Law Books

American Casebooks The Law of Bioethics (Hardcover)

This casebook teaches students to think like lawyers with many kinds of skill-building problems. It teaches them to think about the problems of regulating bioethical issues not just with cases but with patients accounts of their illnesses doctors... more

Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs: Jurisdiction and Arbitration Clauses in Maritime Transport Documents: A Comparative Analysis (Paperback)

Jurisdiction and arbitration clauses are two different mechanisms that help to ensure impartiality and predictability in international dispute resolution. Despite their benefits these clauses can be inconvenient for parties that are forced to litigate... more

Making Transnational Law Work in the Global Economy: Essays in Honour of Detlev Vagts (Hardcover)

This tribute to Professor Detlev Vagts of the Harvard Law School brings together his colleagues at Harvard and the American Society of International Law as well as academics judges and practitioners many of them his former students. Their essays span... more

Netherlands Yearbook of International Law: Netherlands Yearbook of International Law Volume 41 2010: Necessity Across International Law (Hardcover)

Current resource from the Netherlands a country with a longstanding tradition in international law and EU law Information on state practice Peer reviewed articles and well researched documentation. more

Global Administrative Law and EU Administrative Law: Relationships Legal Issues and Comparison (Hardcover)

This book offers a new way to explore the administrative law beyond the state. Its aim is to begin to explore the complex reality of the interactions between EU administrative law and global administrative law and it is the first book on this subject. more

European Yearbook of International Economic Law: European Yearbook of International Economic Law (Hardcover)

The first volume of the new Yearbook tries to catch the broadness of contemporary International Economic Law. In part I it brings together articles on a variety of subjects reaching from exchange rate manipulation and financial market supervision over... more

Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs: The Role of the Ocean in Global Cycling of Persistent Organic Contaminants (Paperback)

Persistent organic contaminants which are bioaccumulative and toxic are a concern for the ecosystems and human health and are regulated under international law (global and regional conventions besides other). If semivolatile they cycle in different... more

Compensating Catastrophe Victims: A Comparative Law and Economics Approach (Hardcover)

As the author of this ground-breaking book points out there are as many sets of compensation mechanisms as there are countries. In a prodigious move to remedy this situation she examines whether it is possible to find a combination of compensation... more

Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice: Judicial Review of Legislation: A Comparative Study of the United Kingdom the Netherlands and South Africa (Hardcover)

This book compares the judicial review of legislation in the United Kingdom the Netherlands and the South African constitution of 1996 probing the justification and scope of review to reveal the influences and practical matters of design and scope. more

Regulating Unfair Banking Practices in Europe : The Case of Personal Suretyships

Regulating Unfair Banking Practices in Europe : The Case of Personal Suretyships more

International Corporate Law and Financia Corporate Lawyers and Corporate Governance (Hardcover)

This assessment of the corporate governance role of corporate lawyers in the UK analyses the extent to which lawyers can and should act as gate-keepers counsellors and reputational intermediaries. Focusing on external and in-house lawyers roles in both... more

World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Reports: Dispute Settlement Reports 2009: Volume 6 Pages 2533-2908 (Hardcover)

The Dispute Settlement Reports of the World Trade Organization (WTO) include Panel and Appellate Body reports as well as arbitration awards in disputes concerning the rights and obligations of WTO members under the provisions of the Marrakesh Agreement... more

Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law: Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law - 2010 (Hardcover)

Up-to-date information on international humanitarian law issues Articles and current developments authored by leading experts Correspondents Reports giving the reader a guide to state practice concerning international humanitarian law Comprehensive... more

IMLI Studies in International Maritime L Serving the Rule of International Maritime Law: Essays in Honour of Professor David Joseph Attard (Hardcover)

International maritime law is far from inert everyday international affairs constantly test existing law and in many occasions require its development. Serving the Rule of International Maritime Law is thus not limited to a description of the current... more

Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice: The Rule of Law in Comparative Perspective (Hardcover)

An Introduction to the Rule of Law in Comparative Perspective.- The Rule of Law in Ancient Greek Thought.- The Liberal State and Criminal Law Reform in Spain.- Some Realism About Legal Certainty in the Globalization of the Rule of Law.- Is Goal-Based... more

Studies in International and Comparative Criminal Law: Hybrid and Internationalised Criminal Tribunals: Selected Jurisdictional Issues (Hardcover)

In recent years a number of criminal tribunals have been established to investigate prosecute and try individuals accused of serious violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. These tribunals have been described as... more

The European Court of Human Rights as a Pathway to Impunity for International Crimes (Hardcover)

Introductory Remarks on the Perspective and Intent of the Author in Writing This Monograph The European Court of Human Rights comments in the judgment Korbely v. Hungary that: However clearly drafted a legal provision may be in any system of law... more

World Trade Organization Dispute Settlem Dispute Settlement Reports 2008: Volume 13 Pages 4911-5370 (Hardcover)

The Dispute Settlement Reports of the World Trade Organization (WTO) include Panel and Appellate Body reports as well as arbitration awards in disputes concerning the rights and obligations of WTO members under the provisions of the Marrakesh Agreement... more

The Language of Crime and Deviance (Hardcover)

There is now a long tradition of academic literature in media studies and criminology that has analysed how we come to think about crime deviance and punishment. This book for the first time deals specifically with the role of language in this process... more

