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Book SynopsisThis study explores the different ways people view the law. It identifies three common narratives: one is based on the idea of the law as magisterial and remote; another views the law as a game to be played; and a third narrative describes the law as an arbitrary power to be actively resisted.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"McCrary casts this complex subject in a new light. Readers will gain valuable insights into the politics of religion in America." * Publisher's Weekly *"McCrary argues that the American legal system has impoverished our idea of religion by equating it with 'sincerely held belief.' In so doing, it has stripped religion of its communal elements. . . This is an essential text for understanding the current struggles over religious freedom." * The Christian Century *"Comprehensive, thought-provoking . . . We should take note of McCrary’s call to interrogate this current legal framework and deconstruct, or at the very least, reexamine, our understanding of religious freedom." * Church & State Magazine / Americans United *"A detailed, but entertaining critical introduction to religion and the First Amendment in the United States . . . highly recommended." * Nova Religio *“Clear and compelling . . . this book is important reading for anyone seeking an understanding of the problems of religious freedom . . . a fascinating contribution to scholarship on secularism in the United States.” * American Religion *"Such an interesting book. A book that really is hard to characterize. It's about religion and law in the US. It's about the history of the sincerity test. It's about secularism and what it means or doesn't mean to be a secular person in what is supposed to be a secular country." * Straight White American Jesus *"A clever, well-crafted account of American secularism, religion, and sincerity. . . McCrary’s writing is a delight to read (as are his many 'sincere' footnotes), and students and scholars from a range of disciplines will find this book to be a highly engaging text, one that is challenging in the best of ways." * Reading Religion *"A sweeping, fascinating and engaging account of how American secularism created the ‘character of the sincere believer’ and cast ‘sincerely held religious belief’ as constitutive of religion in law and the standard by which certain practices are rejected ‘as not truly religious.’ . . . The book may well become indispensable. . . A rich, engrossing, fresh and enlivening addition to the field.” * Journal for the Academic Study of Religion *"Scholars of church and state likely will find the [history of the sincerity test] compelling, as it works through the details of specific court cases to show how 'the sincere believer is an identity, a protected class whose rights are to be secured and defended.'" * Journal of Church and State *"Charles McCrary’s brilliant Sincerely Held shows the declining fortunes of truth and the steadily appreciating value of sincerity to be sides of a single American coin. As the acceptable face of religion under secular law, sincerity severs belief from veracity, hedges it with protections, and exempts it from democratic accountability. McCrary’s genealogy of sincerity moves deftly among con artists, purveyors and suppressors of vice, war resisters, and conscientious objectors to secular law to show sincerely held belief to be a technology of racial governance and an engine of state violence. Remarkably, he excavates from the same history the radical possibility that sincerely held belief might yet be summoned to advance good-faith engagement across differences rather than shut it down. A book of uncommon intelligence, daring, grace, and verve, Sincerely Held is cultural criticism a secular age deserves." -- Tracy Fessenden, Arizona State University"Anyone interested in the politics of U.S. religion must grab a copy of Sincerely Held. Over eight chapters populated with con artists, credulous dupes, earnest petitioners, conscientious objectors, indignant inmates, principled paper-pushers, and discriminating judges, McCrary sketches the multifaceted and mercurial figure of the true believer. And just as the legal category of sincerely held belief imagines a world of external guises and hidden truths, McCrary skillfully balances his main text with illuminating discursive footnotes that both perform and subvert the practices of disclosure he so ably describes. Others have written convincingly about the form of secularism, but McCrary captures its irregularly beating heart." -- Jolyon Thomas, University of Pennsylvania"McCrary’s incisive study of secularism and the secular brings to life the paradoxes of religion and law in the U.S. His colorful characters come from literature, legal proceedings, and even bureaucratic forms to illuminate how sincerity became a legal category and what that means for law’s imagination of religion." -- Sarah Imhoff, Indiana University, BloomingtonThis is a riveting cultural history of that strange and peculiarly American character: the “sincere religious believer.” Indeed, one of the many strengths of this fascinating and utterly persuasive book, is the way Charles McCrary defamiliarizes the secular obviousness of both “sincere believers” and “sincerely held religious beliefs.” Braiding together 19th-century worries over con-men and charlatans with a series of 20th-century legal cases that sought to distinguish the religious from the not-religious, McCrary demonstrates the secular state’s increasing reliance on sincerity—ascertaining it, measuring it—as a way to sort true from false (including the religiously false). In so doing, McCrary reveals religious sincerity’s crucial role in both secular governance and racial formation. At a time when sincerely held religious beliefs are increasingly invoked by Christian conservatives to justify limits on women’s reproductive freedom and LGBTQ+ equality, Sincerely Held is bracing and urgent reading. -- Ann Pellegrini, New York University

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“In place of the stale debate over China’s progress toward a Western ‘rule of law,’ A Certain Justice offers a fresh interpretation of Chinese legal culture informed by China’s own literary traditions. Guiding the reader on a colorful journey from spy thrillers and tales of hypocrisy through contemporary court dramas, Lee reveals a vibrant legal imagination that is hierarchical rather than horizontal, encompassing both the ‘high justice’ of the state and the ‘low justice’ of society at large. The result, she suggests, is an intertwining of law and politics animated by a logic quite unlike that of Western jurisprudence, but no less important for informing conceptions of morality and governance.” * Elizabeth J. Perry, Harvard University *“Lee guides us through the rich terrain of literature and film as material archives to examine the fabric of Chinese justice. By avoiding reliance on legal jurisprudence, Lee charts how the Chinese Communist Party has become the actual arbiter of justice. Her critical examination of the legal imagination in fiction and in history suggests that by ‘positioning itself at the moral-ideological pinnacle,’ the party has been able to demand that its own legitimacy and self-preservation are at the root of justice. Her expansive investigation ranges from prewar texts to literature in postwar spy novels, to animal-themed novels in the twenty-first century. Importantly, Lee’s research explains why the injustice meted out at the lower strata of Chinese society is often seen as an acceptable sacrifice for the ‘high justice’ achieved by the state.” * Barak Kushner, University of Cambridge *“This subtle, learned, capacious book looks at China’s alternative to liberalism as a complex interplay between three terms: justice, morality, and law, with law always playing second fiddle (though a necessary fiddle) to the other two. At a moment when the Chinese statist paradigm can no longer be dismissed as an inadequate copy of Western rule of law, this timely study opens up a critical space for reappraisal.” * Wai Chee Dimock, Yale University *"By drawing on a vast and diverse body of textual evidence that allows us to better appreciate the vibrant diversity and unique contributions of Chinese justice to global legal cultures, Haiyan Lee has achieved conceptual breakthroughs with the potential to inspire future generations of scholars for years to come." -- Paul Katz * MCLC Resource Center Publication *"While there is already excellent work in the genre of Chinese Law and Literature, this work sets a new standard for the field. Indeed, it far exceeds the bounds of both law and literature, expanding into adjacent fields of legal and literary humanities: history, political theory, moral philosophy, and cognitive psychology, to name just some of the many literatures on which Lee draws in A Certain Justice: Toward an Ecology of the Chinese Legal Imagination. This is a smart and ambitious book filled with exciting local and global insights, some of which are dazzling." -- Teemu Ruskola * Law and Literature *Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. High Justice Chapter 2. Low Justice Chapter 3. Transitional Justice Chapter 4. Exceptional Justice Chapter 5. Poetic Justice Chapter 6. Multispecies Justice Conclusion Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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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

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Book SynopsisOpinions of specialized labor courts differ, but labor justice undoubtedly represented a decisive moment in worker ''s history. When and how did these courts take shape? Why did their originators consider them necessary? Leon Fink and Juan Manuel Palacio present essays that address these essential questions. Ranging from Canada and the United States to Chile and Argentina, the authors search for common factors in the appearance of labor courts while recognizing the specific character of the creative process in each nation. Their transnational and comparative approach advances a global perspective on the various mechanisms for regulating industrial relations and resolving labor conflicts. The result is the first country-by-country study of its kind, one that addresses a defining shift in law in the first half of the twentieth century. Contributors: Rossana Barragán Romano, Angela de Castro Gomes, David Díaz-Arias, Leon Fink, Frank Luce, Diego Ortúzar, Germán Palacio, Juan Manuel PaTrade Review"This is a fabulous book. As historians and social scientists return to the distributional dimensions of capitalist development, they should look closely at this anthology. It contains insightful studies of national experiences; it also lays out a template for analyzing a central institution in framing class conflict in the modern age: labor courts and the struggle for justice and recognition. This is a wonderful example of connected and comparative history." --Jeremy Adelman, author of Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman"Labor Justice across the Americas can help us to learn from past struggles to think creatively about new ideas for effective labor justice. It is a unique book that deserves to be read by labor historians, legal historians, labor advocates, and quixotic dreamers who want to keep a toe on the ground." --New Labor Forum“An important and necessary first step in assessing the role of the law in twentieth-century capital-labor relations, a valuable contribution greatly enhanced by its comparative focus." --Hispanic American Historical Review"Highly recommended." --Choice"An ambitious transnational project developed around a specialized body of knowledge, this volume has many great strengths. This book artfully presents side-by-side national histories within their hemispheric context and points us toward a sophisticated neo-Boltonian hemispheric labor history founded on deeply researched national case studies." --Labor

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Book SynopsisFor upper-level undergraduate and MBA students enrolled in an international business law course. August emphasises the diversity and similarity of how firms are currently regulated and governed around the world.Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction to International and Comparative Law Chapter 2: State Responsibility and Environmental Protection Chapter 3: Dispute Settlement Chapter 4: The Multinational Enterprise Chapter 5: Foreign Investment Chapter 6: Money and Banking Chapter 7: Trade in Goods Chapter 8: Services and Labor Chapter 9: Intellectual Property Chapter 10: Sales Chapter 11: Transportation Chapter 12: Financing

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Book Synopsis For the first time ever, a retired Supreme Court Justice offers a manifesto on how the Constitution needs to change. By the time of his retirement in June 2010, John Paul Stevens had become the second longest serving Justice in the history of the Supreme Court. Now he draws upon his more than three decades on the Court, during which he was involved with many of the defining decisions of the modern era, to offer a book like none other. Six Amendments is an absolutely unprecedented call to arms, detailing six specific ways in which the Constitution should be amended in order to protect our democracy and the safety and wellbeing of American citizens. Written with the same precision and elegance that made Stevens''s own Court opinions legendary for their clarity as well as logic, Six Amendments is a remarkable work, both because of its unprecedented nature and, in an age of partisan ferocity, its inarguable common sense.

