Private or civil law: general

Same-sex marriage has become one of the most volatile issues in American politics.

This book focuses on an emerging problem in English contract law: what should be done when a party has been unjustly enriched as the result of a breach of contract but there is no measurable loss suffered by said party?

A groundbreaking account of the early history of rent control Written by one of the country’s foremost urban historians, The Great Rent Wars tells the fascinating but little-known story of the battles between landlords and tenants in the nation’s largest city from 1917 through 1929.

Are the deep insights of Hugo Black, William Brennan, and Felix Frankfurter that have defined our cherished Bill of Rights fatally flawed?

Dieses Buch wendet sich an Rechtsreferendare, die sich effektiv auf die bevorstehende mündliche Examensprüfung im Zivilrecht vorbereiten wollen.

El Derecho internacional privado está más presente que nunca en las escrituras públicas, lo que obliga a los notarios y al resto de aplicadores del derecho a una formación continua en esta materia.

Since its founding in 1910--the same year as another national organization devoted to the economic and social welfare aspects of race advancement, the National Urban League--the NAACP has been viewed as the vanguard national civil rights organization in American history.

Most people believe that the right to privacy is inherently at odds with the right to free speech.

The lawsuit is the cornerstone of the civil justice system in America, and an open court the foundation of American jurisprudence.

Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual, in its much-anticipated fourth edition, is an indispensable guide for prisoners and prisoner advocates seeking to understand the rights guaranteed to prisoners by law and how to protect those rights.

This is the definitive book on the legal and fiscal framework for civil society organizations (CSOs) in China from earliest times to the present day.

By any measure, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

The Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce has become an important forum for international commercial arbitration, with parties from more than 30 countries, especially Western European countries and increasingly Russia, other Eastern European Countries, and China.

When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits.

When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "e;living"e; Constitution effectively "e;rendered the Constitution useless.

With increased international trade transactions and a corresponding increase in disputes arising from those transactions, the application of the doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens - the discretionary power of a court to decline jurisdiction based on the convenience of the parties and the interests of justice - has become extremely relevant when determining which country's court should preside over a controversy involving nationals of different countries.

In Unmarried Couples, Law, and Public Policy, Cynthia Grant Bowman explores legal recognition of opposite-sex cohabiting couples in the United States.

In the past few decades, scholars have offered positive, normative, and most recently, interpretive theories of contract law.

Prisoners' Self-Help Litigation Manual, in its much-anticipated fourth edition, is an indispensable guide for prisoners and prisoner advocates seeking to understand the rights guaranteed to prisoners by law and how to protect those rights.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "e;living"e; Constitution effectively "e;rendered the Constitution useless.

In the myriad choices of interpretation judges face when confronted with rules and cases, legal realists are concerned with how these doctrinal materials carry over into judicial outcomes.

While the right to have one's day in court is a cherished feature of the American democratic system, alarms that the United States is hopelessly litigious and awash in frivolous claims have become so commonplace that they are now a fixture in the popular imagination.

While the right to have one's day in court is a cherished feature of the American democratic system, alarms that the United States is hopelessly litigious and awash in frivolous claims have become so commonplace that they are now a fixture in the popular imagination.

For many years family law was viewed as a study of the regulation of clearly defined relationships of husband and wife and parent and child.

For many years family law was viewed as a study of the regulation of clearly defined relationships of husband and wife and parent and child.

In the myriad choices of interpretation judges face when confronted with rules and cases, legal realists are concerned with how these doctrinal materials carry over into judicial outcomes.

By any measure, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

An eighth-generation Charlestonian with a prestigious address, impeccable social credentials, and years of intimate association with segregationist politicians, U.

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In this highly original book, Robert Nagel demonstrates how contemporary constitutional politics reflect the moral character of American culture.

Many critics attack federal judges as anti-democratic elitists, activists out of step with the mainstream of American thought.

Blackstone's Civil Practice 2022 provides a detailed and accessible commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation.

Blackstone's Civil Practice 2022 provides a detailed and accessible commentary of unrivalled quality on the process of civil litigation.

This title explores the normative foundations of European contract law.

This title explores the normative foundations of European contract law.

This book offers an up-to-date and comprehensive reference to Japanese law with a primary focus on private law, including commercial and business-related laws such as corporate law, contract law, and competition law.

A clear and concise introduction to the land law of England and Wales written in the Clarendon style: as a letter to a friend, with a minimum of footnotes and statutory material.

A clear and concise introduction to the land law of England and Wales written in the Clarendon style: as a letter to a friend, with a minimum of footnotes and statutory material.

This is an open access title.

This is an open access title.

This collection is in honour of Adrian Zuckerman, Emeritus Professor of Civil Procedure at the University of Oxford.

This collection is in honour of Adrian Zuckerman, Emeritus Professor of Civil Procedure at the University of Oxford.

This invaluable introduction to the study of the conflict of laws provides a survey and analysis of the rules of private international law as they apply in England.

This invaluable introduction to the study of the conflict of laws provides a survey and analysis of the rules of private international law as they apply in England.