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books/Copyright_Law_and_the_Information_Society_in_Asia
(update April 13, 2011): ISBN 9781841136547 - 1841136549
Author: Edited by Dr Christopher Heath and Professor Kung-Chung Liu
Sub-title: Hart Publishing Kung-Chung
Abstract: The book takes a look at the six most important current topics arising from copyright law in the information society, and for each topic provides an in-depth introduction that compares the approaches taken in Europe and the US. Each topic is introduced by an expert, and the issues are then analysed in separate country reports representing nine Asian jurisdictions: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. The six topics are: The Expansion of Copyright Law and its Social Justification: ...
books/Indigenous_Peoples_in_International_and_Comparative_Law
(update April 13, 2011): ISBN 9781901362404 - 190136240X
Author: Thalia Anthony, Larissa Behrendt and Ben Saul
Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive examination of the treatment of Indigenous peoples in international law and from a comparative law perspective. While it is scholarly in approach, it is also intended to be used as a textbook for university students, and therefore covers a broad range of topics relevant to the study of Indigenous People and International Law. The book first considers the theory and practice of international law in encounters between Indigenous peoples and European colonial powers. It examines the prevailing legal doctrines governing acquisition of title to ...
books/The_EU_and_the_WTO
(update April 13, 2011): ISBN 9781841131993 - 1841131997
Author: Edited by Gráinne de Búrca and Joanne Scott
Sub-title: Legal and Constitutional Issues
Abstract: The essays in this volume attempt to explore and elucidate some of the legal and constitutional complexities of the relationship between the EU and the WTO,focusing particularly on the impact of the latter and its relevance for the former. The effect of WTO norms is evident across a broad range of European economic and social policy fields, affecting regulatory and distributive policies alike. A number of significant areas have been selected in this book to exemplify the scope and intensity of impact, including EC ...
books/Book_I_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles_Civil_Code
(update April 13, 2011): ISBN 9789050954662 - 9050954669
Author: H Warendorf and I Curry-Sumner
Sub-title: Family Law and the Law of Persons
Abstract: The enactment of Netherlands Antilles family law incorporated in the new Book 1 of the Netherlands Antilles Civil Code, in force since the 15th January 2001, will be of considerable interest for all residents of the Netherlands Antilles who all at some stage will be affected by this important part of the law. For the many persons for whom the Dutch language poses a problem, this English translation by lawyers who are also professional translators will prove especially helpful. Members of the Netherlands Antilles ...
books/The_English_Judges
(update April 13, 2011): ISBN 9781841132266 - 1841132268
Author: Robert Stevens
Sub-title: Their Role in the Changing Constitution
Abstract: In this new book Robert Stevens looks at the English Judiciary from an historical perspective with especial reference to its changing role in the 20th Century. He examines current debates about the position of the judges in the light of the possible future role of the judiciary in the Constitution. The centrepiece of the book is a detailed study of the political influences on the judiciary and the influence the judiciary has had on politics in the 20th Century. It concludes with a series of proposed reforms to ...
books/From_Promise_to_Contract
(update April 13, 2011): ISBN 9781841134949 - 1841134945
Author: Dori Kimel
Sub-title: Towards a Liberal Theory of Contract
Abstract: This is the paperback edition of a book first published in 2003, which was received with warmth and critical acclaim by scholars of jurisprudence and contract theory. Liberal theory of contract is traditionally associated with the view according to which contract law can be explained simply as a mechanism for the enforcement of promises. The book bucks this trend by offering a theory of contract law based on a careful philosophical investigation of not only the similarities, but also the much-overlooked differences between contract and promise. Drawing on ...
books/Documents_of_the_African_Commission_on_Human_and_Peoples
(update April 13, 2011): ISBN 9781841130927 - 1841130923
Author: Edited by Rachel Murray and Malcolm Evans
Sub-title: Hart Publishing
Abstract: Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights
Abstract: Fourteen years since its establishment,the work of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights has not received the attention that should have been paid to its important contributions towards the promotion and protection of human rights in Africa. The aim of this publication is to provide not only the basic documents, but also the less well known material related to the jurisprudence emanating from the consideration of communications. This volume therefore includes, amongst other material, the ...
books/Thinking_without_Desire
(update April 13, 2011): ISBN 9781841130484 - 1841130486
Author: Panu Minkkinen
Sub-title: A First Philosophy of Law
Abstract: The book is an attempt to evaluate the reception of Continental philosophy (phenomenology,hermeneutics, deconstruction, etc.) within mainstream jurisprudence. The book claims that the reduction of philosophy to social theory can only be accomplished by impoverishing the impetus of philosophical thinking and, consequently, by transforming critique into criticism, and the philosophy of law into legal theory. The response developed in this book is the creation of a metaphysical understanding of law or, in other words, what Aristotle called a first philosophy. In addition to philosophy proper the classics of Antiquity, ...