Ethics of Socioeconomics

The book analyzes socioeconomic through the lens of a lawyer. In the past decade the world has witnessed some severe financial and economic crises, espe­cially the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The author states that the socio-economic order has in the past four to five decades been thoroughly redesigned, generally favouring models that prio­rit…

The laws and customs of the Yoruba people

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87 p. 19 cm

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Global Democracy and Sustainable Jurisprudence: Deliberative Environmental Law

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Global environmental diplomacy : negotiating environment agreements for the W…

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Conflicts of Conscience in Health Care: An Institutional Compromise

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Rule of law, misrule of men

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The economic dynamics of environmental law

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The economic effects of constitutions

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