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Do Exclusionary Rules Ensure a Fair Trial? A Comparative Perspective on Evid…
This open access publication discusses exclusionary rules in different criminal justice systems. It is based on the findings of a research project in comparative law with a focus on the question of whether or not a fair trial can be secured through evidence exclusion. Part I explains the legal framework in which exclusionary rules function in six legal systems: Germany, Switzerland, People’s …
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Asian Yearbook of International Law, Volume 17 (2011)
The Yearbook aims to promote research, studies and writings in the field of international law in Asia, as well as to provide an intellectual platform for the discussion and dissemination of Asian views and practices on contemporary international legal issues. Readership: All interested in International Law and Asian Law.
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Foundations of Civil Justice: Toward a Value-Based Framework for Reform
This book reviews the knowledge corpus about access to civil justice across disciplines and legal traditions and proposes a new research framework for civil justice reform. This framework is intended to foster further critical analysis of the justice system in a systematic and organized way. In particular, the framework underlines the tensions between different values considered as central to t…
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- 978-3-319-18775-4
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- XII, 145 pages
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The Strategic Use of International Law by the United Nations Security Council…
The book offers insights on whether international law can shape the politics of the Security Council and conversely, the extent to which the latter contribute to the development of international law. By providing a systematic analysis of the quantity and quality of international legal instruments referred to in the text of resolutions, the book reconstructs patterns of the Security Council’s …
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- 978-3-319-21281-4
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The Shipping Industry, Ocean Governance and Environmental Law in the Paradigm…
This book examines the corpus of status quo environmental legal regime, geographical issues and redundant “stakeholder claims,” which persist in the Arctic. It examines multifarious theories relating not only to conflicting and opposing interests, but also to parties to whom the shipping industry should be accountable. The unique aspect of this book is the Corporate Social responsibility an…
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- 978-3-319-12541-1
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Nuclear Energy and Liability in South Asia:Institutions, Legal Frameworks and…
This book advocates pursuing a regional approach to nuclear risk framework, which it argues is more promising in the current scenario than the non-achievable global regime. In the development of international legislation on liability, the nuclear energy sector represents an alternative approach to a transboundary liability regime. Building on this foundation and following the Chernobyl accident…
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- 978-81-322-2342-9
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- Number of Pages XIX, 142
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Normativity in Legal Sociology:Methodological Reflections on Law and Regulati…
The field of socio-legal research has encountered three fundamental challenges over the last three decades – it has been criticized for paying insufficient attention to legal doctrine, for failing to develop a sound theoretical foundation and for not keeping pace with the effects of the increasing globalization and internationalization of law, state and society. This book examines these three…
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- 978-3-319-09649-0
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- X, 292
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The Impact of eConveyancing on Title Registration
This work is an assessment of how to manage risk in property transactions in the context of the move from paper-based to electronic conveyancing (eConveyancing). In particular the focus is on risks that impact on title registration, and the security, protection or lack thereof that this registration offers to land owners, third parties and property claimants. The impact is the extent to which a…
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- 978-3-319-10341-9
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- XV, 316, 7 illustrations in colour
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- The Impact of eConveyancing on Title Registration
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New Developments in Civil and Commercial Mediation:Global Comparative Perspec…
By means of the analysis of more than 20 national jurisdictions of different legal and geographical origin this book provides a general understanding of the developments that civil and commercial mediation is currently undertaking across the world. The book combines 25 national reports with a General Report analyzing the major trends in civil and commercial mediation worldwide. A number of the …
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- 978-3-319-18134-9
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- XXXII, 762
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- Lus Comparatum - Global Studies in Comparative Law
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Human Rights of Older People: Universal and Regional Legal Perspectives
This book focuses on descriptions of the developments in legal frameworks and policies regarding the human rights of older persons. First, it covers the policies adopted and practices developed at the universal system, particularly within the sphere of the United Nations. Second, it includes a side-by-side comparison of the work of regional human rights mechanisms, which have picked up some mom…
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- 978-94-017-7184-9
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