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FIDIC - A Guide for Practitionersby Axel-Volkmar Jaeger; Gotz-Sebastian Hok
Springer 2010; US$ 179.00Roman Law in European Historyby Peter Stein
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 26.00Peter Stein explains in a lucid, concise volume how Roman law has influenced European legal and political thought right up to modern times. Unparalleled in depth and authority, students will find in Stein's study an invaluable introduction to this crucial topic. more...
Principles of Transnational Civil Procedureby
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 30.00Recognizing the need for a 'universal' set of procedures that would transcend national jurisdictional rules and facilitate the resolution of disputes arising from transnational commercial transactions, ALI and UNIDROIT launched Principles and Rules of Transnational Civil Procedure, creating a set of acceptable rules and principles that would be recognised globally. more...
Secrets, Sex, and Spectacleby Mark D. West
University of Chicago Press 2008; US$ 38.00A leader of a global superpower is betrayed by his mistress, who makes public the sordid details of their secret affair. His wife stands by as he denies the charges. Debates over definitions of moral leadership ensue. Sound familiar? If you guessed Clinton and Lewinsky, try again. This incident involved former Japanese prime minister Sosuke Uno and a geisha. In Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle, Mark D. West organizes the seemingly random worlds of Japanese and American scandal—from corporate fraud to baseball cheaters, political corruption to celebrity sexcapades—to explore well-ingrained similarities and contrasts in law and society. In Japan and the United States, legal and organizational rules tell us what kind... more...
The Republic and The Lawsby Cicero; Niall Rudd; Jonathan Powell
OUP Oxford 1998; US$ 8.95`However one defines Man, the same definition applies to us all. This is sufficient proof that there is no essential difference within mankind.' (Laws l.29-30) Cicero's The Republic is an impassioned plea for responsible governement written just before the civil war that ended the Roman Republic in a dialogue following Plato. Drawing on Greek political theory, the work embodies the mature reflections of a Roman ex-consul on the nature of political organization, on justice in society, and on the qualities needed in a statesman. Its sequel, The Laws, expounds the influential doctrine of Natural Law, which applies to all mankind, andsets out an ideal code for a reformed Roman Republic, already half in the realm of utopia. This is the first... more...
Short History of Roman Lawby Olga Tellegen-Couperus
Routledge 1993; US$ 37.95Roman law is one of the key legal systems from which modern European law is derived. In this book Dr Tellegen-Couperus discusses the way in which Roman jurists created and developed law, and the way in which Roman law has come down to us. more...
Women and the Law in the Roman Empireby Judith Evans Grubbs
Routledge 2002; US$ 39.95This sourcebook fully exploits the rich legal material of the imperial period, explaining the rights women held under Roman law, the restrictions to which they were subject, and legal regulations on marriage, divorce and widowhood. more...
Religion and Personal Law in Secular Indiaby Gerald James Larson
Indiana University Press 2001; US$ 18.35Though a directive principle of the constitution, a uniform civil code of law has never been written or instituted in India. As a result, in matters of personal law -- the segment of law concerning marriage, dowry, divorce, parentage, legitimacy, wills, and inheritance -- individuals of different backgrounds must appeal to their respective religious laws for guidance or rulings. But balancing the claims of religious communities with those of a modern secular state has caused some intractable problems for India as a nation. Religion and Personal Law in Secular India provides a comprehensive look into the issues and challenges that... more...
Asian Discourses of Rule of Lawby Randall Peerenboom
RoutledgeCurzon 2003; US$ 79.95Rule of law, one of the pillars of the modern world, has emerged in Western liberal democracies. This book considers how rule of law is viewed and implemented in the different cultural, economic and political context of Asia. more...
Law and Economics in Civil Law Countriesby Thierry Kirat; Bruno Deffains
Routledge 2003; US$ 180.00The aim of the book is to highlight the law and economics issues confronting civil law countries. more...