Systems of law Books

Book SynopsisCeltic Ireland was a land of tribes and warriors; but a sophisticated & enlightened legal system was widely accepted. The brehons were the keepers of these laws, which dealt with every aspect of life: land disputes; theft or violence; marriage & divorce; the care of trees & animals.

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Book SynopsisA year in the life of an inner-city magistrate - shining a light on their hitherto arcane world, the cases they deal with, and the issues and dilemmas of courtroom life.

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Book SynopsisFinancial Times Best Books of 2023 in EconomicsThe global battle among the three dominant digital powersthe United States, China, and the European Unionis intensifying. All three regimes are racing to regulate tech companies, with each advancing a competing vision for the digital economy while attempting to expand its sphere of influence in the digital world. In Digital Empires, her provocative follow-up to The Brussels Effect, Anu Bradford explores a rivalry that will shape the world in the decades to come.Across the globe, people dependent on digital technologies have become increasingly alarmed that their rapid adoption and transformation have ushered in an exceedingly concentrated economy where a few powerful companies control vast economic wealth and political power, undermine data privacy, and widen the gap between economic winners and losers. In response, world leaders are variously embracing the idea of reining in the most dominant tech companies. Bradford examines three competTrade ReviewAnu Bradford provides a holistic and balanced view of the three competing regulatory systems at the intersection of technology and society. Digital Empires is a must read for anyone seeking to understand what's at stake in developing a practical regulatory framework that serves the needs of people everywhere. * Brad Smith, Vice Chair and President of Microsoft *Anu Bradford's Digital Empires is an essential read for anyone who wants to understand the regulatory choices confronting governments that seek to reign in big tech. The US, China and Europe have chosen different paths, and Bradford carefully breaks down the legal and political contexts of each. Bradford's voice is clear and reasonable and this book is a tour de force. * Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel laureate 2001 in economics *It is easy to forget that the future of the big tech is not just the question of what Europe, China or the U.S. will do, but how it all comes together. Anu Bradford offers the single best approach to understanding these interactions to make sense of an otherwise bewildering present and future. * Tim Wu, Special Assistant to President Biden for Technology and Competition Policy, 2021-2023 *This is the definitive account of the fierce and hugely important fight within and among "digital empires" - the United States, China, and the European Union - over the shape of our digital lives. Among its important conclusions are that the European rights-driven regulatory model, rather than the American market-driven model, is best poised to unite the democratic west and challenge China's growing control in the digital realm. * Jack Goldsmith, Learned Hand Professor of Law, Harvard Law School *Digital Empires is essential reading for all policymakers wanting to understand the drivers and implications of conflicts that threaten the global nature of the digital economy. Bradford offers a nuanced and highly compelling account of a digital world between decoupling and continuing globalization. * Pascal Lamy, Director general of the WTO, 2005-2013 *Digital Empires describes the coming race between the US, China, and the EU to impose their regulatory models and set the norms that govern the global digital order. The outcome of this struggle will shape the geopolitical map in unimaginable ways. A thoroughly researched, extremely readable, and perfectly timed work. * Ian Bremmer, President of the Eurasia Group and author of The Power of Crisis *Stimulating. * Nature *Comprehensive and insightful. * The New Yorker *Thoroughly researched. * Financial Times *Digital Empires The Global Battle to Regulate Technology is Anu Bradford's latest insightful, thought-provoking, and nuanced critical analysis of the leading digital world-wide powers. * Lola Montero Santos, PhD researcher at the European University Institute *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I: DIGITAL EMPIRES Chapter 1: The American Market-Driven Regulatory Model Chapter 2: The Chinese State-Driven Regulatory Model Chapter 3: The European Rights-Driven Regulatory Model PART II: IMPERIAL RIVALRIES Chapter 4: Between Freedom and Control: Navigating Competing Regulatory Models Chapter 5: The Battle for Technological Supremacy: The US-China Tech War Chapter 6: When Rights, Markets, and Security Collide: The US-EU Regulatory Battles PART III: THE EXPANSION OF EMPIRES Chapter 7: The Waning Global Influence of American Techno-Libertarianism Chapter 8: Exporting China's Digital Authoritarianism through Infrastructure Chapter 9: Globalizing European Digital Rights through Regulatory Power Conclusion Notes Index

