thirteen national jurisdictions.

Many advocates of euthanasia consider the criminal law to be an inappropriate medium to adjudicate the profound ethical and humanitarian dilemmas associated with end of life decisions.

It is said that a nuisance is an interference with the use and enjoyment of land.

Written with both legal students and practitioners in mind, this highly specialist book is widely recognised as the definitive guide to Irish land law.

Law can be looked at from both an internal legal perspective - reflected in the official discourse supporting legal decisions - and an external perspective - which is pursued by studies that look at the law from the outside as the subject of sociological, economic, or philosophical analysis.

Combines authoritative commentary and unique contextual analysis to explain the general principles of trusts and their practical operation.

This book provides candidates with a concise and clear overview of the Legal System and Legal Services of England and Wales.

Landmark Cases in the Law of Tort contains thirteen original essays on leading tort cases, ranging from the early nineteenth century to the present day.

In the eighteenth century, the English common law courts laid the foundation that continues to support present-day Anglo-American law.

Anti-Bribery Laws in Common Law Jurisdictions provides a comprehensive analysis of the foreign bribery laws and of related laws and regulations in key common law jurisdictions.

This is a time when the rule of law is seriously challenged, when governments threaten deliberately to break the law, and the independence of justice is jeopardised by unrelenting pressure from both the executive and the media.

A timely examination of fundamental issues in intellectual property (IP) law, with international perspectives looking across regimes, jurisdictions, disciplines and professions.

In this collection, one of the key commentators on the modern law of tort presents 12 of his most important articles and book chapters.

Sport boomt.

The principal objective of this book is simple: to provide a timely and effective means of navigating the current maze of case law on causation, in order that the solutions to causal problems might more easily be reached and the law relating to them more easily understood.

The essays in this volume offer a reassessment of Jeremy Bentham's strikingly original legal philosophy.

This book studies the US Supreme Court and its common law approach to judicial decision making from a national and transnational perspective.

In a projected four-volume series, The Common Law in Colonial America, William E.

Combines authoritative commentary and unique contextual analysis to explain the general principles of trusts and their practical operation.

Presents an ambitious narrative and fresh re-assessment of common law and natural law''s varied interactions in America, 1630 to 1930.

Law is a lasting social institution, but it must also be open to change.

New Private Law Theory is pluralist, comparative, application-oriented, transnational and reflects critical approaches.

Written with both legal students and practitioners in mind, this highly specialist book is widely recognised as the definitive guide to Irish land law.

Oxford's variorum edition of William Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law of England and Wales offers the definitive account of the Commentaries' development in a modern format.

Looking at key questions of how companies are held accountable under private law, this book presents a succinct and accessible framework for analysing and answering corporate attribution problems in private law.

In Fiduciary Law, Tamar Frankel examines the structure, principles, themes, and objectives of fiduciary law.

Sir Frederick Pollock wrote that 'English-speaking lawyers .

A unique comparative analysis of Chinese contract law accessible to lawyers from civil, common, and mixed law jurisdictions.

This book presents a clear, carefully-analysed picture of the operation of equity today, across the common law world.

This is a time when the rule of law is seriously challenged, when governments threaten deliberately to break the law, and the independence of justice is jeopardised by unrelenting pressure from both the executive and the media.

Foundations of Private Law is a treatise on the Western law of property, contract, tort and unjust enrichment in both common law systems and civil law systems.

What is equity?

In April 2007 COMBAR held its annual meeting in conjunction with the University of Richmond, Virginia.

What happened to the culture of common law and English barristers in the long eighteenth century?

This volume covers the years 1483-1558, a period of immense social, political, and intellectual changes, which profoundly affected the law and its workings.

Inspired by the work of Professor Michael Taggart, this collection of essays from across the common law world is concerned with two separate but related themes.

This edited collection is the culmination of a comparative project on 'Voices at Work' funded by the Leverhulme Trust 2010 - 2013.

What is equity?

Die Werke der Reihe "Recht und Neue Medien" zeichnen sich durch kompetente Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, große Aktualität und eine leicht verständliche Darstellung aus.

The legal and commercial importance of the tort of Conversion is difficult to overstate, and yet there remains a sense that the principles of the tort are elusive.

Written by one of the leading experts in the field, the aim of this book is to make it as accessible as possible in assisting solicitors, barristers and judges alike.

The recognition and enforcement of legitimate expectations by courts has been a striking feature of English law since R v North and East Devon Health Authority; ex parte Coughlan [2001] 3 QB 213.