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Book SynopsisPacked with cutting-edge cases and hands-on applications, Walsh's EMPLOYMENT LAW FOR HUMAN RESOURCE PRACTICE, 7E explains major issues and rules of employment law behind each step of the employment process -- all in understandable terms. You learn how law impacts your career, as a manager or employee. Current news, typical situations and real cases help you understand how legal concepts apply to each stage of employment -- from hiring and managing to firing. Each chapter begins with new learning objectives and ends with a summary of practical advice for today's managers. Updates addresses the latest topics in employment law, from discrimination based on sexual orientation and "gig workers" to COVID-19, pay equity and other pressing issues. This edition provides insights to help you prevent discrimination and harassment, accommodate employees with disabilities, comply with wage and hour laws, and avoid wrongful terminations and other common legal issues.Table of ContentsPart I: INTRODUCTION TO EMPLOYMENT LAW 1. Overview of Employment Law. 2. The Employment Relationship. 3. Overview of Employment Discrimination. Part II: THE HIRING PROCESS 4. Recruitment. 5. Background Checks, References, and Verifying Employment Eligibility. 6. Employment Testing. 7. Hiring and Promotion Decisions. Part III: MANAGING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE 8. Harassment. 9. Reasonably Accommodating Disability and Religion. 10. Work-Life Conflicts and Other Diversity Issues. Part IV: PAY, BENEFITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 11. Wages, Hours, and Pay Equity. 12. Benefits. 13. Unions and Collective Bargaining. 14. Occupational Safety and Health. 15. Privacy on the Job. Part V: TERMINATING EMPLOYMENT 16. Terminating Individual Employees. 17. Downsizing and Post Termination Issues.

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Book SynopsisThis collection reflects on contemporary and contentious issues in international rulemaking in regards to pharmaceutical patent law. With chapters from both well-established and rising scholars, the collection contributes to the understanding of the regulatory framework governing pharmaceutical patents as an integrated discipline through the assessment of relevant laws, trends and policy options. Focusing on patent law and related pharmaceutical regulations, the collection addresses the pressing issues governments face in an attempt to resolve policy dilemmas involving competing interests, needs and objectives. The common theme running throughout the collection is the need for policy and law makers to think and act in a systemic manner and to be more reflective and responsive in finding new solutions within and outside the patent system to the long-standing problems as well as emerging challengesTrade Review'The editors have mustered a wide range of authors, including legal practitioners, academics and a Constitutional Court Justice, to opine on a broad range of topical issues confronting rule-makers concerning pharmaceutical patent law. This diversity makes for a varied discussion.' John A. Tessensohn, European Intellectual Property Review 'A solid reference book for scholars and those interested in governments’ struggle between incentivising innovation and access to affordable medicine.' John A. Tessensohn, European Intellectual Property ReviewTable of Contents1. Introduction: A Holistic Approach to Pharmaceutical Patent Law and Policy, Bryan Mercurio and Daria Kim Part 1: Pharmaceutical Patents and Related Types of Protection 2. Patentability of Pharmaceutical Inventions under TRIPS: Domestic Court Practice Testing International Policy Space, Roberto Romandini and Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan 3. Biologics, Biosimilars and Other Idiosyncrasies, Yaniv Heled 4. Index of Data Exclusivity and Access (IDEAS): An Analysis of Test Data Exclusivity Provisions in Free Trade Agreements and National Laws, Owais Hassan Shaikh 5. Patent Linkage Regulations: The Importance of Context and of Balancing Competing Interests, Bryan Mercurio Part 2: Balancing Patent Protection with Available Flexibilities 6. The Bolar Exception: Legislative Models and Drafting Options, Carlos Correa 7. Compulsory Licensing: Threats, Use and Recent Trends, Chang-fa Lo 8. A Manufacturing for Export Exception, Xavier Seuba, Luis Mariano Genovesi and Pedro Roffe Part 3: A Broader View on Incentives for Pharmaceutical Innovation 9. The Price of Exclusivity: The Economics of Patent Extensions and Data Protection, Aidan Hollis and Paul Grootendorst 10. Rationalizing Innovation Incentives under Drug Approval Regulation: National Policy Perspective, Daria Kim 11. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and Its Implications for Access to Medicine, Jakkrit Kuanpoth

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Book SynopsisLanguage skills, study skills, argument skills and the skills associated with dispute resolution are vital to every law student, professional lawyer and academic. The 5th edition of Learning Legal Skills and Reasoning draws on a range of areas of law to show how these key skills can be learnt and mastered, bridging the gap between substantive legal subjects and the skills required to become a successful law student. The book is split into four sections: Sources of law: Including domestic, European and international law. Working with the law: Featuring advice on how to find and understand the most appropriate legislation and cases. Applying your research: How to construct a legal argument, answer a problem question and present orally (mooting). Skills for solving disputes: From negotiation to mediation and beyond. Packed full of practical examples andTable of ContentsPart 1: Sources of Law; 1. Domestic legislation; 2. Domestic case law; 3. European and international law; 4. Human rights; Part 2: Working with the Law; 5. General study skills; 6. Finding material; 7. Reading and understanding domestic legislation; 8. Reading and understanding cases; Part 3: Applying your Research; 9. Constructing an argument; 10. Writing law essays (including referencing); 11. Answering legal problem questions; 12. Oral presentations and mooting; 13. Examinations; Part 4: Skills for Resolving Disputes; 14. Negotiation skills; 15. Mediation; 16. Drafting skills

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Book SynopsisInnovating Construction Law: Towards the Digital Age takes a speculative look at current and emerging technologies and examines how legal practice in the construction industry can best engage with the landscape they represent. The book builds the case for a legal approach based on transparency, traceability and collaboration in order to seize the opportunities presented by technologies such as smart contracts, blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data and building information modelling. The benefits these initiatives bring to the construction sector have the potential to provide economic, societal and environmental benefits as well as reducing the incidence of disputes.The author uses a mixture of black letter law and socio-legal commentary to facilitate the discourse around procurement, law and technology. The sections of the book cover the AS IS position, the TO BE future position as predicted and the STEPS INBETWEEN, which can enable a real change in the indusTable of ContentsSection 1: Background 1. Introduction Section 2: AS IS 2. Limitations of the Construction Industry’s Approach 3. Limitations in the Legal Approach Section 3: TO BE 4. The Smart Contract in Construction 5. Perceptions in the Construction Industry of Smart Contracts? 6. Smart Contracts and the Legal System Section 4: The Steps In-Between 7. New Collaborative Directions 8. Background Provisions 9. The Steps in-Between 10. Building Information Modelling (BIM) Section 5: Online Dispute Resolution and Smart Contracts 11. Online Dispute Resolution 12. Conclusions and Next Steps

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Book SynopsisLocating assisted suicide within the broader medical end-of-life context and drawing on the empirical data available from the increasing number of permissive jurisdictions, this book provides a novel examination of the human rights implications of the prohibition on assisted suicide in England and Wales and beyond. Assisted suicide is a contentious topic and one which has been the subject of judicial and academic debate internationally. The central objective of the book is to approach the question of the ban's compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights afresh; freed from the constraints of the existing case law and its erroneous approach to the legal issues and selective reliance on empirical data. The book also examines the compatibility of the ban on assisted suicide with rights which have either been erroneously disregarded or not considered by either the domestic courts or the European Court of Human Rights. Having regard to human rights jurisprudence more broadlTable of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1:The Legal Status of End-of-Life Practices: A Comparative Introduction Chapter 2: Protecting Life and Assisting Death: Is Not Allowing Assisted Suicide a Violation of the Right to Life? Chapter 3: Freedom from Torture or Inhuman or Degrading Treatment: Does the Prohibition on Assisted Suicide Constitute Ill-Treatment? Chapter 4: The Right to Choose the Manner and Timing of One's Death: A Re-examination of the Proportionality of the Ban on Assisted Suicide Chapter 5: Justifying the Ban on Assisted Suicide: The Empirical Evidence Chapter 6: Differential Treatment of End-of-Life Practices: Discrimination under Article 14 of the ECHRConclusions

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Book SynopsisBanking regulation and the private law governing the bank-customer relationship came under the spotlight as a result of the global financial crisis of 2007â2009. More than a decade later UK, EU and international regulatory initiatives have transformed the structure, business practices, financing models and governance of the banking sector. This authoritative text offers an in-depth analysis of modern banking law and regulation, while providing an assessment of its effectiveness and normative underpinnings. Its main focus is on UK law and practice, but where necessary it delves into EU law and institutions, such as the European Banking Union and supervisory role of the European Central Bank. The book also covers the regulation of bank corporate governance and executive remuneration, the promises and perils of FinTech and RegTech, and the impact of Brexit on UK financial services. Although detailed, the text remains easy to read and reasonably short; pedagogic features such as a glossary of terms and practice questions for each chapter are intended to facilitate learning. It is a useful resource for students and scholars of banking law and regulation, as well as for regulators and other professionals who are interested in reading a precise and evaluative account of this evolving area of law. Table of ContentsPart I: Banks and their regulators. 1. The banking system; 2. Systemic risk and systemic stability in the prudential banking framework; 3. The regulatory architecture of the UK banking system. Part II: The business of banks. 4. EU harmonisation of the banking regulatory framework; 5. The relationship between banks and customers; 6. Business conduct regulation and financial consumer protection; 7. Accounts and payment methods; 8. Clearing and settlement process; 9. Business and consumer lending; 10. Money laundering and terrorist financing. Part III: Preventing banking crises. 11. Regulation of bank capital and liquidity; 12. The regulation of bank corporate governance, executive remuneration and senior managers accountability; 13. FinTech and automation in banks. Part IV: Managing bank failures. 14. UK banking resolution and the EU Single Resolution Mechanism; 15. Deposit insurance and banking stability; 16. The regulation of non-performing loans; 17. The impact of Brexit on the banking sector; Post scriptum: temporary modifications to banking law and regulation in response to the Covid-19 public health emergency

