Social law and Medical law

Based on the texts of traditional Chinese dramas such as The Orphan of Zhao, Liang Shangbo and Zhu Yingtai, The Injustice to Dou E, and The Fifteen Strings of Cash, the book aims to broaden the scope of law and literature in China.

All human behaviour is, ultimately, a moral undertaking, in which each situation must be considered on its own merits.

This book provides knowledge about the process of creating and designing products based on an Industry 4.

Managed care organizations are paving the way to the future of health care delivery in the United States and countries around the world.

In this book, experts from both sides of the Atlantic, examine the recent tensions between Western Europe and the United States over such issues as transatlantic security, policies towards terrorism and relations with Russia and the former Soviet Union, against the broader background of perceptions and misperceptions in transatlantic relations.

Whilst feminist philosophy has frequently engaged with political theory, this original book instead considers legal theory and the practical operation of law.

This book provides a comprehensive and up to date comparative study of the management and resolution of conflicts between conservation and recreation in protected areas in the US and China.

Focusing on paradoxes and tensions of European legal integration, this book investigates four complex and inherently contradictory processes - constitutionalization and democratization, institution-building and market-making, cross-cultural communication and European discourse, and cultural exceptionalism and normalization - to offer a new framework for understanding contemporary European integration.

Appropriate laws and regulations are an essential tool to direct the action of procurers toward the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resources.

This book engages in a critical discussion on how to respect and promote patients' autonomy in difficult cases such as palliative care and end-of-life decisions.

This concise, introductory handbook discusses the basic principles of medical ethics, and includes practical, realistic guidance on how to evaluate and manage common ethical problems, focusing on the care of elderly patients Typical scenarios faced in clinical practice, such as issues of mental capacity and consent, resuscitation, near death decisions, quality of life, and health care expenditure, are discussed

This book draws on a wide selection of interdisciplinary literature discussing complex adaptive systems - including scholarship from economics, political science, evolutionary biology, cognitive science, and religion - to apply general complexity tenets to the institutions, conceptual framework, and theoretical justifications of the copyright system, both in the United States and internationally.

Information society projects promise wealth and better services to those countries which digitise and encourage the consumer and citizen to participate.

This book presents a distinctive approach to the study of law in society, focusing on the sociological interpretation of legal ideas.

In 2004, the Assisted Human Reproduction Act was passed by the Parliament of Canada.

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Feminist approaches to international law have been mischaracterised by the mainstream of the discipline as being a niche field that pertains only to women's lived experiences and their participation in decision-making processes.

Exploring the key legal issues in combating race discrimination, Race Matters provides readers with a detailed understanding of the issue of inequality.

Placing contemporary technological developments in their historical context, this book argues for the importance of law in their regulation.

Over the last two decades the development of the 'third sector' has been underpinned by principles of independence and autonomy,regulation and accountability and patronage through partnership.

This book examines the phenomenon of 'grand corruption' in Kuwait and the pattern in the wider region.

Rights of Passage: Sidewalks and the Regulation of Public Flow documents a powerful and under-researched form of urban governance that focuses on pedestrian flow.

Transitional justice seeks to establish a break between the violent past and a peaceful, democratic future, and is based on compelling frameworks of resolution, rupture and transition.

An essential reference work for charity administrators and their professional advisers.

This book pursues a critical perspective on the phenomenon of state violence and its legal unaccountability.

The globalization process has foregrounded ethnic discrimination as an increasingly important area of law around the world.

This comprehensive book brings together reflections, lessons and insights relating to the post Covid-19 era in Zimbabwe.

Interest in social science and empirical analyses of law, courts and specifically the politics of judges has never been higher or more salient.

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The complex legal situations arising from the coexistence of international law, state law, and social and religious norms in different parts of the world often include scenarios of conflict between them.

This book offers an analytical review of the state of knowledge on elderly sexual abuse and presents new data that will confront some of the accepted ideas and some of the myths associated with this specific form of sexual violence.

The Fast and The Furious: Drivers, Speed Cameras and Control in a Risk Society presents a sociological and criminological perspective critical to understanding the driver's role at the centre of road safety interventions.

Environmental crime is one of the most profitable and fastest growing areas of international criminal activity.

This groundbreaking book is the first collection to investigate the law, political science and ethical perspectives collectively in relation to the right and value of life.

A comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the regulation and practice of advance directives in sixteen jurisdictions in Asia.

Reproductive choices are at once the most private and intimate decisions we make in our lives and undeniably also among the most public.

This book explores the recent development of the Supreme People's Court of China, the world's largest highest court.

The phenomenon of 'agencification' describes the EU legislator's increasing establishment of European agencies to fulfil tasks in a variety of EU policies.

This volume considers the impact that changing family norms have had on the responsibilities that the law allocates to people in family relationships.

What does 'the law' look like?

Peaceful legal and political 'changing of the guards' is taken for granted in developed democracies, but is not evident everywhere.

This book addresses the ways in which the Black Summer megafires influenced the development of climate narratives throughout 2020.

The Disputed Freedoms of a Disrupted Press explores the origins, connections, and contradictions evident amongst divergent understandings of press freedom around the world.

Students and professional nurses at any level of clinical practice will find this book to be a vital resource on the basic legal concepts and principles of malpractice, liability, and risk management, and their implications for the profession.

Introduced in 2008, the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has existed for nearly a decade.

This book presents a comparative analysis of the judiciary in the Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian legal systems.

This volume addresses several core questions regarding the nature of law in China and its future development.