Premier Reference Source: Social Implications of Data Mining and Information Privacy: Interdisciplinary Frameworks and Solutions (Hardcover)

As data mining is one of the most rapidly changing disciplines with new technologies and concepts continually under development academicians researchers and professionals of the discipline need access to the most current information about the concepts... more

American Casebooks Wells Marshall Yackle and Nichol s Cases and Materials on Federal Courts 2D (Hardcover)

The distinctive feature of this Federal Courts casebook and the main difference between it and other Federal Courts books is its systematic focus on remedial issues especially the problems that arise when a litigant tries to enforce federal... more

Cambridge Tax Law International Taxation of Permanent Establishments (Hardcover)

The effects of the growth of multinational enterprises and globalization in the past fifty years have been profound and many multinational enterprises such as international banks now operate around the world through branches known as permanent... more

International and Comparative Criminal Justice and Urban Governance (Hardcover)

Criminal justice has traditionally been associated with the nation state its legitimacy and its authority. The growing internationalisation of crime control raises crucial and complex questions about the future shape of justice and urban governance as... more

University Casebooks: The First Amendment and Related Statutes (Hardcover)

The Fourth Edition casebook examines United States First Amendment law using expertly edited cases original note materials and class questions. The Fourth Edition includes among other things an improved structure: The vagueness and overbreadth... more

Routledge Research in International Envi International Environmental Law and the Conservation of Coral Reefs Book 2 (Hardcover)

Tropical coral reefs are important ecosystems. They are economically important to coastal communities living in predominantly developing countries and also provide shoreline protection catalyse land formation enabling human habitation act as a carbon... more

Law and Philosophy Library: Interpretation of Law in the Age of Enlightenment: From the Rule of the King to the Rule of Law (Hardcover)

A collaboration of leading historians of European law and philosophers of law and politics identifying and explaining the practice of interpretation of law in the 18th century. The goal: establishing the actual practice in the Age of Enlightenment and... more

Blood Secrets: Chronicles of a Crime Scene Reconstructionist (Hardcover)

Blood Secrets reveals how forensic experts read the story of a murder told in the traces of blood left behind providing crucial evidence that has helped convict criminals who might have otherwise walked free. When Rod Englert began his career in law... more

Friend v. Friend: The Transformation of Friendship--And What the Law Has to Do with It (Hardcover)

Friendship is one of our most important social institutions. It is the not only the salve for personal loneliness and isolation; it is the glue that binds society together. Yet for a host of reasons--longer hours at work the Internet suburban... more

The Language of Law and the Foundations of American Constitutionalism (Paperback)

For much of its history the interpretation of the United States Constitution presupposed judges seeking the meaning of the text and the original intentions behind that text a process that was deemed by Chief Justice John Marshall to be the most sacred... more

Philosopher Kings?: The Adjudication of Conflicting Human Rights and Social Values (Hardcover)

Philosopher Kings? The Adjudication of Conflicting Human Rights and Social Values by George C. Christie examines the attempts by courts to sort out conflicts involving freedom of expression including religious expression on the one hand and rights to... more

Cambridge Studies in International and C Making the Law of the Sea: A Study in the Development of International Law Book 80 (Hardcover)

The law of the sea is an important area of international law which must be able to adapt to the changing needs of the international community. Making the Law of the Sea examines how various international organisations have contributed to the... more

Cambridge Studies in the Theory of Democ The Legal Foundations of Inequality Book 8 (Hardcover)

The long revolutionary movements that gave birth to constitutional democracies in the Americas were founded on egalitarian constitutional ideals. They claimed that all men were created equal and with similar capacities and also that the community... more

Oñati International Law and Society: Feminist Perspectives on Contemporary International Law: Between Resistance and Compliance? (Hardcover)

The essays in this volume analyse feminism s positioning vis-Ã -vis international law and the current paradigms of international law. The authors argue that willingly or unwillingly feminist perspectives on international law have come to be situated... more

Issues in Crime and Justice Racial Profiling: Research Racism and Resistance (Paperback)

This book is a critical examination of mainstream research on racial profiling. Through qualitative analysis of interviews with people of color who have experienced racial profiling it offers an alternative understanding of racialized law and the... more

European Competition Law Annual: European Competition Law Annual 2009 (Hardcover)

Every year top-level market regulators academics and legal practitioners attend the Annual Competition Workshop organised at the European University Institute in Florence. The speakers are invited to discuss a particular set of critical issues in the... more

Common Core of European Private Law Precontractual Liability in European Private Law (Paperback)

This volume analyses thirteen cases from the perspective of sixteen national European legal systems in order to explore the legal nature of the precontractual phase and the liability which may follow a break-off of precontractual negotiations. The... more

Chinese Justice: Civil Dispute Resolution in Contemporary China (Hardcover)

This volume analyzes whether China s thirty years of legal reform have taken root in Chinese society by examining how ordinary citizens are using the legal system in contemporary China. It is an interdisciplinary look at law in action and at legal... more

Understanding Labor and Employment Law in China (Paperback)

Continued economic prosperity in China and its international competitive advantage have been due in large part to the labor of workers in China who for many years toiled in under-regulated workplaces. Now there are new labor law reforms raising the... more