International law Books
Oxford University Press Principles of International Financial Law
Book SynopsisThe third edition continues to provide succinct analysis of the principles, rules, and concepts underpinning the practice of international finance and is updated to include cryptocurrencies and technology in financial markets.Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Money 3: Payment 4: Personal and Property Rights 5: Intangibles as Property 6: The Legal Nature of the International Bond Market 7: Fiduciary Duties and How They Arise 8: Fiduciary Duties in Financial Markets 9: Credit Support in Financial Markets 10: Security Interests 11: The Construction of Financial Contracts
£185.00
Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations
Book SynopsisBuilding on the success of the first edition, this volume offers a revised and updated analysis of the UN, and will be an essential point of reference for all those working on or in the organization.Trade ReviewThis Handbook will contribute to a better understanding of the United Nations, and serve the collective mission of those committed to ensuring that the peoples of the world are able to live, as is their birthright, in the larger freedom which the UN Charter promises to all. * Abiodun Williams, United Nations Association - UK *Table of ContentsForewordUN Secretary-General António Guterres: Part I: Introduction and Origins 1: Thomas G. Weiss and Sam Daws: The United Nations: Continuity and Change 2: Justin Morris: Origins of the United Nations Part II: Theoretical Frameworks 3: Michael Barnett and Martha Finnemore: Political Approaches 4: José E. Alvarez: Legal Perspectives 5: Leon Gordenker and Christer Jönsson: Evolution in Knowledge and Norms Part III: Principal Organs 6: M. J. Peterson: General Assembly 7: Sebastian von Einsiedel and David Malone: Security Council 8: Gert Rosenthal: Economic and Social Council 9: Ralph Wilde: Trusteeship Council 10: Charlotte Ku: International Court of Justice 11: James O. C. Jonah and Amy Scott Hill: Secretariat: Independence and Reform 12: Edward Newman: Secretary-General 13: Jeffrey Laurenti: Financing Part IV: Relationships with Other Actors 14: Ngaire Woods: Bretton Woods Institutions 15: Rorden Wilkinson: World Trade Organization 16: Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu: Regional Organizations 17: Monica Herz: Formal and Informal Groups 18: Mike Schroeder and Paul Wapner: Nongovernmental Organizations 19: Craig N. Murphy: Private Sector 20: Barbara Crossette: Media Part V: International Peace and Security 21: Keith Krause: Arms Control and Disarmament 22: Rama Mani and Richard Ponzio: Peaceful Settlement of Disputes and Conflict Prevention 23: Richard Gowan: Peace Operations 24: George A. Lopez: Sanctions 25: Ramesh Thakur: Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect 26: Roland Paris: Peacebuilding 27: Jane Boulden: Terrorism 28: Peter Romaniuk: Crime and Criminal Justice 29: Lucas Kello: Cyber Threats Part VI: Human Rights 30: Natalie Samarasinghe: Human Rights: Norms and Machinery 31: Richard Goldstone: International Criminal Court and Ad Hoc Tribunals 32: Jeff Crisp: Humanitarian Action and Coordination 33: Charlotte Bunch: Women's Rights and Gender Integration 34: Maivân Clech Lâm: Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 35: Christopher K. Penny: Human Security Part VII: Development 36: Jacques Fomerand and Dennis Dijkzeul: UN Development System 37: Gian Luca Burci: Health and Infectious Disease 38: Nico Schrijver: Global Resource Management 39: Maria Ivanova: Climate Change 40: W. Andy Knight: Democracy and Good Governance 41: Richard Jolly: Human Development 42: Sakiko Fukuda-Parr: Sustainable Development Goals Part VIII: Looking to the Future 43: Amitav Acharya: Multilateralism and the Changing World Order 44: Edward C. Luck: Prospects for UN Renovation and Reform 45: Michèle Griffin: The UN's Role in a Changing Global Landscape Appendices Suggested Further Reading The UN System at a Glance The Charter of the United Nations Statute of the International Court of Justice Universal Declaration of Human Rights Subject Index Personal Name Index
£47.94
Oxford University Press EU Constitutional Law
Book SynopsisA major international textbook on EU constitutional law, it covers the structure, values, procedures, and policies of the EU. It deals with institutional issues, but also with substantive issues of major importance, including citizenship, free movement, fundamental rights, and the EU as an external actor.Table of ContentsPart I Constituting the European Union 1: The Development from European Communities to European Union 2: The Treaty of Lisbon and the Current Treaties 3: Amendment of the Treaties 4: Accession to and Withdrawal from the European Union Part II Competences of the European Union 5: Values, Objectives, and Principles Governing the Union Competences 6: Citizenship of the Union 7: The Internal Market 8: The Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice 9: Other Areas of Union Policy 10: External Action of the Union 11: Limitations and Exceptions to the Application of the Treaties Part III Institutional Actors of the European Union 12: The Political Institutions of the Union 13: Other Institutions and Bodies of the Union 14: The Union as an International Organization 15: The Member States of the Union 16: The Relationship between the Institutional Actors Part IV Decision-Making in the European Union 17: The Legislative Procedures 18: The Implementation of Union Legislation 19: CFSP Decision-Making 20: The Budgetary Procedures 21: The Procedure for Concluding International Agreements 22: Decision-Making Restricted to Particular Member States Part V Legal Instruments of the European Union 23: Union Law and its Effects in the National Legal Orders 24: The Treaties: Primary Union Law 25: Fundamental Rights and General Principles of Union Law 26: International Law 27: Acts Adopted by the Institutions and Bodies of the Union 28: Other Sources of Union Law Part VI Judicial Protection in the European Union 29: Judicial Protection vis-a-vis Member States and Private Parties 30: Judicial Protection vis-a-vis the Institutions and Bodies of the Union
£170.00
Oxford University Press Portraits of Women in International Law
Book SynopsisCurrent histories seem to suggest that men alone have been capable of the development of ideas, analysis, and practice of international law until the 1990s. Is this the case? Or have others been erased from the collective images of this history, including the portrait gallery of notables in international law?Portraits of Women in International Law: New Names and Forgotten Faces? investigates the slow and late inclusion of women in the spheres of knowledge and power in international law. The forty-two textual and visual representations by a diverse team of passionate portraitists represent women and gender non-conforming people in international law from the fourteenth century onwards around the world: individuals and groups who imagined, developed, or contested international law; who earned their living in its institutions; or who, even indirectly, may have changed its course.This rich volume calls for a critical identification of the formal and informal institutional practices, norms, Trade ReviewWhat an imaginatively assembled collection of essays. Overflowing with engrossing vignettes and unexpected characters, this is international law but not as we know it. No less than a re-writing and upending of international legal history. And seriously pleasurable! * Gerry Simpson, Professor of International Law, London School of Economics *Immi Tallgren has produced one of the most creative edited volumes in the history of international law and international relations that I have seen. This is a remarkable achievement, a field-defining piece of work. * Patricia Owens, Professor of International Relations, University of Oxford *Anyone curious about the lives and work of our mothers in the law will find these individual essays interesting and illuminating. * Susan McFadden, Solicitor and US lawyer, retired from the London-based US immigration firm Gudeon & McFadden., Law Society Gazette *Table of ContentsKaren Knop: Foreword: Looking at Portraits I. OPENING THE EXHIBITION 1: Immi Tallgren: Re-curating the Portrait Gallery of International Law: The Objectives, Process, and Floorplan of the Exhibition II. THE VESTIBULE OF THE LEGENDARY ANCIENTS 2: Franck Latty: Christine de Pizan: The Law of Warfare as Seen by a Medieval Woman 3: Anne Lagerwall and Agatha Verdebout: Olympe de Gouges: Beyond the Symbol 4: Deborah Whitehall: The Reign of Order and the Rights of Siege According to Rosa Luxemburg 5: Henk Nellen: Maria van Reigersberch: Wife of Hugo Grotius III. FIGUREHEADS OF FIGHTING FOR PEACE 6: Janne E. Nijman: Bertha von Suttner: Locating International Law in Novel and Salon 7: Kate Grady and Gina Heathcote: Jane Addams: Positive Peace from the Everyday to the International IV. THE WINTER GARDEN OF ABOLITION AND RESISTANCE: WOMEN AGAINST SLAVERY, RACISM AND IMPERIALISM 8: Christopher Gevers: Anna Julia Cooper: A Voice from the (Global) South 9: Sarah Riley Case: Homelands of Mary Ann Shadd 10: Vasuki Nesiah: Avabai Wadia: A Gentle Rebel of (Other) Nations? V. THE HALL OF DIVERSITY OF FEMINIST ACTIVISM IN INTERNATIONAL LAW 11: Frédéric Mégret: Ghénia Avril de Sainte-Croix: Abolitionism and the League of Nations 12: Keina Yoshida: Yayori Matsui: Challenging the Silences of International Law through Pan Asian Feminist Solidarity 13: Michael Addaney: Canonizing the Memory of Annie Ruth Jiagge in the Global Efforts Toward Gender Equality VI. THE HALL OF WOMEN FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY INTERNATIONAL LAW: A NORDIC DREAM? 14: Anne Orford: Alva Myrdal: The Rise and Fall of Social Democratic Internationalism 15: Miriam Bak Mackenna: Ester Boserup: Women and Development on the Margins 16: Raimo Lintonen: Helvi Sipilä: Advocating Women's Rights at the UN VII. THE BREAKERS OF THE GLASS CEILING: THE 'FIRST AND ONLY' IN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 17: Immi Tallgren and Antoine Buchet: Suzanne Bastid: The First of the 'Firsts' 18: Boyd van Dijk: Marguerite Frick-Cramer: A Life Spent Shaping the Geneva Conventions 19: Parvathi Menon: Vijayalakshmi Pandit: Gendering and Racing against the Postcolonial Predicament 20: Jan Klabbers: The Timing of Felice Morgenstern 21: Ana Caldeira Fouto, António Pedro Barbas Homem, and Pedro Caridade de Freitas: Paula Escarameia: Envisioning the Humane Face of International Law in the Twenty-first Century VIII. THE OTHER GROUP PICTURES IN INTERNATIONAL LAW 22: Roxana Banu: Forgotten Female Actors in Private International Law: The International Social Service 23: Benjamin Auberer: Female Staff in the Legal Section of the League of Nations 24: Bérénice K. Schramm: The 'Indigenous Women' Behind the 'Other' Beijing Declaration 25: Anna van der Velde: The Women's Caucus for Gender Justice: Writing Gender into International Criminal Law IX. THE MISSING FACES OF THE FACULTY CORRIDORS 26: Imogen Saunders: Sarah Wambaugh: Life at the Frontiers of International Law 27: Alexandra Kemmerer: Exile and Access: Lilly Melchior Roberts and the Infrastructures of International Law 28: Serena Forlati: Lea Meriggi: A Fighter For the Wrong Cause 29: Christiaan Verwer and Anna van der Velde: Isabella Diederiks-Verschoor: (A Life) Creating Spaces 30: Sarah MH Nouwen and Wouter Werner: Gezina van der Molen: A Journey from Universalism to Pluralism 31: Sara Seck: Elisabeth Mann Borgese: Ecology, Relationality, and Law of the Sea 32: Reut Paz: Marie Theres Fögen: The Universalization of a Rotten Deal 33: Marilena Papadaki: Kalliopi Koufa: First Greek Female Academic of Public International Law X. THE ROOF-TOP GALLERY OF DIPLOMACY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 34: Shinya Murase: Thomas Baty in Japan: Seeing through the Twilight 35: Margaret Kuo: Zheng Yuxiu and the Diplomacy of Nationalism and Feminism 36: Hatsue Shinohara: Marjorie M. Whiteman: Not Flowers but a Medal 37: Sergey Vasiliev: Aleksandra Kollontai: 'New Woman' 38: Andrei Mamolea: The Role of International Law in Paulina Luisi's Activism 39: Luiza Le=ao Soares Pereira: Working from 'Rooms of Their Own': For a Realistic Portrait of Joyce Gutteridge CBE and Other Trailblazing Women XI. PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS, JOURNALISTS AND VISIONARIES OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 40: Outi Korhonen: "If Only They Listened to Simone Weil": From Rights to Roots 41: Ksenia Shestakova: Helene Halperin-Ginsburg: The Social Function of International Law 42: Mai Taha: Human Rights and Communist Internationalism: On Inji Aflatoun and the Surrealists 43: Dianne Otto: Fearless Speech: A Portrait of UN Typist Shirley Hazzard Hilary Charlesworth: Epilogue: Exit through the Gift Shop
£37.99
OUP Oxford International Law
Book SynopsisInternational Law presents a student-focused approach to the subject; clearly written with non-native English-speaking students in mind, a range of learning features highlight the areas of debate and encourage students to engage critically with key disputes.