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Book Synopsisaeo This is Habermasa s long--awaited work on law and democracy. aeo It develops a distinctive account of the nature of law and an original concept of democracy. aeo As one of Habermasa s most important works, it will be recognized as a major contribution to current debates in social theory, political theory, and philosophy.Trade Review'Rich, important ... proceeding through the magisterial scrutiny of theoretical approaches in law, sociology, philosophy and politics, it offers plenty for students of these disciplines to chew on.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'A significant development of his theory ... Rehg's translation of Between Facts and Norms is clear and precise and his Introduction helpful.' British Journal of Sociology 'In Between Facts and Norms, Habermas offers an inspiring and intellectually stimulating diagnosis of the predicament of modern law ... his contribution will undoubtedly have a lasting influence on this crucially important debate.' Democratization 'For at least a generation Jurgen Habermas's work has made a significant impact on a variety of important debates in philosophy and the social sciences. Between Facts and Norms ... brings together many of Habermas's earlier concerns and weaves them into a comprehensive and brilliant critical theory of actually existing democracy. From the perspective of the discipline of politics this is undoubtedly Habermas's most important work. Of course, Habermas's work is dense, challenging and incredibly broad in its range. It is also controversial, and this work will certainly not win over his most trenchant critics. None of this amounts to a valid excuse to ignore it. This book really is essential reading for anyone who is interested in exploring at depth the possibilities of realizing a genuinely democratic future.' Political Studies 'Such a scholarly intensity deserves to be read at first hand.' Sociology, Ian Roberts, Univerisity of Durham 'Eleven Years after his monumental Theory of Communicative Action (1981), Jürgen Habermas has again presented an opus magnum.' Otfried Höffe, Universität Tübingen, Mind Jürgen Habermas has been awarded the prestigious 'Friedenspreis des deutschen Buchhandels' prize for 2001Table of ContentsTranslator's Introduction. Preface. 1. Law as a Category of Social Mediation between Facts and Norms. 2. The Sociology of Law versus the Philosophy of Justice. 3. A Reconstructive Approach to Law I: The System of Rights. 4. A Reconstructive Approach to Law II: The Principles of the Constitutional State. 5. The Indeterminacy of Law and the Rationality of Adjudication. 6. Judiciary and Legislature: On the Role and Legitimacy of Constitutional Adjudication. 7. Deliberative Politics: A Procedural Concept of Democracy. 8. Civil Society and the Political Public Sphere. 9. Paradigms of Law. Postscript (1994). Appendices. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Law is at the heart of every society, protecting rights, imposing duties, and establishing a framework for the conduct of almost all social, political, and economic activity. Despite this, the law often seems a highly technical, perplexing mystery, with its antiquated and often impenetrable jargon, obsolete procedures, and endless stream of judgements and complex legislation.In this Very Short Introduction Raymond Wacks introduces the major branches of the law, describing what lawyers do, and how courts operate, and considers the philosophy of law and its pursuit of justice, freedom, and equality. Wacks locates the discipline in our contemporary world, considering the pressures of globalization and digitalisation, and the nature of the law in our culture of threatened security and surveillance. In this new edition, the author considers a number of social and political events that have had an impact on the law, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the growth of social media and surveillance, and the increasing threats to the rule of law.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewThis is a beautifully and magisterially written VSI, a full law school in a book! * Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Distinguished and Chancellor's Professor of Law, University of California, Irvine *Table of Contents1: Law's roots 2: Law's branches 3: Law and morality 4: Courts 5: Lawyers 6: The future of law Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisThe strongest foundation for students: clear, complete, contextualised.Straightforward explanations of key topics are paired with learning features showcasing the law in its everyday context to give students a firm grasp of the fundamentals of the legal system.- Covers a wide range of topics without overwhelming students with detail, allowing students to feel confident in their understanding of the essentials- An introductory chapter provides valuable advice on studying the English legal system and making the transition from school to university, helping students to adapt quickly to their new studies- Carefully designed learning features encourage students to consider thought-provoking or controversial topics, and form their own views on potential areas of reform, giving them a good grounding for the rest of their course- Examples throughout the text put the law in its everyday context and show students the practical implications of the concepts discussed- Also available as an e-book e

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to the English Legal System is the ideal foundation for those coming new to the study of law. Writing in a highly engaging and accessible style, Martin Partington introduces the purposes and functions of English law, the law-making process, and the machinery of justice, while also challenging assumptions and exploring current debates. Drawing on over 40 years'' experience in the law, Martin Partington examines beliefs about the English legal system, and encourages students to question how far it meets the growing demands placed on it. Incorporating all the latest developments, this concise introduction brings law and the legal system to life. Digital formats and resources: This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbTable of Contents1: Introduction: aims, themes, and structure 2: Law and society: the purposes and functions of law 3: Law-making: authority and process 4: Shaping the legal system: the role of government 5: The criminal justice system 6: The administrative justice system 7: The family justice system 8: The civil and commercial justice systems 9: Providing legal services: the legal professions 10: Access to Justice: paying for legal services 11: Transformation or transition? The English legal system in flux

