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  • COMPARATIVE LAW IN A CHANGING WORLD
    PETER DE CRUZ
    Providing a comprehensive and comparative analysis of the legal approach to key areas of law within different legal systems, this book offers a blueprint for comparative legal study by evaluating the current epistemological debate on comparative law and comparative legal research methods. Substantive law, the law of obligations, commercial and corporate law within the major leg...

    $2,040.00

  • PRESCRIPTIVE LEGAL POSITIVISM
    TOM CAMPBELL
    Tom Campbell is well known for his distinctive contributions to legal and political philosophy over three decades. In emphasizing the moral and political importance of taking a positivist approach to law and rights, he has challenged current academic orthodoxies and made a powerful case for regaining and retaining democratic control over the content and development of human rig...

    $1,480.00

  • INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT
    SIMON BAUGHEN
    Analyzing globalization and the increasing tension it has caused between the goals of free trade and environmental protection, International Trade and the Protection of the Environment provides a comprehensive and detailed legal analysis, both at the national and international level of what looks set to become the new legal order of the twenty-first century. This book asks the ...

    $1,760.00

  • THE FRENCH CIVIL CODE
    JEAN-LOUIS HALPERIN
    This book charts the formation of the French Civil Code, examining both its public and private effects. From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, French private law was very different in the various parts of the country. In northern and central France, there were as many as sixty-five general customs in force, as well as over three hundred local customs, often differing fro...

    $1,460.00

  • REGULATING SOCIAL HOUSING
    DAVID COWAN / MORAG MCDERMONT
    Drawing upon Foucauldian analyzes of governmentality, the authors contend that social housing must be understood according to a range of political rationalities that saturate current practice and policy. They critically address the practice of dividing social from private tenure; situating subjects such as the purpose and financing of social housing, the regulation of its provi...

    $1,760.00

  • COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN LAND LAW
    SAMPSON OWUSU
    The first textbook to address land law as it relates to the Commonwealth Caribbean, it encompasses all areas covered in an undergraduate course on the law of real property in the Caribbean. Primary and secondary source material on the law of property in the whole of the Commonwealth Caribbean is made easily and readily accessible to law students and legal practitioners. Statuto...

    $2,100.00

  • UK ELECTION LAW
    BOB WATT
    This book contains a critical analysis of the law and politics governing the conduct of statutory elections in the United Kingdom. The author argues that elections have now become a marketplace for 'buying' the most seemingly attractive political party on offer into power, rather than an expression of democratic self-government. Thematically arranged, he considers a number of i...

    $1,760.00

  • ASPECTS OF HOUSING LAW
    JILL MORGAN
    Aspects of Housing Law provides a comprehensive, up-to-date and readable account of what is often regarded as a complex and technical area of the law. It is essential reading for students of housing law and those taking courses in housing studies. With comprehensive coverage of all areas covered in an undergraduate course on housing, this concise and clear text covers: homeless...

    $1,460.00

  • YOU AND YOUR LODGER
    ROSY BORDER
    This book provides lodger agreement in a 'what you see is what you get' document format. It sets out the duties and responsibilities and embodies them in an agreement that is fair to both public and their lodger. It shows you the terms or 'buzzwords', that are important, and explains what they mean. ...

    $640.00

  • INTERNATIONAL CHILD LAW
    TREVOR BUCK
    International Child Law examines the international laws for children at both a global and a regional level. In particular the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child is described and critically assessed, while at the regional level the child in Europe is examined and how far the ECHR is engaged as a vehicle to progress childrens rights. Other key issues, increasing regulated b...

    $980.00

  • SHAREHOLDER PARTICIPATION AND THE CORPORATION
    JAMES MCCONVILL
    This study provides a fascinating, fresh analysis of the virtues of shareholder participation in the context of contemporary corporate governance. By applying recent empirical studies to human happiness, McConvill convincingly argues that shareholders, particularly individuals, should be included in the internal governance framework of public corporations and enjoy a direct par...

    $1,340.00

  • MIGRATION, DIASPORAS AND LEGAL SYSTEMS IN EUROPE
    PRAKASH SHAH / ‎WERNER MENSKI
    At a time when issues concerning migration and the formation of diasporic communities have come to be critical for all European legal systems, this volume reflects, discusses and analyzes the questions raised by diasporas who have established themselves in Europe over more than fifty years of immigration and the challenges faced by legal systems in the light of continued migrat...

    $5,100.00

  • THE CHALLENGE OF ASYLUM TO LEGAL SYSTEMS
    PRAKASH SHAH
    A collection of papers presenting critical perspectives in the development of asylum law with a focus on European and UK developments, incorporating international human rights law and comparative law perspectives. Issues covered range from law-making at the EU level, with a particular focus on extra-territorial processing of refugees claims, asylum procedures, family members of...

    $4,700.00

  • COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN PUBLIC LAW
    ALBERT FIADJOE
    Taking a critical look at the major areas of constitutional and administrative law, Commonwealth Caribbean Public Law places a firm emphasis on the protection of citizens' rights and good governance. The third edition of this book builds on the success of the previous two editions, setting-out the established legal principles through Caribbean cases, along with critique and com...

    $1,940.00

  • INTERPRETATION OF CONTRACTS
    CATHERINE MITCHELL
    This book is a second edition of Interpretation of Contracts (2007). The original work examined various issues surrounding the question of how contracts should be interpreted by courts, in particular focusing on the law of contract interpretation following Lord Hoffmann’s exposition of the principles of contextual interpretation in Investors Compensation Scheme Ltd v West Bromw...