£42.74
Oxford University Press, USA Rectifying International Injustice Principles of Compensation and Restitution Between Nations
Book SynopsisThe history of international relations is characterized by widespread injustice. What implications does this have for those living in the present? Many writers have dismissed the moral urgency of rectificatory justice in a domestic context, as a result of their forward-looking accounts of distributive justice. Rectifying International Injustice argues that historical international injustice raises a series of distinct theoretical problems, as a result of the popularity of backward-looking accounts of distributive justice in an international context. It lays out three morally relevant forms of connection with the past, based in ideas of benefit, entitlement and responsibility. Those living in the present may have obligations to pay compensation to those in other states insofar as they are benefiting, and others are suffering, as a result of the effects of historic injustice. They may be in possession of property which does not rightly belong to them, but to which others have inherited entitlements. Finally, they may be members of political communities which bear collective responsibility for an ongoing failure to rectify historic injustice. Rectifying International Injustice considers each of these three linkages with the past in detail. It examines the complicated relationship between rectificatory justice and distributive justice, and argues that many of those who resist cosmopolitan demands for the global redistribution of resources have failed to appreciate the extent to which past wrongdoing undermines the legitimacy of contemporary resource holdings.Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Why worry about historic injustice? ; 3. International libertarianism ; 4. Compensation for historic international injustice ; 5. Restitution and inheritance ; 6. Nations, overlapping generations and historic injustice ; Conclusion ; Index
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Oxford University Press Casseses International Law
Book SynopsisCassese's International Law is a new edition of an established classic. Authors Gaeta, Viñuales, and Zappalá have built on the legacy of international law luminary Antonio Cassese to offer a thought-provoking and lucid account for today's undergraduates and postgraduates.Trade ReviewCassese's International Law manages to provide depth of analysis and accessible explanations at the same time, offering an informative and highly enjoyable read for students and scholars alike. * Antonio Coco, University of Essex *Table of ContentsPart I Origins and Foundations of the International Community 1: The main legal features of the international community 2: The historical evolution of the international community 3: The fundamental principles governing international relations Part II : Subjects of the International Community 4: States as the primary subjects of international law 5: The dimensions of state activities 6: Immunities of states and state officials 7: International organisations 8: Individuals and other legal subjects Part III : International Law-making and Normative Interactions 9: Law-making processes 10: The law of treaties 11: Normative interactions Part IV : Implementation of International Law 12: International responsibility for wrongful acts 13: Peaceful settlement of international disputes 14: Enforcement Part V : Contemporary Issues in International Law 15: The role of the United Nations 16: Collective security and the use of force 17: Legal restraints on violence in armed conflict 18: The protection of human rights 19: The repression of international crimes 20: The protection of the environment 21: International law and the global economy
£45.59
Oxford University Press On Global Order Power Values and the Constitution of International Society Paperback
Book SynopsisHow is the world organized politically? How should it be organized? What forms of political organization are required to deal with such global challenges as climate change, terrorism, or nuclear proliferation? Drawing on work in international law, international relations, and global governance, this book provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to the analysis of global political order -- how patterns of governance and institutionalization in world politics have already changed; what the most important challenges are; and what the way forward might look like.The first section develops three analytical frameworks: a world of sovereign states capable of only limited cooperation; a world of ever-denser international institutions embodying the idea of an international community; and a world in which global governance moves beyond the state and into the realms of markets, civil society and networks. Part II examines five of the most important issues facing contemporary international sTrade ReviewThis is one of the finest books on the normative dimension of global governance published in the past decade. Utilizing insights from the English School, liberal institutionalism, and constructivism, the author addresses some of the most profound questions on the nature, limitations, and possibilities of global order in the twenty-first century...On Global Order should serve as a resource for a wide range of readers, including scholars and students of international relations and international law, international civil servants, diplomats, and journalists. * Samuel M. Makinda, Ethics and International Affairs *On Global Order consciously and successfully sets out to be the twenty-first-century version of The Anarchical Society...a major statement and required reading for anyone interested in the theory and practice of international relations. * Chris Brown Political Studies Review *stands out as an oasis of clarity, intellectual honesty and wisdom in the desert of obscure platitudes ... * Survival *This book has been eagerly anticipated and it does not disappoint. Its principal concern is with the challenges of global order: capturing shared interests, managing unequal power, and mediating value conflict This is a subtle and challenging book at every level, and its prime characteristic is its consistent eschewal of facile options, either analytical or prescriptive. * Perspectives on Politics *Hurrell avows himself explicitly to the tradition of neo-Grotianism established in particular by Hedley Bull and, more generally, by the English School of International Relations. He delivers, however, an essential contribution to the overcoming of a conceptual shortcoming which affected Bull's theory of the 'international society' ... [and] Hurrell consistently improves and substantiates the conceptual instruments traditionally used by the English School of International Relations. * The European Journal of International Law *Table of Contents1. Governing the globe ; PART I: FRAMEWORKS ; 2. The anarchical society revisited ; 3. State solidarism and global liberalism ; 4. Complex governance beyond the state ; PART II: ISSUES ; 5. Nationalism and the politics of identity ; 6. Human rights and democracy ; 7. War, violence and collective security ; 88. Economic globalization in an unequal world ; 9. The ecological challenge ; PART III: ALTERNATIVES ; 10. One world? Many worlds? ; 11. Empire reborn? ; PART IV: CONCLUSIONS ; 12. The state of international society and the pursuit of justice ; Biobliography
£34.19
Oxford University Press, USA Policing World Society
Book SynopsisThis book offers a sociological analysis of the history of international police cooperation in the period from the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War II. It is a detailed exploration of international cooperation strategies involving police institutions from the United States and Germany as well as other European countries. The study provides a rich empirical account of many dimensions in the history of international policing, including the role of police in the 19th-century movement towards nationalindependence; evolution from political cooperationtowards international criminal enforcement; international policing aspects of the outbreak of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution; the early history of international police organizations, including Interpol; the international implications of the Nazification of the German police; and the rise on the international scene of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.To account for these historical transformations, this book devTrade Review... a notable contribution to the ongoing debate regarding the nature and origins of globalization ... very rich in important details and can also be read as a parallel history of German and US police institutions. * Law and Politics Book Review *Mathieu Deflem's Policing World Society is a highly scholarly and groundbreaking book on a subject largely neglected by social science - the globalization of police work. The book is impressive along various dimensions, including its resourceful historical research and analysis, scientific rigor, theoretical sophistication, and rich and illuminating empirical detail. Without a doubt it will be the premier work on the subject for many years to come. * Donald Black, University Professor of the Social Sciences at the University of Virginia *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: HISTORICAL FOUNDATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL POLICE COOPERATION ; 1. The Rise of International Policing ; 2. The Expansion of World Society ; 3. Towards an International Criminal Police ; 4. War and Revolution ; 5. The Origins of Interpol ; 6. Policing Across National Borders ; 7. On the Road to War: The Control of World Policing ; 8. Policing the Peace and the Restoration of World Order ; CONCLUSION: PATTERNS AND DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL POLICING ; APPENDIX 1: A CHRONOLOGY OF INTERNATIONAL POLICING ; APPENDIX 2: A GERMAN-US DIALOGUE ON POLICING AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ; APPENDIX 3: ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES
£82.65
Oxford University Press, USA The Global Community Yearbook of International
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£476.91
Oxford University Press International Law for International Relations
Book SynopsisThe breadth of international law and institutions in contemporary global politics means it is no longer possible to make sense of international politics without understanding international law. International Law for International Relations provides students with comprehensive coverage that maps out the different ways to approach the study of international law. It explains the institutions and main sources of international law-making and identifies the key topics of international law. This is the ideal text for students of international relations who have not previously studied law and post-graduate students of any background tackling international law for the first time. The complexities of international law are presented in an accessible, animated way allowing students to appreciate the significance of international law in international relations.Online resource centre includes:For students: Flash card glossary Problem solving questions Web links Revision tipsFor lecturersPower point presentationsTable of ContentsPART 1: STUDYING INTERNATIONAL LAW; PART 2: IDENTIFYING INTERNATIONAL LAW; PART 3: TOPICS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW; CONCLUSION
£45.59
Oxford University Press, USA Recognizing States International Society and the Establishment of New States Since 1776