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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 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 SynopsisOur world and the people within it are increasingly interpreted and classified by automated systems. At the same time, automated classifications influence what happens in the physical world. These entanglements change what it means to interact with governance, and shift what elements of our identity are knowable and meaningful. In this cyber-physical world, or ''world state'', what is the role for law? Specifically, how should law address the claim that computational systems know us better than we know ourselves? Monitoring Laws traces the history of government profiling from the invention of photography through to emerging applications of computer vision for personality and behavioral analysis. It asks what dimensions of profiling have provoked legal intervention in the past, and what is different about contemporary profiling that requires updating our legal tools. This work should be read by anyone interested in how computation is changing society and governance, and what it is aboutTrade Review'Jake Goldenfein's brilliant and theoretically sophisticated reconstruction of legal identity in the era of automated profiling serves notice to our would-be digital overlords: the days when they could imagine that legal and policy frameworks were too hopelessly outdated to keep up are over. Monitoring Laws is a crucial contribution to contemporary discussions of privacy and profiling that provides the conceptual and historical resources for developing a regulatory regime that protects personal identity and legal rights in an era of ubiquitous monitoring.' Mark Andrejevic, Monash University'How thrilling it is to read a work that stretches ideas of what legal thought and practice have been, and what they might yet become. Monitoring Laws is such a book. In captivating, pellucid prose, Jake Goldenfein retells the story of two centuries of profiling practice - from photography to neural nets, from dossiers to data analytics - and the legal, representational and relational thinking imbricated therein. Throughout, Goldenfein shows, legal notions of identity have been modulated, challenged and reworked along with developments in surveillance technology. And those notions may yet still be, he shows, by thinking juridically with data, rather than through, against, or in spite of our contemporary informational existence. To the broad range of readers likely to find this book of interest, Goldenfein urges paying close attention to how the world and we who live here are being structured and actioned informationally, and extending our thinking about legal subjects accordingly. And once one does attend to this book's thoughtful refiguring of the stakes of digital surveillance, it is indeed hard to look away.' Fleur Johns, University of New South Wales, Sydney'You are being observed, monitored and profiled in more areas of life than you know. In this brilliant book, Jake Goldenfein explains the history and theory of the laws of monitoring, and provides a roadmap to the future. If you want to understand how we got to this point, and what's at stake in a panoptical society, then you need to read this book.' Dan Hunter, Executive Dean, Queensland University of TechnologyTable of Contents1. Monitoring laws; 2. The image and institutional identity; 3. Images and biometrics: privacy and stigmatization; 4. Dossiers, behavioural data, and secret speculation; 5. Data subject rights and the importance of access; 6. Automation, actuarial identity, and law enforcement informatics; 7. Algorithmic accountability and the statistical legal subject; 8. From image to computer vision: identity in the world state; 9. Person, place, and contest in the world state; 10. Law and legal automation in the world state; Index.

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Book SynopsisBennion, Bailey and Norbury on Statutory Interpretation is the leading work on statutory interpretation. It provides a clear and comprehensive guide to understanding, interpreting and applying legislation. Regularly used by practitioners and academics, and frequently cited in judgments throughout the common law world, it is a trusted and authoritative resource.The eighth edition continues to enhance the presentation and scope of the content, including new chapters on devolution contributed by subject experts.The material in the new edition has been extensively restructured, and in places rewritten, to improve accessibility and enhance the content. The edition has been produced by a new editorial team, with Professor David Feldman QC (Hon) FBA, Rouse Ball Professor of English Law, as consultant editor.Key features:* comprehensive and up to date account of statutory interpretation* logical structure and overviews enable readers to find information quickly* each section begins with a succ

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Book SynopsisSlapper and Kelly's The English Legal System explains and critically assesses what law is, how it is made and applied, and how it affects the general public.This latest edition has not only been restructured and updated, but extensively refocused, to provide a reliable analysis of the contemporary legal system in the sociopolitical uncertainty of a post-Brexit, post-Covid UK.It retains the key learning features of: useful chapter summaries which act as a good checkpoint for students; food for thought' questions at the end of each chapter to prompt critical thinking and reflection; sources for further reading and suggested websites at the end of each chapter to point students towards further learning pathways; and a fully updated online resource for students and instructors. Trusted by generations of academics and students, this authoritative textbook is a permanent fixture in this ever-evolving subject.

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Book SynopsisLearning Legal Rules introduces law students to the techniques of legal analysis and argument, equipping them with the knowledge and reasoning skills needed for effective study and practice of law. The text has been used in common law countries around the world as a leading legal method guide for over thirty years and provides students with the fundamental analytical skills of being a lawyer.Trade Review'Well-structured and accessible, with an eye towards giving novices in the study of law a good grounding in the skills they will need to be successful as students.' * Dr Caleb Wheeler, Lecturer in Law, Cardiff University *Table of Contents1: Understanding the Law 2: Finding the Law 3: Reading the Law 4: From Reading to Writing 5: The Doctrine of Judicial Precedent 6: How Precedent Operates: Ratio Decidendi and obiter Dictum 7: Making Sense of Statutes 8: Interpreting Statutes 9: 'Bringing Rights Home': Legal Method and Convention Rights 10: Retained EU Law and Legal Method 11: Understanding Legal Reasoning and the Future of Law

