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Law and Theology in the Middle Agesby G.R. Evans
Routledge 2001; US$ 46.95This is a thought provoking examination of the tension between ecclesiastical and secular authority in medieval Europe. Focusing on a wide range of concepts and themes, this is a wide ranging and accessible text. more...
Regulating Europeby Giandomenico Majone
Routledge 1996; US$ 59.95Explains how and why economic and social regulation at national/EU levels is rapidly replacing older forms of state intervention and also, to some extent, the redistributive policies of the welfare state. Includes case-studies. more...
Aliens in Medieval Lawby Keechang Kim; John H. Baker
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 40.00Keechang Kim makes full use of medieval and early modern sources in this original reinterpretation of the legal aspects of feudalism, proposing a radical new understanding of the genesis of the modern legal regime. This innovative study will interest academics, lawyers, and students of legal history, immigration and minority issues. more...
Regional Private Laws and Codification in Europeby Hector L. MacQueen; Antoni Vaquer; Santiago Espiau Espiau
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 58.00The phenomenon of 'regional' private law in the EU is considered here, including such regions as Scotland and Catalonia which have their own legal systems; comparisons are drawn with jurisdictions elsewhere, such as Louisiana and Quebec. This will be of interest to academic lawyers world-wide, advanced law students and European policy-makers. more...
Immigrants at the Marginsby Kitty Calavita; Chris Arup; Martin Chanock; Pat O'Malley; Sally Engle Merry; Susan Silbey
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 42.00This provocative book explores immigration law in Spain and Italy, and exposes the tension between the temporary legal status of most immigrants, and the government emphasis on integration. It demonstrates the connections among immigrants' role as cheap labor - carefully inscribed in law - and their social exclusion and racialization. more...
European Law in the Past and the Futureby R. C. van Caenegem
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 35.00R. C. van Caenegem considers the historical reasons behind European legal diversity, stressing the adoption of the classical law of the Romans, the influence of the rise of the nation states, and the impact of politics on legal development. He concludes with a consideration of the desirability of European legal unification. more...
Comparative Foundations of a European Law of Set-Off and Prescriptionby Reinhard Zimmermann
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 32.00European private law is becoming an increasingly important legal issue. Professor Zimmermann considers the two complex and neglected topics of set-off and prescription in ten European legal systems, concluding each essay with a model for a common European approach. This will interest all comparative lawyers and legal historians. more...
Law and Governance in Postnational Europeby Michael Zürn; Christian Joerges; Andreas F?llesdal; Johan P. Olsen
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 32.00What accounts for compliance beyond the nation-state? Comparing compliance with regulations that have been formulated in a very similar way at different levels of governance, the authors demonstrate that verification and sanctioning systems seem to be more important than the presence of an agent that is able to enforce rules. more...
Minority Shareholders' Protectionby S. H. Goo
Routledge-Cavendish 1994; US$ 99.00Written in a readable style,this book provides an account, and much-needed analysis, of minority shareholders rights and remedies under section 459 of the Companies Act 1985. In the study of minority shareholders rights, there has been a tendency to give inadequate attention to the remedies now available. This book take a new approach to the treatment of minority shareholders protection. Much of this book is devoted to a detailed study of the effectiveness of section 459 as a shareholders remedy. Commencing with an examination of the problems faced by a minority shareholder, the book goes on to examine the statutory requirements of the section and its fresh judicial interpretation. Many practical circumstances in which the section has been... more...
Nuclear legislation in Central and Eastern Europe and the NISby Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2004; US$ 79.00This publication examines the legislation and regulations governing the peaceful uses of nuclear energy in eastern European countries. It covers 11 countries from Central and Eastern Europe and 12 countries from the New Independent States: Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Estonia Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Georgia HungaryKazakhstanLatviaLithuaniaPolandRepublic of MoldovaRomaniaRussian FederationSlovak RepublicSloveniaUkraineUzbekistan The chapters follow a systematic format making it easier for the reader to carry out research and compare information. more...