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Book SynopsisPolicing in the 21st century is becoming increasingly complicated as economic, political, social, and legal circumstances continue to compel police organizations to evolve. To illustrate the complexity of policing in the 21st century and cover themes common to police organizations around the world, Exploring Contemporary Police Challenges: A Global Perspective is organized into six sections, which cover the key policing challenges across the globe. Based on US President Barack Obama's 2015 Task Force's organization into six broad pillars, this volume contains contributions from policing experts focusing on Building Trust and Legitimacy; Providing Policy and Oversight; Utilizing Technology and Social Media; Developing Community Policing and Crime Reduction; Providing Police Training and Education; and Facilitating Officer Wellness and Safety. Scholarly analyses and discussions of these issues in 16 countries on 6 continents offer a global perspective on policing in the 21st ceTrade Review"Exploring Contemporary Policing Challenges: A Global Perspective is an edited book that includes discussions on many of the problematic areas of policing. What sets this volume apart from others is its international approach. The editors have compiled an impressive list of contributors who examine the challenges faced by police as well as their opportunities and do so from countries across the globe. The editors have put together a diverse group of readings and have divided them into sections that help the reader identify chapters of particular interest. While they are reviewed comprehensively in the introductory chapter, the individual studies, and reviews that follow produce a comprehensive and important collection that is of interest to scholars of comparative and international policing."Professor Geoffrey P. Alpert, University of South Carolina, USA and Griffith University, Australia"Exploring Contemporary Policing Challenges: A Global Perspective is a welcome addition to the body of knowledge dealing with global issues in policing. This book, paired with the Final Report of 21st Century Policing presents a unique and comprehensive way to view and cover the contemporary policing issues and salient solution. It’s clever the way the book is in alignment with the six pillars of 21st Century policing and uses practical examples to illustrate the points. The way the book is set up is logical and easy to follow. The global perspective lends itself to exploring comparative policing challenges with salient examples from a variety of countries and policing styles. Regardless of where you are in the world, a better, more user friendly version of policing is needed in order to address police reform and the various challenges they face." Professor Lorenzo M. Boyd, University Of New Haven"Never before, in the modern history of police profession, there was more of a need for a book like Exploring Contemporary Police Challenges. From its focus on the most dire challenges of police profession in the 21st century, through its comparative and multinational approach to authorship based on a mix of academics and professional, this edited volume walks the reader through a myriad of complex issues that face police profession across the globe, offering not just accounts and analysis but a myriad of solutions as well. Starting with the most critical concept of how agencies need to Build Trust and Legitimacy to maintain their ability to engage in effective, consensus based policing, that can only be achieved through creation of adequate mechanisms of Policy and Oversight. The natural progression to achieve these mechanisms can be seen in the overview of Utilization of Technology and Social Media that help create the oversight through the use of body worn cameras and exposure of police community encounters through various digital platforms and on the other end, the assistance these tools provide for more effective, technology driven policing. The transition to the new modalities of Community Policing that have been heavily endorsed as the panacea for police community relations leads in the most natural manner to focus on issues related to professionalization of the members for the profession through a thorough look at the various aspects of Police Training and Education. The final part of this fine volume deals with the most critical aspect of police profession, namely the historically much ignored topic of Officer Wellness and Safety. The way this volume is structured, it affords the reader with a template of what needs to be done and in what order to change, enhance, and deliver quality policing around the world. The contribution of many of the individual authors is further amplified by their practitioner and academic background that affords them with the insider’s perspective that sheds much light into the frequently criticized yet rarely thoroughly analyzed profession. Finally, the comparative aspect, with focus on countries that are rarely subject to a rigorous and empirical research directed at their police forces is a very much needed and refreshing perspective that will, finally, validate the notion that policing is a true profession that transcends countries and continents. It is a must read for students, researchers and general public who believe in the critical contribution of effective and professional policing to the creation and sustainability of democratic societies."Professor Maria (Maki) Haberfeld, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, USA"This edited volume represents an extraordinarily comprehensive and global perspective on policing. Organized masterfully around the pressing issues for policing in the 21st century (i.e., trust and legitimacy, policy and oversight, technology and social media, community policing and crime reduction, training and education, and officer wellness and safety), this book takes the reader on a deep dive into these challenges and areas for growth and advancement in policing. The team of editors and contributors have vast experience, expertise, and scholarship that collectively succeeds in compiling a high-level, yet accessible book that should be of interest to academics, researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and all who are interested in learning more about 21st century policing and the path forward." Professor Wes Jennings, University of Mississippi, USA"It is to the credit of the editors to have compiled an up-to-date collection of articles, written by a truly global and diverse line-up of competent authors, informing the readership about the most relevant "policing-problems" on the agenda of the late first quarter of the 21st century. The edition is well structured and rich on highly practical examples. From a European perspective, the read is not just worth because of the relevant share of studies covering the old continent, but also because the thinking about progress in policing and building better police institutions has long ago moved beyond national borders and traditions. Police practitioners and students with a stake in achieving high-quality policing by improved understanding of today’s policing issues will take benefit of the reading."Dr. Detlef Nogala, Research & Knowledge Management Officer, Editor of European Law Enforcement Research Bulletin, CEPOL"This fine volume brings together fresh reports by policing experts from around the globe. The chapters speak to legitimacy, corruption, community engagement, competence, fair treatment, police violence, officer well-being, and terrorism. There are analyses of the promises and pitfalls of new technologies ranging from drones to body cameras and cybercrime. These cutting-edge reports are organized around six themes common to policing almost everywhere, and together they provide a comprehensive overview of policing in the 21st century."Professor Wesley G. Skogan, Northwestern University, USATable of ContentsChapter 1: Policing in the 21st Century: Challenges and OpportunitiesSanja Kutnjak Ivković, Jon Maskály, Christopher M. Donner, Irena Cajner Mraović, and Dilip DasPART I: Building Trust and LegitimacyChapter 2: Moral Contexts of Procedural (In)Justice Effects on Public Cooperation with Police: A Vignette Experimental Study Justice TankebeChapter 3: Police Legitimacy in Chile Lucía Dammert and Erik AldaChapter 4: Citizens’ Perceptions of Fair Treatment by the Police and Court System: Assessing the Generality of Procedural JusticeChristopher M. Donner and David E. OlsonChapter 5: Self-legitimacy of Police Officers in Urban and Rural EnvironmentsGorazd Meško and Rok HacinPART II: Providing Policy and OversightChapter 6: Democratic Policing and Codes of Conduct in Africa: The South African Police ServiceAndrew FaullChapter 7: Do "the Best and the Brightest" of the Ghanaian Police Need Further Integrity Education?Charlotte O. Kwakye-Nuako, Jon Maskály, Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Richmond Afoakwah, Benjamin Aboagye, and Patrick Armah HammondChapter 8: Uncovering the Hidden Side of Police Corruption in Ecuador: Attitudes and Experiences of Police Officers and Female DetaineesAndrea Romo PérezChapter 9: Advanced Strategies in Police Integrity ManagementTim Prenzler and Louise PorterChapter 10: Intervention and Reform: Addressing Misconduct in American PoliceJason W. OstrowePART III: Utilizing Technology and Social MediaChapter 11: Police Use of Technology and Social Media: An Examination of Minority PerceptionsSilas Patterson, Lexi Gill, and Bryanna FoxChapter 12: The Forthcoming of Body-worn Police Cameras in Cyprus: A Blessing, a Curse or Something in the Middle?Angelo Constantinou and Markianos KokkinosChapter 13: Policing from the Sky: A Case Study of the Police Use of Drones in South KoreaYang (Vincent) Liu, Wook Kang, Jon Maskály, and Sanja Kutnjak IvkovićChapter 14: Cybercrime and Cryptocurrency as New Challenges for the PoliceSesha Kethineni and Robin D. JacksonPART IV: Developing Community Policing and Crime ReductionChapter 15: Attitudes Toward Community Policing Among U.S. Police Recruits: Findings from the National Police Research PlatformChristopher M. Donner and Jon MaskályChapter 16: Police Perspectives on Community Policing in South Africa Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Jon Maskály, Adri Sauerman, and Michael E. MeyerChapter 17: Examining Officer Support for Community Policing in Counterterrorism over Time Erin M. Kearns and Samantha L. SennChapter 18: Testing the Four Policing Models: What Do the Post-socialist "Customers" Prefer?Jon Maskály, Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Yang (Vincent) Liu, Kaja Prislan, and Branko LobnikarPART V: Providing Training and EducationChapter 19: Effectiveness of Online Implicit Bias Training: Evaluating Officer Outcomes from a Cultural Diversity Training Versus a Skills-Based Course on CommunicationTammy Rinehart KochelChapter 20: Does (Police) Education Matter? A Surprising Effect of Education on Police Officer Views of Organizational IntegrityDarko Datzer, Jon Maskály, Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, and Eldan MujanovićChapter 21: Mentoring as a Means of Police Capacity Building in AfghanistanGavin Boyd and Gordon MarnochChapter 22: A Minority within a Minority: Senior Ranked Policewomen in PakistanSadaf AhmadPART VI: Facilitating Officer Wellness and SafetyChapter 23: Terrorist Attacks Targeting Police: The Influence of Societal SchismJennifer C. GibbsChapter 24: Country Variation in Negative Outcomes Reported by Police OfficersKim S. Ménard and Michael L. ArterChapter 25: Doing a Stressful Job in Stressful Times with Less Stress: Effects of Police COVID-19 Instructions on Police Officer Stress during the COVID-19 PandemicSanja Kutnjak Ivković, Jon Maskály, Krunoslav Borovec, Marijan Vinogradac, and Peter NeyroudChapter 26: A Qualitative Study of the Impacts of Work-family Conflict on Police Officer StressJennifer D. Griffin and Ivan Y. Sun

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1951, this book is a classic in its field and provides a uniquely analytical approach to the subject of advocacy.

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Book SynopsisAlastair Hudson's The Law of Finance brings together, for the first time, in a single volume, the whole of international finance, as understood in English law. The volume is divided into two halves with section one considering the principles of the law of finance and section two considering the full range of modern financial techniques in their legal context. By explaining key concepts and practical issues, examining core principles and analysing the key areas of financial practice and the effects of the global meltdown, Professor Hudson provides an unparalleled work of breadth of scope and wealth of detail.Table of ContentsSection 1: Principles of the Law of Finance; Part I: An Ordering of the Law of Finance; 1. The Components of the Law of Finance; 2. The Legal Nature of Money and Financial Instruments; 3. The Relationship between Substantive Law and Financial Regulation; Part II: Substantive Legal Concepts in the Law of Finance; 4. Fundamental Legal Concepts: Contract, Property and Wrongs; 5. Fiduciary Duties; 6.Conflict of Laws; Part III: Financial Services Regulation; 7. EU Financial Regulation; 8. UK Financial Regulation (1): The Financial Services Authority; 9. UK Financial Regulation (2): Specifics of UK Financial Regulation; 10. Conduct of Business; 11. Financial Promotion; 12. Market Abuse; Part IV: Criminal Law; 13. Criminal Offences in the Law of Finance; 14. Insider Dealing; 15. Money Laundering; 16. Fraud in the Criminal Law; Part V: Contract; 17. Formation of Contracts; 18. Validity of Contracts; 19. Master Agreements and Common Contractual Terms and Conditions; 20. Termination of Contracts; Part VI: Property; 21. Ownership of Money and Financial Instruments; 22. Trusts; 23. Taking Security in Financial Transactions; 24. Tracing and Proprietary Claims; Part VII: Wrongs; 25. Fraud and Undue Influence; 26. Negligence and Other Liability in Tort; 27. Breach of Trust; Section 2: Specific Financial Techniques; Part VIII: Banking; 28. Fundamentals of Banking Law; 29. Banking Regulation;30. The Banker and Customer Relationship; 31. Payment Methods; 32. Lessons from the Banking Crisis of 2008; Part IX: Lending; 33. Ordinary Lending; 34. Syndicated Lending; 35. Bonds; 36. Foreign Exchange; Part X: Stakeholding; 37. The Fundamentals of UK Securities Law; 38. Prospectuses and Transparency Obligations; 39. Official Listing of Securities 1: Principles of Listing; 40. Official Listing of Securities 2: Admission and Maintenance of Listing; 41. Liability for Securities Issues; 42. Acquisitions; Part XI: Financial Derivatives & Refinancing; 43. Financial Derivatives Products; 44. Documentation of Financial Derivatives; 45. Collateralisation; 46. Termination of Financial Derivatives; 47. Securitisation; Part XII: Proprietary Finance; 48. Property Finance; 49. Mortgages; 50. Stock-Lending and #Repo# Transactions; Part XIII: Collective Investment Entities; 51. Communal Investment Models; 52. Collective Investment Schemes; 53. Friendly Societies and Unincorporated Associations; 54. Co-operatives and Credit Unions; 55. Occupational Pension Funds; 56. Insurance Regulation

