Legal systems: general

This is the first book that critically examines the reform of the Appellate Body (AB) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in light of the current crisis resulting from the U.

This book explores victims' views of plea negotiations and the level of input that they desire.

Sudden Deaths and Fatal Accident Inquiries in Scotland: Law, Policy and Practice considers the unique Scottish system of sudden deaths investigations leading to Fatal Accident Inquiries (FAIs).

This Element analyses real-world trial courts data with state-of-the-art machine learning and causal inference methods.

This book centres on the war that raged between Eritrea and Ethiopia from 1998 to 2000, a war that caused great loss of life and tremendous devastation.

This collection of "e;cases and materials"e; is one version of what is commonly called a "e;casebook"e; and is intended as a teaching aid in a process commonly called teaching by the "e;case method.

Eine anspruchsvolle mediative Praxis gründet auf einer soliden wissenschaftlichen Basis.

This book thoroughly reviews China's participation in the WTO dispute settlement system with a focus on the interaction between China's distinctive institutional characters and international legal regime and an aim of not only revealing the Chinese phenomenon but also identifying the Chinese mode and the rationale that lies behind China's mode change.

Since the beginning of the process of European integration the EU Common Commercial Policy (CCP) has been one of the most dynamic political fields.

This monograph addresses the phenomenon of mass harm and how it may be resolved through collective redress.

This book discusses the dogmatic (that what is settled) and the dynamic (that what is changing) aspects of the relationship between blockchain and the law from a critical perspective.

The Court of Justice has delivered an extensive body of caselaw concerning the obligation of domestic courts to provide effective judicial protection to claimants relying upon Community law rights - including such landmark judgments as Factortame and Francovich.

This book examines the practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as it stands today in the context of matrimonial disputes and for providing gender justice for women undergoing matrimonial litigation.

Course Notes is designed to help you succeed in your law examinations and assessments.

From the 'show' trials of the 1920s and 1930s to the London Conference, this book examines the Soviet role in the Nuremberg IMT trial through the prism of the ideas and practices of earlier Soviet legal history, detailing the evolution of Stalin's ideas about the trail of Nazi war criminals.

Birth-based citizenship is widely considered to be the most secure claim to political belonging.

The second edition of French Law: A Comparative Approach provides an authoritative, comprehensive, and up to date account of the French legal system and its internal workings.

This book presents an in-depth analysis of the environmental issues raised in the South China Sea Arbitration Awards, which have not attracted as much attention in the Philippines as the "e;nine-dash line"e;.

This book assesses Afghanistan's transit trade with Pakistan in the context of WTO transit regime for landlocked countries and its impacts on Members' regional transit agreements.

Der Managementansatz Partnering gewinnt in der deutschen Bau- und Immobilienwirtschaft zunehmend an Bedeutung.

Attribution in International Law and Arbitration clarifies and critically discusses the international rules of attribution of conduct, particularly regarding their application to states under international investment law.

Containing 40 visually coded maps of the fifty states, this book offers an unprecedented look at America's diverse legal landscape.

Although international arbitration has emerged as a credible means of resolution of transnational disputes involving parties from diverse cultures, the effects of culture on the accuracy, efficiency, fairness, and legitimacy of international arbitration is a surprisingly neglected topic within the existing literature.

The contributors to this latest volume of Research in the Sociology of Health Care investigate race, ethnicity and gender as factors in health and health care disparities.

This book analyzes the dispute settlement mechanisms under the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), including the already established mechanisms for general state-to-state dispute settlement and the Mechanism to Address Differences for investment and sustainable development issues.

How as a society can we find ways of ensuring the people who are the most vulnerable or have little voice can avail themselves of the protection in law to improve their social, cultural, health and economic outcomes as befits civilised society?

This book advances an integrated model of Supreme Court decision making that incorporates variables from the models of Supreme Court decision making.

This book provides a deeper understanding of electronic evidence and its use in civil and commercial dispute resolution.

This highly topical volume presents pioneering research for the purpose of developing a common analytical foundation and framework for the emerging interdisciplinary research field of investment control.

This is a guide to and commentary on the new procedural rules for arbitration adopted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in December 2012.

Davis discusses the increasing role of interest groups, the press, and the public, whose role is not prescribed in the Constitution, in the selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices and how it affects the process.

Geldwasche ist eine staatenubergreifende Problematik und als solche im Fokus der Europaischen Union.

International organizations are increasingly operating across borders and engaging in legal transactions in virtually all jurisdictions.

Providing practical guidance on what remains the single most important statutory basis for police duties and powers in England and Wales - the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 and its Codes of Practice - this is an essential reference source which the busy police officer or legal practitioner cannot afford to be without.

The judicial system occupies an important place in society, yet it has been one of the least studied of Canadian institutions.

This ebook is now available from Bloomsbury Academic.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the functioning and challenges of the legal aid system in India.

Explores the rise of the brand as a medium through which the modern university represents and remakes itself.