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Sources of Constitutional Law
Constitutions and Fundamental Legislative Procedures from the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom ECHR and CharterBook | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Sascha Hardt, Aalt Heringa, Aalt Willem HeringaSources of Constitutional Law contains a selection of constitutions and fundamental legislative instruments from five Western democracies: the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.€33.00 incl. VAT -
Sovereignty in the Shared Legal Order of the EU
Core Values of Regulation and EnforcementBook | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Ton van den Brink, Michiel Luchtman, Miroslava ScholtenHow does EU membership affect national sovereignty? This edited volume offers a broader perspective on sovereignty relying on the international law concept.€90.00 incl. VAT -
Sperm Donation, Single Women and Filiation
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Elena IgnovskaAlthough recent family law debates have been predominantly paedo-centric, the founding of “bio-medically assisted families” still focuses on the individual parents’ rights to reproduce. By introducing donations, the donor’s genetic contribution becomes instrumental and the legal attribution of parenthood negotiated through expressed intentions. This book provokes the curious mind and clarifies concepts, studies the rationale behind the legal complexity in ten national European jurisdictions, and confronts the rights and responsibilities of the stakeholders, providing a balanced independent conclusion and suggestions towards international harmonisation.€108.00 incl. VAT -
Standard Business Contracts
Book | 4th edition 2021 | Belgium | Dirk Deschrijver, Marc Taeymans, Olivier Vanden BergheThis reference book brings together a number of contracts that are governed by Belgian law but drafted in English. Each model is preceded by a short introduction summarizing the most salient provisions of Belgian law relevant to that particular contract Also, in most models, different options and alternative wording are included.€234.00 incl. VAT -
State Aid and Public Procurement in the European Union
Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Sarah Schoenmaekers, Wouter Devroe, Niels PhilipsenThis book aims to provide stakeholders – students, but also academics, practitioners, civil servants, and consumers - with a better knowledge of the EU rules on public procurement and State aid. By treating these two legal fields in one volume, the book also intends to draw attention to the largely unexplored links and interfaces between public procurement and State aid rules.€54.00 incl. VAT -
Stereotypes and Human Rights Law
Book | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Eva Brems, Alexandra TimmerThe scope of the book includes different stereotyping grounds – such as race, gender, and disability. Moreover, this book examines stereotyping approaches across a broad range of supranational human rights monitoring bodies, including the United Nations human rights treaty system as well as the regional systems that are most developed when it comes to addressing stereotypes: the Council of Europe and the inter-American system.€72.00 incl. VAT -
Successive and Additional Measures to the TRC Amnesty Scheme in South Africa:
Prosecutions and Presidential PardonsBook | 1st edition 2012 | United Kingdom | Hendrik J. Lubbe, Hendrik LubbeThe process of the transformation, reconciliation, development and reconstruction of South African society had not been finalised when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Amnesty Committee had reached the end of their mandates in 1998 and 2003 respectively. It is therefore imperative to implement measures to address "unfinished business" which should be approached in such a manner that the initiatives complement and build upon the work of the TRC. The main objective of this book is to examine the manner in which the post-TRC phase in South Africa has unfolded and to answer the question of whether or not South Africa's post-TRC initiatives (or lack thereof) are in compliance with both national and international law.€101.00 incl. VAT -
Supranational Criminal Prosecution of Sexual Violence
The ICC and the Practice of the ICTY and the ICTRBook | 1st edition 2005 | United Kingdom | Anne-Marie de BrouwerThis study assesses the supranational criminal prosecution of sexual violence, notably whether supranational criminal law and procedure are adequate from the perspective of victims of sexual violence.€101.00 incl. VAT -
Supranational Criminology: Towards a Criminology of International Crimes
Book | 1st edition 2008 | World | Alette Smeulers, Roelof HavemanThe study of international crimes, like war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, deserves to grow into a separate and fully fledged specialization within criminology: supranational criminology. This book aims to repair the fundamental and historical neglect of criminology and to break out of a state of denial by putting international crimes on the criminological agenda.€101.00 incl. VAT -
Surrogacy in Latin America
Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Nicolás Espejo-Yaksic, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Jens M. ScherpeThis book canvasses the laws regarding surrogacy in Latin American jurisdictions, putting the legal developments into their historical and social contexts. It also categorises the approaches taken and compares them to developments around the globe.€103.00 incl. VAT -
Sustainability and Bank Lending
Assessing Environmental and Social Lender LiabilityBook | 1st edition 2025 | Europe, United Kingdom | Niels RoggeThis book delves into the evolving landscape of sustainable finance, exploring banks' potential liability for environmental and social harm caused by borrowers. This legal analysis examines both Belgian law and EU prudential regulations, offering key lessons from climate-related litigation. Discover the critical link between regulatory developments and civil liability risks.
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Sustainability, Law and Criminology
Book | 1st edition 2025 | Europe, United Kingdom | Dorothy GruyaertThe book aims to stimulate and strengthen cross-disciplinary research on sustainability, law and criminology and to provide inspiration for sustainability education and legal practice.
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Technology, the Global Economy and other New Challenges for Civil Justice
Book | 1st edition 2021 | United Kingdom | Koichi MikiThis is a fresh and stimulating book on new challenges for civil justice. It brings together leading experts from across the world to discuss relevant topics of civil justice from regional, cross-border, international and comparative perspectives.€179.00 incl. VAT -
The Acquisition of Immovables through Long-Term Use
Book | 1st edition 2022 | Europe | Björn Hoops, Ernst MaraisIn this book, which is part of the book series of the Common Core of European Private Law, reporters consider legal institutions that allow persons who have occupied private or public land of others to acquire that land through mere long-term use.€179.00 incl. VAT -
The African Challenge to Global Death Penalty Abolition
International Human Rights Norms in Local PerspectiveBook | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Andrew NovakAlthough the influence and opinions of political elites, civil society, and the general public vary widely, the death penalty is universally in decline throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. This book explores the African contribution to the global death penalty debate and lessons for the international death penalty abolition movement.€72.00 incl. VAT -
The African Continental Free Trade Area and the Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Mouhamed KebeThis book deals with the current trend in investor-state arbitration, with a focus on the African continent.It looks more specifically at the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and discusses how it can reshape the investor-state dispute system on the continent.€103.00 incl. VAT -
The American Convention on Human Rights, 3rd edition
Crucial Rights and Their Theory and PracticeBook | 3rd edition 2022 | World | Cecilia Medina Quiroga, Valeska David ContrerasThis third edition of the American Convention of Human Rights provides a thorough review of the protection of crucial convention rights and their application by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The book offers an engaging discussion of human rights issues, both old and new, occurring in the Americas.€179.00 incl. VAT -
The Application of the Theory of Efficient Breach in Contract Law
A Comparative Law and Economics PerspectiveBook | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Wenqing LiaoThis book analyses the theory of efficient breach in English sales law, European Union contract law and Chinese contract law. It analyses the framework of the efficient breach theory and reconsiders the implications of this theory.€108.00 incl. VAT -
The Borderlines of Tort Law
Interactions with Contract LawBook | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Miquel Martin-CasalsThis volume explores how differences between tort and contract affect the foundations of liability, the nature and amount of the compensation, the extent of liability and whether defences and limitation periods corresponding to the distinct causes of action give rise to substantially different outcomes.€107.00 incl. VAT -
The Changing Role of the European Council in the Institutional Framework of the European Union
Consequences for the European Integration ProcessBook | 1st edition 2012 | Europe | Frederic EggermontThis book answers two questions: what is the relationship between the European Council and the other EU institutions and what are the various roles of the European Council in the EU decision-making process?€107.00 incl. VAT