Systems of law

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

Jeder Jurist muß die Grundsätze des Verfahrensrechtes kennen und wissen, mit welchen Rechtsmitteln Durchsetzung erreicht werden kann.

Rights of Passage: Sidewalks and the Regulation of Public Flow documents a powerful and under-researched form of urban governance that focuses on pedestrian flow.

The growing interest in the relationship between religion and law is, in the case of Christianity, often viewed in monolithic terms.

In the context of a growing criticism on the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on physicians, scientists, or politicians, Conflict of Interest and Medicine offers a comprehensive analysis of the conflict of interest in medicine anchored in the social sciences, with perspectives from sociology, history, political science, and law.

With advances in technology and maritime transport, human use of the ocean now extends beyond the traditional activities of navigation and fishing.

Inspired by the work of Professor Michael Taggart, this collection of essays from across the common law world is concerned with two separate but related themes.

In recent years, transnational private regulations (TPRs) have gained importance in the areas of business and human rights, particularly from a consumer point of view.

Eine Vielzahl von Beispielen aus der Praxis und einprägsame Illustrationen machen in eingängiger Erläuterung vertraut mit den ersten drei Büchern des Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuches, dem Allgemeinen Teil, dem allgemeinen und besonderen Schuldrecht sowie den Grundzügen des Sachenrechts.

This edited collection seeks to map the landscape of contemporary informational interests, to evaluate a range of recognised and putative rights and wrongs associated with modern information societies, and to consider how law, regulation, and governance should be deployed in response.

This book explores the persistence of the governance gap with respect to the human rights-impacting conduct of transnational extractive corporations operating in zones of weak governance.

How the Ottomans refashioned and legitimated their rule through mystical imageries of authorityThe medieval theory of the caliphate, epitomized by the Abbasids (750-1258), was the construct of jurists who conceived it as a contractual leadership of the Muslim community in succession to the Prophet Muhammed's political authority.

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.

What are the views, principles and regulations of the Islamic tradition concerning refugee status?

Transportation Network Companies and Taxis: The Case of Seattle is a modern economic case history and thorough analysis of the devastating impact of the transportation network company (TNC) industry (Uber and Lyft) on the taxicab industry in Seattle, Washington, beginning in 2014.

This book investigates the historical economic and legal regimes that legitimated the resource extraction and exploitation of Africa between the 15th and 19th centuries and led to the continent's trajectory of underdevelopment in the world system.

Dieses Buch analysiert die Rechtslage in Bezug auf Patientenakten in Deutschland.

This book focuses on Islamic family law as interpreted and applied by judges in Europe, Australia and North America.

The Assisted Decision-Making Handbook is a one-stop resource for practice and procedure in relation to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (as amended) ('ADMCA') in Ireland.

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

Der Autor nimmt eine dogmatische Betrachtung des im Mitarbeitervertretungsgesetz der Evangelischen Kirche in Deutschland vorgesehenen Rechtsinstituts der Dienstvereinbarung vor.

This volume offers a long overdue appraisal of the dynamic interactions between Roman law and Latin literature.

Some describe civil litigation as little more than a drag on the economy; Others hail it as the solution to most of the country's problems.

In this book, a judge at the Shari''a Court of Jerusalem explains the religious law of Muslim minorities.

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

This textbook is a comprehensive and accessible guide to Trusts Law and has been thoroughly updated to reflect recent developments in the area.

There has been a deliberative, but as yet unsuccessful, attempt by scholars and policy makers to articulate a more meaningful idea of Europe, which would enhance the legitimacy of the European Union and provide the basis for a European identity.

The second volume of Select Legal Topics updates, analyses, and covers current developments in such areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, state civil procedure, civil rights matters, constitutional issues, and significant recent Supreme Court decisions.

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.

With a unique transitional justice perspective on the Arab Spring, this book assesses the relocation of transitional justice from the international paradigm to Islamic legal systems.

Explores the ideas, interests and institutions that shape the development of media systems, particularly in countries engaged in, and emerging from, violent conflict.

While there are many books on Islamic family law, the literature on its enforcement is scarce.

This volume contributes to the growing field of comparative Jewish and American law, presenting twenty-six essays characterized by a number of distinct features.

After thirty years of Mao era (1949-1979) which was struggle-based, the Communist Party of China has begun to change its position as a pioneering revolutionary party, evolving into a universal ruling party that transcends class interests.

The governance of the dead in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries gave rise to a new arrangement of thanato-politics in the West.