Systems of law

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.

The book highlights the interconnections between three framing concepts in the development of modern western law: religion, race, and rights.

This collection of essays focuses attention on the global impact of legal policies on levels of poverty.

This book presents the results of the largest survey of public attitudes towards the civil justice system ever conducted by either an independent party or government agency.

The 2005 Avant-projet de r forme du droit des obligations et de la prescription, also dubbed the Avant-projet Catala, suggests the most far-reaching reform of the French Civil code since it came into force in 1804.

In this set of interdisciplinary essays leading scholars discuss the future of the Rule of Law, a concept whose meaning and import has become ever more topical and elusive.

Although relatively new as a distinct field of study, transitional justice has become rapidly established as a vital field of enquiry.

One of the greatest of all English common lawyers,Lord Atkin it was who asked the question in Donoghue v.

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

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.

This book offers a 'genealogical' explanation of law's normativity.

This is the first ever index of contributions to common law Festschriften and fills a serious bibliographic gap in the literature of the common law.

It has become increasingly difficult to speak or even think social or legal justice in an age when words have left their moorings.

This collection of essays on the rule of law focuses on the traditional question whether the rule of law is necessarily the rule of moral principles, the question of the legitimacy of law.

Restorative Justice has emerged around the world as a potent challenge to traditional models of criminal justice,and restorative programmes, policies and legislative reforms are being implemented in many western nations.

This book contains original essays by a distinguished group of jurists from six different European countries confronting the increasing range of legal and philosophical issues arising from the relationship between privacy and the criminal law.

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.

This book explores the relationship between the law and pervasive and persistent reasonable disagreement about justice.

This important collection of essays is at the cutting edge of contemporary research on Roman law, comparative law, and legal history.

Recent years have witnessed a vibrant debate concerning the constitutional basis of judicial review,which reflects a broader discourse about the role of the courts, and their relationship with the other institutions of government, within the constitutional order.

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National identity and liberal democracy are recurrent themes in debates about Muslim minorities in the West.

National identity and liberal democracy are recurrent themes in debates about Muslim minorities in the West.

'A lifetime spend fighting the powers that be and turning personal pain into collective power.

The Islamic finance industry has grown at a phenomenal pace over the past decade.

The Islamic finance industry has grown at a phenomenal pace over the past decade.

Passed into law over a decade before the Revolution, the Family Protection Law quickly drew the ire of the conservative clergy and the Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979.

Researchers have shed light on the literary production of the Ismailis since the early 1930s.

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In response to recent media controversy and public debate about legal pluralism and multiculturalism, Manea argues against what she identifies as the growing tendency for people to be treated as 'homogenous groups' in Western academic discourse, rather than as individuals with authentic voices.

Personal status laws remain a highly politicized area of debate in the Middle East, as the arena in which the contentious issues of women's rights, religion and minority groups meet.

Researchers have shed light on the literary production of the Ismailis since the early 1930s.

Is there a truly Arab feminist movement?

Sharia has been a source of misunderstanding and misconception in both the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds.

In response to recent media controversy and public debate about legal pluralism and multiculturalism, Manea argues against what she identifies as the growing tendency for people to be treated as 'homogenous groups' in Western academic discourse, rather than as individuals with authentic voices.

The current Syrian crisis has its roots in the sectarian nature of the country's multi-religious society.

The importance of the rule of law is universally recognised and of fundamental value for most societies.

The importance of the rule of law is universally recognised and of fundamental value for most societies.

Why do judges study legal sources that originated outside their own national legal system, and how do they use arguments from these sources in deciding domestic cases?

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 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.

Why do judges study legal sources that originated outside their own national legal system, and how do they use arguments from these sources in deciding domestic cases?

The law of torts recognises many defences to liability.

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

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

The delict of iniuria is among the most sophisticated products of the Roman legal tradition.

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.

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.