From the ground breaking legal decisions on gay marriage to the promotion of marriage for low-income families, the "e;sacred institution"e; of marriage has turned into a public battleground.
This book covers the role of justice in global environmental governance, principles of environmental justice, judicial protection of biodiversity, judicial response to climate change, including criminal, civil, administrative, public interest litigation, ecological and environmental damages litigation and other types of environmental resources litigation.
The final volume of Feinberg's four-volume work, The Moral Limits of Criminal Law examines the philosophical basis for the criminalization of so-called "e;victimless crimes"e; such as ticket scalping, blackmail, consented-to exploitation of others, commercial fortune telling, and consensual sexual relations.
This is the story of how Attorney Wood practiced law in the criminal courts for forty-six years, starting off with little training or background from his traditional law school education (and, as he says, "e;with little aptitude for it!
La segunda edición de este libro incluye algunos aspectos que no se consideraron en la de 2023, incorpora varias sentencias de reciente promulgación y conserva los más significativos aportes jurisprudenciales y legales a la teoría jurídica del sujeto.
Die freiheitliche demokratische Grundordnung und die Innere Sicherheit sind gegenwärtig durch alle Phänomenbereiche von politisch motivierter Kriminalität (PMK) besonders bedroht.
In Counter-Hispanization in the Colonial Philippines, the author analyzes the literature and politics of "e;spiritual conquest"e; in order to demonstrate how it reflected the contribution of religious ministers to a protracted period of social anomie throughout the mission provinces between the 16th-18th centuries.
The author's investigation of early-modern Javanese law reveals that judicial authority does not come from the contents of legal titles or juridical texts, but from legal maxims and variations thereof.
In putting extraterritoriality into practice in the treaty ports, the British state did not simply withdraw rights from the Chinese state; it inhabited the space made by extraterritoriality by building institutions and engaging in practices which had consequences for the development of the treaty ports, and which need to be at the forefront of any attempt to understand colonialism in China.
The Hollandsche Schouwburg is a former theatre in Amsterdam where, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, tens of thousands of Jews were assembled before being deported to transit and concentration camps.
This book is one of the first to examine medieval Spanish canonical works for their portrayals of disability in relationship to theological teachings, legal precepts, and medical knowledge.
The author's investigation of early-modern Javanese law reveals that judicial authority does not come from the contents of legal titles or juridical texts, but from legal maxims and variations thereof.
Late medieval societies witnessed the emergence of a particular form of socio-legal practice and logic, focused on the law court and its legal process.
Filling an important gap in extraterritoriality studies and in the history of Anglo-Korean relations, this benchmark study examines Britain's exercise of extraterritorial rights in Korea from 1884 until Korea's formal annexation by Japan in 1910.
Drawing on hundreds of newly released judicial archives and court cases, this book analyzes the communist judicial system in China from its founding period to the death of Mao Zedong.
In Counter-Hispanization in the Colonial Philippines, the author analyzes the literature and politics of "e;spiritual conquest"e; in order to demonstrate how it reflected the contribution of religious ministers to a protracted period of social anomie throughout the mission provinces between the 16th-18th centuries.
Late medieval societies witnessed the emergence of a particular form of socio-legal practice and logic, focused on the law court and its legal process.
Drawing on hundreds of newly released judicial archives and court cases, this book analyzes the communist judicial system in China from its founding period to the death of Mao Zedong.
This book is one of the first to examine medieval Spanish canonical works for their portrayals of disability in relationship to theological teachings, legal precepts, and medical knowledge.
The Hollandsche Schouwburg is a former theatre in Amsterdam where, during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, tens of thousands of Jews were assembled before being deported to transit and concentration camps.
Filling an important gap in extraterritoriality studies and in the history of Anglo-Korean relations, this benchmark study examines Britain's exercise of extraterritorial rights in Korea from 1884 until Korea's formal annexation by Japan in 1910.
In putting extraterritoriality into practice in the treaty ports, the British state did not simply withdraw rights from the Chinese state; it inhabited the space made by extraterritoriality by building institutions and engaging in practices which had consequences for the development of the treaty ports, and which need to be at the forefront of any attempt to understand colonialism in China.
In Minor Marriage in Early Islamic Law, Carolyn Baugh offers an in-depth exploration of 8th-13th century legal sources on the marriageability of prepubescents, focusing on such issues as maintenance, sexual readiness, consent, and a father's right to compel.
Addressing the issue of scale in governance, legal and extra-legal, the book draws on post-colonial studies, Indigenous geography and empirical and historical studies of the legal logics of Empire.
En una sociedad digitalizada, donde los conflictos jurídicos se entrelazan con tecnologías emergentes, el debate sobre la admisibilidad, validez y eficacia de la prueba digital ya no es una cuestión futura: es el presente de la litigación.
Rassismus als Terrorismus: Eine tiefgehende Analyse der erschreckenden ParallelenAngst, Gewalt und Spaltung: Rassismus als Terror – der unsichtbare Terror, Rassismus gegen SchwarzeRassismus gegen Schwarze und Menschen afrikanischer Abstammung ist Terrorismus.
This volume brings together a collection of essays that critically engage with the methodological foundations, historical development, and contemporary applications of Law and Economics across diverse legal systems.
El desarrollo tecnológico relacionado con la cibernética se produce a tal velocidad, que los operadores de otros ámbitos profesionales y del conocimiento muestran dificultades evidentes para seguir ese frenético ritmo técnico, económico y de impacto social.
La investigacion marca bien los antecedentes del tema y senala lineas importantes y ciertas, tanto para las etapas subsiguientes de futuros proyectos sobre el delito de omision en Colombia, como para posteriores estudios sobre los mismos en el pais.
A los treinta años de la Constitución de 1991, el texto intenta demostrar el paso de la stasis, representada en la vigencia de la Constitución de 1886, a la eunomia o tránsito a la instauración del Estado Constitucional y con el cruce del umbral de la esperanza para un país como Colombia que intenta caminar derecha por caminos torcidos.
