This book considers how legal rules and institutions affected the outcome of women's trials in nineteenth century Western Australia and how this was mediated by various social and cultural constructs.
This textbook, which is aimed at students, academics and interested individuals (journalists, representatives of state or civil society institutions, NGOs), deals with institutionalized cooperation based on international organizations and addresses the law and the role of these organizations in international law and politics.
This is the second edition of the widely acclaimed and successful casebook on Contract in the Ius Commune Series, developed to be used throughout Europe and aimed at those who teach, learn or practise law with a comparative or European perspective.
This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the pressing issue of environmentally displaced persons (EDPs) in Latin America and the Caribbean, filling a gap in the existing literature.
This volume takes as its point of departure that those who work in the area of law and psychology currently possess a great deal of knowledge about the psychology of the legal system, including the way in which the behavior of legislators, judges, jurors, attorneys, litigants, and defendants shapes the outcome of justice.
This book provides an in-depth perspective on a key question regarding the design and deployment of blockchain technology: can the rule of law legitimately be applied to shape and guide the design and implementation of blockchain technology?
Focusing on practical principles and guidelines, this book covers everything a prospective international commercial arbitrator or lawyer wishing to start an arbitration practice should know about conducting an arbitration in Asia.
This book challenges Mancur Olson's famous observation that concentrated interests inevitably dominate diffuse ones in democracies by presenting an alternative view that strong, independent courts can effectively protect the rights of diffuse interests against powerful, concentrated groups.
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how the influence of China's economic emergence has reshaped the definition of SOEs in regional and bilateral trade and investment agreements.
This volume takes as its point of departure that those who work in the area of law and psychology currently possess a great deal of knowledge about the psychology of the legal system, including the way in which the behavior of legislators, judges, jurors, attorneys, litigants, and defendants shapes the outcome of justice.
El derecho de autor hace parte de aquellos sectores sujetos a una compleja condición de variabilidad marcada por nuevas creaciones y sus efectos en el mercado, por debates sobre la mercantilización de las obras versus el valor cultural que tienen, por los efectos de un mundo globalizado, en el cual garantizar la protección de las obras y a la vez obtener el mejor de los beneficios constituyen un reto en el que actores de diferentes disciplinas y sectores tienen interés.
Die Beiträge des Bandes gehen der These nach, dass in Gerichtsprozessen sowie in theatralen Gerichtsperformances Inszenierungspraktiken am Werk sind, deren Untersuchung zeigt, wie sich die sozialen Felder Recht und Theater gegenseitig konstituieren.
Die Beiträge des Bandes gehen der These nach, dass in Gerichtsprozessen sowie in theatralen Gerichtsperformances Inszenierungspraktiken am Werk sind, deren Untersuchung zeigt, wie sich die sozialen Felder Recht und Theater gegenseitig konstituieren.
Analysing international law through the prism of "e;cynicism"e; makes it possible to look beyond overt disregard for international law, currently discussed in terms of a backlash or crisis.