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Book SynopsisThe most practical foundation for law students, combining content on the English legal system, academic and professional skills, and commercial awareness and employability.Legal Systems & Skills is the essential contemporary toolkit for law students, equipping them with the tools they need to thrive in their academic studies and onto employment. Accessible and engaging, with a wide range of pedagogical features to help students to apply their knowledge and think critically about the law Learning supported by annotated documents, real-life examples, flowcharts, and diagrams, providing visual representations of concepts and processes Comprehensive content on employability, including CV preparation and transferable skills, alongside features like ''Practice tip'', ''What the professionals say'' and ''Selling your skills'' Expanded coverage on sentencing, the judiciary, new routes into the legal professions, and legal technology New content on retained EU law, following post-Brexit changesTrade ReviewAn excellent resource: this well-written book provides a good introduction and overview to a broad range of topics and skills for undergraduate students. * Dr Joe Atkinson, Lecturer in Law, University of Sheffield *A comprehensive book covering the key aspects of the legal system, legal skills and employability skills--the employability section is particularly important and useful. * Dr Amy Elkington, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Chichester *The quality of the book's content is generally very high. The sections on practical skills and commercial awareness are particularly relevant and have a good level of detail and information. * Dr Carmino Massarella, Lecturer in Law, University of Hull *This textbook is great value for money and has great coverage. Fundamentally, the book puts the law into context, with an excellent number of examples to illustrate key legal skills concepts, and helps students draw introductory links between the different year one modules. I particularly like that the book does not become redundant after first year and is relevant to students throughout their LLB Law journey. * Stephen Clear, Lecturer in Law, Bangor University *Well-written and structured: Slorach's strength remains the ability to present concisely a variety of topics on content and skills. * Dr Audrey Guinchard, Senior Lecturer and Director of Legal Skills, University of Essex *Table of ContentsPart I Legal Systems 1: Introduction to law 2: Legal systems and sources of law 3: The court system of England & Wales 4: Legislation 5: Case law 6: Legal services and ethics Part II Legal Skills 7: Reading cases and legislation 8: Research 9: Problem solving and case/matter analysis 10: Persuasive oral communication and presentations 11: Client interviews and meetings 12: Negotiation and mediation 13: Advocacy and mooting 14: Writing and drafting 15: Revision and assessment Part III Employability and Commercial Awareness 16: Making yourself more employable 17: CVs, applications, and interviews 18: Understanding clients: individuals and businesses 19: Businesses and the business environment 20: Essential economics and finance 21: Law firms as businesses

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Book Synopsis'If Henriques were a fictional character, he would be a celebrity, the kind of dashing, hawkish QC who turns up in Agatha Christie novels and is recognised by everybody... There is an undeniable, lawyerly authenticity about Henriques's book. He takes us meticulously through his cases... It is fascinating to read.' - Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesSir Richard Henriques has been centre stage in some of the most high-profile and notorious cases of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. After taking silk in 1986, over the course of the next 14 years he appeared in no fewer than 106 murder trials, including prosecuting Harold Shipman, Britain's most prolific serial killer, and the killers of James Bulger. In 2000 he was appointed to the High Court Bench and tried the transatlantic airline plot, the Morecambe Bay cockle pickers, the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, and many other cases. He sat in the Court of Appeal on the appeals of Barry George, then convicted of murdering Jill Dando, and Jeremy Bamber, the White House Farm killer. In From Crime to Crime he not only recreates some of his most famous cases but also includes his trenchant views on the state of the British judicial system; how it works - or doesn't - and the current threats to the rule of law that affect us all.

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Book SynopsisThis book critically confronts perceptions that social media has become a âwastelandâ for young people. Law has become preoccupied with privacy, intellectual property, defamation and criminal behaviour in and through social media. In the case of children and youth, this book argues, these preoccupations â whilst important â have disguised and distracted public debate away from a much broader, and more positive, consideration of the nature of social media. In particular, the legal tendency to consider social media as âdangerousâ for young people â to focus exclusively on the need to protect and control their online presence and privacy, whilst tending to suspect, or to criminalise, their use of it â has obscured the potential of social media to help young people to participate more fully as citizens in society. Drawing on sociological work on the construction of childhood, and engaging a wide range of national and international legal material, this book argues that social media may yet offer the possibility of an entirely different â and more progressive âconceptualisation of children and youth.Table of Contents1. Moral panics, childhood, social media and the law 2. Recreating families in social media 3. Social media, young people and political accountability 4. Schools, young people and social media: surveillance and the role model void 5. Working in the online society: social media and young people in new workplace 6. Crime, Identity and Gender: how social media opens new worlds of hope and exploitation 7. ‘Don’t mention the porn’: social media and the rise of the sexual child 8. The New Wasteland: Law, Many Publics and the Loss of Interest

