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Formulation of Appropriate Laws
Springer 2008; US$ 129.99The formulation of efficient laws is a central issue in the study, practice and implementation of laws since efficient laws have positive social, economic political and welfare effects. This book has developed an approach to the formulation of efficient laws with an illustrative application to electronic fund transfer regulation in Australia. more...
Employment Law in South East Europe
Blue Ibex Ltd. 2008; US$ 200.00Written by leading local attorneys, this concise report looks at and compares the employment law regimes in nine rapidly emerging economies of South East Europe: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. more...
The Legal Analyst
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 25.00There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more interesting and useful than the rules, they tend to be neglected in favor of other aspects of the curriculum. In The Legal Analyst , Ward Farnsworth brings together in one place... more...
Making the Law Explicit
Hart Publishing Limited 2008; US$ 91.80Legal argumentation consists in the interpretation of texts. Therefore, it has a natural connection to the philosophy of language. Central issues of this connection, however, lack a clear answer. For instance, how much freedom do judges have in applying the law? How are the literal and the purposive approaches related to one another? How can we distinguish... more...
Law, Ontologies and the Semantic Web
IOS Press 2008; US$ 167.00Based on workshops and conferences on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Law, this work deals with legal ontologies and Semantic Web applications, covering both theoretical aspects and practical systems. more...
Legal Knowledge and Information Systems
IOS Press 2008; US$ 145.00From its very beginning, legal informatics was limited to the study of legal databases, but very early on, the Institute of Legal Information Theory and Techniques started being involved with the topic of the Jurix conference, namely knowledge-based systems. This book includes programmatic papers with accounts of applications and prototypes. more...
Diversity and Tolerance in Socio-Legal Contexts
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2009; US$ 124.95This book explores how the various disciplines of law and linguistics can help us understand the nature of 'Diversity and Tolerance' both oral and written and how it might be clarified to avoid fear, and conflicts. It presents and examines recent research and theories at national level and on the international scene. more...
Living Speech
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 28.95Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves. Yet sometimes our ways of talking dehumanize others and trivialize human experience. In war other people are imagined as enemies to be killed. The language of race objectifies those it touches, and propaganda disables democracy. Advertising reduces us to consumers, and clichés destroy... more...
Legal Theory, Sources of Law and the Semantic Web
IOS Press 2009; US$ 167.00Attempts to construct an integrated conceptual framework for the application-neutral and problem-neutral representation of sources of law using Semantic Web technology and concepts and some technically straightforward extensions to Semantic Web technology based on established practices found in fielded applications. more...
The Judge in a Democracy
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 29.95Whether examining election outcomes, the legal status of terrorism suspects, or if (or how) people can be sentenced to death, a judge in a modern democracy assumes a role that raises some of the most contentious political issues of our day. But do judges even have a role beyond deciding the disputes before them under law? What are the criteria for... more...