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Book SynopsisIn this landmark study, a thorough audit of British compliance with international human rights standards is carried out. The book identifies 42 violations and 22 near-violationsor causes for concern.Trade Review'Vital reading for all people who want authoritative evaluation of the state of civil liberties and political rights in Britain today. The analysis is lucid, balanced and scholarly.'- Helena Kennedy QCTable of ContentsList of figures, tables and boxes, Foreword, Acknowledgements, List of abbreviations and acronyms, How to use this book, Part I Introduction, Part 2 The UK Framework for Protecting Rights, Part 3 Political Rights and Freedoms—The Audit, Part 4 The Balance Sheet, Table of cases, Bibliography and sources, Index

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Book SynopsisExamines policy design when the policy maker in imperfectly informed, focusing on cases where the regulated firm possesses better information about its technology than the regulator.Table of Contents1. Background: History and Related Literature 2. Adverse Selection 3. Auditing 4. Regulation and Moral Hazard 5. Multiperiod Models of Regulation and Information 6. Intertemporal Commitment 7. Interfirm Comparisons 8. Extensions and Future Directions

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Book SynopsisThis fully revised and updated second edition provides an indispensible guide to all those preparing to sit the National Admissions Test for Law (LNAT). Mastering the LNAT provides comprehensive guidance on both the multiple choice section and essay section of the test, as well as analysis of previous test results, details of the procedure for sitting the test and how the results are calculated and used. The book also includes five practice tests for students to work through, along with complete sets of answers and explanations and a range of sample essays and essay plans. Presented in an accessible and easy to understand format, Shepherd offers a practical, hands-on insight into what universities are looking for from candidates. It includes; an introduction to the test and the part it plays in the overall application process; guidance on preparing for the LNAT and an explanation of the ways that you can improve your approach to the test; a guide to approachinTable of Contents1. Applying to Study Law 2. The LNAT 3. Verbal Reasoning Skills 4. Essay Writing Skills 5. Practice Tests 6. Answers to Multiple Choice Questions 7. Sample Essays

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Book SynopsisInvites readers to consider today’s timeless dilemmas of law and government, social justice, and human rights, through the perspective of a text that has helped shape western society: the Hebrew Bible.Trade ReviewThis is an excellent introduction to law through biblical stories. At the same time, it is also a wonderful introduction to the Hebrew Bible through legal thinking." - Vered Karti Shemtov, Stanford University"...takes well known biblical stories and trains the attention onto their legal significance, thereby offering a fresh and fascinating way of understanding them. Barak-Erez’ deep and deft analysis challenges us to think about the legal issues as if they happened today, understand their intricacy, and reflect upon the outcome." - Pnina Lahav, Boston UniversityTable of Contents Introduction Part I: Law and Government Part II: Judges and Judging Part III: Human Rights and Social Justice Part IV: Criminal Law Part V: Private Law Part VI: Family and Inheritance Law Epilogue Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisA profound portrait of the hidden injustices that trap fathers in a cycle of punishment and debt. In the first study of its kind, sociologist Lynne Haney travels into state institutions across the country to document the experiences of the millions of fathers cycling through the criminal justice and child support systems. Prisons of Debt shows how these systems work together to create complex entanglementsrather than piling up in men's lives, these entanglements form feedback loops of disadvantage. The prisonchild support pipeline flows in both directions, deepening parents' debt and criminal justice involvement. Through moving accounts of men struggling to be fathers from behind prison walls and under the weight of support debt, Prisons of Debt exposes how the criminalization of child support undermines the most essential of familial relationships. Haney argues that these state systems can end up producing exactly the kind of parent they fear and loathe: bitter, unreliable, and cyclical fathers. Based on observations of 1,200 child support cases and interviews with 145 indebted fathers in New York, California, and Florida, Prisons of Debt reveals the actual practices of child support adjudication and enforcement alongside the lived realities of fathers trapped in those systems. The result is a rigorously documented analysis of how poor men are too often denied their rights of citizenship and of fatherhood.Trade Review"Haney shows how state bureaucracies seem to conspire against historically marginalized individuals, leaving indebted fathers beholden to the state and distanced from their children. She illustrates how systems of social exclusion and punishment operate by sharing the haunting stories of men who face the daunting task of navigating debt and a lack of gainful employment while under close surveillance by police. . . . This book uncovers structural inequalities and offers potential solutions. Highly recommended." * CHOICE *"A fantastic ethnography. . . .Lynne Haney has navigated readers through the institutional bureaucracy that leaves these fathers’ lives in shambles and bleeds into their lived experiences far beyond their incarcerations. Her intention to give voice to these fathers and center their experiences is remarkably done." * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *"Drawing on years of research in the New York, Florida, and California family court and prison systems, Haney weaves these men’s stories into a disturbing portrait of the U.S. child support enforcement regime as a modern form of debtors’ prison. The result is by far the most comprehensive and illuminating account of the interplay between child support enforcement and incarceration in the contemporary United States." * Boston Review *"Lynne Haney provides the first large-scale and rigorous accounting of the mutually reinforcing linkages between the criminal legal system and the child support system. This book is a thoughtful and careful accounting of how these two institutions influence one another to create compounding disadvantages for the vulnerable men who become entangled in these systems." * Social Forces *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: From Deadbeat to Dead Broke Part I Accumulation 1. Making Men Pay 2. The Debt of Imprisonment Part II Enforcement  3. Punishing Parents, Creating Criminals 4. The Imprisonment of Debt Part III Indebted Fatherhood 5. The Good, the Bad, and the Dead Broke 6. Cyclical Parenting Conclusion: Reforming Debt, Reimagining Fatherhood Appendix: About the Research Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of Parliament is the history of the United Kingdom itself. It has a cast of thousands. Some were ambitious, visionary and altruistic. Others were hot-headed, violent and self-serving. Few were unambiguously noble. Yet their rowdy confrontations, their campaigning zeal and their unstable alliances framed our nation.This first of two volumes takes us on a 500-year journey from Parliament''s earliest days in the thirteenth century through the turbulent years of the Wars of the Roses and the upheavals of the Civil Wars, and up to 1801, when Parliament and the United Kingdom, embracing Scotland and Ireland emerged in a modern form.Chris Bryant tells this epic tale through the lives of the myriad MPs, lords and bishops who passed through Parliament. It is the vivid, colourful biography of a cast of characters whose passions and obsessions, strengths and weaknesses laid the foundations of modern democracy.Trade ReviewThis magnificent book... Bryant is a fine historian. His understanding of political processes shines through. After this epic the next volume will be eagerly awaited -- Leo McKinstry * Express *A bravura ‘biography’ of Parliament… both charming and important… A carefully constructed and lucidly written adventure story about the institution that – like it or not – still shapes our lives -- Roy Hattersley * Telegraph *Admirably comprehensive… and written in the kind of lucid, elegant prose now rarely associated with our elected representatives * New Statesman *a fascinating study into the lives and reputations of those who, honourable or not, have sat as parliamentarians... compelling reading -- Chris Skidmore * Times Literary Supplement *This book tells the story of our greatest national institution. It is well-written, contains much truth, and a great deal of important information. It is a wonderful idea. -- Peter OborneLively... a warts-and-all account of how MPs have first survived and subsequently shaped and initiated policy * The Lady *This is a wonderful, wry view of the history of parliament "from the inside". Chris Bryant is a great myth-buster. If you ever thought that modern MPs were more corrupt or worse behaved than their predecessors, then read on. You'll find it's not quite so simple. -- Mary BeardA remarkably readable and scholarly account of the emergence of the British Parliament over its first five hundred years or so -- Ken ClarkeA wonderfully iconoclastic yet affectionate history ... Bryant tells the story with clarity and verve. -- Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church, Oxford UniversityWorthy of its venerable subject * Independent on Sunday *

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Book SynopsisA distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox legal thinkers, a startling perspective on how judges and justices decide cases.Trade ReviewPosner is unique in the world of American jurisprudence, a highly regarded U.S. appellate judge and a prolific and controversial writer on legal philosophy. Opinionated, sarcastic and argumentative as ever, Posner is happy to weigh in not only on how judges think, but how he thinks they should think. When sticking to explaining the nine intellectual approaches to judging that he identifies, and to the gap between legal academics and judges, and his well-formulated pragmatic approach to judging, Posner is insightful, accessible, often funny and a model of clarity. * Publishers Weekly *Posner's latest book, How Judges Think, is important, if only because it's Posner looking at his own profession from the inside. Two of the chapters, "Judges Are Not Law Professors" and "Is Pragmatic Adjudication Inescapable?," are worth the price of admission by themselves. The book can be read as one long screed against the jurisprudence of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and stands as a refutation to those who believe the category of conservative can lazily be applied to a mind as independent as Posner's. -- Barry Gewen * New York Times online *A prolific and brilliant writer, Posner's How Judges Think is perhaps his most illuminating work for its profound, and sometimes polemical, insights into the judicial process...Judge Posner's examination of the issues is thorough, scholarly and riveting. He has written an important book--a must read not just for lawyers, but also for anyone who wants to understand how the inscrutable, and sometimes oracular, process of judging really works. -- James D. Zirin * Forbes.com *Table of Contents* Introduction Part One: The Basic Model * Nine Theories of Judicial Behavior * The Judge as Labor-Market Participant * The Judge as Occasional Legislator * The Mind of the Legislating Judge Part Two: The Model Elaborated * The Judicial Environment: External Constraints on Judging * Altering the Environment: Tenure and Salary Issues * Judicial Method: Internal Constraints on Judging * Judges Are Not Law Professors * Is Pragmatic Adjudication Inescapable? Part Three: Justices * The Supreme Court Is a Political Court * Comprehensive Constitutional Theories * Judicial Cosmopolitanism * Conclusion * Acknowledgments * Index