Book SynopsisThis book examines recognition of new states, the practice historically employed to regulate membership in international society. The last twenty years have witnessed new or lingering demands for statehood in different areas of the world. The claims of some, like those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Eritrea, Croatia, Georgia and East Timor, have achieved general recognition; those of others, like Kosovo, Tamil Eelam, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Somaliland, have not. However, even as most of these claims gave rise to major conflicts and international controversies, the criteria for acknowledgment of new states have elicited little systematic scholarship. Drawing upon writings of English School theorists, this study charts the practice from the late eighteenth century until the present. Its central argument is that for the past two hundred years state recognition has been tied to the idea of self-determination of peoples. Two versions of the idea have underpinned the practice throughout most of this period - self-determination as a negative and a positive right. The negative idea, dominant from 1815 to 1950, took state recognition to be acknowledgment of an achievement of de facto statehood by a people desiring independence. Self-determination was expressed through, and externally gauged by, self-attainment. The positive idea, prevalent since the 1950s, took state recognition to be acknowledgment of an entitlement to independence in international law. The development of self-determination as a positive international right, however, has not led to a disappearance of claims of statehood that stand outside of its confines. Groups that are deeply dissatisfied with the countries in which they presently find themselves continue to make demands for independence even though they may have no positive entitlement to it. The book concludes by expressing doubt that contemporary international society can find a sustainable basis for recognizing new states other than the original standard of de facto statehood.Trade ReviewFabry...has produced a book that is well-written, well-constructed, well-documented, and truly comprehensive. Fabry's book is an exemplary account of the theory, history and practice of recognising new states. His range is impressive, his nuances valid and his scholarship impeccable. Historians, lawyers and international relations specialists should all welcome this book. * Alan Sked, Diplomacy and Statecraft *The book is highly successful in demonstrating how norms and principles have changed with respect to recognizing states. Fabry is particularly good at clarifying principles and comparing and contrasting them from one period to the next. The cases throughout are well researched and display solid judgment and analysis. The book is crisply written and well organized. * Robert S. Snyder, The Review of Politics *This book is vividly written, well adorned with supporting citations, and one of the best substantive restatements of the law of state recognition. That it features historical details about each period covered, coupled with practical contemporary applications, makes it must reading for anyone in search of expertise on the recognition of statehood. * ASIL UN21 Newsletter *This work contributes positively to collections emphasizing international relations theory and the evolution and operation of international norms, law, and institutions. * S. P. Duffy, Social and Behavioral Sciences *Well-crafted historical chapters ... not over-burdened with theoretical discussions and debate ... [a] rich historical account of two centuries of the birthing of new states. * Daniel M. Green, International Studies Review *Table of ContentsList of Tables ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1. State Recognition prior to 1815 ; 2. New States in Latin America ; 3. New States in Nineteenth-Century Europe ; 4. New States between 1918 and 1945 ; 5. New States in Decolonization after 1945 ; 6. New States in the Post-Cold War Period ; Conclusion ; Bibliography
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics
Book SynopsisThe study of law and politics is one of the foundation stones of the discipline of political science, and it has been one of the most productive areas of cross-fertilization between the various subfields of political science and between political science and other cognate disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the field of law and politics in all its diversity, ranging from such traditional subjects as theories of jurisprudence, constitutionalism, judicial politics and law-and-society to such re-emerging subjects as comparative judicial politics, international law, and democratization. The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics gathers together leading scholars in the field to assess key literatures shaping the discipline today and to help set the direction of research in the decade ahead.Trade ReviewThe editors have assembled an extremely impressive list of scholars from law and political science -- a veritable who's who in the field -- and have produced a volume that defines an ambitious agenda for the study of law and politics for the next generation. * John Ferejohn, Carolyn S. G. Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University *I strongly recommend purchasing The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics ... The essays the editors have assassed not only review a solid base of knowledge but they also identify new puzzles to pursue and possibilities for collaboration ... For me, the bottom line is this. I am more excited about our field than I was before reading the handbook. I am anxious to get back to work on the problems the handbook addresses. I would strongly recommend purchasing it and using it in your classes. I surely will. * Jeffrey K. Staton, Emory University, in Law and Politics Book Review *Table of ContentsPART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: APPROACHES; PART III: COMPARATIVE JUDICIAL POLITICS; PART IV: INTERNATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL LAW; PART V: FORMS OF LEGAL ORDER; PART VI: SOURCES OF LAW AND THEORIES OF JURISPRUDENCE; PART VII: THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL CONTEXT; PART VIII: THE POLITICAL AND POLICY ENVIRONMENT OF COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES; PART IX: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO LAW AND POLITICS; PART X: OLD AND NEW
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of International Relations
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of International Relations offers the most authoritative and comprehensive overview to date of the field of international relations. Arguably the most impressive collection of international relations scholars ever brought together within one volume, the Handbook debates the nature of the field itself, critically engages with the major theories, surveys a wide spectrum of methods, addresses the relationship between scholarship and policy making, and examines the field''s relation with cognate disciplines. The Handbook takes as its central themes the interaction between empirical and normative inquiry that permeates all theorizing in the field and the way in which contending approaches have shaped one another. In doing so, the Handbook provides an authoritative and critical introduction to the subject and establishes a sense of the field as a dynamic realm of argument and inquiry. The Oxford Handbook of International Relations will be essential reading for all of those interested in the advanced study of global politics and international affairs.Trade Reviewthe Handbook provides a tour de force, and is the single best catch-all textbook for an intermediate or advanced IR student... an absolute must buy for... for those who are thinking of taking a Masters in the discipline. * Stephen McGlinchey, eInternational Relations *can be warmly recommended to international lawyers seeking to enter the world of IR theory for the first time, and to those familiar with the literature who seek a reference work of depth and sophistication. * James Upcher, Global Law Books *Table of ContentsPART I INTRODUCTION; PART II IMAGINING THE DISCIPLINE; PART III MAJOR THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES; PART IV THE QUESTION OF METHOD; PART V BRIDGING THE SUBFIELD BOUNDARIES; PART VI THE SCHOLAR AND THE POLICY-MAKER; PART VII THE QUESTION OF DIVERSITY; PART VIII OLD AND NEW
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OUP Oxford Walker Walkers English Legal System
Book SynopsisA long-standing and trusted text containing everything needed for students of the English legal system. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to improve usability and ensure an even closer fit to courses.Table of ContentsI. SOURCES OF ENGLISH LAW; II. THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; III. CIVIL PROCEDURE; IV. CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS
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Oxford University Press (UK) Global Migration Governance
Book SynopsisUnlike many other trans-boundary policy areas, international migration lacks coherent global governance. There is no UN migration organization and states have signed relatively few multilateral treaties on migration. Instead sovereign states generally decide their own immigration policies. However, given the growing politicisation of migration and the recognition that states cannot always address migration in isolation from one another, a debate has emerged about what type of international institutions and cooperation are required to meet the challenges of international migration. Until now, though, that emerging debate on global migration governance has lacked a clear analytical understanding of what global migration governance actually is, the politics underlying it, and the basis on which we can make claims about what ''better'' migration governance might look like. In order to address this gap, the book brings together a group of the world''s leading experts on migration to consider the global governance of different aspects of migration. The chapters offer an accessible introduction to the global governance of low-skilled labour migration, high-skilled labour migration, irregular migration, lifestyle migration, international travel, refugees, internally displaced persons, human trafficking and smuggling, diaspora, remittances, and root causes. Each of the chapters explores the three same broad questions: What, institutionally, is the global governance of migration in that area? Why, politically, does that type of governance exist? How, normatively, can we ground claims about the type of global governance that should exist in that area? Collectively, the chapters enhance our understanding of the international politics of migration and set out a vision for international cooperation on migration.Trade ReviewThe book provides significant insights into three aspects of global migration governance: the institutions, the politics, and the possible evolution. * Benoît Mayer, International Journal of Refugee Law *Alexander Betts is one of a handful of scholars who have mastered the complex field of Global Migration Governance. This large and impressive volume covers the topic from every conceivable angle, and it gets the difficult mix of empirical analysis and policy recommendation right. As the global conversation about migration governance continues over the coming years, this work will remain the standard reference. * Randall Hansen, Canada Research Chair in Political Science, University of Toronto *Global Migration Governance is an invaluable contribution to migration research and studies of global governance more broadly. Drawing on useful concepts derived from International Relations, the excellent contributions draw a picture of a multilayered, fragmented and yet quite encompassing set of formal and informal governance arrangements that mirror the diversity of challenges associated with global population flows. * Sandra Lavenex, Professor of International Politics, University of Lucerne *Table of Contents1. Introduction: Global Migration Governance ; 2. Low-Skilled Migration ; 3. High-Skilled Labour Migration ; 4. Irregular Migration ; 5. International Travel ; 6. Lifestyle Migration ; 7. Environmental Migration ; 8. UNHCR and the Global Governance of Refugees ; 9. Internally Displaced Persons ; 10. Human Trafficking and Smuggling ; 11. Remittances ; 12. Diasporas ; 13. Root Causes ; Conclusion
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Oxford University Press A Liberal Theory of International Justice
Book SynopsisA Liberal Theory of International Justice advances a novel theory of international justice that combines the orthodox liberal notion that the lives of individuals are what ultimately matter morally with the putatively antiliberal idea of an irreducibly collective right of self-governance. The individual and her rights are placed at center stage insofar as political states are judged legitimate if they adequately protect the human rights of their constituents and respect the rights of all others. Yet, the book argues that legitimate states have a moral right to self-determination and that this right is inherently collective, irreducible to the individual rights of the persons who constitute them. Exploring the implications of these ideas, the book addresses issues pertaining to democracy, secession, international criminal law, armed intervention, political assassination, global distributive justice, and immigration. A number of the positions taken in the book run against the grain of cuTable of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. Democracy and Self-Determination ; 3. Secession ; 4. International Criminal Law ; 5. Armed Intervention and Political Assassination ; 6. International Distributive Justice ; 7. Immigration ; 8. Conclusion ; References
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Oxford University Press Disadvantage
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be disadvantaged? Is it possible to compare different disadvantages? What should governments do to move their societies in the direction of equality, where equality is to be understood both in distributional and social terms? Linking rigorous analytical philosophical theory with broad empirical studies, including interviews conducted for the purpose of this book, Wolff and de-Shalit show how taking theory and practice together is essential if the theory is to be rich enough to be applied to the real world, and policy systematic enough to have purpose and justification.The book is in three parts. Part 1 presents a pluralist analysis of disadvantage, modifying the capability theory of Sen and Nussbaum to produce the ''genuine opportunity for secure functioning'' view. This emphasises risk and insecurity as a central component of disadvantage. Part 2 shows how to identify the least advantaged in society even on a pluralist view. The authors suggest that disadvantage 'Trade ReviewReview from previous edition A book for those who ask what we should do about the gross injustices that face us here and now * Serena Olsaretti, Times Literary Supplement *an extremely engaging book ... their aim of providing a link between philosophy and public policy is one of the most attractive features of this volume. Without a doubt, Disadvantage constitutes an important contribution to the egalitarian debate about social justice. * Cristian Perez Muñoz, Political Studies Review *Table of ContentsPART 1: THE SECURE FUNCTIONINGS APPROACH ; 1. The pluralism of disadvantage ; 2. Functionings ; 3. Risk ; 4. Opportunity and responsibility ; PART 2: APPLYING THEORY TO PRACTICE ; 5. The indexing problem ; 6. Measuring functionings ; 7. Clustering of disadvantage and empirical research ; PART 3: PUBLIC POLICY ; 8. Declustering disadvantage ; 9. Priority to the least advantaged ; 10. Addressing disadvantage while respecting people ; Appendix 1: Details of the interviews ; Index
