Based on over a decade of research, this book examines the social harms of Australian prescription and non-prescription medicine regulation and how these ultimately stem from neoliberalism and its reinforcement of state and corporate power.
Ziel des Lehrbuches ist es, in die Grundlagen des Deliktsrechts (Unerlaubte Handlungen, Gefährdungshaftung) sowie des mit ihm in enger Verbindung stehenden Schadensersatzrechts (§§ 249 ff.
The question of whether dogs should be allowed off the leash in public places has become a major political issue in cities and suburbs across the United States.
Social and economic rights have hitherto been marginalised in mainstream legal and political discourses and treated as second-class citizens in the human rights family.
This book focuses on Islamic constitutionalism, and in particular on the relation between religion and the protection of individual liberties potentially clashing with shari?
This book examines the conception of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Africa, expanding it's frontiers beyond corporate reporting, voluntary corporate charity and community development projects.
Der rechtliche Schutz wissenschaftlicher Leistungen durch das Urheber-, Patent-, Marken- und Internetrecht gewinnt gerade in der Informationsgesellschaft immer größere Bedeutung.
This edited collection sheds light on the evolution of corporate financial crime, exploring a myriad of offenses ranging from money laundering and fraud to market manipulation and bribery.
This book brings together politics, law, financial services regulation, economics and housing policy in the analysis of mortgage lending and macroprudential policy in the UK and US.
Recent advances in agri-food technology have brought increasing complexity and emerging challenges to food safety regulation and governance, with many countries greatly divided in their regulatory approaches.
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.
For years, exploration of seabed natural resources has been ongoing while exploitation in deep marine areas remained unrealistic due to land-based mineral availability and costs.
The Routledge Handbook of Corporate Law provides an accessible overview of current research in the field, from an international and comparative perspective.
Der Verfahrenspfleger erfüllt eine rechtlich, psychologisch und tatsächlich wichtige, für das Wohl und Werden von Kindern unerlässliche Aufgabe: ihre ureigensten Wünsche, Bedürfnisse und Interessen in gerichtlichen Verfahren zu vertreten.
Within the context of the 2009 Kampala Convention, this book examines how a balance can be struck between the imperative of development projects and the rights of persons likely to be displaced in Africa.
Der wissenschaftliche Nachwuchs des gesamten deutschsprachigen Raumes nutzt die jährlich stattfindende "Tagung der Gesellschaft Junger Zivilrechtswissenschaftler e.
Das Werk richtet sich - der Konzeption der Reihe entsprechend - in erster Linie an Studierende der Rechtswissenschaft in den ersten Semestern und will insoweit die Grundlagen des Rechtsgebietes verständlich und im Überblick darstellen.
China's explosive transformation from a planned economy to a more market-oriented one over the past three decades owes much to the charismatic reformer Zhu Rongji.
This book critically explores the legal tools, concepts, principles and instruments, as well as cross-cutting issues, that comprise the field of international environmental law.
The role played by legal professionals in the laundering of criminal proceeds generated by others has become a priority concern for authorities at national and international levels.
Das Bereicherungsrecht zählt traditionell zu den undurchsichtigsten und schwierigsten Kapiteln des Schuldrechts, hat dabei aber erhebliche Examensrelevanz.
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.
The concept of the nation-state has as an essential element the control of territory, legal and political authority over the acquisition, ownership, use and disposition of land.
This book develops a historical concept of liberal democratic law through readings of the pivotal twentieth century legal theoretical positions articulated in the work of Herbert Hart, Ronald Dworkin, Duncan Kennedy, Rudolf Smend, Hans Kelsen and Carl Schmitt.
Combining socio-legal and ethnohistorical studies, this book presents the history of doodem, or clan identification markings, left by Anishinaabe on treaties and other legal documents from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries.
Die vom Institut für Kirchenrecht und rheinische Kirchenrechtsgeschichte an der Rechtswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln betreute Sammlung "Entscheidungen in Kirchensachen seit 1946" bietet die Judikatur staatlicher Gerichte zum allgemeinen Religionsrecht und zum Verhältnis von Kirche und Staat.