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Book SynopsisWhen a young woman killed herself in the office she shared with her employer in 1920s Shanghai, the city reeled in shock. Xi Shangzhen became a symbol of the failures of the Chinese Republic as well as the broken promises of citizens’ rights, gender equality, and financial prosperity that were betokened by liberal democracy and capitalism.Trade ReviewA fascinating and thoughtful analysis of the changing mores of a turbulent but lively period—the early 1920s—in China…The Suicide of Miss Xi is brilliantly written…Some of the pressures on Miss Xi have eerie echoes in today’s China. -- Rana Mitter * The Telegraph (India) *Makes a critical contribution by bringing the economy, market, and capitalism into our understanding of May Fourth politics…[A] rich, nuanced, and engaging book, which reflects both an experienced historian’s deep thinking on modern Chinese history and a comprehensive dialogue with previous scholarship. -- Madeleine Yue Dong * Journal of Asian Studies *Compelling…A rich analysis of 1920s China and its fragile democracy…An invaluable contribution to the literature on the early Chinese republic as she masterfully weaves together an analysis of gender, legal, and economic perspectives…Remarkable in its breadth and depth, Goodman’s study is a significant addition to a growing literature on the early republican era that explores changing notions of citizenship and of the republic itself. -- Susan Fernsebner * Journal of Social History *A remarkably rich and thought-provoking microanalysis of early Republican Shanghai…Goodman challenges us to reread May Fourth lives and fault lines and to rethink the sources and challenges of democratic quests in the past and present…[A] must-read book. -- Ling Ma * Twentieth-Century China *A wonderfully evocative, beautifully written, and deeply researched account of life in 1920s Shanghai that brings together commerce, capitalism, democracy, and the new republic. We meet ambitious new women, scandalous men gambling on stock exchanges, and corrupt warlords pulling the strings of justice from behind the scenes. And throughout it all is the press, not merely as historical source, but as an active player in all that happens. -- Henrietta Harrison, author of The Man Awakened from Dreams: One Man’s Life in a North China Village, 1857–1942We will never be certain why Xi Shangzhen killed herself, but in this masterful study Goodman shows what we can learn from her death. Shanghai emerges more complicated than ever, roiled by a 1920s scandal involving office workers, feminists, civic notables, stock-market speculators, journalists, feckless judges, and military men. A flawless work of scholarship and a mesmerizing read. -- Gail Hershatter, author of Women and China’s RevolutionsIn a vivid and compelling book, Goodman uses the workplace suicide of Xi Shangzhen to plumb transforming gender ideals regarding women in the workplace and the greater public realm, the utility and societal effects of financial and commodities markets, and the integrity of the law and the courts. Deeply researched and well written, this is a significant contribution to scholarship on modern Chinese history. -- Peter J. Carroll, author of Between Heaven and Modernity: Reconstructing Suzhou, 1895–1937Through a detailed exploration of the scandalous 1922 suicide of the Shanghai female office worker Xi Shangzhen, this elegantly written book illuminates crucial facets of that strange interregnum in Chinese history when, in the absence of any effective government, a variety of experiments in civic sovereignty were put into practice. Goodman looks at commercial and civic organizations, gender, financial speculation, and a complicated legal system in piecing together the latent democratic possibilities in a space she provocatively calls ‘a public without a republic.’ -- Theodore Huters, author of Bringing the World Home: Appropriating the West in Late Qing and Early Republican ChinaThis fascinating study rewrites the history of Chinese democracy by centering it in a robust public culture of print and civic associations. Extensively researched and eloquently presented, it captures republican articulations of citizenship over thorny issues of women and money. This is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the elusive conditions of democracy under Chinese capitalism. -- Wen-hsin Yeh, author of Shanghai Splendor: A Cultural History, 1843–1949As its title indicates, this book is about the suicide of Xi Shangzhen…This forgotten event, which Bryna Goodman recovered from extensive archival research, provides a prism through which to understand urban society in Republican China during the late 1910s and early 1920s…Despite the deep engagement with existing histories and theories, Goodman manages to keep the voices of the protagonists at the center of her compelling narrative. -- Limin Teh * Nan Nü *

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Book SynopsisIn the #MeToo age, US debate over licit sex has split into two camps: one insists that consent solves the problem of sexual coercion, while the other equates sexual pleasure with the patriarchal erotics of silence and mystery. Manon Garcia rejects both positions, arguing that consent is a faulty legal threshold but essential to the joy of good sex.Trade ReviewFrom the bedroom to the classroom to the courtroom, ‘consent’ is a key term in our contemporary sexual ethics. In this timely reexamination, Manon Garcia deftly reveals the hidden complexities of consent and proposes how to reconceptualize it as a tool of liberation. -- Amia Srinivasan, author of The Right to SexA brilliant interrogation of the complexities of consent. Manon Garcia shows us that consent can be liberating—for reasons we might not have expected—in enabling good, joyful sex. A must-read. -- Kate Manne, author of Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts WomenNot since Catharine MacKinnon has a thinker so lucidly and compellingly challenged the way we think about women’s sexual oppression. Manon Garcia spells out for us what we already should have known: that our current understanding of consent is not doing the work that we need it to do and that we have the power to ameliorate it. This book is no less than a blueprint for a new feminist revolution. -- Nancy Bauer, author of How to Do Things with Pornography

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Book SynopsisA leading environmental thinker explores how people might begin to heal their fractured and contentious relationship with the land and with each other. From the coalfields of Appalachia and the tobacco fields of the Carolinas to the public lands of the West, Purdy shows how the land has always united and divided Americans.

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents• Contract Forms • Subcontract Data • The Subcontractor’s Offer • The Contractor’s Acceptance • Price List • Works Information • Site Information • Conditions of Subcontract

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Book SynopsisThis contract should be used for local and international procurement of goods under a single order or on a batch order basis and is for use with contracts which do not require sophisticated management techniques and impose only low risks on both the Purchaser and Supplier. Construction Clients' Board endorsement of NEC3 The Construction Clients' Board (formerly Public Sector Clients' Forum) recommends that public sector organisations use the NEC3 contracts when procuring construction. Standardising use of this comprehensive suite of contracts should help to deliver efficiencies across the public sector and promote behaviours in line with the principles of Achieving Excellence in Construction.Table of Contents• Contract Forms • Contract Data • The Supplier's Offer • The Purchaser's Acceptance • Price Schedule • Goods Information • Conditions of Contract

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Book SynopsisMedical confidentiality is universally recognised as a value worth protecting. However, difficulties arise when confidential medical information becomes relevant in the context of crime prevention and criminal prosecution. Should medical confidentiality be upheld where the physician holds information which is essential for the investigation of a serious crime; for establishing the truth in a criminal trial; for an accused's defence; or for the prevention of a criminal offence? And according to which criteria should such decisions be made? Based on an examination of different approaches in medical ethics and a comparison of the relevant law of France, Germany, England and Wales and the US, this book analyses how a balance of the competing interests can best be struck.Trade Review'...clearly well written and researched...' Crime Prevention and International Safety: An International Journal '...remarkable as much for the quality of its developments as the pertinence of its comparative analysis of French, German English and American legislations...this work will be valued for its didactic nature, as exemplified by the brief conclusions and syntheses that punctuate each chapter, and its pragmatic vision.' Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Gesundheitsrecht 'Well researched and clearly written, it is a thorough examination of a specific issue, and offers an excellent analysis of how best to balance the competing interests at stake.' Bulletin of Medical EthicsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction. Ethical Considerations: Main schools of medical ethics; Autonomy, privacy and confidentiality; Conflicts of interests in the context of criminal prosecution and crime prevention; Conclusion. European Law: Protection of Medical Confidentiality: European convention on human rights; European convention on human rights and biomedicine; Data protection directive 95/46/EC; European charter of fundamental rights. Disclosure in the Context of Crime Prevention and Criminal Prosecution: Criminal prosecution; Conflicting defence rights; Crime prevention; Summary. French Law: Protection of Medical Confidentiality: Medical confidentiality as a fundamental right; Protection under criminal law; Protection under private law; Professional obligation; Summary. Disclosure in the Context of Crime Prevention and Criminal Prosecution: General and absolute obligation of medical confidentiality; Obligation to give testimony; Defence rights of the physician; Effects of the patient's consent; Obligation to disclose certain information; Admissibility of the physician's testimony; Search for and seizure of medical records; Summary and conclusion. German Law: Protection of Medical Confidentiality: Medical confidentiality as a fundamental right; Protection under criminal law; Protection under contract and tort law; Professional obligation; Summary. Disclosure in the Context of Crime Prevention and Criminal Prosecution: A physician's testimony in criminal court; Crime prevention; Confidential material exempt from search and seizure; Summary and conclusion. English Law: Protection of Medical Confidentiality: Medical confidentiality as a fundamental right; Contractual obligation; Equitable duty; Statutory obligations and criminal offences; Professional obligation; Summary. Disclosure in the Context of Crime Prevention and Criminal Prosecution: State access to confidential medical information; Voluntary disclosure by the physician; Summary and conclusion. American Law: Protection of Medical Confidentiality: Constitutional privacy protection; Statutory obligations; Private law actions for breach of medical confidentiality; Professional obligation; Summary. Disclosure in the Context of Crime Prevention and Criminal Prosecution: Federal law; State law; Summary and conclusion. Comparative Conclusions: Protection of Medical Confidentiality: Constitutional protection; Scope and means of protection; Differences between common law and civil law approaches. Disclosure in the Context of Crime Prevention and Criminal Prosecution: Medical privilege in criminal courts; Defence rights; Crime prevention. Concluding Remarks; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisExploring the boundaries of the law as they existed in medieval and early modern times and as they have been perceived by historians, this volume offers a wide ranging insight into a key aspect of European society. Alongside, and inexorably linked with, the ecclesiastical establishment, the law was one of the main social bonds that shaped and directed the interactions of day-to-day life. Posing fascinating conceptual and methodological questions that challenge existing perceptions of the parameters of the law, the essays in this book look especially at the gender divide and conflicts of jurisdiction within an historical context. In addition to seeking to understand the discrete categories into which types of law and legal rules are sometimes placed, consideration is given to the traversing of boundaries, to the overlaps between jurisdictions, and between custom(s) and law(s). In so doing it shows how law has been artificially compartmentalised by historians and lawyers alike, and hoTable of ContentsContents: Introduction, Anthony Musson; Law in the landscape: criminality, outlawry and regional identity in late medieval England, W.M. Ormrod; The geographical and practical legal impact of the Peace of God in 11th century Aquitaine, Thomas Gergen; Sanctuary and penitential rebirth in the central Middle Ages, Trisha Olson; Between theology and popular practice: medieval canonists on magic and impotence, Catherine Rider; Maintenance agreements and male responsibility in late medieval England, Sara M. Butler; Crossing boundaries: attitudes to rape in late medieval England, Anthony Musson; Rethinking incest and heinous sexual crime: changing boundaries of secular and ecclesiastical jurisdiction in late medieval Sweden, Mia Korpiola; Rules for solving conflicts of law in the Middle Ages: part of the solution, part of the problem, Dirk Heirbaut; The geographical, jurisdictional and jurisprudential boundaries of English litigation in the early 17th century, Louis A. Knafla; Jurisdictional competition and the evolution of the common law: an hypothesis, Daniel Klerman; English legal history and interdisciplinary legal studies, Jonathan Rose; Index.

