For the time being, the political project of basing the European Union on a document entitled 'Constitution' has failed. The second, revised, and enlarged edition of this volume retains its title none
This work contains the full text of the papers presented at the fourth Tax Law History Conference in July 2008. The Conference was organized by the Cambridge Law Faculty's Center for Tax Law. The matt
This latest volume in the Penal Theory and Penal Ethics series addresses one of the oldest and most contested questions in the field of criminal sentencing: should an offender's previous convictions
Every year, top-level market regulators, academics, and legal practitioners attend the annual competition law workshop organized by the Robert Schumann Center for Advanced Studies at the European Univ
The application of international law to state contracts with foreign private companies was the cause of continuing controversy throughout much of the twentieth century. State contractual undertakings
Japan boasts the second largest economy in the world and almost two thousand years of history. Yet, its first modern constitution, the Meiji Constitution, was not enacted until comparatively recently
The German Basic Law, enacted in 1949 after total defeat and the experience of totalitarian barbarism, has become a model for constitutions around the world and a prominent example of modern constitu
Through an examination of six plays by Shakespeare, the author presents an innovative analysis of political developments in the last decade of Elizabethan rule and their representation in poetic dram
These collected essays deal with the evolutions and immutabilities of international society and international law during the last 25 years, a period during which these fields of study have undergone
The book provides an outline of the principles of German criminal law, mainly the so-called 'General Part' (eg actus reus, mens rea, defences, participation) and the core offence categories (homicide
The use of private property rights to regulate common pool natural resources is a controversial topic which must address two critical issues: the allocation of wealth in society and proper conservatio
THE RIGHT TO DEMONSTRATE is considered fundamental to any democratic system of government, yet in recent years it has received little academic attention. However, events following the recent G20 prot
The objective of this consumer law casebook, like others in the Ius Commune series, is to help uncover common roots - notwithstanding differences in approach - of the European legal systems, with a vi
Controversy over the Iranian nuclear policy has been mounting in both legal and political circles since the early 2000s. Most recently, the IAEA, tasked with verifying compliance of member states with
This book examines in detail the status of children in the EU. Drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives, including the sociology of childhood and human rights discourse, it offers a critical an
This new book examines constitutional debate and development in one of the most dynamic and rapidly changing societies in Asia, and will be of use to scholars and students of comparative law, comparat
The decision by the US and UK governments to use military force against Iraq in 2003, and the subsequent occupation and administration of Iraq, has brought into sharp focus fundamental fault lines in
This up-to-date book provides an account of how the law influences the operation, administration, and playing of modern sports. Although the book focuses on legal doctrine, it has been written bearing
This new, third edition of Principled Sentencing provides students of law, legal philosophy, criminology, and criminal justice with a comprehensive selection of the leading scholarship on contemporary
South Africa's 1996 `Final' Constitution is widely recognised as the crowning achievement of the country's dramatic transition to democracy. This transition began with the unbanning of the liberation
