Within the EU, the legal dimenston of trade in goods and, more recently, of trade in services has gained clear contours. This is less true for cross-border direct investments. Within the system of the
Mixed agreements are one of the most important and complex areas of EU external relations law. They are concluded by the Member States and the EU (or the European Community in the pre-Lisbon days) wi
This second volume of Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights includes the key documents published between 1998 and 2007. The book provides, not only the basic documents, but
This book is by and about women. The book examines the harms and crimes to which women are subjected to as a result of global social processes, and their efforts to take control of their own futures.
The criminal attacks that occurred in the U.S. on September 11, 2001, have profoundly altered and reshaped the priorities of criminal justice systems around the world. Domestic criminal law has become
The series is published for the Onati Institute for the Sociology of Law, in Spain, and this volume contains 11 papers updated from their presentation at a workshop there in 2003. Contributors from la
For three centuries the criminal law has given rise to a divergent set of approaches to the crime of homicide. Whereas the law of murder has not fundamentally changed, the crime of manslaughter has re
Extensive welfare, law, and policy reforms characterized the making and unmaking of Keynesian states in the 20th century. This collection highlights the gendered nature of these regulatory shifts and,
Gavigan (law, Osgoode Hall Law School, Canada) and Chunn (sociology, Simon Fraser U., Canada) present ten papers from a workshop in which feminist scholars explored the construction and experience of
The UK's Society of Legal Scholars a?? originally known as the Society of Public Teachers of Law a?? was created in 1909. The Society was fortunate to survive its first half century since it had few m
Autonomy is a vital principle in medical law and ethics which occupies a prominent place in all medico-legal and ethical debate. But there is a dangerous presumption that it should have the only vote,
This useful commentary provides for a comprehensive overview on the procedural rules of the EU Courts in Luxemburg. The substantive aspects of the legal remedies - at the Court of Justice, the General
In the UK, 2009 saw the Centenary of the Society of Legal Scholars and the transition of the House of Lords to the new Supreme Court. The papers presented in this book arise from a seminar organized j
As shown by the trials of Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Taylor, and Saddam Hussein, the large-scale and systematic commission of international crimes is usually planned and set in motion by senior polit
Today there are more than 2,500 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) around the world. Most of these investment protection treaties offer foreign investors a direct cause of action to claim damages a
As shown by the recent trials of Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Taylor, and Saddam Hussein, the large-scale and systematic commission of international crimes is usually planned and set in motion by senio
The essays in this book provide up-to-date information on developments in global intellectual property law and policy and their impact on regional economic and cultural development. The first two part