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Book SynopsisTrade, Competition and Domestic Regulatory Policy presents a unique combination of analysis of both international trade and investment policies, and competition and regulatory policies. Increasingly, policymakers, businesses and the law and economics professions need to better understand how changes and policy developments in international trade and competition developed and how their interaction impacts on global business. In addition to providing a comprehensive analysis of the attempts of international trade theory and practice to deal with tariffs, non-tariff barriers, market distortions and failures to protect various kinds of property rights, this book contains a detailed treatment of how property rights protection, including intangible property rights are a critical element of ensuring open trade and competitive markets. It examines how these rights have developed over time, and how they have been integrated into trade and competition policy. This book Table of ContentsTable of Contents:Chapter 1: Purposes of Trade Liberalisation and Competitive MarketsChapter 2: Introduction to Institutions Underpinning Global Trade and RegulationsChapter 3: The Role of Consumer Welfare in Competition Implementation and EnforcementChapter 4: A Brief Introduction to the Theory of Anti-Competitive Market DistortionsChapter 5: Trade Policies and Trade Remedies through the Lens of Competition and Consumer WelfareChapter 6: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: A Temporary Fix but a Constitutional FoundationChapter 7: Trade and Competition in Agriculture: A Trade Negotiation and Sugar Case StudyChapter 8: State-Trading Enterprises and State-Supported Monopolies: Beginnings of Consumer Welfare TestChapter 9: Domestic Regulatory ReformChapter 10: The Role of Property Rights in Building a Competitive MarketChapter 11: Protecting Property Rights: The Triple Interface between Intellectual Property, Competition and TradeChapter 12: Trade in Services: General IntroductionChapter 13: Financial ServicesChapter 14: Impact of the New Media EconomyChapter 15: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAnalyses the creation of different sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) from a comparative political economy perspective, arguing that different state-society structures at the sectoral level are the drivers for SWF variation.Trade Review“Many books have explored the actual and the ideal relationship between states and markets. This book asks a new question: How should the state organize itself in order to be an effective market participant, through improved management of its assets. It should be mandatory reading for all those concerned with public policy.”- Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University“Capital Choices is an insightful and informative analysis of the origins of Sovereign Wealth Funds. Braunstein convincingly emphasizes the role of different types of policy networks on the political economy of decisions to establish funds to explain variations in their objectives and structures.”- Edwin Truman, Peterson Institute for International Economics“Sovereign wealth funds are increasingly important actors on the global investment stage. But these organizations are poorly understood, in part because their incentives and behavior—as organizations that are both return-maximizing investors and state bodies—are complex. This book, through a series of thoughtful case studies, shed fresh light on these funds and their implications.”- Josh Lerner, Harvard Business School“When the label ‘Sovereign Wealth Funds’ was applied to a set of government-owned asset funds, it fostered the impression that we were talking about a single well-defined animal. Capital Choices shows that SWFs in fact vary widely and explores the nature and origins of the differences.”- Jeffrey Frankel, Harvard University“Capital Choices breaks new ground, providing a convincing explanation for the wide variations we observe in the characteristics of sovereign wealth funds around the world. Clearly written and thoroughly researched, the book is a must read for anyone interested in the domestic politics of international finance.”- Benjamin Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara“This is a major work not just about the increasingly important sovereign wealth funds but also about how non-Western states pursue industrial policies. It combines theory, non-Western cases and new empirical material to tell a story of why states create sovereign wealth funds and their scope for choosing distinct paths of economic development.”- Mark Thatcher, London School of Economics and Political Science“In Capital Choices, Juergen Braunstein provides an illuminating original account of the emergence and divergence of sovereign wealth funds. Explaining how different interests and coalitions shape varying SWF paths, this compelling argument finally places politics where it belongs—at the centre of analysis. A decisive intervention in the debate.”