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Law and Economics in Civil Law Countries
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 180.00The aim of the book is to highlight the law and economics issues confronting civil law countries. The following questions are addressed in this volume: to what extent have the existing codes in civil law countries been designed to incorporate economic considerations? Can the modifications made to codified rules over time be explained by a will to... more...
Visualizing Law and Authority
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00The volume ?Visualizing Law and Authority. Essays on Legal Aesthetics? brings together revised papers from the international conference ?Law and the Image?, held in Stockholm, 24?25 September, 2010. The participants/contributors belong to the disciplines of Art history, Cultural studies, Literary and Media studies, and Law. The contributions discuss... more...
The Design of Competition Law Institutions
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 99.99Competition (or antitrust) law is national law. More than 120 jurisdictions have adopted their own competition law. Is there a need for convergence of the competition law systems of the world? Much effort has been devoted to nudging substantive law convergence in the absence of an international law of competition. But it is widely acknowledged that... more...
The Secrets of Law
Stanford University Press 2012; US$ 65.00The Secrets of Law explores the ways law both traffics in and regulates secrecy. Taking a close look at the opacity built into legal and governance processes, it explores the ways law produces zones of secrecy, the relation between secrecy and justice, and how we understand the inscrutability of law's processes. The first half of the work examines... more...
Special Issue
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 124.95This special issue of Studies in Law, Politics, and Society focuses on the discourse of judging and the "language of judging" within many diverse legal scenarios. The volume features chapters specifically on: the "language of rights" within the context of abortion and same-sex marriage cases; discourses within the European Court... more...
New Critical Legal Thinking
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 42.00New Critical Legal Thinking articulates the emergence of a stream of critical legal theory which is directly concerned with the relation between law and the political. The early critical legal studies claim that all law is politics is displaced with a different and more nuanced theoretical arsenal. Combining grand theory with a concern for grounded... more...
Suggestibility in Legal Contexts
Wiley 2012; US$ 107.50A comprehensive survey of the theory, research and forensic implications related to suggestibility in legal contexts that includes the latest research. Provides a useful digest for academics and a trusted text for students of forensic and applied psychology A vital resource for legal practitioners who need to familiarize themselves with the subject... more...
Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law
Edward Elgar Publishing 2012; US$ 60.00Containing newly updated versions of existing entries and adding several important new entries, this second edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law takes stock of present-day comparative law scholarship. Written by leading authorities in their respective fields, the contributions in this accessible book cover and combine not only questions... more...
Economic Justice
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99The economic impact of the U. S. financial market meltdown of 2008 has been devastating both in the U. S. and worldwide. One consequence of this crisis is the widening gap between rich and poor. With little end in sight to global economic woes, it has never been more urgent to examine and re-examine the values and ideals that animate policy about the... more...
Legal Argumentation Theory
Springer 2012; US$ 99.99This book offers its readers an overview of recent developments in the theory of legal argumentation written by representatives from various disciplines, including argumentation theory, philosophy of law, logic and artificial intelligence. It presents an overview of contributions representative of different academic and legal cultures, and different... more...









