Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law

Franz Kafka: The Office Writings brings together, for the first time in English, Kafka's most interesting professional writings, composed during his years as a high-ranking lawyer with the largest Workmen's Accident Insurance Institute in the Czech Lands of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

"e;Good government"e; is commonly seen either as a formidable challenge, a distant dream, or an oxymoron, and yet it is the reason why Wisconsin led America toward welfare reform.

From one of our finest writers and leading environmental thinkers, a powerful book about how the land we share divides us-and how it could unite usToday, we are at a turning point as we face ecological and political crises that are rooted in conflicts over the land itself.

The ways that social advocates organize to fight unaffordable housing and homelessness in Los Angeles, illuminated by a new conceptual framework for studying collective actionHow Civic Action Works renews the tradition of inquiry into collective, social problem solving.

How central banks and independent regulators can support rather than challenge constitutional democracyUnelected Power lays out the principles needed to ensure that central bankers and other independent regulators act as stewards of the common good.

Why colleges and universities live or die by free speechFree speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, as critics on and off campus challenge the value of freewheeling debate.

It has long been contended that the Indian Constitution of 1950, a document in English created by elite consensus, has had little influence on India's greater population.

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of lifeLong-haul truckers are the backbone of the American economy, transporting goods under grueling conditions and immense economic pressure.

A riveting account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America's leading intelligence expertsSpying has never been more ubiquitous-or less understood.

Steuererklärung im Ruhestand – muss das sein?

Uses real plan data to show that retirement plans should limit an employee''s ability to unwisely allocate their investments.

Für Hersteller und Mobilitätsanbieter ist neben der Genehmigung von Kraftfahrzeugen mit automatisierter bzw.

With growing international competition, American firms have been gaced with increasing pressures to produce better products, cut costs, and improve efficiency.

News coverage of law can be a daunting task for any journalist, especially in a time when public interest in media coverage of the courts has greatly intensified.

The first critical analysis of how Whiteness drove the opioid crisis.

Hello, my name's Stacey Duguid and I'm a reformed fashion editor.

Las redes sociales marcan hoy la pauta para comunicarse.

"Das ist alles sehr kompliziert und schwierig" ist ein häufiger Start bei der Darstellung von komplexen juristischen Themen.

Why there should be a larger role for the judiciary in American foreign relationsIn the past several decades, there has been a growing chorus of voices contending that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary should stay out of foreign affairs and leave the field to Congress and the president.

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For years, criminologists have studied the relationship between crime and below-average intelligence, concluding that offenders possess IQ scores 8-10 points below those of non-offenders.

La presente obra identifica diversos problemas de investigación contemporáneos en las disciplinas jurídicas del derecho privado y de la responsabilidad civil, lo que la convierte en una importante fuente de análisis y consulta.

Sie würden gerne Vorkehrungen treffen für den Fall, dass Sie einmal nicht mehr selbst für sich sorgen können?

This book is an inquiry into how contingency fees distort our civil justice system, influence our political system and endanger democratic governance.

Examining the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice from the end of World War II to today.

This book addresses the issues and methods involved in governing risks posed by genetically modified (GM) agriculture.

This book applies a discussion of the nature of human life to resolving bioethical issues.

Brings together a collection of papers from academia, government, and policy think tanks on US energy tax policy.

This book is an inquiry into how contingency fees distort our civil justice system, influence our political system and endanger democratic governance.

Examining the historical and political conditions that shaped death penalty practice from the end of World War II to today.

Making, amending, and interpreting constitutions is a political game that can yield widespread suffering or secure a nation's liberty and prosperity.

This book addresses the issues and methods involved in governing risks posed by genetically modified (GM) agriculture.

This book applies a discussion of the nature of human life to resolving bioethical issues.

Brings together a collection of papers from academia, government, and policy think tanks on US energy tax policy.

A critical evaluation of the law''s engagement with the process of healthcare decision-making, and how the relationship might be enhanced.

This book identifies conditions under which the Court is successful at altering the behavior of state and private actors.

This book examines how human rights came to define the bounds of universal morality during the political crises and conflicts of the twentieth century.

Explores the key international treaty instruments regulating species conservation and habitat protection, and the mechanisms available to make them work.

A 2010 analysis of the dividing lines between judicial, executive and legislative power in the United Kingdom constitution.

An innovative, inter-disciplinary, critical exploration of the relationships between regulatory theory and criminal justice practice and scholarship.

This work of applied moral philosophy develops a comprehensive account of how adults as moral agents ascribe moral status to beings.

Examines social and political issues that have become resistant to compromise by examining them through a population-based public health perspective.

Phil Clark explores the impact of the Gacaca community courts, the centrepiece of Rwanda''s justice and reconciliation programme.

Argues that the Founders intended the Constitution to be interpreted according to the text''s meaning and its framers'' original intentions.

An in-depth, impartial and informed description of the Lisbon Treaty''s legal features, in their historical and political context.

From early Sanskrit rulebooks to the modern codification of ''Hindu law'', the authors examine interactions between Hinduism and law.

A theoretical analysis of the issues that arise at the intersection of women, tax policy and the law.

Douglas Brodie examines how the common law has evolved to address concerns about corporate social responsibility.

This book takes stock and assesses the prospects of transnational law, in tribute to Professor Detlev Vagts of the Harvard Law School.