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Book SynopsisAntonio Giustozzi is Research Fellow at the LSE, UK and a fellow at RUSI, UK. He has written or edited eleven books including Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop, The Islamic State in Khorasan and Taliban at War as well as several articles and papers on Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria.Trade ReviewThere could not be a better time for a book on jihadism in Pakistan, and there could hardly be a more distinguished author to tackle the task. * International Affairs *For decades, academics and analysts have been pointing to a relationship between the Pakistani deep state and the militants. But an in-depth analysis on the extent and nature of this relationship was sorely missing, until now. Pakistan’s Jihadism: between deep state and global jihad fills the gap with evidence derived from interviews and previously unknown documents. It is a must-read for anyone interested in Pakistani politics, and global and regional security dynamics. * Ali Riaz, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Illinois State University, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Acronyms Introduction 1. How Pakistan’s deep state, AQ and the jihadists met 1980-2000 2. The strategies of the global jihadists in Pakistan after 2001 3. The TTP: bastard offspring of global jihad 4. The Sunni supremacists: deviant allies of AQ 5. Global jihad and the Kashmiri jihad: co-opting or being co-opted? Conclusion

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Book SynopsisDavid Boyd shows that recognition of the right to a healthy environment is not only growing, it is having a profound influence on public policy and environmental protection.Trade ReviewWhat sets this book evidently apart from all the existing publications in the field is its empirical approach…in an earlier endorsement for this book’s marketing, I declared that it ‘breaks new ground in terms of approach, content, scope, and methodology and is well worth a place on the bookshelves of anyone who takes environmental rights and governance seriously’. After this recent reassessment of the book, I can only reiterate these sentiments. -- Louis J Kotzé, Professor, North-West University, South Africa * Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, Vol. 4 No. 1 *Boyd’s book forms an indispensable and influential addition to this literature not only due to the strength and comprehensiveness of its comparative legal analysis, but also because of the important empirical questions it seeks to answer as well as raises for future research. Indeed, by conducting the first serious and systematic empirical study of the environmental implications of the right to a healthy environment, Boyd has moved this field beyond the speculative and abstract arguments typical of earlier scholarship...Boyd’s meticulous examination of the legal status of the right to a healthy environment in close to a hundred countries provides powerful evidence of its salience to legal systemsaround the world...The Environmental Rights Revolution forms an important, pioneering effort for understanding the legal influence and broader significance of the right to a healthy environment. As a result, the variety of empirical puzzles and questions that it leaves in its wake should continue to influence research in this field for many years to come. -- Sebastien Jodoin * McGill International Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Volume 8: Issue 1 *Table of ContentsPart 1: The Emergence and Evolution of a New Human Right1 Constitutions, Human Rights, and the Environment: The Context2 The Right to a Healthy Environment: Framing the Issues3 The Prevalence and Enforceability of Environmental Provisions in National Constitutions4 The Influence of International LawPart 2: The Constitutional Right to a Healthy Environment in Practice5 A Framework for Assessing the Legal Influence of the Right to a Healthy Environment6 Latin America and the Caribbean7 Africa8 Asia9 Eastern Europe10 Western EuropePart 3: Evaluating the Impacts of Environmental Provisions in Constitutions11 Lessons Learned: Practical Experiences with the Right to a Healthy Environment12 Do Environmental Provisions in Constitutions Influence Environmental Performance?13 An Idea Whose Time Has ComeAppendicesAppendix 1. Research MethodsAppendix 2. Online Database: All Current Environmental Provisions from National ConstitutionsNotesReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe paradigm of family has shifted rapidly and dramatically, from nuclear unit to diverse constellations of intimacy. At the same time, some norms resist change, such as women's continuing role as primary care providers despite their increased uptake of paid work. This tension between transformation and stasis in family arrangements has an impact on economic, emotional, and legal aspects of daily life.House Rules critically explores the intertwining of norms and laws that govern familial relationships. The authors in this incisive collection engage with four countries Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan and expose the ingrained and unsettled norms that affect families and the law's role in regulating them. Over recent decades, the law has struggled to adjust to transformations in what typifies the structures and practices of family life. House Rules provides tools to analyze those difficulties and, ultimately, to design laws toTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction / Erez Aloni and Régine TremblayPart 1: Locating Norms1 The Private Lives of High-Wealth Families / Allison Anna Tait2 Identity Choices at the Intersections: The Inequality of Cross-Border Motherhood and What to Do about It / Chao-ju ChenPart 2: Law’s Norms3 Family Law as Expression: Financial Relief in the English Courts / Alison Diduck4 The Complex Interrelationships of Financial and Child-Related Issues in Post-separation Disputes: Gender Matters / Rachel TreloarPart 3: Norms’ Stickiness5 Familial Ideology, Privatization, and Care Arrangements for Children in the Family Law and Child Protection Systems / Wanda Wiegers6 Family, Gender, and the Public/Private Divide in the United Kingdom’s Human Rights Act 1998 / Nicola BarkerPart 4: Measuring Norms7 One Myth Leads to Another: From Ignorance of the Laws to the Presumption of Informed Choice among de Facto Spouses / Hélène Belleau8 “WAR” and Other Reasons People Move In Together: Analyzing Cohabitating Relationship Progressions in British Columbia / Erez Aloni and Adam Vanzella-YangPart 5: Reforming Norms9 Measuring Success of (Family) Law Reforms / Julianna Ivanyi and Régine Tremblay10 Abolishing Family Law (as We Know It) / Brenda CossmanIndex

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Book SynopsisThe fourth edition of A Practitionerâs Guide to Probate and the Administration of Estates is a practical and comprehensive guide to all forms of non-contentious probate applications, completion of Inheritance Tax Accounts and the administration of estates.Trade Review"...well-written and authoritative... The authors have clearly accumulated vast personal experience... It is difficult to imagine a probate issue that could not be referred to in this comprehensive guide." From the review in STEP Journal.Table of ContentsPreface Table of Cases Table of Statutes Table of Statutory Instruments Table of Conventions 1 Making a Start 2 Assets and Liabilities: Initial Enquiries 3 Inheritance Tax Reliefs and Allowances 4 Inheritance Tax Accounts 5 Questions Concerning Wills and Codicils 6 Intestacy 7 Caveats 8 Citations 9 Renunciations 10 Discretionary Orders 11 Trust Corporations 12 Applications for Grants 13 Scottish, Northern Irish and Colonial Grants 14 Applications on Summons 15 Collecting in the Assets 16 Powers and Duties of the Personal Representatives 17 Paying the Debts of the Estate 18 Paying the Legacies 19 Distribution of the Residue 20 Finalising Liability to Inheritance Tax 21 Taxation During the Administration 22 Completing the Administration 23 Claims By and Against the Estate 24 Liabilities of the Personal Representatives 25 Variations, Disclaimers and Other Opportunities 26 Notation, Amendment and Revocation of Grants 27 Searches and Copies Appendices A Checklist of Information and Documents B Useful Addresses C Specimen Forms Affidavits C1 Affidavit of condition of will or of alterations to will C2 Affidavit of Search for Will C3 Affidavit of handwriting C4 Affidavit of due execution C5 Affidavit of executor’s identity C6 Affidavit of alias C7 Affidavit in support of application for leave to swear death

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents some of the challenges that exist in achieving sufficient access to justice for vulnerable people, primarily in criminal and family proceedings and provides international comparisons of best practice.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword -The Hon. Ms Justice Alison Russell Contributors Introduction -The Rt Hon. Lady Justice Dorrian, Lord Justice Clerk 1. ‘Moving at a pace’: Towards a new approach to vulnerability in courts and tribunals? -Professor Penny Cooper 2. Cartesian perfection: The route out of failure - The Rt Hon. Sir John Gillen 3. Bringing the court closer to the person with disability: Judicial exemption from the Equality Act and interference with reasonable adjustments for litigants with physical disabilities - Dr. Anton van Dellen 4. Judges and lawyers: Getting it wrong about the disabled for all these years - John Horan 5. Challenges in defining and identifying a suspect’s vulnerability in criminal proceedings: What’s in a name and who’s to blame? - Lore Mergaerts, Prof. dr. Dirk Van Daele, Prof. dr. Geert Vervaeke 6. Caught by language: The language competence of young offendersand the implications for the (Dutch) youth justice system - Mr. Mw. K.G.M. van Dijk – Fleetwood-Bird 7. Justice denied? The experience of unrepresented defendants in the criminal courts - Penelope Gibbs 8. Anunga 40 years on – Rights remain limited for Indigenous suspects in the Northern Territory of Australia - Felicity Gerry QC and David Woodroffe 9. The effects of intersectionality: Women with learning disabilities, difficulties and autism in the criminal justice system - Dr. Hugh Asher 10. The importance of identifying vulnerable females and males with autism in the prison environment - Dr. Clare S. Allely, Dr. Toni Wood, & Christopher Gillberg 11. Confusion and communication in deaf cases: Towards a model of best practice - Dr. Sue O’Rourke, Chantelle de la Croix, Noel Traynor and Robert Grieve 12. Trauma and victim participation in the criminal process - Professor Louise Ellison and Professor Vanessa E Munro 13. The pre-trial Position of vulnerable victims of crime In Ireland - Dr. Alan Cusack 14. Balancing accessibility and authority: Towards an integrated approach to vulnerability in the criminal courts - Dr. Jessica Jacobson 15. Advocating PEACE: Will it make people cross? - Professor Ray Bull and Dr. Andy Griffiths Postscript - Linda Hunting

