Systems of law

Because of the overwhelming changes in media within the past twenty years, First Amendment values are more vital than ever to this countrys freedom.

This book draws on a range of theoretical frameworks to challenge the limited conception of subjectivity upon which human rights are based.

When the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice announced it would begin offering Sharia-based services in Ontario, a subsequent provincial government review gave qualified support for religious arbitration.

When the Islamic Institute of Civil Justice announced it would begin offering Sharia-based services in Ontario, a subsequent provincial government review gave qualified support for religious arbitration.

The social historian, searching for the basis of a culture, often turns to a study of ordinary people.

Nach etlichen Vorfällen in den letzten Jahrzehnten erbringt der Autor Urkundsbeweis für massive Auffälligkeiten und rechtswidrige Vorgehensweisen seitens Dritter in Strafverfahren, sowie daraus resultierender Untersuchungshaft.

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.

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.

The sixth to ninth centuries saw a flowering of written laws among the early Germanic tribes.

James McGregor Stewart (1889-1955) was perhaps the foremost Canadian corporate lawyer of his day.

Prepared to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court, this important new volume provides a comprehensive history of the institution, Canada's oldest common law court.

John Beverley Robinson (1791-1863) was one of Upper Canada's foremost jurists, a dominating influence on the ruling elite, and a leading citizen of nineteenth-century Toronto who owned a vast tract of land on which Osgoode Hall now stands.

This comprehensive study is concerned primarily with the fundamental problem of the role of the judiciary in the federal system of Canadian government.

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

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 fourth revised edition brings an invaluable text thoroughly up to date in light of recent and forthcoming changes to ecclesiastical law.

First published in 1921, this handbook has sold well over a million copies and has become the standard guide for churchwardens and members of PCCs.

Catholic canon law changes very slowly, but it constantly adds rules, interpretations, and applications.

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.

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.