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Terrorism and the Limitation of Rights: The ECHR and the US Constitution (Human Right's Law in Perspective)
Stefan Sottiaux
Hart Publishing (UK), 2008
Taking as a starting point the widely accepted view that states confronted with terrorism must find a proper equilibrium between their respective obligations of preserving fundamental rights and fighting terrorism effectively, this book seeks to demonstra
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After Enron: Improving Corporate Law And Modernising Securities Regulation in Europe And the US
Hart Publishing, 2006
At the end of the twentieth century it was thought by many that the Anglo-American system of corporate governance was performing effectively and some observers claimed to see an international trend towards convergence around this model. There can be no denying that the recent corporate governance crisis in the US has caused many to question their faith in this view. This collection of essays provides a comprehensive attempt to answer the ...
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Global Competition Law and Economics 1 review
Einer Elhauge, Damien Geradin
Hart Publishing, 2007
I had great success teaching with this book..
I had great success using the galleys of Global Competition Law & Economics to teach comparative competition/antitrust law at the University of Haifa Law School during the summer of 2006, to both American and Israeli law students.
This textbook is the first and only one on the market that is extremely well suited for use in a comparative competition law or antitrust law class. When I taught ...
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Globalisation And Labour Rights: The Conflict Between Core Labour Rights And International Economic Law ...
Christine Kaufmann
Hart Publishing, 2007
In a world of work that has changed dramatically over the last few years, states see themselves confronted with new actors and conflicting international legal obligations. This book examines the tensions between core labour rights as defined by the International Labour Organisation, and the interests of international economic institutions (e.g. WTO, IMF, World Bank, OECD). It provides an analysis of the legal interactions between international ...
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Summerhill: A Radical Approach to Child Rearing1 review
A. S. Neill
Hart Publishing Company, 1960
The past is present and the child in you keeps asking "what if...?"
Scottish born psychologist (M.A., English) Alexander Sutherland Neill (1883-1973) penned a description of a school for independently normal children entitled "Summerhill," which is, as its subtitle states, a radical approach to child rearing. Curiously, Neill himself was originally a failure in school. The unorthodox and open Summerhill school was inaugurated in Germany in 1921, later moving to ...
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Law's Empire (Legal Theory) 6 reviews
Ronald Dworkin
Hart Publishing (UK), 2003
Principles revisited
Ronald Dworkin is one of the most prominent law philosophers in the common law tradition. Known both in America and Britain for his strong democratic positions, baptized by Duncan Kennedy `orthodox centrism', Dworkin is an acid critic of the paradigms of the contemporaneous jurisprudence. Teaching law both in London and New York, the author unites the best of the old and the new world's ...
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The End of Human Rights
Costas Douzinas
Hart Publishing, 2000
This book explores the powerful promises and disturbing paradoxes of human rights.
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Comparative Law: A Handbook
Hart Publishing (UK), 2007
This innovative, refreshing, and reader-friendly book is aimed at enabling students to familiarise themselves with the challenges and controversies found in comparative law. At present there is no book which clearly explains the contemporary debates and methodological innovations found in modern comparative law. This book fills that gap in teaching at undergraduate level, and for postgraduates will be a starting point for further reading and ...
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The Law of Confidentiality: A Restatement
Paul Stanley
Hart Publishing, 2008
The last twenty years have seen rapid development of the equitable action for breach of confidence. The Spycatcher saga of the late 1980s led to the restatement of the fundamental principles. There was increasing concern about press intrusion, and the nee
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The Shifting Allocation of Authority in International Law: Considering Sovereignty, Supremacy and ...
Hart Publishing, 2008
International law is fragmented and complex, and at the same time increasingly capable of shaping reality in areas as diverse as human rights, trade and investment, and environmental law. The increased influences of international law and its growing insti
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Lawyers and Vampires: Cultural Histories of Legal Professions
Hart Publishing, 2004
This is the first book that directly addresses the cultural history of the legal profession. An international team of scholars canvasses wide-ranging issues concerning the culture of the legal profession and the wider cultural significance of lawyers, including consideration of the relation to cultural processes of state formation and colonisation. The essays describe and analyse significant aspects of the cultural history of the legal ...
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Art and Copyright
Simon Stokes
Hart Publishing, 2003
The leading UK textbook on the legal position affecting copyright in works of art.
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Better Regulation (Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law)
Hart Publishing (UK), 2007
The discourse of 'Better Regulation' is a hot topic, intimately associated with the drive for cost savings and a more efficient economy. In the UK and in the EU, rule-makers have lately endeavoured to achieve a more satisfactory balance between the demands of proper protection from market failure and inequity on the one hand, and commercial freedom and the potential for innovation on the other. But who is the regulator listening to, and what ...
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European Competition Law Annual, 2003: What Is an Abuse of a Dominant Position? (European Competition Law ...
Hart Publishing, 2006
The seventh in a series of volumes featuring articles by many of the leading Competition specialists in Europe.
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Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Law: Property, Rights and Nature
Sean Coyle, Karen Morrow
Hart Publishing, 2004
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Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law
Jan Dalhuisen
Hart Publishing (UK), 2007
The third edition of this uniquely wide-ranging work once again grapples with the dynamic and complex fields of law that make up the modern law of international commerce, finance and trade. As a guide for students and practitioners it is unrivalled. The original structure has been retained, with an extensive introductory chapter dealing with the sources of modern commercial and financial law in its comparative context, the forces of ...
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Victims' Rights, Human Rights and Criminal Justice: Reconceiving the Role of Third Parties
Jonathan Doak
Hart Publishing, 2008
In recent times, the idea of 'victim rights' has come to feature prominently in political, criminological and legal discourse, as well as being subject to regular media comment. The concept nevertheless remains inherently elusive, and there is still consi
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