LawandAdministration takes a contextual approach to administrative law setti...Law and Administration takes a contextual approach to administrative law setting law and legal rules in the context of the social political and economic forces that shape the law and of the complex constitutional framework in which contemporary...more
General clauses or standards (Generalklauseln clauses generales) are legal rul...General clauses or standards (Generalklauseln clauses generales) are legal rules which are not precisely formulated terms and concepts which in fact do not even have a clear core. They are often applied in varying degrees in various legal systems to...more
General clauses or standards (Generalklauseln clauses generales) are legal rul...General clauses or standards (Generalklauseln clauses generales) are legal rules which are not precisely formulated terms and concepts which in fact do not even have a clear core. They are often applied in varying degrees in various legal systems to...more
Recent controversies surrounding the war on terror and American intervention i...Recent controversies surrounding the war on terror and American intervention in Iraq and Afghanistan have brought rule of law rhetoric to a fevered pitch. While President Obama has repeatedly emphasized his Administration s commitment to...more
Under the Color of Law constitutes a full and critical scholarly commentary to...Under the Color of Law constitutes a full and critical scholarly commentary to the text of five key Bush administration legal memoranda formative of U.S. counterterrorism policy from 2001 to 2009. This volume is dedicated to the idea that these...more
Labour Law offers a comprehensive and critical account of the subject by a tea...Labour Law offers a comprehensive and critical account of the subject by a team of prominent labour lawyers and includes both collective labour rights and individual employment rights. By placing the law in its social economic and political contexts...more
9781933947242. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Paper...9781933947242. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Paper over boards. By studying law implementation in different areas and at different levels contributors from various disciplines give a nuanced picture of law implementation...more
Enacted in 2000 andin operation in the UK since 2005 the Freedom of Informati...Enacted in 2000 and in operation in the UK since 2005 the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act has revealed information which has generated calls for constitutional reform. A massive information jurisprudence has developed through the decisions of the...more
Roman Lawin the State of Nature offers a new interpretation of the foundation...Roman Law in the State of Nature offers a new interpretation of the foundations of Hugo Grotius natural law theory. Surveying the significance of texts from classical antiquity Benjamin Straumann argues that certain classical texts namely Roman law...more
Lawand the Technologies of the Twenty-First Century provides a contextual acc...Law and the Technologies of the Twenty-First Century provides a contextual account of the way in which law functions in a broader regulatory environment across different jurisdictions. It identifies and clearly structures the four key challenges...more
An anthology designed to address what is perceived as a gap between existing U...An anthology designed to address what is perceived as a gap between existing US legislation on familial issues and family lives as they are really lived. The selection deals with a wide range of American families and incorporates law sociology...more
Legal history helps us to understand our modern law. It explains why the law h...Legal history helps us to understand our modern law. It explains why the law has become what it is. It lays open the premises on which the modern law is based. It constitutes a rich source of experience which is as valuable for the development of...more
EU Criminal Law Policing and Civil Law offers comprehensive coverage and exper...EU Criminal Law Policing and Civil Law offers comprehensive coverage and expert analysis of every facet of EU Justice and Home Affairs Law concerning policing criminal law and cross-border civil cooperation. Fully updated to include the latest...more
LawandAdministration takes a contextual approach to administrative law setti...Law and Administration takes a contextual approach to administrative law setting law and legal rules in the context of the social political and economic forces that shape the law and of the complex constitutional framework in which contemporary...more
This text seeks to situate sociolegal studies in a global context. Lawand soc...This text seeks to situate sociolegal studies in a global context. Law and society scholarship in the United States and elsewhere typically assumes one legal system and one society and explores the relationship between them. Such a narrow endeavor...more