Systems of law

In spite of America's identity as a liberal democracy, the vile act of lynching happened frequently in the Southern United States over the course of the nation's history.

Winner of the I.

This book provides a thorough introduction to Roman property law by means of "e;cases,"e; consisting of brief excerpts from Roman juristic sources in the original Latin with accompanying English translations.

Pliny the Younger (c.

Transformations of Tradition probes how the encounter with colonial modernity conditioned Islamic jurists' conceptualizations of the shari'a.

Transformations of Tradition probes how the encounter with colonial modernity conditioned Islamic jurists' conceptualizations of the shari'a.

Each society that consumes alcohol has its own unique drinking culture, and each society deals with the drunken products of that culture in particular ways.

Each society that consumes alcohol has its own unique drinking culture, and each society deals with the drunken products of that culture in particular ways.

There are twenty-nine Islamic law states (ILS) in the world today, and their Muslim population is over 900 million.

There are twenty-nine Islamic law states (ILS) in the world today, and their Muslim population is over 900 million.

This book addresses the crisis of the juridical-political foundation within contemporary democracies.

This book presents oral histories, collective dialogues, and analyses of rural and indigenous livelihoods facing global socio-environmental regime change in Latin America (LA).

This book focuses on the legal systems of the late-developing countries of ASEAN (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, often referred to as the CLMV countries).

This book explores convergences of legal doctrine despite jurisdictional, cultural and political barriers, as well as divergences due to such barriers, examining topics that are of vital importance to contemporary legal scholars.

The interest in improving Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) outcomes among stakeholders of Islamic banking and finance has become front and centre in the discussions relating to Islamic sustainable finance.

This book assesses the extent to which two specialized UN agencies - the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal - have been able to regulate environmental pollution in the global commons.

Practical Advice for Taking Care of Loved Ones as They Get OlderThe rapid aging of the American population and its accompanying epidemic of dementia and Alzheimer's disease has brought about an awareness of the increasing vulnerability of our elders.

This book includes guiding cases of the Supreme People's Court, cases deliberated at the Adjudication Committee of the Supreme People's Court, and cases discussed at the Joint Meetings of Presiding Judges from various tribunals.

The book The Law of Securitisations: From Crises to Techno-sustainability provides a full and detailed account of the EU legislation in the area of structured finance with the new legal rules dissected and discussed in their full extent.

The Routledge Handbook of Law and the Anthropocene provides a critical survey into the function of law and governance during a time when humans have the power to impact the Earth system.

This book provides an original theoretically and empirically grounded analysis of regulatory enforcement activism in post-crisis periods and the ensuing regulatory interactions.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) regulation and sustainable development in Bangladesh.

Examines different persons, periods, places, and principles to weave a narrative about a practice that spawned a legal tradition.

This book critically assesses legal frameworks involving the bulk processing of personal data, initially collected by the private sector, to predict and prevent crime through advanced profiling technologies.

This book provides the first account of the sustained entanglement of law, religion, and empire in Northern Nigeria.

This book offers a radical new understanding of law, beyond the confines of its formalization by the state.

This edited collection sheds light on the evolution of corporate financial crime, exploring a myriad of offenses ranging from money laundering and fraud to market manipulation and bribery.

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.

Policing Welfare Fraud charts and interrogates the suite of measures ostensibly designed to combat welfare fraud and non-compliance.

Sustainability Disclosure examines the evolution of sustainability disclosure resulting from the implementation of mandatory reporting legislation within the European Union using the evidence from the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

The proliferation of pipelines to transport oil and natural gas represents a major area of contestation in the landscape of energy development.

Taking up the concept of vulnerability, this book examines the gendered impact of market-based procurement practices.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the illegal extraction of metals and minerals from the perspectives of organized crime theory, green criminology, anti-corruption studies, and victimology.

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the function of certification in general and of certification systems in a range of different sectors.

To what extent are Member states of the EEC bound to operate under principles of free trade and undistorted competition?

To what extent are Member states of the EEC bound to operate under principles of free trade and undistorted competition?