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Oxford University Press Legal Traditions of the World Sustainable
Book SynopsisLegal Traditions of the World places national laws in the broader context of major legal traditions, those of chthonic (or indigenous) law, talmudic law, civil law, islamic law, common law, hindu law and confucian law. Each tradition is examined in terms of its institutions and substantive law, its founding concepts and methods, its attitude towards the concept of change and its teaching on relations with other traditions and peoples. The concept of legal tradition is explained as non-conflictual in character and compatible with new and inclusive forms of logic.Trade Reviewfirmly based in social theory and history... thought provoking and stimulating * Times Higher Education *Illuminating and ground breaking work * Stellenbosch Law Review *Glenn has succeeded magnificently * Cambridge Law Journal *An opus extra ordinem * European Review of Private Law *dense, theoretical yet accesible chapters... its sheer academic brilliance cannot be denied * Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law *Table of Contents1. A theory of tradition? The changing presence of the past ; 2. Between traditions: identity, persuasion and survival ; 3. A chthonic legal tradition: to recycle the world ; 4. A talmudic legal tradition: the perfect author ; 5. A civil law tradition: the centrality of the person ; 6. An islamic legal tradition: the law of the later revelation ; 7. A common law tradition: the ethic of adjudication ; 8. A hindu legal tradition: the law as king, but which law? ; 9. A confucian legal tradition: make it new (with Marx?) ; 10. Reconciling legal traditions: sustainable diversity in law
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Oxford University Press The Changing Character of War
Book SynopsisOver the last decade (and indeed ever since the Cold War), the rise of insurgents and non-state actors in war, and their readiness to use terror and other irregular methods of fighting, have led commentators to speak of ''new wars''. They have assumed that the ''old wars'' were waged solely between states, and were accordingly fought between comparable and ''symmetrical'' armed forces. Much of this commentary has lacked context or sophistication. It has been bounded by norms and theories more than the messiness of reality. Fed by the impact of the 9/11 attacks, it has privileged some wars and certain trends over others. Most obviously it has been historically unaware. But it has also failed to consider many of the other dimensions which help us to define what war is - legal, ethical, religious, and social. The Changing Character of War, the fruit of a five-year interdisciplinary programme at Oxford of the same name, draws together all these themes, in order to distinguish between what Table of ContentsPART I: THE NEED FOR A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: WHAT HAS CHANGED?; PART II: THE PURPOSE OF WAR: WHY GO TO WAR?; PART III: THE CHANGING IDENTITIES OF COMBATANTS: WHO FIGHTS?; PART IV: THE CHANGING IDENTITIES OF NON-COMBATANTS; PART V: THE IDEAS WHICH ENABLE US TO UNDERSTAND WAR
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Oxford University Press Inc Digest of United States Practice in International Law Cumulative Index 19892008 Digest of US Practice in International Law
Book SynopsisCo-published by Oxford University Press and the International Law Institute, and prepared by the Office of the Legal Adviser at the Department of State, the Digest of United States Practice in International Law presents an annual compilation of documents and commentary highlighting significant developments in public and private international law, and is an invaluable resource for practitioners and scholars in the field. Each edition compiles excerpts from documents such as treaties, diplomatic notes and correspondence, legal opinion letters, judicial decisions, Senate committee reports and press releases. Each document is selected by members of the Legal Adviser's Office of the U.S. Department of State, based on their judgments about the significance of the issues, their potential relevance to future situations, and their likely interest to scholars and practitioners. The Cumulative Index volume for 1989 through 2008 contains a complete table of cases and index covering all volumes o
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Oxford University Press Defending Humanity
Book SynopsisIn Defending Humanity , internationally acclaimed legal scholar George P. Fletcher and Jens David Ohlin, a leading expert on international criminal law, tackle one of the most important and controversial questions of our time: When is war justified? When a nation is attacked, few would deny that it has the right to respond with force. But what about preemptive and preventive wars, or crossing another state''s border to stop genocide? Was Israel justified in initiating the Six Day War, and was NATO''s intervention in Kosovo legal? What about the U.S. invasion of Iraq?In their provocative new book, Fletcher and Ohlin offer a groundbreaking theory on the legality of war with clear guidelines for evaluating these interventions. The authors argue that much of the confusion on the subject stems from a persistent misunderstanding of the United Nations Charter. The Charter appears to be very clear on the use of military force: it is only allowed when authorized by the Security Council or in seTrade Review"Defending Humanity may be viewed as a protracted and fascinating effort to show that certain intuitive conclusions regarding the use of international force are justified and reinforced by international law...Fletcher and Ohlin serve up much thoughtful discussion and a number of fascinating historical opinions and observations...Upon completing the book, I felt a bond of kinship with the authors and an appreciation for their willingness to undertake such a worthy exploration."--International Journal of World Peace "With its elegant distinctions and provocative theories, Defending Humanity offers a much needed rethinking of the disparate justifications for war. But at least as importantly, it is methodologically diverse, presenting a rich tapestry of comparative, criminal, and international law. A must read."--Kim Ferzan, Professor of Law and Co-Director, Institute for Law and Philosophy, Rutgers University, School of Law, Camden "The publication of this book is an exciting event for those who care about the legal regulation of war. Ranging over diverse legal and philosophical traditions, the authors analyze and evaluate theories of self-defense in criminal law in order to develop a plausible account of legitimate defense. They then extend this account to enhance our understanding of self-defense in the international law of war. Defending Humanity is philosophically informed, erudite yet accessible, and lively and pugnacious without being polemical. I read it with continuous pleasure."--Jeff McMahan, author of The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life "Provocative and innovative.... George Fletcher and Jens Ohlin's book, Defending Humanity, presents a remarkable tour through the theoretical, historical, and cultural justifications for the use of force by one country against another.... Defending Humanity is an exellent book, and its probing analysis should help sharpen readers' own views."--Harold J. Krent, Dean and Professor of Law, Chicago-Kent College of Law. "The two Columbia professors provide a carefully thought out set of guidelines on what counts as 'defense,' when humanitarian interventions are legitimate, why preemptive and preventive wars are almost always impossible,...and much more. Carefully reasoned from the standpoint of those who still rely on violence to achieve national ends, this book should become a classic for the foreign policy 'realists.'"--Tikkun "A stimulating and provocative book, deserving a wide readership and a central place in debates about the role of military force in international affairs...an excellent, thought-provoking, and, not least, timely book. Its main line of argument concerning the defensive use of military force draws on notions of self-defense found in several traditions of domestic law, and does so in original and insightful ways. The result is a much more fine-grained notion of self-defense in international law than what figures in most current debates."--Ethics & International Affairs "Fletcher and Ohlin present us with a valuable and significant contribution to theories and arguments about the use of force in international law. They formulate a coherent set of principles be which the legitimacy of defensive actions can be tested which bridge the divide between philosophy and legal theory."--Charlotte Peevers, PhD Candidate, London School of EconomicsTable of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Murder Among Nations ; 2. How to Talk Self Defense ; 3. A Theory of Legitimate Defense ; 4. The Six Elements of Legitimate Defense ; 5. Excusing International Aggression ; 6. Humanitarian Intervention ; 7. Preemptive and Preventive Wars ; 8. The Collective Dimension of War ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Index
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Oxford University Press Inc Digest of United States Practice in International Law 2009 Digest of US Practice in International Law
Book SynopsisCo-published by Oxford University Press and the International Law Institute, and prepared by the Office of the Legal Adviser at the Department of State, the Digest of United States Practice in International Law presents an annual compilation of documents and commentary highlighting significant developments in public and private international law, and is an invaluable resource for practitioners and scholars in the field.Each edition compiles excerpts from documents such as treaties, diplomatic notes and correspondence, legal opinion letters, judicial decisions, Senate committee reports and press releases. Each document is selected by members of the Legal Adviser''s Office of the U.S. Department of State, based on their judgments about the significance of the issues, their potential relevance to future situations, and their likely interest to scholars and practitioners. In almost every case, the commentary to each excerpt is accompanied by a citation to the full text.Featured in the 2009Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Note from the Editor Chapter 1 Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration A. NATIONALITY AND CITIZENSHIP B. PASSPORTS C. IMMIGRATION AND VISAS Chapter 2 Consular and Judicial Assistance and Related Issues A. CONSULAR NOTIFICATION, ACCESS, AND ASSISTANCE B. CHILDREN Chapter 3 International Criminal Law A. EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE B. INTERNATIONAL CRIMES C. INTERNATIONAL, HYBRID, AND OTHER TRIBUNALS Chapter 4 Treaty Affairs A. GENERAL B. CONCLUSION, ENTRY INTO FORCE, RESERVATIONS, APPLICATION, AND TERMINATION A. SELF-EXECUTING AND NON-SELF-EXECUTING TREATIES C. ROLE IN LITIGATION Chapter 5 Foreign Relations A. EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE SEPARATION OF POWERS B. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATE LEGISLATION CONCERNING FOREIGN AFFAIRS MATTERS C. INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS PREDICATED UPON FOREIGN RELATIONS IMPACT D. ALIEN TORT CLAIMS ACT AND TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT Chapter 6 Human Rights A. GENERAL B. DISCRIMINATION C. CHILDREN D. ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, AND SIMILAR ISSUES E. INDIGENOUS ISSUES F. TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT G. JUDICIAL PROCEDURE, PENALTIES, AND RELATED ISSUES H. DETENTION AND MISSING PERSONS I. RULE OF LAW AND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION Chapter 7 International Organizations A. GENERAL B. UNITED NATIONS C. OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Chapter 8 International Claims and State Responsibility A. IRAN-U.S. CLAIMS TRIBUNAL B. LIBYA CLAIMS SETTLEMENT C. NAZI ERA CLAIMS D. REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS Chapter 9 Diplomatic Relations, Succession, and Continuity of States A. ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON KOSOVO'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE B. U.S. RELATIONS WITH TAIWAN C. EXECUTIVE BRANCH AUTHORITY OVER FOREIGN STATE RECOGNITION AND PASSPORT ISSUANCE Chapter 10 Privileges and Immunities A. FOREIGN SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY B. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES C. OTHER ISSUES OF STATE REPRESENTATION D. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Chapter 11 Trade, Commercial Relations, Investment, and Transportation A. TRANSPORTATION BY AIR B. NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT C. WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION D. OTHER TRADE AGREEMENTS AND TRADE-RELATED ISSUES E. TELECOMMUNICATIONS F. OTHER ISSUES Chapter 12 Territorial Regimes and Related Issues A. LAW OF THE SEA AND RELATED BOUNDARY ISSUES B. OUTER SPACE Chapter 13 Environment and Other Transnational Scientific Issues A. ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION B. OTHER TRANSNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC ISSUES Chapter 14 Educational and Cultural Issues A. CULTURAL PROPERTY: IMPORT RESTRICTIONS B. PRESERVATION OF AMERICA'S HERITAGE ABROAD Chapter 15 Private International Law A. COMMERCIAL LAW B. FAMILY LAW C. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL LITIGATION Chapter 16 Sanctions A. IMPOSITION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS B. MODIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AND RELATED ACTIONS C. OTHER ISSUES Chapter 17 International Conflict Resolution and Avoidance A. PEACE PROCESS AND RELATED ISSUES B. PEACEKEEPING AND RELATED ISSUES Chapter 18 Use of Force, Arms Control and Disarmament, and Nonproliferation A. USE OF FORCE B. NONPROLIFERATION, ARMS CONTROL, AND DISARMAMENT Table of Cases Index
