Systems of law

Analyses national practices on conflicts between international law and national fundamental principles with a comparative perspective.

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

Hijab: Word of God or Word of Man?

This handbook is a detailed reference source comprising original articles covering the origins, history, theory and practice of Islamic law.

This book analyses constitutional conventions as a powerful but largely neglected framework for studying the law and politics of constitutions.

The Politics of Juridification offers a timely contribution to debates about how politics is being affected by the increasing relevance of judicial bodies to the daily administration of Western political communities.

Die evangelische Kirche zählt zu den größten Arbeitgebern in Deutschland.

In this book leading scholars from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia challenge established common law rules and suggest new approaches to both old and emerging problems in tort law.

Far from regarding the law as supreme, corporations approach law as an element of executive thought and action aimed at optimizing competitiveness.

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.

The rise and spread of the Internet has accelerated the global flows of money,technology and information that are increasingly perceived as a challenge to thetraditional regulatory powers of nation states and the effectiveness of their constitutions.

Can there be God-conscious organizational behaviour in the real world of today's capitalist corporations and the alternatives?

Saint Antoninus of Florence was a Dominican friar and archbishop of Florence from 1446 to 1459.

La presente obra es el resultado del trabajo y esfuerzo de un grupo de profesores colombianos que, teniendo en cuenta el importante movimiento en favor de una reforma del derecho privada en Colombia, es consciente de la necesidad de reflexionar no solamente acerca de la pertinencia o no de una tal reforma, sino también acerca del alcance y contenido de la misma.

The 1,400-year-old schism between Sunnis and Shiis is currently reflected in the destructive struggle for hegemony between Saudi Arabia and Iranwith no apparent end in sight.

Throughout the Middle East, and in the west as well, there has been much discussion concerning the notion of Islamic rule and the application of shari'ah by the state.

Introducing undergraduate students to Islamic law, this accessible textbook does not presume legal or technical knowledge.

Law's Trace argues for the political importance of deconstruction by taking Derrida's reading of Hegel as its point of departure.

This book explores China's Belt and Road Initiative and the criminogenic potential for economic, financial, and socio-cultural cooperation across countries, where some are known for weak law enforcement and high levels of corruption.

Offers a distinctive account of the rule of law and legislative sovereignty within the work of Albert Venn Dicey.

Eine Vielzahl von Beispielen aus der Praxis und einprägsame Illustrationen machen in einschlägiger Erläuterung vertraut mit den ersten drei Büchern des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches sowie den Grundzügen der Zivilprozessordnung.

This book considers the transmission of the Sunna through the lens of the great Madinan legal scholar, Imam Malik ibn Anas (d.

Islam is a growing presence practically everywhere in Europe.

Explaining the curious legal doctrine of "e;coverture,"e; William Blackstone famously declared that "e;by marriage, husband and wife are one person at law.

What does it mean when civil lawyers and common lawyers think differently?

Elektromobilität ist spätestens seit dem Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen und Fridays for Future im Fokus der Öffentlichkeit.

Das Zivilgesetzbuch der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate (VAE) ist eines der jüngeren Zivilgesetzbücher des ägyptischen Rechtskreises.

This book is the first ethnographic study of Muslim minorities'' practice of Islamic law in contemporary China.

In this unique book Lord Woolf recounts his remarkable career and provides a personal and honest perspective on the most important developments in the common law over the last half century.

This book explores both historical and contemporary Christian sources and dimensions of global law and includes critical perspectives from various religious and philosophical traditions.

Das Bereicherungsrecht zählt traditionell zu den undurchsichtigsten und schwierigsten Kapiteln des Schuldrechts, hat dabei aber erhebliche Examensrelevanz.

Learn about the most important legal milestones in history in The Law Book.

Maritime autonomous vehicles (MAVs) have the potential to radically alter all uses of maritime space, with technology progressing faster than the law.

This book considers the implications of the regulatory burden being borne increasingly by technological management rather than by rules of law.

The book highlights several aspects with 'Chinese characteristics' that set the country's financial system apart.

This book explores the taxation and exemption of churches and other religious institutions, both empirically and normatively.

Recent studies on competition law and digital markets reveal that accumulating personal information through data collection and acquisition methods benefits consumers considerably.

El control jurisdiccional de las normas internas practicado por la Corte IDH y el TEDH adquiere, cada vez más, especial interés en el estudio comparativo de sus relaciones y el diálogo jurisdiccional.

Social science theorists from various scholarly disciplines have contributed to a recent literature that examines how the finance industry has expanded and now wields increasing influence across a variety of economic fields and industries.

Presents a set of important Latin inscriptions illustrating the developing sense of dynasty that underpinned the new monarchy of Augustus.

This is the definitive introduction to the writings of 'Ali, who was the son-in-law to the Prophet Muhammad, the fourth caliph to Sunni Muslims, and the central figure in Shi'a Islam.