Gillespie (law, U. of Waikato, New Zealand) presents the first of a trilogy of books examining how the customs and laws of warfare have developed over the pasts 5000 years. It focuses on the character
Law and Outsiders is a collection of 13 essays from leading young scholars covering five important areas of legal scholarship: adjudication, European law and politics, migration, vulnerable minorities
Governing Independence tells the story of the not-for-profit housing sector in England, focusing on its representative body, the National Housing Federation. The story tells of how the Federation and
Costs and Cautionary Tales provides an overview of how economic analysis can enrich an understanding of law and can provide standards for its critical evaluation. The book eschews a dogmatic approach,
The issue of who is or is not in an employment relationship has become problematic in recent decades as a result of major changes in work organization as well as in the adequacy of legal regulation i
This book examines claims involving unjust enrichment and public bodies in England, France and the EU. Part 1 explores the law as it now stands in England and Wales as a result of cases such as Woolwi
This book examines the protection of property rights in chattels through the law of torts, focusing on the four actions of conversion, detinue, trespass, and negligence. Traditionally, these actions h
"Over the last two decades public law liability for breach of European Union law has been subject to remarkable developments. This book examines the convergence between its two constituent systems: th
This book analyzes a series of integrated studies of relations between the EU, the WTO, and China. It consists of three main parts. Part I introduces the basic concepts. It surveys the literature on l
Economic analysis rarely appears on the judicial horizon in intellectual property litigation. In competition cases, by contrast, economists are familiar figures in the courtroom and the language of ec
Reproductive choices are at once the most private and intimate decisions we make in our lives and, undeniably, also among the most public. Reproductive decision-making takes place in a web of overlapp
A number of jurisdictions world-wide have changed or are considering changing their homicide laws. Important changes have now been recommended for England and Wales, and these changes are an important
The Law of MERCOSUR presents both an overview and in-depth analysis of one of the world's most important and increasingly influential economic organisations. The book is comprised of two types of chap
This book provides a critical evaluation of the ways in which EU law engages with minority rights protection: at its core is an analysis of EU law and minority rights. Unlike the UN or ECHR, the EU ha
Within the EU, the legal dimenston of trade in goods and, more recently, of trade in services has gained clear contours. This is less true for cross-border direct investments. Within the system of the
The existence of interactions between different but overlapping legal systems has always presented challenges to black letter law. This is particularly true of the relationship between international l
Debating Law is a new series that gives scholarly experts the opportunity to offer contrasting perspectives on significant topics of contemporary, general interest.In this second volume of the series,
This fifth edition of Peter Oliver's classic work has established itself as one of the leading works of reference on European law for practitioners and academics alike. Indeed, whether advising client
While feminist legal scholarship has thrived within universities and in some sectors of legal practice, it has yet to have much impact within the judiciary or on judicial thinking. Thus, while femini
