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Book SynopsisThe book surveys the enforcement of EU law through the lens of damages claims for violations of EU public procurement rules. The first part clarifies the requirements on damages claims under both public procurement and general EU law, notably the public procurement remedies directives and doctrines such as procedural autonomy, effective judicial protection and Member State liability. The second part focuses on comparative law, covering England, France, Germany and the Netherlands, and provides an overview of national regulation and case law of damages litigation in the area of public procurement. A third part discusses the constitutive and quantification criteria of the damages remedy from a comparative and EU law perspective. It explores the lost chance, which functionally emerges as a compromise capable of mitigating the typically problematic nature of causation and uncertainty in public procurement constellations. The book concludes with a proposal for legislative intervention regarding damages in public procurement.Trade Review“The reader is … provided with a well-structured overview and profound analysis of the topic of damage compensation in public procurement settings. This broad perspective is the biggest strength of the book … . Schebesta makes a sounds [sic] analysis of how the different jurisdictions incorporate this theory and indicates that the French approach by which different qualities of chances (none/serious/very serious) are fixed to categories of claimable losses (none/bid costs/lost profit) seems to work effectively.” (Sarah Schoenmaekers, Common Market Law Review, Vol. 53 (4), 2016)Table of Contents1 Introduction.- Part I.- 2 The EU Public Procurement Policy Field.- 3 The CJEU’s Approach to Damages under General EU Law.- 4 Sources of EU Procurement Law and Damages.- Part II.- 5 Case Study: The Netherlands.- 6 Case Study: The United Kingdom.- 7 Case Study: Germany.- 8 Case Study: France.- Part III.- 9 Issue Based Analysis of Public Procurement Damages.- 10 Quantification of Claimable Losses.- 11 The Iridescence of the Lost Chance Doctrine in Damages Claims.- Part IV.- 12 Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisTeil 1: Effektiver Rechtsschutz in der Zwangsvollstreckung nach deutschem RechtEröffnungsredeMasahisa DeguchiGrußwortMartin EbertsEffektiver Rechtsschutz in der Zwangsvollstreckung nach deutschem RechtWolf-Dietrich WalkerKommentare und FragenMasahisa Deguchi, Eiji Uchiyama, Yuji Yanagisawa, Katsuhisa Masuda, Hiroko Namura, Hideshige Koyanagi, Wolf-Dietrich Walker Teil II: Sportschiedsgerichtsbarkeit und MenschenrechtsschutzEröffnungsredeMasahisa DeguchiOpening RemarksYves Le LostecqueSportschiedsgerichtsbarkeitWolf-Dietrich WalkerKommentare, Fragen und StellungnahmenMasahisa Deguchi, Ian Forrester, Tim Eicke, Kimio Yakushiji, Wolf-Dietrich WalkerSchlusswortMasahisa Deguchi Teil III: Die Corona-Pandemie und verfassungsrechtliche FragenEröffnungsredeMasahisa DeguchiGrußwortIna LepelGrußwortRyuichi HiguchiDie Corona-Pandemie und verfassungsrechtliche FragenRupert ScholzKommentareMasahisa Deguchi, Angelika Nußberger, Keizo Yamamoto, Michael Johannes Pils, Toru Mori, Philipp Osten, Markus Gehrlein, Michiko Takata, Thomas Sasse, Tim EickeDie Kommentierung bzw. zusammengefasstes SchlusswortRupert ScholzJubiläum in der RechtsvergleichungHans-Peter MarutschkeSchlusswortHironaga KanekoSchlusswortShinichi Ago Teil IV: Digitalisierung im Zivilprozess unter den Aspekten von Demokratie, Rechtsstaat und MenschenrechtenEröffnungsredeMasahisa DeguchiGrußwortTakahiro ShinyoDigitalisierung im Zivilprozess unter den Aspekten von Demokratie, Rechtsstaat und MenschenrechtenHanns PrüttingKommentareMasahisa Deguchi, Antonios Karaiskos, Ryoichi Mimura, Thomas Dickert, Takehiko Mikami, Rolf Stürner, Koji Nakayama, Volkert Vorwerk, Ho Moon-hyuck, Wolfgang Lüke, Maximilian Lentz, Bart Krans, Andreas NeffFragenMasahisa Deguchi, Manabu Honma, Takuya Hatta, Satoshi AokiAbschließende StellungnahmeHanns PrüttingSchlusswortShinichi Ago Teil V: Einführung in die ProzessrechtsvergleichungEröffnungsredeMasahisa DeguchiGrußwortNobutaka MaekawaEinführung in die ProzessrechtsvergleichungPeter GottwaldKommentare und FragenMasahisa Deguchi, Koichi Matsumoto, Masaaki HagaStellungnahmePeter GottwaldSchlussbemerkungenMasahisa Deguchi 

