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Proportionality Principles in American Law

ISBN: 9780199717200

Institutions, Entrepreneurs, and American Economic History

ISBN: 9780230619135

This book examines the history of the first trust company, the Farmers' Loan and Trust, and its influence on the evolution of corporate law, regulatio…

Legitimacy and Law in the Roman World

ISBN: 9780511482861

Greeks wrote mostly on papyrus, but the Romans wrote solemn religious, public and legal documents on wooden tablets often coated with wax. This book i…

Native Title in Australia

ISBN: 9780511481635

Native title has often been one of the most controversial political, legal and indeed moral issues in Australia. Ever since the High Court's Mabo deci…

Writing Greek Law

ISBN: 9780511482779

The use of writing in the development of Greek law was unique. In this comparative study Professor Gagarin shows the reader how Greek law developed an…

Apology Ritual

ISBN: 9780511487477

Christopher Bennett presents a theory of punishment grounded in the practice of apology, and in particular in reactions such as feeling sorry and maki…

Legal Ethics and Human Dignity

ISBN: 9780511487484

David Luban is one of the world's leading scholars of legal ethics. In this collection of his most significant papers he ranges over such topics as th…

Toleration as Recognition

ISBN: 9780511487392

In this book, Anna Elisabetta Galeotti examines the most intractable problems which toleration encounters and argues that what is really at stake is n…

On the History of the Idea of Law

ISBN: 9780511490613

On the History of the Idea of Law is the first book ever to trace the development of the philosophical theory of law from its first appearance in Plat…

Gentle Civilizer of Nations

ISBN: 9780511494222

International law was born from the impulse to 'civilize' late nineteenth-century attitudes towards race and society, argues Martti Koskenniemi in thi…

International Law and Its Others

ISBN: 9780511494284

Institutional and political developments since the end of the Cold War have led to a revival of public interest in, and anxiety about, international l…

Comparative Constitutionalism and Good Governance in the Commonwealth

ISBN: 9780511494314

The central role that good, effective and capable governance plays in the economic and social development of a country is now widely recognised. Using…

From Apology to Utopia

ISBN: 9780511493713

Presents a critical view of international law as an argumentative practice that aims to 'depoliticise' international relations. Drawing from a range o…

Health of Nations

ISBN: 9780511493676

The human world is changing. Old social structures are being overwhelmed by forces of social transformation which are sweeping across political and cu…

Judicial Process

ISBN: 9780511493768

In the absence of a sound conception of the judicial role, judges at present can be said to be 'muddling along'. They disown the declaratory theory of…

Judicial Review and Bureaucratic Impact

ISBN: 9780511493782

How effective are the courts in controlling bureaucracies? What impact does judicial review have on the agencies which are targeted by its rulings? Fo…

Law and Nature

ISBN: 9780511493690

This interdisciplinary study explores the relationship between conceptions of nature and (largely American) legal thought and practice. It focuses on …

Law, Anthropology, and the Constitution of the Social

ISBN: 9780511493751

This collection of interdisciplinary essays explores how persons and things - the central elements of the social - are fabricated by legal rituals and…

Nature of Customary Law

ISBN: 9780511493744

Some legal rules are not laid down by a legislator but grow instead from informal social practices. In contract law, for example, the customs of merch…

Sovereignty of Law

ISBN: 9780511493706

Recently, the role of courts has changed dramatically. Not only do courts now have to decide cases between parties, they also often have to choose bet…

United States Practice in International Law: Volume 1, 1999-2001

ISBN: 9780511493799

Sean D. Murphy's wide-ranging and in-depth 2002 survey of U.S. practice in international law in the period 1999-2001 draws upon the statements and act…

Compensation for Personal Injury in English, German and Italian Law

ISBN: 9780511493881

Cross-border claims for personal injuries are becoming more common. Furthermore, European nationals increasingly join class actions in the USA. These …

European and US Constitutionalism

ISBN: 9780511493904

European constitutionalism is not merely an intra-European phenomenon but it can also be compared to other major forms of constitutionalism. Over the …

Global Anti-Terrorism Law and Policy

ISBN: 9780511493874

All indications are that the prevention of terrorism will be one of the major tasks of governments and regional and international organisations for so…

Judiciaries within Europe

ISBN: 9780511493829

An in-depth study, originally published in 2006, of the careers and roles of judges in France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and England, this book is based …