- Garry Rodan, Murdoch University“Dr. Braunstein fills an important niche in the sovereign wealth fund literature by providing a meticulously researched and skillfully executed description of the different domestic and international actors, networks, and forces at work in the development of modern SWFs. This book is an excellent example of the kind of detailed research needed to fully understand the crucial impact of these funds.”- Paul Rose, The Ohio State UniversityTable of Contents Abbreviations Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Global Review Chapter 3: Bringing Domestic Politics In: A Policy Network Analysis of Sovereign Wealth Funds Chapter 4. Capital Choices in Industrial Policy: Asian city-economies and the emergence of Temasek Chapter 5: Capital Choices in Saving's and Financial Policy: Asian City States and the emergence of the GIC Chapter 6: Capital Choices in Small Open Economies of the Middle East Chapter 7: Capital Choices in OECD and BRIC countries Chapter 8. Conclusion: Domestic Politics and Capital Choices Afterword Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisKennedy argues that American radicalism is possible and desirable. One base for radical politics is the institutional workplace; another is popular culture (hence, sexy dressing). Kennedy's aim is to wed the rebelliousness, irony, and irrationalism of cultural modernism and postmodernism to the earnestness of political correctness.Trade ReviewWhat these essays have in common, besides wit and provocative argument, is Kennedy’s understanding that we come to know the world based upon situational perspectives and lifestyles. * Choice *Kennedy’s book offers a dazzling one-man show with many voices. It reveals a man of the left, without a trace of puritanism or ideological correctness; a blithe and antic spirit, with a wholly serious program for critical scholars and activists of promoting freedom through small, local, practical acts of analysis, reimagination, resistance, and organization. -- Robert Gordon, Stanford Law SchoolTable of ContentsPreface 1. Radical Intellectuals in American Culture and Politics, or My Talk at the Gramsci Institute 2. A Cultural Pluralist Case for Affirmative Action in Legal Academia 3. The Stakes of Law, or Hale and Foucault! 4. Sexual Abuse, Sexy Dressing, and the Eroticization of Domination Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis handbook sets out an innovative approach to the theory of law, reconceptualising it in a material, embodied, socially contextualised and politically radical way. The book consists of original contributions authored by prominent academics, all of whom provide a valuable overview of legal theory as a discipline.The book contains five sections: Spatiotemporal Sense Body Text MatterThrough this structure, the handbook brings the law into active discussion with other disciplines, as well as supra-disciplinary debates on the areas of spatiality, temporality, materiality, corporeality and sensorial studies, capturing the most exciting developments in current legal theory, and anticipating future research in the area.The handbook is essential reading for scholars and students of jurisprudence, sociologTable of ContentsRESEARCH HANDBOOK ON LAW AND THEORYAndreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos (ed.)TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTIONAndreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos The and of Law and TheoryPART ONE: SPATIOTEMPORAL1. Luis Eslava Dense Struggle: On Ghosts, Law, and the Global Order 2. Chris Butler Spatial abstraction, legal violence and the promise of appropriation3. Sarah Keenan A prison around your ankle and a border in every street: Theorising law, space and the subject4. Emily Grabham Praxiographies' of Time: Law, Temporalities, and Material Worlds5. Lucy Finchett-Maddock Continua of (In)Justice6. Olivia Barr Movement An Homage to Legal Drips, Wobbles & Perpetual MotionPART TWO: SENSE7. Andrea Pavoni Disenchanting senses: Law and the taste of the real8. Nicola Masciandario Synaesthesia: The Mystical Sense of Law9. Dragan Milovanovich Touching You, Touching Me In Law and Justice: Toward a Quantum Holographic Process-Informational Understanding10. Illan rua Wall Turbulent legality: Sovereignty, Security and the PolicePART THREE: BODY11. Elena Loizidou Sequences on Law and the Body12. Laurent de Sutter On Resisting Bodies13. Renisa Mawani Insect Wars: Bees, Bedbugs, and Biopolitics14. Anna Grear Anthropocene "Time"? A reflection on temporalities in the ‘New Age of the Human’15. Yoriko Otomo Making Lawful AnimalsPART FOUR: TEXT16. Honni van Rijswijk Law’s Aggressive Realism and Feminist Genres of Violence and Harm17. Maria Aristodemou From Decaffeinated Democracy to Democracy in the Real in Ten (Lacanian) Sessions18. Christopher Tomlins Why Law’s Objects Do Not Disappear: On History as Remainder19. James Martel Must the law be a liar? Walter Benjamin on the possibility of an anarchist form of law20. Alain Pottage Literary MaterialityPART FIVE: MATTER21. Emilie Cloatre and David Cowan Legalities and Materialities22. Hyo Yoon Kang Law’s Materiality: Between Concrete Matters and Abstract Forms, or how Matter Becomes Material23. Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos To Have to Do with the Law: An Essay24. Anne Bottomley and Nathan Moore On new model jurisprudence: the scholar/critic as (cosmic) artisan.INDEX