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The University of Chicago Press Toward a Just World The Critical Years in the
Book SynopsisA little over a century ago, there was no such thing as international justice, and until recently, the idea of permanent international courts and formal war crimes tribunals would have been almost unthinkable. This title tells the story of the long struggle to craft the concept of international justice that we have today.Trade Review"In a tour de force, Dorothy V. Jones exhumes from musty annals totally forgotten figures in the quest for international justice." (World Policy Journal)"
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The University of Chicago Press Toward a Just World The Critical Years in the
Book SynopsisTowards a Just World tells the remarkable story of the long struggle to craft the concept of international justice that we have today. Dorothy V. Jones focuses on the first half of the 20th century, the pivotal years in which justice took on expanded meaning.Trade Review"An insightful and thoughtful history that traces the development of concepts such as human rights and world peace from The Hague conference of 1899 to the founding of the United Nations. The first half of the twentieth century and the heroic efforts of those who sought international justice during that time will be much better understood and appreciated thanks to this fascinating book." - Robert F. Drinan, author of The Mobilization of Shame: A World View of Human Rights
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press International Bankruptcy The Challenge of
Book SynopsisA look at bankruptcy laws in international perspective, highlighting the difficulties presented by global multinational corporations.Trade Review"With engaging real-life examples of the major corporate and financial collapses, International Bankruptcy puts the issues clearly in context, bringing home to readers just how difficult it may be to resolve issues in this area. An invaluable addition to the literature in the field, the book is filled with clear, accessible, and practical insights."--Paul J. Omar, De Montfort University
£61.75
The University of Chicago Press A Region among States Law and Nonsovereignty in
Book SynopsisBased on long-term ethnographic fieldwork at the Caribbean Court of Justice, A Region among States explores the possibility of constituting a region on a geopolitical and ideological terrain dominated by the nation-state. How is it that a great swath of the independent, English-speaking Caribbean continues to accept the judicial oversight of their former colonizer via the British institution of the Privy Council? And what possibilities might the Caribbean Court of Justicea judicial institution responsive to the region, not to any single nationoffer for untangling sovereignty and regionhood, law and modernity, and postcolonial Caribbean identity? Joining the Court as an intern, Lee Cabatingan studied its work up close: she attended each court hearing and numerous staff meetings, served on committees, assisted with the organization of conferences, and helped prepare speeches and presentations for the judges. She now offers insight into not only how the Court positions itself vis-à-vis the Caribbean region and the world but also whether the Courtand, perhaps, the region itself as an overarching constructmight ever achieve a real measure of popular success. In their quest for an accepting, eager constituency, the Court is undertaking a project of extrajudicial region building that borrows from the toolbox of the nation-state. In each chapter, Cabatingan takes us into an analytical dimension familiar from studies of nation and state buildingmyth, territory, people, language, and brandto help us understand not only the Court and its ambitions but also the regionalist project, beset as it is with false starts and disappointments, as a potential alternative to the sovereign state.Trade Review“This is an empathetic and rigorous anthropology of the CCJ. Sharply constructed and with flowing writing, Cabatingan’s ethnography brings together questions and approaches from postcolonial regionalism, legal anthropology, and Caribbean studies. Through eye-opening conversations with judges and throughout the court, interwoven with a careful study of media and archival material, she shows how the delicate balance between the work of adjudication and of political region making raises dilemmas that otherwise remain right below the surface.” * Naor Ben-Yehoyada, author of The Mediterranean Incarnate *“This fascinating study of the CCJ deftly mines the peripheries of the court’s work to show successfully how the court uses and reimagines the tools of statecraft in its central effort of promoting a region. The book’s rich analysis of the array of activities of and feelings about the CCJ is a great contribution to what we know about the complex work of new apex courts and scholarly debates about region-making projects in the Caribbean.” * Tracy Robinson, coeditor of Transitions in Caribbean Law *Table of ContentsOrientation: The Caribbean Court of Justice 1 Introduction 2 A Myth 3 A Territory 4 A People 5 A Language 6 A Brand 7 A Region Acknowledgments Appendix: Methods and Positionality Notes References Index
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The University of Chicago Press A Region among States
Book SynopsisBased on long-term ethnographic fieldwork at the Caribbean Court of Justice, A Region among States explores the possibility of constituting a region on a geopolitical and ideological terrain dominated by the nation-state. How is it that a great swath of the independent, English-speaking Caribbean continues to accept the judicial oversight of their former colonizer via the British institution of the Privy Council? And what possibilities might the Caribbean Court of Justicea judicial institution responsive to the region, not to any single nationoffer for untangling sovereignty and regionhood, law and modernity, and postcolonial Caribbean identity? Joining the Court as an intern, Lee Cabatingan studied its work up close: she attended each court hearing and numerous staff meetings, served on committees, assisted with the organization of conferences, and helped prepare speeches and presentations for the judges. She now offers insight into not only how the Court positions itself vis-à-viTrade Review“This is an empathetic and rigorous anthropology of the CCJ. Sharply constructed and with flowing writing, Cabatingan’s ethnography brings together questions and approaches from postcolonial regionalism, legal anthropology, and Caribbean studies. Through eye-opening conversations with judges and throughout the court, interwoven with a careful study of media and archival material, she shows how the delicate balance between the work of adjudication and of political region making raises dilemmas that otherwise remain right below the surface.” * Naor Ben-Yehoyada, author of The Mediterranean Incarnate *“This fascinating study of the CCJ deftly mines the peripheries of the court’s work to show successfully how the court uses and reimagines the tools of statecraft in its central effort of promoting a region. The book’s rich analysis of the array of activities of and feelings about the CCJ is a great contribution to what we know about the complex work of new apex courts and scholarly debates about region-making projects in the Caribbean.” * Tracy Robinson, coeditor of Transitions in Caribbean Law *Table of ContentsOrientation: The Caribbean Court of Justice 1 Introduction 2 A Myth 3 A Territory 4 A People 5 A Language 6 A Brand 7 A Region Acknowledgments Appendix: Methods and Positionality Notes References Index
£24.70
McGill-Queen's University Press Autonomous Weapons Systems and International
Book SynopsisIn Autonomous Weapons Systems and International Norms Ingvild Bode and Hendrik Huelss present an innovative analysis of how testing, developing, and using weapons systems with autonomous features shapes ethical and legal norms, arguing that they have already established standards for what counts as meaningful human control.Trade Review"This timely book offers a novel and important contribution to the emerging debate on autonomous weapons systems. Ingvild Bode and Hendrik Huelss’s study presents a fresh and original perspective. The authors skilfully analyse and depict the political, legal, and ethical challenges generated by human-machine interaction and the weaponisation of artificial intelligence." Birgit Schippers, St Mary’s University College Belfast and editor of The Routledge Handbook to Rethinking Ethics in International Relations“Ainsi que le soulignent Ingvild Bode et Hendrik Huelss, l’autonomisation des systèmes d’armes n’est pasune préoccupation futuriste mais unphénomène déjà à l’œuvre. Certaines fonctions autonomes sont déjà utilisées depuis des décennies, par exemple dansles systèmes de défense aérienne. Leur déploiement a progressivement transformé les normes d’usage de la force et de contrôle humain. Cet ouvrage est donc très pertinent pour saisir les enjeux liés à la militarisation de l’Intelligence artificielle et ses implicationspour les relations internationales engénéral.” Politique étrangère“The authors present a comprehensive analytical study of AWS and its context in an innovative, pathbreaking academic work of exemplary quality that displays outstanding knowledge of military operations and their political implications.” H-War, H-Net“Using the concept of procedural norms, the authors demonstrate that standards of appropriateness relating to the use of AWS have already emerged, despite the relative novelty of AI-powered weapons.” International Journal
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McGill-Queen's University Press The Limits of Common Humanity
Book SynopsisThe Limits of Common Humanity provides an interdisciplinary response to theorise the role of “humanity” as a motivational concept. Jarvis examines the creation and mission of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) concept, highlighting the challenges that have restricted its application in practice.Trade Review“This book uniquely unpacks, centres, and conceptualizes the nebulous idea of ‘humanity’ within the rationale underpinning the Responsibility to Protect concept. By situating humanity as encapsulating a dual function – humankind and humanness – The Limits of Common Humanity fills a critical gap in the literature with its theoretical focus.” Ben Murphy, University of Liverpool
£26.99
Columbia University Press Law and War
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. The End of Limited War 2. The Changing Rules of War and Peace 3. The American War Crimes Program 4. A Shift in Priorities 5. Nuremberg: A Cold War Conflict of Interest 6. The Rapid Liquidation of the War Crimes Problem Conclusion Postscript: The New American Paradigm Notes Glossary Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Islamic Law and Civil Code
Book SynopsisTrade Review(A) fascinating read, and a core addition to community and college library collections focusing on international law. Midwest Book Review This book is a perfect study of the reform of Islamic law in the Muslim world... It will certainly be a useful guide to graduate students and researchers of Islamic law. -- Harun Karcic Symposia Extremely well-written and highly-informative... This is a very welcome addition to the English language Islamic law library. I suspect that those who teach courses on modern Islamic law will quickly place it on their mandatory reading lists. -- Mohammad Fadel Journal of Islamic StudiesTable of ContentsForeword by Frank Vogel Foreword by Ridwan Al-Sayyid Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Transliterations and Abbreviations 1. The Classical Islamic Law of Property The Classification of Lands in the Shari?ah ?Ushri Lands Kharaji Lands State Lands: The Private Domain Mawat Lands Public Lands and Servitudes Waqfs Land Tenure and Property Rights Private Property: Mulk Land Enjoyment of the Right of Ownership Acquisition and Disposition of the Right of Ownership Waqf Lands Holdings of State-Owned Lands Later Development of the Islamic System of Tenure in Egypt 2. Traditional Islamic Law in the Modern Era The System of Land Tenure Created by Muhammad Ali Kharaji Lands Masmuh Lands Rizqah Lands Ab?adiyah Lands Usiyah Lands The Traditional System of Land Tenure Prior to the Civil Codes State Lands Mulk Lands: Private Property Waqf Lands 3. The Introduction of a Western Civil Code System Ottoman Sovereignty and the Capitulations Tribunals of the Reform: The Mixed Court System Mixed Courts Consular Courts Native Courts Mahkamahs Millah Courts The Civil Codes 4. Property Law Under the First Civil Codes State Lands Kharaji Lands Mawat Lands The Public Domain The Private Domain Waqf Lands Waqf Law in the Civil Courts The Law of Waqf State Administration of Waqfs Private Property The Right of Ownership Ownership and Other Real Rights Enjoyment of the Right of Ownership The Transfer of Ownership Rights Inheritance and Testament Gifts Accession Appropriation Prescription Preemption Agreements and Contracts 5. The Development of a National Legal System Unity of Jurisdiction The Civil Courts The Administrative Courts The Courts of Personal Status Law Reform The Shari?ah Law of Personal Status The Law of Waqf The Civil Law 6. Property Law Under the Civil Code of 1949 Rules of Property Law in the Civil Code Private Property The Principal Real Rights The Right of Ownership The Transfer of Ownership Rights Inheritance Testamentary Dispositions Accession Appropriation Prescription Preemption Contract Pledge and Mortgage State Lands Waqfs Developments Under the Revolutionary Government Notes Appendix Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Identifying with Nationality Europeans Ottomans
