The second law of thermodynamics is considered one of the central laws of science, engineering and technology. For over a century it has been assumed ...
This exciting collection looks at the theory and practice of legal borrowing and adaptation in different areas of the world: Europe, the USA and Latin ...
How do trade agreements interact with agreements on human rights or the environment? In case of conflict, which agreement should prevail? Must trade d ...
This book looks at administrative law from a socio-legal perspective against a background of constitutional principles. It scrutinises the current ins ...
Powerful emotion and pursuit of self-interest have many times led people to break the law with the belief that they are doing so with sound moral reas ...
The shocking events of 11 September 2001 in the United States drew worldwide attention to the terrorist phenomenon. This work focuses on terrorism and ...
The 1998 Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act and the 2002 Employment Act seek to change the existing face of UK employment law dispute resoluti ...
African Americans have experienced life under the rule of law in quite different contexts from those of whites, and they have written about those diff ...
Founded in 1993, the African Yearbook, now published under the auspices of the African Foundation for International Law, is the only scholarly publica ...
This book explores the regulation of intimate relationships today. Its raw materials are fascinating and sometimes salacious. Addressing questions ran ...
At the end of the twentieth century it was thought by many that the Anglo-American system of corporate governance was performing effectively and some ...
The "imagined community" of the nation, which served as the affective basis for the post-French Revolution social contract, as well as its institution ...
AIDS and the Sexuality of Law maps the relationship between sexuality and the law and science of AIDS as it evolved between 1985 and 1995. The book un ...
First published in 1970, A Modern Introduction to International Law rapidly established itself as the most widely used and successful textbook in its ...
This book stands against the current of judgments long settled in the schools of law in regard to classic cases such as Lochner v. New York, Near v. M ...
Essentials are written with one aim to get students through their exams. The concise, readable texts avoid the complexities of many textbooks, and are ...
African Americans have experienced life under the rule of law in quite different contexts from those of whites, and they have written about those diff ...
This book summarises the British legislation covering electrical safety, including those regulations derived from European directives. It also address ...
All over Europe we witness a spectacular rise of the recourse to fundamental rights in debates on civil liability. This is part of a pervasive process ...
In this compelling study, which unites the fields of constitutional theory and comparative politics, John E. Finn examines how the efforts of two west ...
Fully updated and revised, this comprehensive and informative textbook provides readers with an overview of current consumer sales law and equips them ...