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Book SynopsisThe Internet is not an unchartered territory. On the Internet, norms matter. They interact, regulate, are contested and legitimated by multiple actors. But are they diverse and unstructured, or are they part of a recognizable order? And if the latter, what does this order look like?This collected volume explores these key questions while providing new perspectives on the role of law in times of digitality. The book compares six different areas of law that have been particularly exposed to global digitality, namely laws regulating consumer contracts, data protection, the media, financial markets, criminal activity and intellectual property law. By comparing how these very different areas of law have evolved with regard to cross-border online situations, the book considers whether cyberlaw is little more than the law of the horse, or whether the law of global digitality is indeed special and, if so, what its characteristics across various areas of law are. The book brings togetTable of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction: The Law of Global Digitality ALEXANDER PEUKERT AND MATTHIAS C. KETTEMANN 1 Context, Subject Matter and Aim of This Book 2 Chapter Overview2.1 Intellectual Property Law 2.2 Data Protection/Privacy2.3 Consumer Contract Law 2.4 Media Law 2.5 Financial Regulation and Criminal Law PART I Intellectual Property 1 Towards a Legal Methodology of Digitalisation: The Example of Digital Copyright Law THOMAS RIIS AND JENS SCHOVSBO 1 Introduction 1.1 Characteristics of Copyright Law 2 Digitalisation in Action 2.1 Legislating Digitalisation 2.1.1 New Subject-Matter: Sui Generis Regulation or Adaptation of Existing Rules? 2.1.2 Designing Flexibility 2.1.3 Assessment 2.2 Adjudicating Digitalisation 2.2.1 Online Exhaustion 2.2.2 Linking 2.3 Summing Up 3 Methodological Shifts in Legal Digitalisation 3.1 The Shift From Substantive Law to Procedural Law 3.2 The Shift Towards Globalisation 3.3 The Shift Towards Horizontally Based Law 3.4 The Shift From State-Enacted Law to Contract and Code 4 Final Remarks 2 Transnational Intellectual Property Governance on the Internet ALEXANDER PEUKERT1 Introduction 2 IPR Enforcement 2.1 Takedown Orders of Courts: De Iure and de Facto Effects2.2 Intermediaries’ Enforcement Measures 2.2.1 The Central Role of Intermediaries2.2.2 Intermediaries’ Enforcement Measures and Their Transnational Effect 2.2.2.1 Domain Name Registrars 2.2.2.2 Access Providers 2.2.2.3 Host Providers and Search Engines 2.2.2.4 Follow the Money: Advertising and Payment Services 2.2.3 Summary 3 Licensing IPRs 4 Conclusion PART II Data Protection/Privacy 3 The More the Merrier: A Dynamic Approach Learning From Prior Misgovernance in EU Data Protection Law INDRA SPIECKER GEN. DÖHMANN1 Introduction 2 The Historical Approach to Data Protection Law—An Overview 2.1 Goals 2.2 Instruments3 Reaction of Today’s Data Protection Law to the Challenges of Global Digitality 3.1 Core Regulatory Goals 3.1.1 Data Protection as a Safeguard of Democracy 3.1.2 Power Asymmetry 3.1.3 GDPR as Unifier 3.2 Core Regulatory Instrumental Approach 3.2.1 Precautionary Principle Versus Risk-Based Approach and the Concept of Technological Neutrality 3.2.2 Data Protection Law as Consumer Protection and Fair Competition Law 3.3 Content Regulation 3.3.1 Enforcement Deficit 3.3.2 Territorial Scope 3.3.3 Enforcement of the Enforcement 3.3.4 Internet Regulation 4 Conclusion and Outlook 4 Giving the Invisible Hand a Relatively Free Hand: Data Privacy in the US and the Unfortunate, but Lawful, Commodification of the Person RONALD J. KROTOSZYNSKI, JR.1 Introduction: The Myriad Cultural and Legal Difficulties of Safeguarding Informational Self-Determination Against Non-Government Actors in the US 2 The First Amendment Will Make Comprehensive Personal Data Protection Laws Difficult to Enact and Enforce 13 The Patchwork Quilt of Federal Statutory Privacy Protections and the First Amendment 4 Constitutional Data Privacy Rights, the State Action Doctrine, and the Scope of Constitutional Rights in the US 5 Why Does the US Lack Strong, General Personal Data Protections Against Non-Governmental Entities?6 Global Digitality, Personal Data Protection, and "The Law of the Horse" 7 Conclusion PART IIIConsumer Contract Law 5 The Challenge of Globalized Online Commerce for U.S. Contract and Consumer Law CHRISTOPHER G. BRADLEY1 Introduction 2 A Ragged Patchwork of Consumer Protection Laws, Regulations, and Institutions 3 The Limits of Technological Approaches to Consumer Protection 4 Not Ready to Restate: A Rejected Consumer Contracting "Bargain" 5 Marshaling Doctrinal, Regulatory, and Technological Protections for Consumers in the Digital Age 6 Conclusion 6 Paradigms of EU Consumer Law in the Digital Age FELIX MAULTZSCH1 Introduction 2 The Market-Centred Approach to Contract Law 3 International Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws: Connecting Factors 4 Extra-Territorial Application of EU Consumer Law 5 Trends in Substantive EU Sales Law 6 Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution and Enforcement of Consumer Rights 7 Private Governance by Contract and Technology 8 Conclusions PART IVMedia Law 7 Law of Digitality: Media Law—U.S. Perspectives ELLEN P. GOODMAN1 Digital Platform Disclosure Obligations for Political and