Systems of law: common law

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

Clinical legal education has revolutionized legal education, from its deepest origins in the nineteenth century to its now-global reach.

Through tort law development, this book adopts a new and innovative approach to writing legal history in Australia.

Explores how courts vary the depth of scrutiny in judicial review and the virtues of different approaches.

Few rules of law can so quickly strike terror into the hearts of lawyers as the Rule against Perpetuities.

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.

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 Assisted Decision-Making Handbook is a one-stop resource for practice and procedure in relation to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (as amended) ('ADMCA') in Ireland.

The Assisted Decision-Making Handbook is a one-stop resource for practice and procedure in relation to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (as amended) ('ADMCA') in Ireland.

The Recollections of Sir James Bacon, a leading light in the evolution of English law during the 19th century, casts an unexpectedly amusing and high-spirited light on turbulent times.

This is a landmark and ambitious research project looking at private law through the policy prism undertaken by a team of acknowledged experts in their fields.

Wenn die Zeiten sich ändern, sollten wir alle besser gegen die Unsicherheiten, die vor uns liegen, gewappnet sein.

This is a landmark and ambitious research project looking at private law through the policy prism undertaken by a team of acknowledged experts in their fields.

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

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

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

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

This book discusses the dominant corrective justice and distributive justice approaches to private law and identifies their strengths and weaknesses.

This book discusses the dominant corrective justice and distributive justice approaches to private law and identifies their strengths and weaknesses.

An historical analysis of the development and reform of the law of prior obligations as expressed in preexisting duty rule and past consideration rule.

This collection examines critically, and with an eye to reform, conceptions and conditions of corporate blameworthiness in law.

This collection examines critically, and with an eye to reform, conceptions and conditions of corporate blameworthiness in law.

This publication examines beneficial ownership transparency in nine countries in Asia and the Pacific and explains how overcoming hurdles to ensure the full disclosure of company ownership is key to cracking down on crime and corruption.

Law is supposed to encourage innovation, morality, and conformity with societal expectations, yet it may provides perverse incentives causing individuals, or even the State, to act in discordant, inefficient, and even immoral ways.

This book takes you into a common-law courtroom which is in no way similar to any other courtroom where common law is practised.

Should judges in United States courts be permitted to cite foreign laws in their rulings?

Teoría del derecho replantea los temas que abordan los manuales teóricos del sistema jurídico —el concepto o definición del derecho, sus fuentes, interpretación y ponderación de normas, determinación de la norma en el tiempo, integración jurídica, solución de antinomias y pautas de aplicación de la normas— a partir de dos perspectivas que toma en cuenta el derecho moderno: la concepción del dercho como objeto de estudio no solo de la ciencia jurídica sino también de la sociología y de la filosofía del derecho; y la incorporación de los principios del derecho, tradicionalmente asentado en reglas.

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

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

Dos años después de su firma, el Tratado de Lisboa va a entrar finalmente en vigor el 1 de diciembre de 2009.

¿Es posible anticipar la obediencia o no a las órdenes judiciales?