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This book examines piracy not just as a historical and contemporary criminal activity but as a complex phenomenon deeply interwoven with legal constructs and cultural perceptions.

It is beyond question that States have positive obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to prevent and address harm and risks of harm.

This monograph examines the growing datafication of European borders, exploring how digital technologies reshape migration governance.

Latin America has been a pivotal site for influential and innovative developments in international law since the colonial era.

We are all subjected to the power of the state and other entities such as the EU.

The intersection between fiscal state aid and taxation has become more topical than ever.

Over ten million people are incarcerated throughout the world, even though punishment theorists have struggled for centuries to morally justify the practice.

Purging the Odious Scourge of Atrocities explains the growth of a small body of human rights law that bans the use of violence against a state's own population when it is deemed a mass atrocity.

Purging the Odious Scourge of Atrocities explains the growth of a small body of human rights law that bans the use of violence against a state's own population when it is deemed a mass atrocity.

The intersection between fiscal state aid and taxation has become more topical than ever.

Capacity remuneration mechanisms (or simply capacity mechanisms) have become a fact of life in member states' energy markets and are one of the hottest topics in the wider European regulatory debate.

Every day, police deception tactics fool millions of Americans into giving evidence they don't have to give, leading to their arrest and conviction in court because they don't know when and how to take advantage of their absolute constitutional right to remain silent.

At a time when the integration of the European Union's peoples through the rule of law is faltering, this book develops a critical theory of postnational constitutionalism.

At a time when the integration of the European Union's peoples through the rule of law is faltering, this book develops a critical theory of postnational constitutionalism.

The early twenty-first century ushered in a period of change in Bolivia.

Global tax policy has long determined which states can access the resources necessary to flourish.

This book analyzes the role of social work in the Americanization movement.

The ancient Greek world was permeated with international law, the binding rules of behavior that Greeks across the Mediterranean followed and enforced for centuries.

In recent decades, foreign direct investment (FDI) has played an increasingly significant role in world economic activity and development.

On both a national and global stage we are witnessing a reckoning on issues of racial justice.

The boundaries between the history of law and the history of everything else are quite blurry nowadays.

The search for a robust balance of power is a continuous challenge for multilevel political system.

Law and law-like institutions are visible in human societies very distant from each other in time and space.

Now in its third edition, Statutory Nuisance: Law and Practice is the definitive text on the law and practice of statutory nuisance.

Once seen as aspirational and relatively innocuous, 'sustainability' or 'sustainable development' provisions are now changing the face of international trade agreements.

Money in Imperial Rome offers an in-depth examination of the institutional framework within which money operated as an economic agent in the Roman empire, emphasising its systemic complexity.

Ewan McKendrick has been an instrumental figure in shaping the law of obligations, both as a practitioner and as a professor at the University of Oxford and University College London.

By any measure, Julius Caesar is one of the most significant and famous figures in Roman history.

National Human Rights Institutions: Rules, Requirements, and Practice is an authoritative guide to National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) in their important role as promoters and protectors of human rights at the national level.

National Human Rights Institutions: Rules, Requirements, and Practice is an authoritative guide to National Human Rights Institutions (NHRI) in their important role as promoters and protectors of human rights at the national level.

This book examines what international human rights law has gained from the new elements in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

This book examines what international human rights law has gained from the new elements in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

International organizations and other global governance bodies often make rules and decisions without input from many of the individuals, groups, firms, and governments that are affected by them.

The Law and Ethics of Medicine: Essays on the Inviolability of Human Life explains the principle of the inviolability of human life and its continuing relevance to English law governing aspects of medical practice at the beginning and end of life.

In recent years, large digital platforms have been in the doghouse of antitrust decision-makers worldwide.

The idea of a reason for acting is ubiquitous in philosophy, social science, the law, and in our everyday lives.

Celebrating the scholarship of Andrew Ashworth, Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford, this collection brings together leading international scholars to explore questions of principle and value in criminal law and criminal justice.

Collegiality is a core legal principle of the European Commission's internal decision-making, acting as a safeguard to the Commission's supranational character and ensuring the Commission's independence from EU Member States.

Since the mid-20th century, many postcolonial states have engaged in multiple constitution-making exercises, with the turnover in written constitutions often due to coups or internal conflict.

The Inter-American System of Human Rights (IASHR) is certainly a source of innovation in human rights law and policy.

What makes murder, murder?

The path from single market to economic union is a continuing, and controversial, story; raising questions about the present and future regulation, structures, and purpose of economic union within the broader objectives of the EU legal and political order.

The fourth edition of The Principles of the Law of Restitution brings this widely cited and influential volume fully up to date.

Within the discipline of criminology and criminal justice, relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between criminal law, punishment, and imperialism, or the contours and exercise of penal power in the Global South.

This essential book offers a comprehensive and concise overview of the complex global framework of air passenger rights, examining not only national laws but also regional agreements.

Unmasking Safety's Myth of Individualism identifies a critical gap in current safety thinking: safety is not solely an individual responsibility but a social outcome that entails collective action and thinking.

Global tax policy has long determined which states can access the resources necessary to flourish.

This book takes an inductive approach to the question of whether there is a hierarchy in international law, with human rights obligations trumping other duties.

In the two related works in this volume, Bentham offers a detailed critique of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-9).

International organizations and other global governance bodies often make rules and decisions without input from many of the individuals, groups, firms, and governments that are affected by them.