Legal systems: general

In the last twenty years, the veil of secrecy surrounding the workings of the United States Supreme Court has been lifted.

The first systematic study of the most important types of arbitration - and their limits - from a constitutional perspective.

Known as the "e;Great Dissenter,"e; Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

This book shows the surprising dynamism of the field of civil procedure through its examination of a cross section of recent developments within civil procedure from around the world.

This book analyses the key skills that a lawyer needs to handle a case effectively, a topic that is not covered coherently in any other book.

The House of Lords served as the highest court in the UK for over 130 years.

Every Supreme Court transition presents an opportunity for a shift in the balance of the third branch of American government, but the replacement of Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas in 1991 proved particularly momentous.

Dieses Lehrbuch bringt Studierenden die Relevanz des Konfliktmanagements in ihrer zukünftigen Rolle der Projektleitung anhand nationaler und internationaler Vorgaben und Erwartungshaltungen als Schlüsselkompetenz nahe.

A lively narrative account of the first case to appear at the International Criminal Court, A Conviction in Question documents the trial of Union of Congolese Patriots leader and warlord, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.

Written by leading authors in the field, this clear and highly accessible volume provides full coverage of the topics commonly found in the contract law syllabus, alongside up-to-date illustrative case examples and stimulating commentary.

International arbitration has developed into a global system of adjudication, dealing with disputes arising from a variety of legal relationships: between states, between private commercial actors, and between private and public entities.

Disclosure remains the most important part of trial preparation and can often make the difference between conviction and acquittal.

An in-depth look at the consequences of New York City's dramatically expanded policing of low-level offensesFelony conviction and mass incarceration attract considerable media attention these days, yet the most common criminal-justice encounters are for misdemeanors, not felonies, and the most common outcome is not prison.

This book offers a unique insight into the world of standard-setting organizations (SSOs)' IPR policies and the role they play in balancing the interests of innovators and implementers, vis-a-vis the development of standards.

Explores the relationship between the legitimacy, the efficacy, and the decision-making of national and transnational constitutional courts.

This study proposes a multilateralist method of choice of law in order to alleviate the great disarray that currently exists in American choice law.

Die Internationalisierung und Globalisierung der Wirtschafts- und Rechtsbeziehungen hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten zu einem enormen Anstieg von Prozessen mit Auslandsbezug geführt, und die EU-Staaten verschmelzen zu einem einheitlichen Europäischen Rechtsraum.

Since at least the time of Justinianunder statutes, codes of judicial ethics, and the common lawjudges have been expected to recuse themselves from cases in which they might have a stake.

What is arbitration?

This book analyzes the tension between the host state's commitment to provide regulatory stability for foreign investors - which is a tool for attracting FDI and generating economic growth - and its evolving non-economic commitments towards its citizens with regard to environmental protection and social welfare.

En el presente libro, el autor ingresa a un ámbito que ha sido de difícil acceso, y ello para explorarlo al máximo y proponer soluciones a la dicotomía en el funcionamiento de tales cortes a nivel de interpretación constitucional.

The International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) is the international division of the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

This book is a collection of articles based on Understanding Unjust Enrichment,a symposium held at the University of Western Ontario in January 2003.

A comparative perspective of role played by three generations of European Constitutional Courts in the process of transition to democracy.

This book provides a comprehensive guide to consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADRs) and the unconventional challenges they pose for emerging economies, aiming to advance their growth within developing nations.

This scholarly legal work focuses on the dilemma of prosecuting gender-based crimes under the statutes of the international criminal tribunals with reference to the principle of fair labelling.

International criminal justice has undergone rapid recent development.

A complete picture and thorough analysis of the international norms and bodies dealing with the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

This book examines how international investment arbitral awards can be facilitated.

This book provides a systematic elaboration of Chinese Private International Law, reveals the general techniques concerning conflict of laws in China, explains the detailed Chinese conflict rules for different areas of law, and demonstrates how international civil litigation is pursued in China.

This book covers China’s practice in the past 20 years in four areas: China’s practice in investment treaty conclusion, China’s practice in the development of investment treaty, China’s practice in the investment dispute settlement, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative and international investment law.

This book is composed of five chapters, each containing a series of cases which courts have disposed of according to a particular jurisprudential insight, followed by a series of readings which present the same insight from a more abstract and general point of view.