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Book SynopsisRevised and fully updated, the fifth edition of A Practitionerâs Guide to Wills provides a practical and comprehensive reference for all those concerned in drafting and interpreting wills, and in giving effect to their provisions.Table of ContentsPreface Table of Precedents Table of Cases Table of Statutes Table of Statutory Instruments Table of Conventions 1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE NATURE OF A WILL 2.1 Definition 2.2 A will distinguished from other concepts 2.3 Contracts to make a will 2.4 Joint and mutual wills 2.5 Property which can validly be disposed of by will 3 TESTAMENTARY CAPACITY 3.1 Changes in capacity 3.2 Minors 3.3 Persons who lack capacity 3.4 Intention 3.5 Knowledge and approval 3.6 Mistake 3.7 Force, fear, fraud or undue influence 4 FORMAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CREATION OF A WILL 4.1 General 4.2 Writing 4.3 Signature 4.4 Attestation 4.5 Capacity of witnesses 4.6 Privileged wills 4.7 Incorporation of unattested documents 5 BENEFICIARIES 5.1 General 5.2 Gift to a beneficiary who predeceases the testator 5.3 Unlawful killing 5.4 Gifts for the upkeep and maintenance of graves 5.5 Gifts for animals 5.6 Gifts to societies and clubs 5.7 Gifts to charities 6 BENEFICIARIES IDENTIFIED BY DESCRIPTION OR RELATIONSHIP 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Relationship by blood and affinity 6.3 Gender-specific drafting 6.4 Illegitimacy and adoption 6.5 Children 6.6 Descendants 6.7 Step-children 6.8 Issue 6.9 Survivors 6.10 Spouses and civil partners 6.11 Next of kin 6.12 Heir 6.13 Holders of an office 6.14 Precatory words 6.15 Secret trusts 7 REVOCATION AND ALTERATION 7.1 Revocation 7.2 Divorce and revocation 7.3 Revocation by a privileged testator 7.4 Conditional revocation 7.5 Alteration 8 CODICILS, REVIVAL AND REPUBLICATION 8.1 Codicils 8.2 Revival 8.3 Republication or confirmation 9 EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEES 9.1 Appointment of executors 9.2 Who can be an executor? 9.3 Renunciation 9.4 Appointment of trustees 9.5 Guardians 10 THE DISPOSAL OF THE BODY 10.1 Directions as to disposal 10.2 Anatomical research and organ transplantation 11 FOREIGN PROPERTY OR DOMICILE 11.1 General 11.2 The concept of domicile 11.3 Movables 11.4 Immovables 11.5 Powers of appointment exercised by will 11.6 EU Regulation 650/2012 12 LEGACIES 12.1 Specific Legacies 12.2 General Legacies 12.3 Demonstrative legacies 12.4 Gifts to a debtor 12.5 Gifts to an executor 12.6 Gifts to employees 12.7 Gifts of undivided shares of personalty 13 GIFTS OF BUSINESSES 13.1 Business property relief 13.2 Succession planning 14 GIFTS OF LAND 14.1 General 14.2 Gifts to minors 14.3 Directions as to inheritance tax 14.4 Impact of the residence nil rate band 14.5 Gifts of undivided shares and clauses dealing with joint property 14.6 Right to occupy a personal residence 14.7 Gifts of testamentary options 14.8 Gifts of leaseholds 15 CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO GIFTS 15.1 Conditions precedent and subsequent 15.2 General 15.3 Effect of invalidity 15.4 Determinable Interests 16 PILOT TRUSTS 16.1 Background 16.2 Traditional pilot trust planning before the 2015 changes 16.3 The new rules introduced by the Finance (No 2) Act 2015 16.4 Additional points on the new rules 16.5 Is there any place for future pilot trusts planning? 16.6 Non-related settlements 17 GIFTS OF RESIDUE 17.1 General 17.2 The necessity for a trust 17.3 Trust for sale or power to sell 17.4 Different persons as executors and trustees 17.5 Trusts of fractional shares of residue 17.6 Providing for spouses and civil partners 17.7 Burden of inheritance tax 17.8 Survivorship clauses 17.9 Substitutional gifts 18 POWERS AND DISCRETIONARY TRUSTS 18.1 Nature and classification of powers 18.2 Wills Act 1837, section 27 18.3 Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009 18.4 Delegation of powers 18.5 Consent to exercise power 18.6 Release of powers 18.7 Fraudulent appointments 18.8 Discretionary trusts 18.9 Nil rate band discretionary trusts 18.10 Trusts for the disabled 18.11 Protective trusts 19 INCOME AND INTEREST 19.1 Immediate specific gifts and devises 19.2 Contingent or deferred specific gifts 19.3 General and demonstrative gifts 19.4 Residuary gifts 20 ABATEMENT, ADEMPTION, ELECTION, SATISFACTION AND CONVERSION 20.1 Abatement 20.2 Refunds 20.3 Ademption 20.4 Options to purchase and ademption 20.5 Republication and ademption 20.6 Election 20.7 Satisfaction 20.8 Conversion 21 TESTAMENTARY OPTIONS TO PURCHASE 21.1 Introduction 21.2 Terms 22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 22.1 Introduction 22.2 Appropriation of assets 22.3 Power to act though personally interested and to purchase trust property (‘self-dealing’) 22.4 Retention of directors’ remuneration 22.5 Power to act by majority 22.6 Power to employ agents 22.7 Appointment of new trustees 22.8 Power to act on counsel’s opinion 22.9 Indemnity clauses 22.10 Charging clauses 22.11 Power to invest 22.12 ‘Anti-Bartlett’ clauses 22.13 Power to acquire land 22.14 Powers to manage land 22.15 Insurance 22.16 Debts 22.17 Power to carry on a business 22.18 Power to borrow 22.19 Powers in relation to particular beneficiaries 22.20 Power to advance capital 23 PERPETUITIES AND ACCUMULATION 23.1 The general perpetuity rule 23.2 The rule against vesting outside the perpetuity period 23.3 The rule against perpetual trusts 23.4 The rule against accumulations 24 CONSTRUCTION 24.1 General principles 24.2 The modern approach to construction 24.3 Presumptions 24.4 Admissibility of extrinsic evidence 24.5 Rectification 24.6 Date from which a will ‘speaks’ 24.7 The falsa demonstratio doctrine 24.8 Construing the same words in different parts of the same will 24.9 Meaning of particular words of description 24.10 Per capita and per stirpes distribution 24.11 Children born as a result of fertilisation techniques 24.12 Surrogacy arrangements 24.13 Class gifts 24.14 Absolute interests made subject to restrictions 24.15 Gifts to legatees and their children 24.16 Gifts to legatees and their issue 24.17 Gifts to benefit legatees 24.18 Gifts over 24.19 Contingencies relating to gifts over on death 24.20 Divesting 24.21 Failure of issue 25 FAILURE OF GIFTS AND INTESTACY 25.1 Uncertainty 25.2 Disclaimer 25.3 Forfeiture on contesting a will 25.4 The effect of failure 25.5 Acceleration of a subsequent interest 25.6 Intestacy 25.7 Accruer clauses 26 FAMILY PROVISION 26.1 Introduction 26.2 Time limit for applications 26.3 Those who can apply 26.4 Reasonable financial provision 26.5 The guidelines 26.6 Property available for financial provision 26.7 Orders which the court may make 26.8 Interim payments 26.9 Anti-avoidance 26.10 Tax implications 26.11 Minimising the chances of a successful claim 27 INHERITANCE TAX 27.1 The charge to tax 27.2 Transfers of value 27.3 Value transferred 27.4 Transfers which are not transfers of value 27.5 Chargeable transfers 27.6 Excluded property 27.7 Exemptions and reliefs 27.8 The transferable nil rate band 27.9 The residence nil rate band 27.10 Reservation of benefit 27.11 The reduced rate for charitable giving 27.12 General tax planning 27.13 Post-death variations 28 CAPITAL GAINS TAX 28.1 Introduction 28.2 Rates of tax 28.3 Disposal of assets 28.4 Effect of death 28.5 Exemptions and reliefs 28.6 Accelerated payment of tax 28.7 Rearranging succession provisions after death 28.8 Basic tax planning 29 SETTLEMENTS 29.1 Liability to inheritance tax 29.2 Liability to capital gains tax 29.3 Inheritance Tax Act 1984, section 144: appointments from trusts within 2 years of death 29.4 The need to register settlements 30 TAX-EFFICIENT WILL PLANNING 30.1 Introduction 30.2 Estate planning options 30.3 Problems with using the residence nil rate band APPENDICES A1 COMPLETE WILLS AND MISCELLANEOUS PRECEDENTS A1A Standard will: full form (long) A1B Mutual wills A1C Will disposing of a business A1D Will of widow(er) exercising power of appointment given by will of pre-deceased spouse or civil partner A1E Will giving nil rate band legacy to discretionary trust A1F Simple will giving all property to another of full age absolutely A1G Codicil made on separation from spouse or civil partner prior to divorce or annulment A1H Will providing for discretionary trust of income during perpetuity period with division of capital at the end of period between surviving beneficiaries A1I Letter of wishes to trustees A1J Deed of variation to sever beneficial joint tenancy and create nil rate band legacy A1K Deed of variation of a will A2 NIL RATE BAND DISCRETIONARY TRUSTS WITH DEBT/CHARGE PROVISIONS A2A Explanatory note A2B Additional clauses for a will containing a nil rate band discretionary trust which is to include debt/ charge provisions A2C Debt scheme: draft letter from the executors to the trustees of the legacy fund (when a charge is being imposed by the executors) A2D Debt scheme: securing the debt A3 TEMPORARY CHANGES TO WILLS ACT 1837, SECTION 9 TO ALLOW REMOTE WITNESSING A3.1 The position in April 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown A3.2 The amending legislation A3.3 The procedure for remote witnessing A3.4 Possible attestation clause where both witnesses are witnessing remotely A3.5 Problems Index

