Systems of law

The Westminster parliament is a highly visible political institution, and one of its core functions is approving new laws.

As torts and as crimes, champerty and maintenance were abolished by statute in England and Wales in 1967.

Cannabis: Therapeutic Potential, Secondary Metabolites, Toxicity, and Regulations offers a comprehensive overview of the medicinal promise and scientific complexity of Cannabis sativa.

Cannabis: Therapeutic Potential, Secondary Metabolites, Toxicity, and Regulations offers a comprehensive overview of the medicinal promise and scientific complexity of Cannabis sativa.

This book discusses the codification and decodification of private law in the Chinese context with a specific focus on property management services contracts as a distinct example within the broader category of supply of services contracts.

This book discusses the codification and decodification of private law in the Chinese context with a specific focus on property management services contracts as a distinct example within the broader category of supply of services contracts.

The origins and development of early Rome had already faded into legend by the time its people began writing down the history of their city.

Is there a way to think about contemporary life with knowledge that is neither modern nor Western?

EU Criminal Law, Policing, and Civil Law offers comprehensive coverage and expert analysis of every facet of EU Justice and Home Affairs Law concerning policing, criminal law, and cross-border civil cooperation.

EU Criminal Law, Policing, and Civil Law offers comprehensive coverage and expert analysis of every facet of EU Justice and Home Affairs Law concerning policing, criminal law, and cross-border civil cooperation.

Jewish law, known as halakhah, is a unique legal system that has developed over nearly two millennia, across multiple continents, and in innumerable different contexts.

'The king can do no wrong' remains one of the most fundamental yet misunderstood tenets of the common law tradition.

A combination of media, personal experience, and education have introduced the average American to their right to a fair trial by jury, a protection set out in the Bill of Rights of the American Constitution.

The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases.

The Guidelines for the Assessment of General Damages are designed to provide a clear and logical framework for the assessment of damages in personal injury cases.

Long regarded by US legal scholars as uninteresting, private law theory has received renewed attention in the United States and around the world.

Long regarded by US legal scholars as uninteresting, private law theory has received renewed attention in the United States and around the world.

'The king can do no wrong' remains one of the most fundamental yet misunderstood tenets of the common law tradition.

The book focuses on the new Chinese Civil Code.

Jewish law, known as halakhah, is a unique legal system that has developed over nearly two millennia, across multiple continents, and in innumerable different contexts.

The book focuses on the new Chinese Civil Code.

Beware Euphoria uncovers the roots of America's moral obsession with drug regulation, offering a lively and fascinating history of the nation's racialized fear of intoxication.

Beware Euphoria uncovers the roots of America's moral obsession with drug regulation, offering a lively and fascinating history of the nation's racialized fear of intoxication.

En un momento histórico condicionado por el problema de la vivienda, una opción a valorar es la sobreelevación, no desordenada, sino prudente y reglada, de las actuales construcciones.

A combination of media, personal experience, and education have introduced the average American to their right to a fair trial by jury, a protection set out in the Bill of Rights of the American Constitution.

An authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the American legal system.

An authoritative and up-to-date introduction to the American legal system.

The origins and development of early Rome had already faded into legend by the time its people began writing down the history of their city.

Roman Inequality explores how in Rome in the first and second centuries CE a number of male and female slaves, and some free women, prospered in business amidst a population of generally impoverished free inhabitants and of impecunious enslaved residents.

By any measure, Julius Caesar is one of the most significant and famous figures in Roman history.

In conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mechanism for regulating the excesses of the free market.

Is there a way to think about contemporary life with knowledge that is neither modern nor Western?

Die Aufgabe des Gutachters im Gerichtsverfahren besteht in der Vermittlung der Fachkenntnis, die für die Beurteilung eines konkreten Sachverhalts notwendig ist.

In conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mechanism for regulating the excesses of the free market.

Die Aufgabe des Gutachters im Gerichtsverfahren besteht in der Vermittlung der Fachkenntnis, die für die Beurteilung eines konkreten Sachverhalts notwendig ist.

By any measure, Julius Caesar is one of the most significant and famous figures in Roman history.

The fourth edition of The Principles of the Law of Restitution brings this widely cited and influential volume fully up to date.

In the two related works in this volume, Bentham offers a detailed critique of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9).

Sovereignty is the vital organizing principle of modern international law.

Sovereignty is the vital organizing principle of modern international law.

Saudi Arabia has never commanded more attention and yet it remains one of the world's least understood countries.

Saudi Arabia has never commanded more attention and yet it remains one of the world's least understood countries.

The fourth edition of The Principles of the Law of Restitution brings this widely cited and influential volume fully up to date.

Roman Inequality explores how in Rome in the first and second centuries CE a number of male and female slaves, and some free women, prospered in business amidst a population of generally impoverished free inhabitants and of impecunious enslaved residents.

More than any other defence in the criminal law, the insanity defence has, and continues to be, the subject of heated debate.

More than any other defence in the criminal law, the insanity defence has, and continues to be, the subject of heated debate.

Financial Times Best Books of 2023 in Economics The global battle among the three dominant digital powers the United States, China, and the European Union is intensifying.

Financial Times Best Books of 2023 in Economics The global battle among the three dominant digital powers the United States, China, and the European Union is intensifying.