Commercial Advertising 2 Digital Platform Disclosure Obligations for Deep Fakes and Bots 3 Government Access Obligations Under the First Amendment’s Public Forum Doctrine 4 Digital Platforms’ Exposure to Liability as Publishers and Distributors 4.1 Judicial Interpretations of Section 230 4.1.1 Herrick v. Grindr LLC 4.1.2 Force v. Facebook, Inc. 4.2 Territorial Question 5 Intermediary Liability Reform Proposals 5.1 Ex Post Duty of Care5.2 Creating Genre-Based Statutory Limitations 5.3 Creating Narrow Content-Based Carve-Outs 5.4 Expanding the Definition of Content "Development"5.5 "Political Neutrality" Mandates 5.6 Section 230 as Regulatory Leverage 5.7 Requiring User-Identification Procedures 5.8 Knowledge-Based Standard 6 U.S. Initiatives to Counter Disinformation 8 European Media Law in Times of Digitality STEPHAN DREYER, MATTHIAS C. KETTEMANN, WOLFGANG SCHULZ AND THERESA JOSEPHINE SEIPP1 Introduction 2 The European Communication Order in Digitality 2.1 Media-Specific Legal Instruments 2.2 Sector-Specific Legal Framework 2.2.1 E-Commerce and Electronic Services Law 2.2.2 Telecommunications Law 2.2.3 Contract and Consumer Protection-Related Specifications in the Media Sector 2.2.4 Special Provisions Under Competition Law 2.2.5 Special Provisions Applicable to Intellectual Property Rights 3 Reform of Europe’s Media Order 3.1 The Year of Reform 3.2 Digital Services 3.3 Digital Markets 4 Conclusions PART VFinancial Regulation and Criminal Law 9 Regulating Virtual Currencies ROLAND BROEMEL1 Digital Currencies as a Form of Global Digitality 1.1 Digital Currencies as a Digital Phenomenon 1.1.1 Blockchain as a Specifically Digital Technology 1.1.2 Added Value of Payment Data 1.1.2.1 Data as a Commercial Factor: Cross-Market Business Models 1.1.2.2 Impact on Digital Payment Services and Currencies 1.1.2.3 Development of Digital Ecosystems in Digital Financial Services 1.1.2.4 Ecosystems in Digital Currencies 1.2 Virtual Currencies as a Specifically Global Phenomenon 1.2.1 Technical Factors of Globality 1.2.2 Economic Factors of Globality 1.2.2.1 Exchange Costs and Economic Functions of Money 1.2.2.2 Part of the Network Instead of a Geographical Area 2 Legal Framework of Virtual Currencies 2.1 Adaptation 2.1.1 Banking Supervision Law 2.1.1.1 Virtual Currency as Category: Unit of Account or Crypto Value 2.1.1.2 Regulatory Assessment of the Activities 2.1.2 Stablecoins as E-Money? 2.1.3 Civil Law 2.1.4 Securities Law 2.2 Specific Challenges of Digitality 2.2.1 Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism 2.2.2 Investor and Consumer Protection in the Issuing of Virtual Currencies 2.2.3 Specific Regulatory Requirements for "Value-Referenced Tokens" 3 Conclusion 10 Criminal Law of Global Digitality: Characteristics and Critique of Cybercrime Law BEATRICE BRUNHÖBER1 Defining Criminal Law of Global Digitality 1.1 From Computer Crime to Cybercrime 1.2 Cybercrime Offenses 2 The Challenging Global Dimension of Cybercrime 2.1 Global Challenges 2.2 Approaches to Addressing Global Cybercrime 3 Legislative Approaches 3.1 Distinguishing International From Transnational Criminal Law 3.2 United Nations Measures 3.3 The Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime 3.4 European Union Framework Decisions and Directives Addressing Cybercrime 3.5 Economic Community of West African States Directive on Fighting Cybercrime 4 Policy Approaches 4.1 United Nations Policy Measures for Addressing Cybercrime 4.2 Regional Policy Strategies for Dealing With Cybercrime 5 Characteristics and Weaknesses of Global Digitality Criminal Law 5.1 Characteristics of Current Global Digitality Criminal Law 5.2 Weaknesses of Present Global Digitality Criminal Law 6 Conclusion Conclusion: The Law of Global Digitality: Findings and Future ResearchMATTHIAS C. KETTEMANN AND ALEXANDER PEUKERT1 The Theme 2 The Findings 3 Suggestions for Future ResearchIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the analysis of coercive measures that sports organisations are permitted to use as part of their internal sports investigation proceedings to investigate sports rule violations. The legality of such coercive measures is measured against the legal regime of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The book examines the important issue of the applicability of the ECHR to private sports organisations, which is currently widely debated in the field of sports law. The ECHR is hereby used as the analytical framework, which should also be a source of inspiration for jurisdictions outside the scope of application of the ECHR. The book further explores if and to what extent sports organisations and law enforcement agencies may exchange intelligence in support of both internal sports investigation proceedings and criminal investigations. At all stages, the work seeks to strike a balance between the interest of sports organisations to investigate sports rule violat

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Book SynopsisBrings together 15 principal essays by David Sellar (1941-2019), reflecting his pioneering contribution to Scottish legal history, covering the topics of Celtic law and institutions, the influence of Canon and English law across a wide range of legal subjects (including family law, succession, criminal law, evidence) and customary law.

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