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Book SynopsisThe general scope of the book is the patentability and morality of human embryonic stem cell research in US, EU and China. The book observes fraudsters operate unsafe human embryonic stem cell therapies and officialdom turns a blind eye to the immoral human embryonic stem cell research in China. The book highlights that both patent control and federal funding control are inefficient and ineffective way to monitoring human embryonic stem cell research. The book finally proposed an approach for china to regulating human embryonic stem cell research-regulating research itself at the reconciled international regime. The potential reader includes academics and practitioners dealing with intellectual property, patent law and stem cell inventions. The topic discussed will also be interesting to a broad readership, including experts, regulators, policy makers and medical researchers in both ethical and legal disciplines in the field of embryonic stem cell research.Table of ContentsValues of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, the phenomenon of “Stem Cell Tourism” and Inadequate regulation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell in China.- The Moral Maze In Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research: the moral status of human embryo and the moral source of human embryonic stem cell.- China: inconsistent moral standards of human embryonic stem cell research between patent law and practical application.- The United States: Inconsistent policies on federal funding control of human embryonic stem cell research.- The European Union: Inconsistent interpretations of moral provisions in Patent Convention addressing human embryonic stem cell research.- A proposal for controlling human embryonic stem cell research in China: regulate research itself in a reconciled human embryonic stem cell regulation at the international regime.

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the basic theories and structures employed in handling the Central-SAR relationship under the “One Country, Two Systems” policy from the perspective of ruling by law. It also explores the fundamental principles and methods used in the division of powers between the central authorities and the SARs, and investigates the institutions responsible for handling the Central-SAR relationship and their practices. Further, it presents case studies since 1997 to help readers better understand the Central-SAR relationship. Lastly, the author raises some new questions for readers who want to further study this topic.Table of ContentsPreface.- The State Structure (Nation-Region Relationship) in Constitutional Law.- The Historical Evolution of the State Structure in China.- The Creation of One Country Two Systems and Its Operation.- The Legalization of the One Country Two Systems Policy and the Establishment of the Special Administrative Region (SAR).- The Fundamental Principles in Handling Central-SAR Relationship.- The Powers of the Central Authorities.- The Powers of the SAR.- Other Relevant Relationships.- The Institutions Responsible for Handling Central-SAR Relationship and Their Practice.- Case Study: The Central-SAR Relationship since 1997.- Constitutional Review, Rule of Law and National Unification.- Addendum.- Acknowledgements.- Bibliography.

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Book SynopsisState-Centric Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and China’s Policy Framework.- China’s Foreign Investment in Africa and Its CSR Implications.- China’s Sustainable Investment in Africa: The SGR Project in Kenya as a Case Study.- China’s Sustainable Investment in Africa: Green Finance in Addressing Climate Change as a Case Study.- Policy Recommendations to Promote China’s Sustainable Investment Overseas.

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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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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

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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Book SynopsisHow American human rights lawyers fight for justice in U.S. Courts for international victims of violence

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Book SynopsisMuch of our understanding of the world is framed from the perspective of a dominant power center, or from standard readings of historical events. This book employs the idea of remoteness as an analytical tool for viewing international law's encounter with the Americas from the unusual, peripheral perspective of the Atacama Desert.

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Book SynopsisWritten by two internationally respected authors, this unique primer distills the environmental law and policy of the United States into a practical guide for a nonlegal audience, as well as for lawyers trained in other regions. The first part of the book explains the basics of the American legal system: key actors, types of laws, and overarching legal strategies for environmental management. The second part delves into specific environmental issues (pollution, ecosystem management, and climate change) and how American law addresses each. Chapters includesummaries of key concepts, discussion questions, and a glossary of terms, as well as informative spotlightsbrief overviews of topics. With a highly accessible structure and useful illustrative features, A Guide to U.S. Environmental Lawis a long-overdue synthetic reference on environmental law for students and for those who work in environmental policy or environmental science. Pairing this bookwith its companion, A Guide to EU EnvironTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Spotlight Boxes Preface Part One. Building Blocks of U.S. Environmental Law 1. Regulating Environmental Impacts 2. Key Actors 3. Types of Law 4. Regulatory Instruments Part Two. U.S. Environmental Law 5. Contextualizing U.S. Environmental Law 6. Pollution Control Air Pollution Water Pollution Soil Pollution Toxic Substances Waste Management 7. Ecosystem Management Biodiversity Wildlife Management of Special Ecosystems: Wetlands Land Management and Public Lands Agriculture 8. Climate Change Mitigation Adaptation and Natural Hazards Subnational Approaches Conclusions Acknowledgments Appendix. Time Line of U.S. Environmental Law Additional Resources Glossary Index

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