Legal systems: general

Dieses Buch schliesst eine Lücke.

This fully revised and updated second edition provides an indispensible guide to all those preparing to sit the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT).

Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, and the U.

Written to celebrate the 30th anniversary of CEDR's emergence as the world's leading independent disputes consultancy, The Mediator's Tale: The CEDR Story of Better Conflicts captures the experience of two leading internationally renowned mediators and married couple Eileen Carroll and Karl Mackie.

Beyond Common Sense addresses the many important and controversial issues that arise from the use of psychological and social science in the courtroom.

Whether you are engaged in the study of law, are considering studying law at university, are a business professional or want to find out more about the law in general, Slapper and Kelly's English Law offers a clear, lively and reliable point of entry to the law in England and Wales.

Law, Judges and Visual Culture analyses how pictures have been used to make, manage and circulate ideas about the judiciary through a variety of media from the sixteenth century to the present.

This book provides an up-to-date and comprehensive institutional analysis of online dispute resolution (ODR), with a focus on the developments in China as well as their doctrinal and practical implications globally.

Das Lehrbuch vermittelt grundlegende Kenntnisse im Bürgerlichen Recht.

Legislative drafting is an extremely onerous, exacting and highly-skilled task.

Communication in Investigative and Legal Contexts Despite a number of research studies, there remain significant differences of opinion among psychologists, linguists and other practitioners on how best to describe particular types of questions and communicate most effectively in forensic contexts.

Law students rarely have experience answering problem questions before university, and lecturers concentrate on teaching content rather than the exam skills needed.

Disclosure of Information: Norwich Pharmacal and Related Principles offers clear and concise procedural guidance and comprehensive legal analysis of the key ingredients of the jurisdiction dealing with: Wrongdoing Involvement Necessity Discretion and scope of reliefIt is the only book available that deals solely with this important and distinctive power of disclosure developed (and continuing to develop) in the English Courts.

Forensic Science in Court: The Role of the Expert Witness is a practical handbook aimed at forensic science students, to help them prepare as an expert witness when presenting their evidence in court.

To effect just outcomes the justice system requires that law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges be committed-above all-to doing justice.

On December 12, 2000, a controversial decision by the Supreme Court of the United States effectively ended the disputed presidential contest between George W.

What is the epistemological value of testimony?

Failings of the International Court of Justice critically examines the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice.

Language ideology is a concept developed in linguistic anthropology to explain the ways in which ideas about the definition and functions of language can become linked with social discourses and identities.

The Parthenon marbles case is the most famous international cultural heritage dispute concerning repatriation of looted antiquities, the Parthenon marbles in the British Museum's 'Elgin Collection'.

The Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy is an annual publication that provides a comprehensive overview of current developments in the international investment law and policy field, focusing on recent trends and issues in foreign direct investment (FDI), investment treaty practice, and investor-state arbitration.

Schnelles Verstehen und Lernen komplizierter Vorgänge zeichnet aus.

Since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998, international criminal law has rapidly grown in importance.

It is an unfortunate but unavoidable feature of even well-ordered democratic societies that governmental administrative agencies often create legitimate expectations (procedural or substantive) on the part of non-governmental agents (individual citizens, groups, businesses, organizations, institutions, and instrumentalities) but find themselves unable to fulfil those expectations for reasons of justice, the public interest, severe financial constraints, and sometimes harsh political realities.

Memory is often the primary evidence in the courtroom, yet unfortunately this evidence may not be fit for purpose.

An analysis of law and imperial rule reveals that Tsarist Russia was far more ''lawful'' than generally assumed.

Diez trabajos acerca de la justicia en cinco países de la región andina, desde determinada manera de "ver" el derecho y de analizarlo.

This book will be crucial reading for students across a variety of disciplines.

Tom Bingham (1933-2010) was the 'greatest judge of our time' (The Guardian), a towering figure in modern British public life who championed the rule of law and human rights inside and outside the courtroom.

As the second volume of a two-volume set on dispute resolution in modern China, this book presents an in-depth analysis of various disputes in modern China, exploring different experiences of dispute resolution and their implications.

Scrutinises the impact a comparative approach can have on investment law, and identifies a method for drawing sound analogies.

Problem-solving courts provide judicially supervised treatment for behavioral health needs commonly found among criminal offenders, including substance abuse and mental health disorders, and they treat a variety of offender populations.

This book explores the various types of Appropriate Dispute Resolution (ADR) applied in Nigeria, the UK, and the US.

Courts are context-conscious.

Uno de los aspectos más relevantes de la entrada en vigor del Reglamento (UE) 2016/679, relativo a la protección de las personas físicas en lo que respecta al tratamiento de datos personales y a la libre circulación de estos datos y por el que se deroga la Directiva 95/46/C; y de la Ley Orgánica 3/2018, de 5 de diciembre de Protección de Datos Personales y garantía de los derechos digitales (LOPDGDD), es el reconocimiento efectivo, y la puesta en funcionamiento de la figura del delegado de protección de datos (DPD/DPO), al cual se le reconoce un papel central en el ámbito de la protección de datos personales dadas las funciones que desempeña en la información y asesoramiento a los distintos operadores jurídicos que desarrollan su actividad en el ámbito de la privacidad y que unido a su carácter de vínculo de unión entre con la autoridad de control y de los terceros, cuyos datos personales están afectos a cualquier tratamiento, determinan la importancia y la relevancia que tiene en la práctica el delegado de protección de datos.

This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic.

A splendid account of the Supreme Court's rulings on race in the first half of the twentieth century, From Jim Crow To Civil Rights earned rave reviews and won the Bancroft Prize for History in 2005.

With its blend of accessible writing and actual excerpts from Court opinions, this book serves to explain the legal and cultural underpinnings of landmark U.