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Coherence
Springer 2013; US$ 99.99This book is a thorough treatise concerned with coherence and its significance in legal reasoning. The individual chapters present the topic from the general philosophical perspective, the perspective of legal-theory as well as the viewpoint of cognitive sciences and the research on artificial intelligence and law. As it has turned out the interchange... more...
International Construction Contracts
Wiley 2012; US$ 140.50Many large construction projects, such as those in the Middle East or Asia Pacific, are international in scope with a range of contractors and subcontractors signing contracts for delivery of specified work or services. The contractual situation in these instances may be complex and potentially includes a range of standard and bespoke contractual arrangements.... more...
Case Studies in Post Construction Liability and Insurance
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 240.00This comparative international review of law and practice liability describes the framework in which lawyers, insurers, contractors and clients dealing with liability operate. The act of building involves risk and, in the case of damages occurring after construction, it is often hard to identify responsibility. This will be an essential reference for... more...
Fighting Corruption in Public Procurement
Hart Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 140.40This book examines the issues and challenges raised by the debarment or disqualification of corrupt suppliers from public contracts, comparing and contrasting the legal, practical and institutional approaches to the implementation of the disqualification mechanism in the EU, the UK, the US, South Africa and the World Bank. more...
Erfolgreich recherchieren - Jura
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 279.00The volume Erfolgreich recherchieren ? Jura (Successful Research Strategies: Law) provides a comprehensive overview of information resources for law. The book allows the student to quickly learn all the relevant essentials about library catalogs, specialized bibliographies, internet search engines, newspaper resources, reference works, and how to effectively... more...
Remedies for Breach of Contract
OUP Oxford 2012; US$ 119.99A thought-provoking analysis of remedies for breach of contract, this book examines the commitment of English law to the protection of contractual performance. It considers specific remedies, termination, compensatory damages, gain-based monetary awards, punitive damages, and contractually negotiated remedies. It also looks forward by considering how... more...
The Public in Law
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 134.95This collection brings together a group of scholars to discuss the operation of "the public" in a range of different legal spaces. The work provides a synoptic overview of the instantiations of "the public" which appear in a number of legal spheres and attempts to ascertain whether the notion can have coherent or congruent meanings... more...
Globalization and New International Public Works Agreements in Developing Countries
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2011; US$ 134.95This volume provides an in-depth analysis of new forms of infrastructure agreements which have been created in developing countries, such as PPPs. As globalization significantly influences le contrat administratif in civil law legal culture, this book examines the legal cultures of civil and common law from a comparative perspective. The author argues... more...
The Payment Order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Hart Publishing Limited 2011; US$ 176.40Examining the legal history of the order to pay money initiating a funds transfer, the author tracks basic principles of modern law to those that governed the payment order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Exploring the legal nature of the payment order and its underpinning in light of contemporary institutions and payment mechanisms, the book traces... more...
Legislative XML for the Semantic Web
Springer 2011; US$ 109.99This volume examines the basic layers of the standard-based creation and usage of legislation. In particular, it addresses the identification of legislative documents, their structure, the basic metadata and legislative changes. Since mature technologies and established practices are already in place for these layers, a standard-based approach is a... more...









