Legal systems: general

A convenient single volume introduction to international arbitration written by experts, including discussion of the latest developments.

Through different legal and criminological angles and perspectives, this book addresses the controversial question of whether prisoners should have the right to vote, as well as the optimal modalities for such a vote.

What is the epistemological value of testimony?

This book works to build trust, consensus, and capacity to enhance understanding through a water conflict management framework designed to bolster collaborative skills.

Der Inhalt:Dargestellt werden die für das erste Staatsexamen in der Pflichtfachprüfung relevanten Bereiche des Zivilprozessrechts (Verfahrensgrundsätze, Prozessvoraussetzungen, Arten und Wirkungen von Klagen und gerichtlichen Entscheidungen, Prozessvergleich, vorläufiger Rechtsschutz; Arten und Rechtsbehelfe der Zwangsvollstreckung).

This multidisciplinary volume investigates the challenge of attaining legitimacy by international criminal courts and tribunals.

Drawing on political, social and economic theory, Reforming Civil Procedure focuses on the English civil justice system by looking at its history and its processes.

This is a practical guidebook to current CERCLA litigation, written by an experienced attorney who specializes in this area of law.

Attorney-client privilege is often invoked as a defence in international arbitration proceedings however the participants often have very different expectations regarding the applicable privilege standard, as national attorney-client privilege laws vary widely between jurisdictions.

Innovations in Evidence and Proof brings together fifteen leading scholars and experienced law teachers based in Australia, Canada, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, the USA and England and Wales to explore and debate the latest developments in Evidence and Proof scholarship.

Legal research is a fundamental skill for all law students and attorneys.

Servants of the Law examines the lives of two famous California judges, David S.

Australian Uniform Evidence Law offers an introduction to the law of evidence and its operation across Uniform Evidence Act jurisdictions.

FIDIC contracts are the most widely used contracts for international construction around the world and are used in many different jurisdictions, both common law and civil law.

The book is a brief journey through centuries and jurisdictions and expands on examples of enactment practices of states that support, challenge or even reject communication during pending litigations.

This timely book offers a comprehensive study of the emergency arbitrator mechanism that provides interim measures in international commercial arbitration before the constitution of an arbitral tribunal, focusing on the enforceability of the interim measures granted.

The book explores the definition and nature of guerrilla tactics in international commercial arbitration.

This book systematically examines how the Chinese arbitration law system responds to the application of the public policy exception in the judicial review of international arbitral awards.

A human rights analysis of international efforts to confiscate wealth in grand corruption cases that focuses on protections for property.

This book argues that it can be useful for the US to negotiate with terrorists and other bad actors by engaging a pragmatic mediator.

This book examines how existing arbitration procedures can be adapted to cope with disputes stemming from internet transactions.

This book explains the causes, process, and results of group disputes in urban communities (the empirical experiences from Shanghai) in China.

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Access to court has long been recognised as an essential element of a Union based on the rule of law.

ADR and the Courts: A Manual for Judges and Lawyers focuses on new methods in the judicial system.

The increasing number of executive tasks assigned to EU institutions and agencies has resulted in a greater demand for justice that can no longer be satisfied by the courts alone.

2009 saw the centenary of the Society of Legal Scholars and the transition from the House of Lords to the new Supreme Court.

The use of third-party funding in the UK has been increasing and has moved into the mainstream as a funding option for clients involved in litigation, particularly following on from the positive endorsement of litigation funding by Lord Justice Jackson in his Review of Civil Litigation Costs where he said: 'I remain of the view that, in principle, third-party funding is beneficial and should be supported.

There is a prehistory of the adultery novel, which became a pan-European literary paradigm in the second half of the 19th century.

This book examines mediation topics such as impartiality, self-determination and fair outcomes through popular culture lenses.

This book analyzes the implementation of CSR reporting and codes of business conduct and ethics in the legal systems of the USA, Austria and China and their enforcement in international supply chain arbitrations.

Leading academics and practitioners examine how the Human Rights Act influences private law cases in theory and practice.

In Supreme Bias, Christina L.

In Rechtsstreitigkeiten über standardessentielle Patente (SEP/FRAND-Streitigkeiten) kann es zu Parallelverfahren in unterschiedlichen Jurisdiktionen kommen.

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.

The contributions in this volume suggest that "e;the ethics project in legal education"e; is increasingly an international one.

Baker argues that coordinate interpretation - a model which requires both elected and appointed officials to interpret the Charter - allows for the creation of a more robust democracy, alleviating some of the tension between constitutionalism and democracy while limiting judicial activism.