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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...
Conflict of Interest and Public Lifeby Christine Trost; Alison L. Gash
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 72.00This volume features a comparative account of ethics in regulations across four Western democracies. more...
Constitutionalizing Economic Globalizationby David Schneiderman
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 38.00Critical examination of the regime governing international economic relations in the realm of foreign investment. more...
Philosophy of Lawby Raymond Wacks
Oxford University Press, UK 2006; US$ 8.95The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life, shaping the character of our community and underlying issues from racism and abortion to human rights and international war. But what actually is law? Is it just a set of rules, or something much more than that? And what is its role in society? This Very Short Introduction examines the central questions that have fascinated lawyers and philosophers - and anyone - who ever wondered about law's relation to justice, morality, and democracy. - ;The concept of law lies at the heart of our social and political life, shaping the character of our community and underlying issues from racism and abortion to human rights and international war. But what actually is law? A set of... more...
Finders Keepers?by Terence Daintith
Earthscan 2010; US$ 59.95Since the beginnings of the oil industry, production activity has been governed by the 'law of capture,' dictating that one owns the oil recovered from one's property even if it has migrated from under neighboring land. This 'finders keepers' principle has been excoriated by foreign critics as a 'law of the jungle' and identified by American commentators as the root cause of the enormous waste of oil and gas resulting from U.S. production methods in the first half of the 20th century. Yet while in almost every other country the law of capture is today of marginal significance, it continues in full vigour in the United States, with potentially wasteful results. In this richly documented account, Terence Daintith adopts... more...
Industrial Subsidies and Friction in World Tradeby Rambod Behboodi
Routledge 1994; US$ 180.00This book offers a comparative analysis of a number of instruments devised to regulate industrial subsidies and lessen the effects of countervailing duties. more...
The Implicit Relation of Psychology and Lawby Fiona Raitt; Suzanne Zeedyk
Routledge 2000; US$ 32.50An international text drawing from research and case material. The authors review the use of psychology in Law and identify a powerful collusion between the two fields which works actively against the interests of women. more...
Multilateralism and the World Trade Organisationby Rorden Wilkinson
Routledge 2000; US$ 160.00This book explores the significance of the establishment of the World Trade Organisation. It uncovers a series of discriminatory practices towards developing countries that are embedded in the WTO's legal framework. more...
Civil Disobedience in Focusby Hugo Adam Bedau
Routledge 1991; US$ 45.95An assessment of the philosophical arguments on the issues surrounding civil disobedience. The contributions include classic essays from Rawls, Raz and Singer. more...
Anti-Lawyersby David Saunders
Routledge 1997; US$ 188.00Anti-Lawyers discusses how we should regard todays's critics of law and government in the light of the historical still unfinished struggle to separate the legal regulation of civil life from the Christian regulation of conscience. more...