Systems of law

This book contains a series of essays on conflict laws, including jurisdiction of the courts, choice of law, renvoi, property, recognition of family status, and recognition of foreign corporations.

Canada is covered by a system of law and governance that largely obscures and ignores the presence of pre-existing Indigenous regimes.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the specifics of project financing in Africa and suggests how to structure and operate those projects in an emerging continent.

First published in 1969, African Penal Systems is the first book to explore the problems of African criminology.

Nonie Darwish lived for thirty years in a majority Muslim nation.

The Common Law changed America forever.

THE TRIAL OF A LIFETIME.

This book is the result of research conducted in Polish post-criminal isolation units related to the accessibility of religious practices and services for people incarcerated there.

Providing students with a solid grounding in the economic analysis of the law, this reader brings together edited versions of diverse and challenging journal articles into a unified collection.

Adoption has always had a political dimension.

International Documents on Environmental Liability brings together 30 official full-text documents in the field of international environmental liability into an easily accessible, practical handbook; details the work of the International Law Commission on this topic; and provides the latest versions of international liability conventions and their statuses - including the latest on: (1) 2003 UNECE Kyiv Liability Protocol; (2) 2004 EC Directive on Environmental Liability; (3) 2005 Antartica Liability Annex.

Based on the expertise of thirty leading experts on confiscation in the EU, this is the first book to analyse the practice of proceeds from crime confiscation in the original fifteen EU Member States.

On British Islam examines the history and everyday workings of Islamic institutions in Britain, with a focus on shari?

How the Muslim Brotherhood rose to power in Egypt, and what it means for the Islamic worldFollowing the Arab Spring, the Muslim Brotherhood achieved a level of influence previously unimaginable.

Taking a fresh and innovative approach to the subject, Making Sense of Land Law is an essential textbook designed to help those coming to the subject for the first time.

Perhaps the greatest long-term challenge facing modern economies is how to pay for the living expenses and care costs of the elderly.

Perhaps the greatest long-term challenge facing modern economies is how to pay for the living expenses and care costs of the elderly.

Over the past two decades, the banking industry has expanded and consolidated at a stunningly unprecedented speed.

Over the past two decades, the banking industry has expanded and consolidated at a stunningly unprecedented speed.

Uganda is home to 1.

Peaceful legal and political 'changing of the guards' is taken for granted in developed democracies, but is not evident everywhere.

Peaceful legal and political 'changing of the guards' is taken for granted in developed democracies, but is not evident everywhere.

This book examines the paved road as a liminal space and legal frontier for enlivened, everyday struggles over property, power, and place/definition.

This book examines the paved road as a liminal space and legal frontier for enlivened, everyday struggles over property, power, and place/definition.

In December 2015, 196 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement, seen as a decisive landmark for global action to stop human- induced climate change.

In December 2015, 196 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) adopted the Paris Agreement, seen as a decisive landmark for global action to stop human- induced climate change.

The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market has captured the attention of regulators after the Global Financial Crisis due to the risk it poses to financial stability.

The over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market has captured the attention of regulators after the Global Financial Crisis due to the risk it poses to financial stability.

This book provides a clear overview of the legal rules relating to directors' disqualification in Australia, Germany, South Africa, the UK and the US, and to highlight the differences in the disqualification regimes of these jurisdictions.

This book provides a clear overview of the legal rules relating to directors' disqualification in Australia, Germany, South Africa, the UK and the US, and to highlight the differences in the disqualification regimes of these jurisdictions.

Providing a radical new approach to labour migration, this book challenges the prevailing legal and political construction of the figure of the irregular migrant labourer, whilst at the same time reimagining this irregularity as the basis of an alternative, post-capitalist, sociality.

Providing a radical new approach to labour migration, this book challenges the prevailing legal and political construction of the figure of the irregular migrant labourer, whilst at the same time reimagining this irregularity as the basis of an alternative, post-capitalist, sociality.

The relationship between Islamic law and society is an important issue in Iran under the Islamic Republic.

The relationship between Islamic law and society is an important issue in Iran under the Islamic Republic.

In the post-9/11 environment, the figure of the Muslim woman is at the forefront of global politics.

In the post-9/11 environment, the figure of the Muslim woman is at the forefront of global politics.

Over the last ten years mobile payment systems have revolutionised banking in some countries in Africa.

Over the last ten years mobile payment systems have revolutionised banking in some countries in Africa.

In the world's most affluent and food secure societies, why is it now publicly acceptable to feed donated surplus food, dependent on corporate food waste, to millions of hungry people?

In the world's most affluent and food secure societies, why is it now publicly acceptable to feed donated surplus food, dependent on corporate food waste, to millions of hungry people?

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.

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.

Through a rational reconstruction of orthodox legal principles, and reference to cutting-edge neuro-science, this book reveals some startling truths about the criminal law, its history and the fundamental doctrines that underpin the attribution of criminal fault.

Through a rational reconstruction of orthodox legal principles, and reference to cutting-edge neuro-science, this book reveals some startling truths about the criminal law, its history and the fundamental doctrines that underpin the attribution of criminal fault.

The globalisation of research has resulted in the increased location of research involving humans in developing countries.

The globalisation of research has resulted in the increased location of research involving humans in developing countries.

Calais has a long history of transient refugee settlements and is often narrated through the endeavour to 'sanitize' it by both the English and the French in their policy and media discourses.

Calais has a long history of transient refugee settlements and is often narrated through the endeavour to 'sanitize' it by both the English and the French in their policy and media discourses.

As a result of resumption of sovereignty over Hong Kong and Macao as well as the uncertain relationship between the Mainland and Taiwan, China has become a country composed of peculiar political compounds, resulting in four independent jurisdictions.