This volume of essays celebrates the first 50 years in the life of the New Zealand Court of Appeal. The move, in 1958, to a Court of Appeal comprised of permanent appellate judges was an important lan
Having its origins in the process of transformation and land reform that began to take shape in South Africa at the end of the last century, this strikingly original analysis of property starts from d
This book is about foreign law a?? the law of a country other than that of the 'national' lawyer and how to engage with it. There are many reasons for engaging with and understanding foreign law. For
This book offers an unparalleled analysis of the emerging law and economics of competition policy in Latin America. Nearly all Latin American countries now have competition laws and agencies to enforc
Problems in assessment of damages remain among the most contentious aspects of private law disputes. The assessment exercise becomes particularly difficult when one of the parties asks that damages b
In July 2007, the School of Law at the University of Warwick hosted an international conference on Shakespeare and the Law. This was a truly interdisciplinary event, which included contributions from
This book bolsters the burgeoning discourse of health and human rights. In so doing, it charts the history of the linkage between the two. The book also pinpoints the sense of imperative that surround
The major theme of this book is the way the requirements, limitations, and intellectual structure of the British legal process have shaped medicine and medical practice. The story of this inter-relati
This book examines the treatment of joint ventures (JVs) in EU competition law, and, at the same time, provides a comparison with US law. It starts with an analysis of the rather elusive concept of JV
As shown by the trials of Slobodan Milosevic, Charles Taylor, and Saddam Hussein, the large-scale and systematic commission of international crimes is usually planned and set in motion by senior polit
International lawyers have often been interested in the link between their discipline and the foundational issues of jurisprudential method, but little that is systematic has been written on this subj
This book contains the first major comparative study of litigation costs and methods of funding litigation in more than 30 jurisdictions. It w as linked with the most comprehensive review of costs ev
Among the many constitutional developments of the past century or so, one of the most significant has been the creation and proliferation of institutions that perform functions similar to those perfor
In Britain, the constitutional crisis of 2009 - sparked by the 'expenses scandal' - led rapidly to the questioning of the country's entire political order. At the heart of the crisis lay an absence of
This book pays tribute, on the occasion of the departure of Judge Virpi Tiili from the European Court of the First Instance, for his contributions to the Court's case-law by bringing together current
The Finnish Yearbook of International Law honors and strengthens the Finnish tradition in international legal scholarship. Open to contributions from all over the world and from all persuasions, the Y
Over the last decade, the regulatory evaluation of environmental and public health risks has been one of the most legally controversial areas of contemporary government activity. Now in paperback, thi
Reflexive governance offers a theoretical framework for understanding modern patterns of governance in the European Union (EU) institutions and elsewhere. It offers a learning-based approach to gover
The state-centred 'Westphalian model' of international law has failed to protect human rights and other international public goods effectively. Most international trade, financial and environmental ag