Book SynopsisIdentifying with Nationality traces the advent of modern citizenship to multinational, transimperial settings such as turn-of-the-century colonial Alexandria, where ordinary people abandoned old identifiers and grasped nationality as the best means to access the protections promised by expanding states.Trade ReviewWhat nationality are you? In his stunning book, Will Hanley follows this modern question deep into the social existence of ordinary Alexandrians, demonstrating the contradictory effects of its imposition. The results open a portal, not simply on a unique city in the tumultuous years between Ottoman rule and Egyptian semi-sovereignty, but also on a pivotal global experience that historians have missed. In this lucidly written and well-researched book, Hanley rewrites the history of international law and intervenes brilliantly in multiple literatures. A must-read. -- Samuel Moyn, Harvard University, author of The Last Utopia: Human Rights in History Hanley's book is a superb historical and sociolegal account of the rise of nationality-the universal regime of legal identification that captures what is unique about the modern world. Along the way, Hanley vividly captures the loss of another world: of concrete and heterogeneous forms of life that sought protection in other networks of affiliation. I recommend this remarkably researched and beautifully written book to scholars in Middle Eastern studies, and also to anyone who is thinking about a key characteristic of our world-the persistence of statelessness. -- Samera Esmeir, University of California, Berkeley Identifying with Nationality is a magisterial investigation into Alexandria's diverse population, which comprised interwoven European, colonial, local, imperial, and national entities. Will Hanley examines this patchwork setting, clarifies that nationality at the end of the nineteenth century was a European privilege, and explores the process by which it would become what it is today: the most fundamental human right. An illuminating masterpiece. -- Patrick Weil, vsiting professor of law and Oscar M. Ruebhausen Distinguished Senior Fellow, Yale UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Nationality Grasped Part I: Settings 1. Vulgar Cosmopolitanism 2. Keywords Part II: Means 3. Papers 4. Census 5. Money 6. Marriage Part III: Other Nationalities 7. Europeans 8. Foreigners 9. Proteges 10. Bad Subjects 11. Ottomans 12. Locals Epilogue: Egyptians in a World of Universal Nationality Notes Bibliography Index
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Indiana University Press Law and Legality in the Ottoman Empire and
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn all, this collection of essays, while not for the lay reader, is a welcome scholarly contribution to the study of law and legal affairs in the Ottoman Empire, with an emphasis on legal reforms, the politics of managing empire-citizen relationships, and institutional legal responses to challenges from Western powers. As such, this volume opens a new perspective for historians to develop and explore further. * Middle East Quarterly *Table of Contents1 The Editors: Introduction2 Timothy Fitzgerald: Reaching the Flocks: Literacy and the Mass Reception of Ottoman Law in the Sixteenth-Century Arab World3 Hadi Hosainy: Ottoman Legal Practice and Non-Judicial Actors in Seventeenth-Century Istanbul4 Michael Nizri: Defining Village Boundaries at the Time of the Introduction of the Malikane System: The Struggle of the Ottoman State for Reaffirming Ownership of the Land5 M. Safa Saraçoğlu: Economic Interventionism, Islamic Law and Provincial Government in the Ottoman Empire6 Kenneth M. Cuno: Reorganization of the Sharia Courts of Egypt: How Legal Modernization Set Back Women's Rights in the Nineteenth Century7 Nora Barakat: Regulating Land Rights in Late Nineteenth-Century Salt: The Limits of Legal Pluralism in Ottoman Property Law8 Samy Ayoub: The Mecelle, Sharia, and the Ottoman State: Fashioning and Refashioning of Islamic Law in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries9 Kenty F. Schull: Criminal Codes, Crime, and the Transformation of Punishment in the Late Ottoman Empire10 Ellinor Morack: Refugees, Locals, and "The" State: Property Compensation in the Province of Izmir Following the Greco-Turkish Population Exchange of 192311 Index
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Indiana University Press The Subjects of Ottoman International Law
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Foreword, by Kent F. Schull and Robert Zens2. Introduction, by Lâle Can and Michael Christopher Low3. Freeing "The Enslaved People of Islam": The Changing Meaning of Ottoman Subjecthood for Captives in the Russian Empire, by Will Smiley4. The Well-Defended Domains: Eurocentric International Law and the Making of the Ottoman Office of Legal Counsel, by Aimee M. Genell5. What Ottoman Nationality Was and Was Not, by Will Hanley6. Unfurling the Flag of Extraterritoriality: Autonomy, Foreign Muslims, and the Capitulations in the Ottoman Hijaz, by Michael Christopher Low7. The Protection Question: Central Asians and Extraterritoriality in the Late Ottoman Empire, by Lâle Can8. An Uncertain Inheritance: The Imperial Travels of Legal Migrants, from British India to Ottomon Iraq, by Julia Stephens9. The British-Ottoman Cold War, c. 1880–1914: Imperial Struggles over Muslim Mobility and Citizenship from the Suez Canalto the Durand Line, by Faiz Ahmed10. Pan-Islamic Propagandists or Professional Diplomats? The Ottoman Consular Establishment in the Colonial Indian Ocean, by Jeffrey Dyer11. Travel Documents, Mobility Control, and the Ottoman State in an Age of Global Migration, 1880–1915, by David Gutman12. "Claimed by Turkey as Subjects": Ottoman Migrants, Foreign Passports, and Syrian Nationality in the Americas, 1915–1925, by Stacy D. Fahrenthold13. Afterword: Ottoman International Law?, by Umut Özsu14. Select Bibliography15. Contributors16. Index
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University of Notre Dame Press Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law in New
Book SynopsisThis is the first focused study on the relationship between the use of national courts to pursue retrospective justice and the construction of viable democracies. Included in this interdisciplinary volume are fascinating, detailed essays on the experiences of eight countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland, and South Africa. According to the contributors, the most important lesson for leaders of new democracies, who are wrestling with the human rights abuses of past dictatorships, is that they have many options.Democratizing regimes are well-advised to be attentive to the significant political, ethical, and legal constraints that may limit their ability to achieve retribution for past wrongs. On prudential ground alone, some fledgling regimes will have no choice but to restrain their desire for punishment in the interest of political survival. However, it would be incorrect to think that all new democracies are therefore bereft of the political anTrade Review“This exceptional collection of eight case studies succeeds by presenting an analysis based on primary source materials. . . . Political scientists, legal scholars, historians, comparativists, and human rights experts will profit from studying the successes and failures of eight fragile democracies that have tested varied responses to crimes against humanity. . . . Highly recommended.” —Choice“McAdams’ book contains case studies from three countries in Latin America—Chile, Bolivia and Argentina—four from Europe (Hungary, Poland, East Germany and Greece) and South Africa. All of them are extremely interesting.” —Democratization“In their striving for legal objectivity, these essays are illuminating.” —The Cambridge Quarterly"Th[is] book offers a good testing ground for theory as applied to fact. It should serve as both a stimulating introduction for the novice and a valuable addition to the bookshelves of experts." —The American Journal of International Law
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University of Notre Dame Press Peace Democracy and Human Rights in Colombia
Book SynopsisThis timely collection provides a theoretical understanding of human rights violations, corruption, political fragmentation, and reform in Columbia in the last forty years.Trade Review“Christopher Welna and Gustavo Gallon have assembled a first-rate group of authors to produce an unusually comprehensive analysis of Colombia's profound and complex problems. The chapters are cogently argued, packed with keen insight, and often buttressed by rich empirical data. They cover the gamut—from culture to drugs to political economy, institutional reform and US policy. It is impossible to come away from reading this superb volume without understanding that, whatever progress has been made in Colombia in recent years, the task of constructing an enduring peace and just society remains a formidable one.” —Michael Shifter, Vice President for Policy, Inter-American Dialogue"This excellent volume provides not only an introduction to the difficult issues of peace, democracy, and human rights in Colombia; it also offers a series of very intelligent and provocative discussions of these issues. The authors make use of a wide variety of primary and secondary sources that will be of interest to scholars, policymakers, and the growing number of general readers interested in the direction of U.S. foreign policy." —John C. Dugas, Kalamazoo College“Welna and Gallón have admirably met the challenge put to them by the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, who asked ‘What can a university in the United States do to help resolve Colombia's conflict?’ Bringing together clear-eyed analyses by the foremost Colombian and American scholars, they shed much-needed light on the root causes of the longest-running guerrilla war in this hemisphere. They provide a critical path to understanding Colombia's core political challenges, and in so doing they lay the groundwork for an eventual resolution to Latin America's costliest struggle for democracy.” —Anthony DePalma, The New York Times“Chapters in part 1, ‘Peace,’ ask why Colombia’s internal war has lasted so long and why peace efforts have not achieved peace. Part 2, ‘Democracy,’ deals with structural problems in Colombian government—the flawed 1991 constitutional and electoral reform in particular—and includes a chapter on organized crime from 1978 to 1998. Part 3, ‘Human Rights,’ contains essays arguing that human rights should not be subordinated to the war on drugs. . . . Recommended.” —Choice“Welna and Gallon present 11 papers . . . addressing such topics as the cultural contexts of conflict, changes in illicit drug organizations, political reform after 1991, the struggle for electoral reform, interactions between organized crime and the political system, and human rights effects of the 'War on Drugs.'” —Research Book News“Organized around the three themes in the title—the interlinked issues of peace, democracy and human rights—the volume explores such key topics of relevance to Colombian politics as the drug trade, the peace process, institutional reform and the effects of U.S. foreign policy. . . There continues to be a shortage of solid political science work of the topic of Colombia, despite its complexity and centrality to U.S. foreign policy, and this volume helps fill that gap. The presentation is such that the book can be is useful and accessible to academics, policymakers and the general public.” —The Americas“This collection of papers asks why Colombia’s peace efforts have failed to produce durable peace. Why has Colombia’s long-standing democracy experienced such glaring failures? Who should be accountable for the violence suffered by the Colombian people? This book tries to answer these questions, and delves deeply into the underlying politics and human rights issues in Colombia.” —Abstracts of Public Administration, Development, and Environment “The contributors to the book write on essential themes, such as institutional (especially electoral) reform, the politics of the narcotics trade, shifts and continuities in the US policy, and human rights. . . . The volume puts a particular stress on Plan Colombia. Its contributors argue convincingly that the rhetoric of an integrated approach to Colombian narco-violence was not acted upon. Resources were heavily concentrated in a counter-narcotics campaign that stressed the defeat of terrorism and undercutting the resource base of the guerrillas, together with the interdiction and penalisation of drugs, traffic, crop fumigation, and eradication.” —Bulletin of Latin American Research