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Book SynopsisThe third edition of Personal Insolvency Practice is a comprehensive starting point for all practitioners, whether solicitors or barristers. Up-to-date and practical, this book provides an easy to follow, âhow to do itâ guide for all the common court applications in personal insolvency.Table of ContentsForeword to the Third Edition Table of Cases Table of Statutes Table of Statutory Instruments Table of Practice Directions and Practice Notes Table of International Material Table of Forms and Guides 1 STATUTORY DEMAND Objective Statutory form Service Evidence Notes Key materials Section 268 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 10.1–10.3 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 1.1 Creditor’s statutory demand 1.2 Certificate of personal service 2 APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE A STATUTORY DEMAND Objective Application Court fees Time limit Evidence Key materials Rules 10.4 and 10.5 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedent 2.1 Application to set aside a statutory demand 3 CREDITOR’S BANKRUPTCY PETITION Objective Expediting the petition and the hearing Petition Evidence Court fees Service Hearing Withdrawal or dismissal Key materials Sections 264–271 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 10.6–10.17, 10.20–10.26 and 10.30 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 3.1 Bankruptcy petition 3.2 Witness statement verifying the bankruptcy petition 3.3 List of appearances 3.4 Certificate of continuing debt 4 RESPONDING TO A CREDITOR’S PETITION: NOTICE TO ATTEND AT THE HEARING OF A PETITION Objective Notice of intention to appear Court fees Service Key materials Rules 10.17–10.19, 10.27 and 10.29–10.30 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 4.1 Notice by debtor of intention to oppose bankruptcy petition 4.2 Witness statement in opposition to the petition for bankruptcy 5 RESPONDING TO A PETITION: APPLICATION FOR A VALIDATION ORDER Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service Key materials Section 284 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Paragraph 14.8 of the CPR Practice Direction – Insolvency Proceedings Precedents 5.1 Ordinary application for a validation order pursuant to section 284 of the Insolvency Act 1986 5.2 Draft validation order 5.3 Debtor’s witness statement in support of an application for a validation order 5.4 Accountant’s witness statement in support of an application for a validation order 6 APPLICATION TO ANNUL A BANKRUPTCY ORDER Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service Report by trustee Applicant’s claim that remuneration is or expenses are excessive Hearing Key materials Sections 261 and 282 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 10.132–10.141 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 6.1 Application for annulment under section 282(1)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 6.2 Draft order for annulment under section 282(1)(b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 6.3 Witness statement in support of an application for annulment under section 282(1)(b) of the Insolvency Act 198 7 APPLICATION TO RESCIND A BANKRUPTCY ORDER Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service Key materials Section 375 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Precedents 7.1 Application for rescission under section 375 of the Insolvency Act 1986 7.2 Draft order for rescission under section 375 of the Insolvency Act 1986 7.3 Witness statement in support of an application for rescission under section 375 of the Insolvency Act 1986 8 APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO ACT AS A DIRECTOR OF A COMPANY NOTWITHSTANDING BANKRUPTCY Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service Official Receiver’s report Hearing Key materials Section 11 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 Rules 9.25–9.27 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 8.1 Application for permission under section 11 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 8.2 Draft order for permission under section 11 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 8.3 Witness statement in support of an application for permission under section 11 of the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 9 APPLICATION FOR DIRECTIONS BY A TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service First hearing Key materials Section 303(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986 Precedents 9.1 Ordinary application for directions by the trustee in bankruptcy 9.2 Witness statement in support of an application for directions 9.3 Order on the trustee’s application for directions 10 APPLICATION TO APPOINT AN INTERIM RECEIVER Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service Hearing Key materials Section 286 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 10.49–10.54 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 10.1 Application for the appointment of an interim receiver 10.2 Witness statement in support of an application for an interim receiver 10.3 Draft order appointing an interim receiver 11 APPLICATION FOR COMPENSATION AGAINST A TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service First hearing Key materials Section 304 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Precedents 11.1 Application for compensation against a trustee in bankruptcy 11.2 Witness statement in support of an application for compensation against a trustee in bankruptcy 11.3 Declaration that there has been a breach of duty by a trustee in bankruptcy 12 APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER FOR THE SALE OF THE BANKRUPT’S HOME Objective Application Court fees Evidence First hearing Service Key materials Sections 283A, 313A, 335A, 336, 337 and 338 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 10.121–10.124 and 10.167–10.170 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 12.1 Application for a declaration of interest and order for sale of the bankrupt’s matrimonial home 12.2 Witness statement in support of an application for a declaration of interest in and order for sale of the bankrupt’s matrimonial home 12.3 Declaration of interest and order for sale of the bankrupt’s matrimonial home 13 APPLICATION FOR AN INTERIM ORDER IN SUPPORT OF AN INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service Steps following the making of an interim order Further directions Key materials Sections 252–256 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 8.8–8.18 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 13.1 Ordinary application for an interim order 13.2 Witness statement in support of an application for an interim order 13.3 Interim order of court under section 252 of the Insolvency Act 1986 14 APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO ENFORCE SECURITY OR SEEK POSSESSION DESPITE AN INTERIM ORDER Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service Key materials Section 254 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Precedents 14.1 Ordinary application for permission to enforce security despite an interim order 14.2 Witness statement in support of an application for permission to enforce security despite an interim order 14.3 Order for permission to enforce security despite an interim order 15 APPLICATION TO CHALLENGE DECISIONS MADE BY A MEETING FOR AN INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTARY ARRANGEMENT Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service Key materials Sections 262–262B of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 8.22–8.24 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 15.1 Application for an order revoking a decision made by the creditors’ meeting in an individual voluntary arrangement 15.2 Witness statement in support of an application for an order revoking a decision made by the creditors’ meeting in an individual voluntary arrangement 15.3 Draft order revoking a decision made by the creditors’ meeting in an individual voluntary arrangement 16 APPLICATION TO CHALLENGE DECISIONS IN RESPECT OF A DEBT RELIEF ORDER Overview Application Court fees Evidence Service Key materials Sections 251M and 251X of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 9.14 and 9.21–9.22 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 16.1 Ordinary application for an order revoking a debt relief order 16.2 Witness statement in support of an application for an order revoking a debt relief order 16.3 Draft order revoking a debt relief order 17 APPLICATION FOR AN INCOME PAYMENT ORDER Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service Key materials Sections 310–310A of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 10.109–10.114 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 17.1 Application for an income payment order pursuant to section 310 of the Insolvency Act 1986 17.2 Witness statement in support of an application for an income payment order 17.3 Income payment order 18 APPLICATION FOR A PRIVATE EXAMINATION Objective Application Court fees Service Witness statement First hearing Return date Warrant for arrest Key materials Sections 366–369 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Rules 12.17–12.22 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Precedents 18.1 Letter requesting documents before an application is made for a private examination 18.2 Application for a private examination 18.3 Witness statement in support of an application for a private examination 18.4 Order for private examination 18.5 Warrant for the arrest of the examinee on his failure to attend a private examination 19 APPLICATION FOR A DECLARATION THAT A TRANSACTION IS INVALIDATED BY VIRTUE OF SECTION 284 OF THE INSOLVENCY ACT 1986 Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service First hearing Key materials Section 284 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Precedents 19.1 Application for a declaration of invalidity of a transfer pursuant to section 284 of the Insolvency Act 1986 19.2 Witness statement for a declaration that the transaction is invalidated by section 284 of the Insolvency Act 1986 19.3 Declaration that a transaction is invalidated pursuant to section 284 of the Insolvency Act 1986 20 APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE A TRANSACTION AT AN UNDERVALUE Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service First hearing Key materials Sections 339, 341–342 and 435 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Precedents 20.1 Application for a declaration that a payment is a transaction at an undervalue pursuant to section 339 of the Insolvency Act 1986 20.2 Witness statement to set aside a transaction at an undervalue pursuant to section 339 of the Insolvency Act 1986 20.3 Declaration that a payment is a transaction at an undervalue pursuant to section 339 of the Insolvency Act 1986 21 APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE A PREFERENCE Objective Application Court fees Evidence Service First hearing Key materials Sections 340–342 and 435 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Precedents 21.1 Application for a declaration of a preference pursuant to section 340 of the Insolvency Act 1986 21.2 Witness statement for a declaration of a preference pursuant to section 340 of the Insolvency Act 1986 21.3 Declaration of a preference pursuant to section 340 of the Insolvency Act 1986 22 APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE A TRANSACTION DEFRAUDING CREDITORS Objective Claim Court fees Evidence Key materials Sections 423–425 of the Insolvency Act 1986 Precedents 22.1 Claim for a declaration that a payment is a transaction defrauding creditors pursuant to section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 22.2 Particulars of claim in support of a claim to set aside a fraudulent transaction pursuant to section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 22.3 Witness statement to set aside a fraudulent transaction pursuant to section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 22.4 Declaration that a payment is a transaction defrauding creditors pursuant to section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 23 APPEAL Objective Appeal notice Court fees Service Respondent’s notice Appeal bundle Time limits Key materials Part Four of the CPR Practice Direction – Insolvency Proceedings Rules 12.58 and 12.61 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Schedule 10 to the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 24 TOOLKIT Issuing proceedings in the Royal Courts of Justice Courts Electronic Filing – CE-File County court or High Court? Insolvency and Companies Court judge or High Court judge? Urgent applications Evidence Bundles Time estimates Skeleton arguments Useful email addresses The Royal Courts of Justice The County Court at Central London Court dress Court fees Key materials Rules 1.5, 1.6, 1.35, 10.11 and 12.5 of the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Schedule 4 to the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Schedule 5 to the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Schedule 6 to the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 Parts One and Three of the CPR Practice Direction – Insolvency Proceedings Precedents 24.1 Blank application form 24.2 Certificate of urgency 24.3 Bankruptcy petition on default of a voluntary arrangement 24.4 Creditor’s bankruptcy petition on failure to comply with a statutory demand for a liquidated sum payable at a future date 24.5 Creditor’s bankruptcy petition on failure to comply with a statutory demand for a liquidated sum payable immediately 24.6 Creditor’s bankruptcy petition where execution or other process on a judgment has been returned in whole or part 24.7 Debtor’s notice of opposition 24.8 List of appearances 24.9 Notice of persons intending to appear 24.10 Statutory demand under section 268(1)(a) of the Insolvency Act 1986. Debt for liquidated sum payable immediately following a judgment or order of the court 24.11 Statutory demand for a liquidated sum 24.12 Statutory demand for a debt payable at a future date 24.13 Listing certificate for a non-attendance pre trial review Index

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Book Synopsis A triumph of accessible science writing. - Lee Schofield An intriguing book. The hedgehog has found its champion. - Tristan Gooley Jaunty, scholarly, wise. - Charles Foster Any project that highlights the plight of hedgehogs is invaluable. - Tim Rice In poll after poll hedgehogs come out top as Britain''s favourite mammal. And yet their numbers are estimated to have halved in less than twenty years. Why? Who or what is responsible for the disappearance of so many thousands of hedgehogs in recent decades? Is it the car driver, the badger, the farmer, the gardener ..? Tom Moorhouse sets out to investigate the evidence, and in seeking to discover the cause of this loss and how we save the species he uncovers a story full of twists, turns and uncomfortable truths about the trade-offs that exist between humans and wildlife.And then thankfully he provides solutions. A final chapter, complete with contributiTrade ReviewFor those with an interest in endangered species, Tom Moorhouse's Ghosts in the Hedgerow: A Hedgehog Whoddunit is a caring, amiable guide to who (and what) is responsible for the worrying decline ofI this cute mammal. -- Martin Chilton * Independent *Tom Moorhouse is brilliant at weaving complex ecological ideas into an easily accessible and very entertaining form - Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a delight. -- Hugh Warwick, ecologist and author of A Prickly AffairHedgehogs have been with us for millions of years, but they seem to be getting less abundant. How do we know, and why is it happening? These are important questions, easy to ask but very difficult to answer. That's partly because the issues are complex, research scanty and hedgehogs are surprisingly difficult to study properly. Tom has written a thorough, but very readable assessment of the challenges posed by the 20th century and what we can do to help the hapless 'Hedgie'. -- Pat Morris, author, and president of the British Hedgehogs Preservation SocietyA wonderfully entertaining and intriguing book. The hedgehog has found its champion. -- Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs and How to Read WaterJaunty, scholarly, hugely entertaining, wise, deadly serious and downright fun ... A triumph. -- Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild, Being a Human and A Little Brown Sea

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Book SynopsisThe articles in this volume deal with subjects which have received relatively little attention from students of the Byzantine empire. The studies are concerned with aspects of the law, both civil and canon, and with the kinship ties formed through godparenthood, adoption and marriage by the emperor and his subjects, the considerations which contributed to their creation and the significance of these ties for those who contracted them. The common theme linking the studies on kinship and justice is an interest in determining how the law worked. Using legal commentaries, notarial formulae, court case transcripts and literary sources, the author attempts to reveal contemporary practices in court procedure, in crime detection and punishment, in legal teaching and argumentation. The studies examine technical aspects of the law such as its promulgation and dissemination, and the interaction of civil and canon law, but also the wider influence of the law on literary culture.Table of ContentsContents: The Byzantine godfather; Kinship by arrangement: the case of adoption; Substitute parents and their children in Byzantium; Dynastic marriages and political kinship; Dowry and inheritance in the late period: some cases from the Patriarchal register; Nomos and kanon on paper and in court; Perception of the past in the twelfth-century canonists; The competent court; Justice under Manuel I Komnenos: four novels on court business and murder; Killing, asylum and the law in Byzantium; Poetic justice in the Patriarchate: murder and cannibalism in the provinces; Bad historian or good lawyer? Demetrios Chomatenos and Novel 131; Index of Greek terms; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe essays in this volume constitute a series of investigations into the limitations on thought and power as conceived by thinkers in the medieval West and they draw on material ranging from law to literature. The author deals with limits on the human desire for knowledge, the passion with which knowledge could legitimately be pursued, and the propriety of the knowledge sought, as well as the limits that might be tolerable and tolerated in the case of royal incapacity or misbehaviour. One particular focus is the work of Dante Alighieri, and these ideas are traced across a wide range of his thought. Chronologically the essays run from Augustine and the Gnostics through to Shakespeare.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; The Vices and Virtues of Curiosity: What was God doing before He created the Heavens and the Earth?; Aenigma Salomonis: Manichaean anti-Genesis polemic and the vitium curiositatis in Confessions III.6; Transgressing the limits set by the Fathers: authority and impious exegesis in medieval thought; Libertas inquirendi and the vitium curiositatis in medieval thought; Rex curiosus: a preface to Prospero; Useless Kings and Irregular Statebuilding: Roi fainéant: the origins of an historian's commonplace; Rex inutilis: Sancho II of Portugal and 13th-century deposition theory; Non legitur in historia Francorum: Stephen of Tournai, the last Merovingians, and the Capetian dynasty; Henry II of Cyprus, rex inutilis: a footnote to Decameron I.9; Limits of Thought and Power in the World of Dante: The failure of the Church and Empire: Paradiso, 30; I principi negligenti di Dante e la concezione medioevale del rex inutilis; Pars, parte: Dante and an urban contribution to political thought; The frowning pages: Scythians, Garamantes, Florentines, and the two laws; Human diversity and civil society in Paradiso, VIII; The shadowy, violent perimeter: Dante enters Florentine political life; The voyage of Ulysses and the wisdom of Solomon: Dante and the vitium curiositatis; Index.

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