    $1,200.00

  • PERSONAL INSOLVENCY
    FRANK BRUMBY / ANDREW MCTEAR / CHRIS WILLIAMS / ROSY BORDER
    The Pocket Lawyer series is designed for members of the public who want 'how to' guidance in situations that would normally require expert advice. Each title: written by experts in their field contains all the information you need in one book has an accessible and user-friendly layout and structure is supported by a companion website providing free updates and ready-to-use docu...

    $780.00

  • THE LAW OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND THE INTERNET IN THE UK AND IRELAND
    STEVE HEDLEY
    'Internet law' and 'electronic commerce law' are new entities and as such there is some difficulty in defining this rapidly changing area of the law. Scholars are divided as to whether it is a subject in its own right or part of a broader area and there is also debate concerning its status as a new law or as old law which needs interpreting in a new way. This text helps the stu...

    $1,600.00

  • CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN HONG KONG
    CAROL JONES / JON VAGG
    Containing a wealth of archival material and statistical data on crime and criminal justice, Criminal Justice in Hong Kong presents a detailed evaluation of Hong Kong’s criminal justice system, both past and present. Exploring the justice system and the perceptions of popular culture, this book demonstrates how the current criminal justice system has been influenced and shaped ...

    $2,100.00

  • PLANNING LAW AND PRACTICE
    J. CAMERON BLACKHALL
    The law relating to town and country planning has a major impact upon the physical environment and affects private citizens, landowners and developers alike. This third edition is a comprehensive text for students, practitioners and members of the general public on this difficult area of law. Following the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the third edition of Planning...

    $2,100.00

  • COMMERCIAL LAW AND PRACTICE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
    MOHAMMED L. AHMADU / ROBERT HUGHES
    Commerce has become an area of central importance to the South Pacific region. Although the countries are small it is widely acknowledged that their need to promote and develop commercial enterprise is crucial for their future sustainability. This new textbook is the first to examine the main areas of commercial law in the common law jurisdictions of the South Pacific region. T...

    $2,540.00

  • LAW AFTER GROUND ZERO
    Following the events of September 11, a new legal order is emerging in which the 'terrorist threat' has been used as justification to marginalise human rights. This collection of themed essays offers an emphatic defence to the threats confronting our human rights culture. In analysing the role of the United Nations, the conduct of the Afghan war, domestic anti-terrorist legisla...

    $1,600.00

  • E-COMMERCE LAW
    PAUL TODD
    This book includes detailed coverage of intellectual property, contract, encryption and liability issues, including allocation of domain names, use of metatags and other forms of search engine optimization, digital signatures and the position of ISPs and other intermediaries. There are case studies on electronic conveyancing and e-taxation. Though the book is written from a UK ...

    $1,460.00

  • GENETIC TESTING AND THE CRIMINAL LAW
    DON CHALMERS
    Genetic Testing and the Criminal Law is a unique international treatment of the dynamic and established criminal investigation technique of DNA testing. Gathering together expert practitioners, judges and researchers from twelve countries, each chapter deals with the specific criminal law of the jurisdiction in its interaction with the expanding use of DNA testing in criminal i...

    $2,000.00

  • THE POLICE AND SOCIAL CONFLICT
    NIGEL FIELDING
    Policing remains one of the most controversial areas of criminal justice. Recent years have seen major changes in every aspect of policing: new constructions of the police mission, new ways of delivering police services and new arrangements for police accountability. The police have had to respond to international terrorism, international organized crime, the new faces of migra...

    $2,000.00

  • INTERNATIONAL LAW
    JOHN O'BRIEN
    This comprehensive and informative text has been restructured and brought fully up to date in order to explain international law as it stands at the beginning of the twenty-first century. ...

    $1,460.00

  • FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON CONTRACT LAW
    The law of contract is ripe for feminist analysis. Despite increasing calls for the re-conceptualisation of neo-classical ways of thinking, feminist perspectives on contract tend to be marginalised in mainstream textbooks. This edited collection questions the assumptions made in such works and the ideologies that underpin them, drawing attention to the ways in which the law of ...

    $1,460.00

  • MEDIATION
    ALAN STITT
    This unique and practical resource shows what mediation is, the rationale behind it and how it differs from litigation. It explains every aspect of the mediation process and provides practical tips and useful case studies, clearly setting out all the do's and don'ts of mediation. ...

    $2,100.00

  • FENWICK ON CIVIL LIBERTIES & HUMAN RIGHTS
    HELEN FENWICK / RICHARD EDWARDS
    More than merely describing the evolution of human rights and civil liberties law, this classic textbook provides students with detailed and thought-provoking coverage of the most crucial developments in the field, clearly explaining the law in context and practice. Updated throughout for this new edition, Fenwick on Civil Liberties and Human Rights considers a number of recent...

    $1,800.00

  • LEGAL PLURALISM IN CONFLICT
    PRAKASH SHAH
    Legal Pluralism in Conflict offers a new theoretical perspective for conceptualising and analysing the relationship between ethnic minority laws and the official legal order. Examining the limits of liberal legal thought in light of a contemporary plurality of ethnic identifications and religious beliefs, Prakash Shah takes up the case for a 'legal pluralism' that views ethnic ...

    $1,560.00

  • KEY ISSUES IN WOMEN'S WORK
    CATHERINE HAKIM
    Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and often-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men, or do they already do more than their share of domestic work, caring work and voluntary work as well as work in the informal economy? Do women seek ...

    $1,600.00