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University of Notre Dame Press Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean
Book SynopsisAbortion in Latin America and the Caribbean is the first major book to analyze the abortion laws of the Latin American and Caribbean nations that are parties to the American Convention on Human Rights. Making use of a broad range of materials relating to human rights and abortion law not yet available in English, the first part of this book analyzes how Inter-American human rights bodies have interpreted the American Convention's prenatal right to life. The second part examines Article 4(1) of the American Convention, comparing and analyzing the laws regarding prenatal rights and abortion in all twenty-three nations that are parties to this treaty. Castaldi questions how Inter-American human rights bodies currently interpret Article 4(1). Against the predominant view, she argues that the purpose of this treaty is to grant legal protection of the unborn child from elective abortion that is broad and general, not merely exceptional.Abortion in Latin America and the CaTrade Review“There is no other academic work that I know of, in any language, that gathers together the wealth of information presented here. Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean will be useful to any scholar interested in the law and politics of abortion and related controversies in this hemisphere.” —Paolo Carozza, author of Italian Constitutional Justice in Global Context
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Court of Remorse Inside the International
Book SynopsisA first hand account of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, created in 1994 by the United Nations Security Council to seek accountability for some of the worst atrocities since World War II. Drawing on interviews with these protagonists and hi
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University of Wisconsin Press Practical Audacity Black Women and International
Book SynopsisGoler Teal Butcher (1925-93), a towering figure in international human rights law, was a scholar and advocate who advanced an intersectional approach to human empowerment influenced by Black women’s intellectual traditions. Practical Audacity follows the stories of fourteen women whose work honours and furthers Butcher’s legacy.Trade Review“An important, landmark work. James brings Black women’s international engagement, scholarship, and activism to the center from the margins to shine a bright light on their impact. She inspires and empowers each of us to take up the mantle and continue their legacy to create a more equitable and just global society.”—Menah Pratt-Clarke, Virginia Tech University
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Yale University Press Regulating Covert Action
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Springer Science+Business Media Forensic Psychology From Classroom to Courtroom
Book SynopsisForensic Psychology.- The Mental Health Professional in Court.- Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychological Evaluation.- Assessment in Forensic Practice.- Forensic Assessment of Malingering and Related Response Styles.- Assessing Competency in Criminal Proceedings.- Civil Committment.- Child Custody Evaluations.- Child Abuse.- Assessment of Sexual Offenders.- Forensic Medical Psychology.- Selected Issues in Forensic Neuropsychology.Table of ContentsContributors. Preface. Acknowledgement. Forensic Psychology; B. van Dorsten. The Mental Health Professional in Court; S.L. Brodsky, et al. Ethical Issues in Forensic Psychological Evaluation; D. Shapiro. Assessment in Forensic Practice; J.N. Butcher. Forensic Assessment of Malignering and Related Response Styles; R. Rogers, M.J. Vitacco. Forensic Competency in Criminal Proceedings; A.A. Abrams. Civil Commitment; K. Powers Stafford. Child Custody Evaluations; P.M. Stahl. Child Abuse; S. Kalichman. Assessment of Sexual Offenders; M.A. Conroy. Forensic Medical Psychology; B. v. Dorsten, L.B. James. Selected Issues in Forensic Neuropsychology; B. Goodyear, D. Umetsu. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Ashgate Research Companion to Migration Law
Book SynopsisThis book aims to augment the Ashgate series by taking stock of the current state of migration law literature. It also aims to sketch out the contours of its future long-term development, in what is now by all accounts a vastly expanded research agenda.Trade Review'...provides the reader with a comprehensive review of current research spanning the national, the supranational, the global, regional and local. The chapters provide fresh and insightful analysis of applicable law, theory, policy and practice. In doing so, the contributions identify practical challenges and solutions for change and identify lacunae in the existing research, setting an agenda for future enquiry.' Asian and Pacific Migration Journal ’...this book ranges far and wide... has much to offer.’ International Journal of Refugee LawTable of ContentsPart I: The Refugee in Europe’s Free Movement Regime 1. The ‘New Europe’ and the ‘European Refugee’: The Subversion of the European Union’s Refugee Law by its Migration Policy 2. The Modern Refugee in the Post-modern Europe 3. EU Immigration and the New EU Treaty Framework 4. Are European States Accountable for Border Deaths? Part II: Safeguarding the Safety and Security of Refugees 5. Jonah and Socrates as Refugees: Repentance, Redemption and Responsibility 6. Strengthening International Refugee Rights through the Enhanced Supervision of the 1951 Convention and its 1967 Protocol 7. Non-refoulement Obligations in Public International Law: Towards a New Protection Status? 8. Country Information and Evidence Assessment in New Zealand Part III: The Responsibility to Protect Displaced Populations 9. The Shifting Boundaries and Content of Protection: The Internal Protection Alternative Revisited 10. Territorial Protection: Cessation of Refugee Status and Internal Flight Alternative Compared 11. Sharing Responsibility for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Asia Pacific Region 12. Disowned in their Own Land: The Courts and Protection of the Internally Displaced Person Part IV: Emerging Paradigms of Legal Protection 13. Human Trafficking, Asylum and the Problem of Protection 14. Child Migration and the Lacunae in International Protection 15. Unaccompanied Children and their Protection under International Refugee Law 16. Forced Displacement, the Law of International Armed Conflict, and State Authority Part V: Encampment, Detention and the Coercive Treatment of Asylum-Seekers 17. Asylum Seekers, Detention and the Law: Morality in Abeyance? 18. Regulation 5.35: Coerced Treatment of Detained Asylum Seekers on Hunger Strike. Legal, Ethical and Human Rights Implications 19. ‘Less Coercive Means’: The Legal Case for Alternatives to Detention for Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Other Migrants 20. The End of Refugee Camps? Part VI: Migrant Workers, Skilled Labour and the Control of Human Mobility 21. In Defence of the Migrant Workers Convention: Standard Setting for Contemporary Migration 22. The Movement of Skilled Labour and Knowledge across Borders 23. Migration Control and Human Security 24. Collective Remittances in Comparative Perspective: The Cases of El Salvador and Mexico Part VII: Transnational Migration, Citizenship and the Modern State 25. Global Migratory Policies: Neither Closed nor Open Borders 26. Transnational Family Relations in Migration Contexts: British Variations on European Themes 27. Secret Immigration Business: Policy Transfers and the Tyranny of Deterrence Theory 28. Family Migration and New Labour 29. Elements of Movement Controls in Post-sovereign Governmentality 30. Transnational Citizenship and the Democratic State: On Modes of Membership and Rights of Political Participation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments
Book SynopsisNow in a fully updated seventh edition, this book remains an established treatise in the field of civil jurisdiction and judgments. It aims to make a full and complete statement of English law on civil jurisdiction and the effect of foreign judgments against the backdrop of significant uncertainty about the consequence of Brexit on the law of civil jurisdiction and judgments. The book looks in detail at: the law after the Brussels Regulation has ceased to operate as part of English law; the substance of the Lugano Convention, which the government hopes to join; the incorporation of the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements into English law, and developments in the common law rules of jurisdiction, injunctions, and foreign judgments. This text aims to be an authoritative and comprehensive reference for all legal practitioners working in commercial law across jurisdictions as well as Table of ContentsPART A THE LAW AND THIS BOOKCHAPTER 1 GeneralCHAPTER 2 Brexit and its effect on the lawPART B JURISDICTION ACCORDING TO THE LUGANO/BRUSSELS RULESCHAPTER 3 The Lugano Convention and its interpretationCHAPTER 4 The jurisdictional structure of the Lugano ConventionCHAPTER 5 Material and other scope of the Lugano ConventionCHAPTER 6 Jurisdiction under another convention or instrumentCHAPTER 7 Exclusive jurisdiction, regardless of domicileCHAPTER 8 Jurisdiction by Entering an AppearanceCHAPTER 9 Jurisdiction in Matters Relating to InsuranceCHAPTER 10 Jurisdiction in matters relating to consumer contractsCHAPTER 11 Jurisdiction in relation to individual contracts of employmentCHAPTER 12 Jurisdiction Agreements for a court in a Lugano stateCHAPTER 13 General jurisdiction over defendant domiciled in the United KingdomCHAPTER 14 Special jurisdiction over defendant domiciled in another Lugano State (1)CHAPTER 15 Special jurisdiction: over defendant domiciled in another Lugano State (2)CHAPTER 16 Residual jurisdiction over defendant with no Lugano State domicile: Article 4CHAPTER 17 The court’s duty to examine its own jurisdictionCHAPTER 18 Lis pendens in a Lugano StateCHAPTER 19 Jurisdictional connection to a non-Lugano StatePART C JURISDICTION WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOMCHAPTER 20 Jurisdiction within the United KingdomPART D COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY JURISDICTIONCHAPTER 21 Common Law Principles of JurisdictionCHAPTER 22 Staying proceedings when the court is forum non conveniensCHAPTER 23 Jurisdiction AgreementsCHAPTER 24 Proceedings commenced by service out of the jurisdictionCHAPTER 25 Jurisdiction under the Hague Convention on Choice of Court AgreementsPART E PROCEDURAL MATTERS RELATING TO JURISDICTIONCHAPTER 26 Service of processCHAPTER 27 Disputing the jurisdiction of the English courtCHAPTER 28 Injunctions to restrain wrongful foreign litigationCHAPTER 29 Damages for loss caused by wrongful litigationCHAPTER 30 Declaratory judgment on merits of disputeCHAPTER 31 Provisional and Interim ReliefPART F FOREIGN JUDGMENTSCHAPTER 32 Schemes for recognition and enforcement of foreign judgmentsCHAPTER 33 Foreign judgments taking effect under the Brussels and Lugano rulesCHAPTER 34 Foreign Judgments and the rules of common lawCHAPTER 35 Foreign judgments registered under 1920 and 1933 ActsCHAPTER 36 Foreign judgments registrable under the 1982 ActAppendicesI The Lugano ConventionII Hague Choice of Court ConventionIII List of rulings of the European Court on the interpretation of the Lugano/Brussels rules
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Towards an Ecological Intellectual Property
