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Kung-Chung Liu
This book introduces a general theory of intellectual property (IP) law, highlighting its importance and relevance in addressing complex IP issues in the digital economy, which often intersect with competition…
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This open access book investigates, analyses, and discusses the emerging issues of investment and the EU legal order. Europe has historically had an open approach to investment, but evolving geopolitical…
Peter Jaffey
This book discusses the dominant corrective justice and distributive justice approaches to private law and identifies their strengths and weaknesses. It goes on to propose a general approach to private…
Andrew Arden KC, Andrew Dymond
What are the legal considerations around houseboats? How are landlords regulated?
Since 1978, this manual has been guiding practitioners through all areas of housing law. The book demonstrates how to…
Panu Minkkinen (University of Leicester, UK)
Law as a Human Science argues for the reintroduction of crucial aspects of the humanist tradition in legal thinking.
The volume offers new and unexplored perspectives on federalism and its relationships with diversity accommodation. It represents the first structured attempt to use federal theory and practice to frame several…
This open access collection of 17 original essays is the first volume to provide an in-depth exploration of the potential of a rights-based approach to criminal law.
The book presents…
Robert Walters
This book assesses the rapidly changing landscape of digital finance regulation. Focusing on the laws of banking-finance, tax, insurance, intellectual property and international commercial arbitration, it delves into the regulation…
Roy L. Moore, Michael D. Murray
This fully revised seventh edition provides a thorough introduction to both the legal and ethical considerations relevant to students pursuing careers in media, law and communication. The hybrid textbook is…
Melodie H. Eichbauer
Law in a Culture of Theology: The Use of Canon Law by Parisian Theologians, ca. 1120-ca. 1220 considers the study of law within its intellectual environment.
Benjamin J Richardson
This landmark book unveils the history of defending Australia's natural environment and examines the subject's legal and political contexts from the birth of the nation in 1901 until the advent…
Li-ann Thio
This book examines the operation of the rule of law in the non-liberal democracy of Singapore.
The rule of law in Singapore has been both lauded for anchoring efficient and…
William Walker Atkinson
This beautiful hardback edition presents William Walker Atkinson's classic work, Reincarnation and the Law of Karma, presented with a gold embossed cover design and gilded page edges. Using explanations from…
Niels M. Blokker
This book offers a comparative analysis of the institutional law of public international organizations, covering issues such as membership, institutional structure, decisions and decision-making, legal status, privileges and immunities. It…
David Hansen
This book discusses the economic models and quantitative research involved in merger control forecasts, and the relationship between antitrust law and economics. It will be of interest to researchers in…
Dong Wang, Peng Zhao
This book provides clear and concise explanations to over 200 questions on China's current employment laws. It helps readers answer the question: "what are my rights and what should I…
Samet Caliskan, Pereowei Subai
This book examines how various areas of law collectively influence the relationship between a company and its directors, particularly in safeguarding the long-term interests of stakeholders. It will be of…
Structural Injustice and the Law analyses theoretical approaches and case studies to show how the development of Iris Marion Young's concept of structural injustice can aid legal analysis, and how…
This volume of Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance brings together scholars to debate sociological, socio-legal, and related insights from the social and behavioral sciences concerned with important contemporary questions…
This open access book presents the first comparative study on the legal sources of administrative law. Every modern legal order needs a set of general rules to apply and enforce…
Hilaire Barnett
The Sixteenth edition equips students with a thorough understanding of the UK constitution's past, present and future by analysing and illustrating the political and socio-historical contexts that have shaped the…
Examines the use, evolution, legitimacy, and implications of surveillance with contributions from the fields of literary studies, law, philosophy, sociology, and politics.
Frankie McCarthy, Duncan Adam
An up-to-date introductory text on an area of law which affects us all: succession.
Sanjoy Roy
This book examines the intersection of legal and social work in India and beyond. It explores the complex reality of laws related to socially disadvantaged groups and how social workers…
Elizabeth Chloe Romanis
Biotechnology, Gestation, and the Law presents the first comprehensive ethico-legal analysis of the nature of gestation and of technologies enabling gestation, offering a concept analysis grounded in ontology, phenomenology, politics…
Written by a specialist team of academics and media barristers, The Law of Privacy and the Media offers expert guidance on English media privacy law, outlining key legislation and legal…
Patricia Rushton
This book examines how states justify the creation of physical, policy and legislative barriers of entry for migrants by drawing on a concept of sovereignty.
Patents incentivize the creation and dissemination of new technical solutions and help to disclose their working to the public in exchange for limited exclusivity. Injunctions are vital tools for patent…
Dana Burchardt, Hannah Birkenkoetter
"This book critically examines to what extent the rule of law, a principle that forms part of Germany's constitutional self-understanding, has translated into a lived experience for all. It explores…
This book engages with some of Stephen A Smith's most significant arguments, illustrating that he was a towering figure in the field of private law, with little of the field…
Andy Summers
Although the mitigation of a loss in a tort or breach of contract case is now the most litigated doctrine in private law it still lacks a sound theoretical basis…
From Eastern Europe to Africa and Asia, socialist governments and experts have fundamentally shaped progressive ideas of international law: from anti-imperialism and anti-racism, to health as a human right. This…
Armin Steinbach
Applying economic methods to the institutional, procedural, and substantive aspects of European law, this book offers a unique systematic economic analysis of EU law.
This volume provides a historical and comparative study of how and by whom the estates of deceased persons are administered, drawing upon the legal traditions of Europe and beyond. The…
Susan Lynne Stephens, Kim Diana Connolly, Sarah P. Jarboe
The federal government has taken the primary role in protecting the nation's wetlands, with the centerpiece of these efforts the Clean Water Act's Section 404 permitting program. Wetlands Law and…
Leslie Ann Hayashi
The amazing true story of US Senator Mazie Hirono will inspire young readers to believe in the American dream.
Come journey with 8-year-old Mazie as she leaves her home country…
Karol K. Sparks
The Keys to Banking Law guides you through today's system of financial regulation that is unlike anything else in the world. To that end, the guide:
explores the history of…
Bahman Khodadadi
On Theocratic Criminal Law explores the roots and structures of the criminal law system of the world's most prominent constitutional theocracy, the Islamic Republic of Iran. The book offers a…
A handbook and guide to research methods for students of law, criminology, sociology and social sciences, from an interdisciplinary perspective
Dr. Sohaira Z. M. Siddiqui
Prior to the East India Company's arrival in India in 1661, Islamic law was widely applied in India by the Mughal Empire. As the Company's power grew, it established a…
Susan S. M. Edwards, Judith Bray
Taking a fresh and modern approach, Contemporary Family Law gives students all the information they need to develop a clear understanding of the very latest developments in family law. Each…
This book provides an overview of the European energy law, laying the groundwork for understanding the energy industry.
The book explains private and public law aspects of the energy industry…
