Leonard Levy traces the development and implementation of forfeiture and contends that it is a questionable practice, which, because it is so often abused, serves only to undermine civil society.
Means provides the first major study of both the historical development of private law in a Latin American country and the shifting role of business corporations or share companies in Latin American development.
Every day, in courtrooms around the United States, thousands of criminal defendants are represented by public defenders lawyers provided by the government for those who cannot afford private counsel.
The concept of customary international law, although differently formulated, is already present in early modern European debates on natural law and the law of nations.
The concept of customary international law, although differently formulated, is already present in early modern European debates on natural law and the law of nations.
Around the common law world, the law of judicial review of administrative action has changed dramatically in recent decades, accelerating a centuries-long process of incremental evolution.
Around the common law world, the law of judicial review of administrative action has changed dramatically in recent decades, accelerating a centuries-long process of incremental evolution.
Professor Matthew Kramer is one of the most important legal philosophers of our time - even if the label 'legal philosopher' does not do justice to the breadth of his work.
Professor Matthew Kramer is one of the most important legal philosophers of our time - even if the label 'legal philosopher' does not do justice to the breadth of his work.
Sharia Law in the Twenty-First Century consists of concise, detailed analytical studies on current critical discussions of Sharia in the Western and Muslim legal traditions.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars.
This collection takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gendered technology, an emerging area of inquiry that draws on a range of fields to explore how technology is designed and used in a way that reinforces or challenges gender norms and inequalities.
This collection takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of gendered technology, an emerging area of inquiry that draws on a range of fields to explore how technology is designed and used in a way that reinforces or challenges gender norms and inequalities.
This book argues that the development of administrative law in Europe owes much to Austria, not only because its Administrative Court was one of the first to define and refine general principles, such as legality, due process and general interest, but also because in 1925 Austria adopted a general law of administrative procedure, which had important consequences for other legal systems.
This book argues that the development of administrative law in Europe owes much to Austria, not only because its Administrative Court was one of the first to define and refine general principles, such as legality, due process and general interest, but also because in 1925 Austria adopted a general law of administrative procedure, which had important consequences for other legal systems.
Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Jura - Sonstiges, Note: 14,8 Punkte, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Gründung von Medizinischen Versorgungszentren durch zugelassene Krankenhäuser.
La septième édition de ce manuel de droit des sociétés retrace fidèlement l’évolution jurisprudentielle, les controverses doctrinales, et les réformes législatives qui bouleversent bon nombre de compartiments de cette matière juridique.
L'objectif de la collection « Le droit en schémas » est de proposer des ouvrages facilitant la compréhension et la mémorisation des questions juridiques.
Akademische Arbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Individuum, Gruppe, Gesellschaft, Note: 1,7, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wie sind die Zusammenhänge und Diskrepanzen zwischen deutscher Forschung und Drogenpolitik, warum haben die beiden sich über die Jahre hinweg nicht weiterentwickelt, vor allem nicht gemeinsam, und was kann zur Lösung des Problems beitragen?
Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Law - Miscellaneous, grade: 2, University of Graz, course: Human Rights, Minority Protection and Conflict Management, language: English, abstract: This year will mark the 10th anniversary of the Kosovar declaration of independence on February 18, 2008.
Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Jura - Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtssoziologie, Rechtsgeschichte, Note: 1,1, Universität Münster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wer in Deutschland durch ein Strafgericht verurteilt wird, erhält einen Eintrag im sogenannten Bundeszentralregister.
Visions of Cannabis Control argues that cannabis prohibition is the result of moral panic that has been instigated, perpetuated, and sustained in ways that are difficult to dislodge.
De la théorie à la pratique… tel est l’objectif constant de la formation professionnelle notariale, par la voie universitaire (DSN) ou par la voie professionnelle (CFPN).
Walter Benjamin's "e;Critique of Violence,"e; widely considered his final word on law, proposes that all manifestations of law are false stand-ins for divine principles of truth and justice that are no longer available to human beings.
This volume provides an introduction to the United Kingdom's constitution that recognises and embraces its historical, social, political, and legal dimensions.
This volume provides an introduction to the United Kingdom's constitution that recognises and embraces its historical, social, political, and legal dimensions.
The development of the modern Yale Law School is deeply intertwined with the story of a group of students in the 1960s who worked to unlock democratic visions of law and social change that they associated with Yales past and with the social climate in which they lived.
This unique study offers a comprehensive analysis of American jurisprudence from its emergence in the later stages of the nineteenth century through to the present day.
Contemporary liberal thinkers commonly suppose that there is something in principle unjust about the legal prohibition of putatively victimless immoralities.
As the main artery of international commerce, merchant shipping was the worlds first globalized industry, often serving as a vanguard for issues touching on labor recruiting, the employment relationship, and regulatory enforcement that crossed national borders.
In this highly original study, Gregory Downs argues that the most American of wars, the Civil War, created a seemingly un-American popular politics, rooted not in independence but in voluntary claims of dependence.
Master and servant acts, the cornerstone of English employment law for more than four hundred years, gave largely unsupervised, inferior magistrates wide discretion over employment relations, including the power to whip, fine, and imprison men, women, and children for breach of private contracts with their employers.
The development of the modern Yale Law School is deeply intertwined with the story of a group of students in the 1960s who worked to unlock democratic visions of law and social change that they associated with Yales past and with the social climate in which they lived.
In a pioneering study of childhood in colonial Spanish America, Bianca Premo examines the lives of youths in the homes, schools, and institutions of the capital city of Lima, Peru.
