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Value Added Taxby Alan Schenk; Oliver Oldman
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 50.00This book integrates legal, economic, and administrative materials about value added tax. Its principal purpose is to provide comprehensive teaching tools - laws, cases, analytical exercises, and questions drawn from the experience of countries and organizations from all areas of the world. more...
Inside Lawyers' Ethicsby Christine Parker; Adrian Evans
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 49.00This book is designed to help law students and new lawyers understand and modify their own ethical priorities. more...
The Articulate Advocateby Brian K. Johnson; Marsha Hunter
Crown King Books 2009; US$ 12.99Unlike other trial advocacy books that teach what to say and do in the courtroom, this reference teaches how to say and do it. Based on 25 years of experience from coaching practitioners, this handbook reveals techniquesincorporating cutting-edge discoveries in linguistics, neuroscience, and sports psychologyto help litigators look, sound, and feel natural and polished in the courtroom. Questions that lawyers face daily, such as What do I do with my hands? Aren’t gestures distracting? How do I remember everything? and I tend to talk so fasthow can I slow down? are among the questions addressed in this handbook. more...
Is Eating People Wrong?by Allan C. Hutchinson
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 22.00This book explores the consequences of eight exemplary cases around which the common law developed to reveal the diverse and uncoordinated attempts by the courts to adapt the law to changing conditions. more...
The Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Lawby Jan M. Smits
Edward Elgar Publishing 2006; US$ 60.00The first of its kind, this comprehensive Encyclopedia on comparative law takes stock of present-day comparative law scholarship. Written by authorities in their respective fields, the contributions in this accessible book cover not only questions regarding the methodology of comparative law, but also specific areas of law (such as administrative law and criminal law) and specific topics (such as accident compensation and consideration). In addition, the Encyclopedia contains reports on a selected set of countries legal systems and as a whole presents an overview of the current state of affairs. more...
International Competition Lawby Martyn D. Taylor
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 51.00Should an international competition agreement be incorporated into the World Trade Organization? Taylor examines this question, arguing that such an agreement would be beneficial. This book identifies the appropriate content and structure for a plurilateral competition agreement and proposes a draft negotiating text with accompanying commentary. more...
Conflict of Laws in a Globalized Worldby Eckart Gottschalk; Ralf Michaels; Giesela Ruhl; Jan von Hein
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 32.00This book examines the international conflict of laws. more...
Lawby Raymond Wacks
Oxford University Press, UK 2008; US$ 8.95Law touches every aspect of our daily lives, and yet the main concepts, terms, and processes of the legal system remain obscure to many. This Very Short Introduction provides a clear, jargon-free account of modern legal systems, explaining how the law works both in the Western tradition and around the world. - ;Law underlies our society - it protects our rights, imposes duties on each of us, and establishes a framework for the conduct of almost every social, political, and economic activity. The punishment of crime, compensation of the injured, and the enforcement of contracts are merely some of the tasks of a modern legal system. It also strives to achieve justice, promote freedom, and protect our security. The result is a system that, while... more...
The Principles and Practice of International Commercial Arbitrationby Margaret L. Moses
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 28.00This book explains how and why arbitration works and provides a framework for international arbitration, practical strategies to follow, and pitfalls to avoid. more...
Patent Law and Theoryby T. Takenaka
Edward Elgar Publishing 2009; US$ 40.00Offers a comprehensive research source for patent protection in three major jurisdictions: the United States, Europe and Japan. Offering tips for practitioners to protect their intellectual assets in technologies effectively in the global market, this book is of interest to legal scholars and students, as well as lawyers and patent attorneys. more...









