Primary sources of law

Today, statutes make up the bulk of the relevant law heard in federal courts and arguably represent the most important source of American law.

This book offers comprehensive coverage and analysis of the relationship between the three instruments governing civil jurisdiction and judgments in Europe; the Brussels Regulation, the Lugano Convention, and the Hague Choice of Court Convention.

Are you involved in making decisions in court, a tribunal, or another formal decision-making environment?

This book explores how civil society organisations are, and might best be, regulated in Europe, at both the regional and domestic level.

In an ideal world, the laws of Congress--known as federal statutes--would always be clearly worded and easily understood by the judges tasked with interpreting them.

A practical guide for legal practitioners to the Civil Partnership Act for same-sex couples.

In this book Bosko Tripkovic develops a theory of value-based arguments in constitutional adjudication.

Fueled by grassroots activism and a growing collection of formal political organizations, the Christian Right became an enormously influential force in American law and politics in the 1980s and 90s.

Italian Constitutional Justice in Global Context is the first book ever published in English to provide an international examination of the Italian Constitutional Court (ItCC), offering a comprehensive analysis of its principal lines of jurisprudence, historical origins, organization, procedures, and its current engagement with transnational European law.

Reflections on the ICJ''s Chagos Advisory Opinion and its broader context: British colonialism, US military interests, and human rights violations.

This book explores how civil society organisations are, and might best be, regulated in Europe, at both the regional and domestic level.

Since the desegregation of public schools in the 1950s, the concept of standards-based reform has become a central topic within educational policy.

In Neoliberal Parliamentarism, Tom McDowell provides an alternative approach to understanding the decline of parliament at the Ontario legislature, an approach that highlights the politics of neoliberalism and the significant impact it has had over the last four decades.

Geoffrey Robertson QC has been at the centre of internationally high-profile legal cases for over three decades.

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guidebook shows readers how the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has grown to critical importance to any U.

Unsurpassed in authority, reliability and accuracy; Blackstone's Statutes, trusted by students for over 30 years.

Written by one of the leading experts in the field, the aim of this book is to make it as accessible as possible in assisting solicitors, barristers and judges alike.

This book analyses how damage resulting from offshore-related incidents is compensated in European waters, whilst providing models to improve such compensation.

It's refreshing that this book does not simply look to advances in technology and artificial intelligence as the cause or the future of the Great Legal Reformation.

El 27 de julio de 2012 fue publicado en el DOUE el Reglamento (UE) num.

Legal research abilities will determine success as a law student, and as a lawyer, to the point it's been argued the abilities should be tested on the bar exam.

Legal research abilities will determine success as a law student, and as a lawyer, to the point it's been argued the abilities should be tested on the bar exam.

Esta obra constituye un estudio exhaustivo sobre diferentes aspectos de la jurisdicción especial indígena como institución y fenómeno social.

Alrededor de las firmas electrónicas y digitales, se han formado múltiples conceptos intrínsecos y extrínsecos, que son abordados en este libro, a partir de inquietudes como las siguientes, ¿qué diferencia hay entre firma digital y certificado digital?

Desde 1997, cuando fuera aprobada la Ley de desarrollo territorial, el país ha acumulado muchas experiencias sobre las reglas que rigen el espacio urbano, sus finalidades y posibilidades.

Esta obra -resultado de la integración de esfuerzos de investigación de los profesores del área de Derecho Público de la Universidad del Norte- está dirigida a estudiantes de Derecho, profesores e investigadores interesados en reflexionar en torno a temas que generan controversia por las tensiones que se producen en torno a las actuaciones del Estado.

Quizá por desconocimiento o por ingenuidad siempre se ha pensado que, por el hecho de expedir una ley que pretende descongestionar los despachos judiciales, dicho propósito se va a cumplir de manera mágica.

Durante el desarrollo de las ideas que componen este libro se busca mostrar una nueva versión del legislador en el Estado constitucional, el cual es respetuoso de las formas y principios que irradian su actividad.

Este libro plantea la problemática de la minera ilegal desde lo general a lo particular, es decir, desde las experiencias internacionales hasta aterrizar en Colombia y finalizando con el análisis del caso de California, Santan-der.

Se recogen en este libro estudios académicos y reflexiones críticas propuestas en el marco de una tensión.

Este libro contiene una denuncia intelectual de la guerra, de la restricción de los derechos fundamentales, o las reformas constitucionales sectarias como instrumentos para pretender alcanzar una paz nominal, falsa, no basada en el respeto a los valores del Estado de Derecho y del propio Derecho como mecanismo objetivo para conseguir la paz social.

Dokumentation auf Basis aktueller Forschungsaufträge und Rückfragen bei Bundesarchiven sowie Forschungs- und Gedenkstätten in Berlin (Normannenstraße), Dresden (Riesaer Straße, Fuchsbau) und Leipzig (Rundes Eck), u.

El uso intensivo de las tecnologias de la informacion y las comunicaciones esta cambiando de forma acelerada y profunda los mercados financieros.

The clergy abuse scandal has posed the greatest threat to the traditional understanding of the Catholic priesthood since the Protestant Reformation.

Souvent, Amazon vient à l'esprit comme une façon d'auto-éditer des livres électroniques ou des livres papier à l'étranger.

Uno de los grandes reconocimientos hechos por la Constitución de 1991 fue la consagración expresa del derecho a la seguridad social en su artículo 48.