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on analysing how legal systems set the terms for interactions between human beings and plants. The story that the book recounts is one of experimental lawmaking in Ecuador, a country where over the past decade, governmental officials and civil society advocates have attempted to reconfigure how human individuals and institutions relate to nature, by following an eco-centric approach to lawmaking. In doing so, Ecuadorian legislators, administrators, and judges have taken seriously the ontologies of non-human entities, including plants, through a process that has required the continuous navigation of tensions with certain logics that pervade conventional legal regimes. The book endeavours to disrupt these conventional assumptions and approaches to lawmaking by taking seriously alternative strategies to reconstitute interactions between people and plants. In doing so, the book argues in favour of an ecological turn in laws that govern vegetal life. The aTable of ContentsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction A Note on Methodology Structure of the Book and Chapter Summaries Part 1: Conventional Approaches to the Governance of Human-Plant InteractionsChapter 1. Taking Plants Seriously in Law 1.1. Challenging the Epistemology of Plants 1.2. Recognising Nature as a Subject with Rights 1.3. Eco-centric Ecuador: Constitutional Protections for Pachamama 1.4. Towards an "Ecological Turn" in Law Chapter 2. Turning Plants into Intellectual Property 2.1. Plants as Inventions 2.2. The Emergence of Systems for Plant Breeders’ Rights 2.3. Alternatives to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Model of Intellectual Property for Plants Chapter 3. Universalising an Instrumental Approach to Plants in Law 3.1. The Contraction of Policy Space for Intellectual Property Lawmaking 3.2. The Expansion of UPOV as Explained by Free Trade Agreements Chapter 4. The Logic of Plant Genetic Resources 4.1. The End of the Common Heritage Approach 4.2. The Emergence of the Global Biodiversity Treaties 4.3. The Instrumental, Economic, and Proprietary Logics of Plant Genetic Resources Part 2: Experimenting with an Eco-Centric Approach: An Ecuadorian StoryChapter 5. Reconfiguring Intellectual Property in Ecuador 5.1. The Ingenios Act: Intellectual Property Meets Sumak Kawsay 5.2. The Making of the Ingenios Act 5.3. The Aspirations of the Ingenios Act 5.4. The New Institutionalism of the Ingenios Act 5.5. The Ingenios Act: Reimagination or Recapitulation? Chapter 6. The Ecuadorian Approach to Intellectual Property for Plants 6.1. The Reconstitution of the Plant Variety in the Ingenios Act 6.2. The Limits of Intellectual Property for Plants in the Ingenios Act Chapter 7. Alternatives to Conventional Legal Imaginaries for Human-Plant Interactions 7.1. Seed Law as an Alternative to Intellectual Property 7.2. Traditional Knowledge Protection as an Alternative to Intellectual Property 7.3. Food Sovereignty as an Alternative to Intellectual Property Chapter 8. Lessons from the Ecuadorian Experiment with an Ecological Turn in Lawmaking 8.1. Pachamama Goes to Court: Adjudicating the Rights of Nature 8.2. What the Rights of Nature Jurisprudence Means for Plants 8.3. Lessons from Eco-Centric Experiments in Lawmaking BibliographyAppendix I: Tables Appendix II: Figures
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Taylor & Francis Ltd International Toleration A Theory Ethics Human
Book SynopsisThis book proposes a theory of toleration wherein liberal democracies peacefully co-exist with non-democratic societies. It conceptualises international toleration in a way that is both faithful to the liberal tradition and at the same time explains why we should accept some nonliberal and non-democratic political communities as members in good standing in international society. The volume delves into different theoretical understandings of the idea of toleration and what it has come to mean in today's highly polarised world. It argues that classifying states as liberal and nonliberal is important but cannot explain how they should relate to one another. Putting forward a new reconstruction of Rawls's theory of political liberalism, Maffettone makes a compelling case for the claim that the separation between domestic and international political domains can enable a liberal state to have equal respect and recognition for at least some nonliberal ones. A major interTrade Review"Liberal toleration seems increasingly under threat – both within nations and between them. Under these circumstances, work such as that of Pietro Maffetone becomes increasingly important. Maffetone provides a compelling and elegant defense of a particular vision of liberal tolerance; his account of toleration is capable of guiding liberal states seeking to identify those foreign political practices they are duty-bound to respect – as well as those they are rightly permitted to reject. The book draws on the history of liberal thought about toleration, while demonstrating the ways in which that history must be reinterpreted to make sense of modern international controversy. The book is rigorous, clear, and very likely right; it deserves to be taken seriously by political philosophers and political practitioners alike." — Michael Blake "Since the publication of Rawls’s book, Political Liberalism, two questions have been central to the development of liberal political philosophy: how can a liberal political order be justified, given the pluralism that characterizes liberal societies; and how ought a liberal society to regard other societies that are not liberal? In this book, Pietro Maffettone makes an important contribution to answering the second question. Building on a novel interpretation of Rawls’s idea of toleration of nonliberal, but "decent" societies, Maffettone develops a methodologically sophisticated and plausible account of what we should expect of the people of nonliberal societies if they are to warrant our toleration. Further, he demonstrates that toleration is not just a matter of "putting up" with those you regards as inferior, but a positive affirmation of equal respect." — Allen Buchanan'Liberal toleration seems increasingly under threat – both within nations and between them. Under these circumstances, work such as that of Pietro Maffettone becomes increasingly important. Maffettone provides a compelling and elegant defense of a particular vision of liberal tolerance; his account of toleration is capable of guiding liberal states seeking to identify those foreign political practices they are duty-bound to respect – as well as those they are rightly permitted to reject. The book draws on the history of liberal thought about toleration, while demonstrating the ways in which that history must be reinterpreted to make sense of modern international controversy. The book is rigorous, clear, and very likely right; it deserves to be taken seriously by political philosophers and political practitioners alike.' — Michael Blake, Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy, and Governance, Department of Philosophy and Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, USA'Since the publication of Rawls’s book, Political Liberalism, two questions have been central to the development of liberal political philosophy: how can a liberal political order be justified, given the pluralism that characterizes liberal societies; and how ought a liberal society to regard other societies that are not liberal? In this book, Pietro Maffettone makes an important contribution to answering the second question. Building on a novel interpretation of Rawls’s idea of toleration of nonliberal but "decent" societies, Maffettone develops a methodologically sophisticated and plausible account of what we should expect of the people of nonliberal societies if they are to warrant our toleration. Further, he demonstrates that toleration is not just a matter of "putting up" with those you regards as inferior, but a positive affirmation of equal respect.' — Allen Buchanan, Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona; James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Duke University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: The Appeal of International Toleration 1. On Toleration: Concept and Conceptions 2. Political Liberalism and the Partition Model 3. A Liberal Theory of International Toleration: Meaning and Desiderata 4. The Liberal Theory of International Toleration: A Candidate 5. Reconstructing the Liberal Theory of International Toleration. Conclusion: The Difficulty of International Toleration
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Taylor & Francis Law and Development
Book SynopsisThe book examines the theory and practice of law and development. It introduces the General Theory of Law and Development, an innovative approach which explains the mechanisms by which law impacts development. This book analyzes the process of economic development in South Korea, South Africa, and the United States from legal and institutional perspectives. The book also explains why the concept of development is not only relevant to developing countries but to developed economies as well. The new edition includes five new chapters addressing the relationships between law and economic development in several key areas, including property rights, political governance, business transactions, state industrial promotion, and international trade and development.Trade Review"Yong-Shik Lee is moving the study of law and development to a new paradigm which more fully takes on board the insights of institutional economics along with a growing awareness of the issue of state capacity. He understandably has much to say about the East Asian model but his focus is not confined to this important case. He takes a close look at South Africa after the end of Apartheid and, strikingly, examines the contemporary US through a developmental lens. The reader will find much to enjoy and to learn from in this book." Dr. Simon Deakin, Professor of Law, University of Cambridge"This book is a very well-written, ambitious and thought-provoking account and treatment of a very complex topic. The theory captures central elements of what makes up the connection between law and development."Dr. Philipp Dann, Professor of Law, Humboldt University"With this new book Yong-Shik Lee has succeeded in providing scholars and students with a robust and insightful analytical framework to re-launch Law and Development as an exciting field of academic research and study. Prof. Lee adopts a universal approach that enables his framework to be used as an analytical framework to discuss the issues related to social and economic inequality and development in developing and developed countries. This is an essential book for both scholars of law and development studies and policy makers."Dr. Faizel Ismail, Former Ambassador of South Africa to the World Trade Organization"If you are looking for a comprehensive and insightful introduction to the very complex subject of the many roles of formal legal institutions in economic growth and social and political development, Y.S. Lee’s Law and Development: Theory and Practice more than fits the bill. It manages to present both the conventional wisdom and its critics’ attacks fairly and with no resort to caricature, an essential but seldom achieved goal of every introduction to complicated legal fields."Professor Frank Upham, Professor of Law, New York University "This rewarding and important book is comprehensive, knowledgeable and deep. It arrives at insightful and new propositions on the role of formal and informal law and the role of government for economic development. Also, the author’s intimate knowledge about East Asia leads the reader to a much better understanding of government’s potential role for development. This includes not only governmental investor protection if formal law is weak but also a public oversight and steering of private investment. Both generated high and lasting economic growth for low income countries."Dr. Hans-Bernd Schäfer, Professor of Law, Bucerius Law School"The first and second editions of this excellent book have re-opened the theory behind Law and Development, providing renewed impetus for a new generation of interdisciplinary scholars to work systematically in addressing and having an impact upon global poverty, and not just in the so-called Global South. Comprehensive in scope, analytical in approach and clear in exposition, Prof. Lee gives food for thought for students, scholars, activists and policy makers. Drawing upon comparative historical data from the East and the West, this expanded second edition clarifies the importance of prioritising political stability in achieving successful development outcomes. An important work, likely to be a reference for some time to come."Dr. Salim Farrar, Centre for Asian and Pacific Law, Sydney Law School.Table of ContentsPart I. Law and Development in Theory 1. Introduction: What Is Law and Development? 2. Evolution of Law and Development 3. General Theory of Law and Development Part II. Law and Development in Practice 4. Law and Development in South Korea 5. Law and Development in South Africa 6. Application of the Law and Development Approach in the United States 7. Law Reform Projects and Analytical Law and Development Model Part III. Law and Development Analysis 8. Property Rights and Economic Development 9. Political Governance, Law, and Economic Development 10. Legal Frameworks for Business Transactions and Economic Development 11. State Industrial Promotion 12. International Legal Frameworks: Trade and Development 13. Conclusion. Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Mineral Mining in Africa
Book SynopsisAfrica is endowed with commercially viable quantities of several minerals and metals, and, more than ever before, African countries wish to harness their mineral resources for their economic development. The African mining sector has witnessed a revolution in terms of new mining codes and amendments to extant mining codes, which are designed to achieve a multitude of objectives, including the assertion of greater control over exploitation of mineral resources; optimization of resource royalties and taxes; promotion of equity participation in mining projects; enhancement of indigenization in the form of domestic participation in mineral production and local content requirements; value addition and beneficiation in terms of domestic processing of raw mineral ores and metals in Africa; and the promotion of sustainable practices in the mining sector.This book analyzes the legal and fiscal frameworks for hard-rock mining in several African countries including Botswana, Democratic Table of Contents1 Overview of Mining in Africa; 2 Types of Mineral Rights in Africa; 3 Acquisition of Mineral Rights; 4 Security of Mineral Tenure; 5 Fiscal Regimes for Mineral Exploitation; 6 Legal Stabilization of Mining Investments; 7 Resource Nationalism in The African Mining Industry; 8 Management and Utilization of Mining Revenues; 9 Mining and The Environment; 10 Conclusion
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