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General Reports of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law/Rapports Généraux du XVIIIème Congrès de lAcadémie Internationale de Droit Compar
Springer 2011; US$ 299.99This title presents twenty-nine topics, prepared by leading scholars in more than 20 countries, providing a comparative analysis of cutting-edge legal topics of the 21st century. Considering topics of vital moment to contemporary legal scholars, the title includes pieces on Surrogate Motherhood, The Balance of Copyright in Comparative Perspective,... more...
Deutsche Landesreferate zum 2. Internationalen Kongreß für Rechtsvergleichung im Haag 1937
De Gruyter 1937; US$ 210.00Deutsche Landesreferate zum 2. Internationalen Kongreß für Rechtsvergleichung im Haag 1937 Deutsche Landesreferate zum Internationalen Kongreß für Rechtsvergleichung / International Congress on Comparative Law more...
Die Notwehr und ihre Einschränkungen in Deutschland und in den USA.
Duncker & Humblot 2011; US$ 63.92Hauptbeschreibung Die grundlegende Frage dieser Abhandlung, inwieweit das Notwehrrecht im deutschen und amerikanischen Strafrecht durch das Verhältnismäßigkeitsprinzip eingeschränkt wird, ist ebenso schwierig wie interessant. Dennoch vernachlässigt die einschlägige Literatur dieses Thema. Tatsächlich wird der zugrundeliegende Problemkreis in beiden... more...
The Cultural Defense
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 18.99In what ways and to what extent should cultural background be taken into consideration in response to legal problems? The first book-length study of the topic, 'The Cultural Defense' provides a comprehensive overview of the debate surrounding the admissibility of cultural evidence in the courtroom. more...
Jurists and Judges
Hart Publishing Limited 2001; US$ 43.20Jurists and Judges examines the nature of academic influence,and particularly the influence of juristic commentary on judicial decision-making. Focusing on three legal systems, its author argues that inter-jurisdictional comparisons of juristic influence are often simplistic and inattentive to problems of incommensurability. The centrepiece of the... more...
Defenses in Contemporary International Criminal Law
BRILL 2007; US$ 132.00The Second Edition of "Defenses in Contemporary International Criminal Law" ventures farther into this uneasy territory than any previous work, offering a meticulous analysis of the case law in the post World War II Military Tribunals and the ad hoc tribunals for Rwanda and the Former Yugoslavia, with particular attention to the defenses... more...
Inhaltskontrolle im nationalen und Europäischen Privatrecht
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 112.00Within a private law system, whose fundamental principle is private autonomy, content control raises significant and fundamental questions. Over the past few decades the trend of strengthening content control in nearly all fields of private law has become apparent. Against this backdrop and from a comparative law perspective, the authors of this volume... more...
New Directions in Comparative Law
Edward Elgar Publishing 2010; US$ 40.00Explores the changing role of comparative law in an era of Europeanisation and globalisation. This work explains how national law coexists and interacts with supranational and international law and how legal rules are produced by a variety of institutions alongside and beyond the nation-state. more...
Plea Bargaining and Agreement in the Criminal Process
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 36.37Die regelmäßige Abkürzung und Vereinfachung eines Strafprozesses durch ein Geständnis des Angeklagten, das durch einen zuvor ausgehandelten Strafnachlass angeregt wird, birgt verführerische Chancen und tückische Risiken für einen Rechtsstaat. Hierzu werden die reichhaltigen Erfahrungen im angelsächsischen Strafprozess dargestellt, in dem das Schuldbekenntnis... more...
L' expertise psycholégale
Presses de l''niversite du Quebec 1999; US$ 33.75Les auteurs de cet ouvrage font le point sur les connaissances et les méthodologies de pratique de l'expertise psycholégale (expertise neuro-psychologique, éthique et déontologie, agression sexuelle, garde d'enfant, etc.). En proposant des textes pouvant servir de balises, tant à de jeunes psychologues qu'à... more...









