Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law offers the first comprehensive account of the entanglements of Buddhism and constitutional law in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Tibet, Bhutan, China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan.
This collection explores the relevance of global trade law for data, big data and crossborder data flows. Contributing authors from different disciplines including law, economics and political science analyze developments at the World Trade Organization and in preferential trade venues by asking what future-oriented models for data governance are available and viable in the area of trade law an…
Population ageing, which has been described as one of the four global demographic “megatrends”,1 is quickly becoming a concern for many countries around the world. The growth in the size and proportion of the elderly has many implications, including the fact that there has been, and will continue to be, a significant growth in the number of individuals who are living longer, and because of …
The first comprehensive analysis of the emergence of academic brands, this book explores how the modern university is being transformed as it competes in an increasingly global economy of higher education where luxury is replacing access.
This book is the second in a series of volumes intended to provide a broad sociological analysis of the foundations of constitutional law.
International criminal law has witnessed a rapid rise since the end of the Cold War. The United Nations refers to the birth of a new ‘age of accountability’, but certain historical objections, such as selectivity or victor’s justice, have never fully gone away, and many of the justice dimensions of international criminal law remain unexplored.
This work examines the nature of criminal responsibility, and thereby the very heart of criminal law theory.
Whose Book is it Anyway? is a provocative collection of essays that opens out the copyright debate to questions of open access, ethics, and creativity. It includes views – such as artist’s perspectives, writer’s perspectives, feminist, and international perspectives – that are too often marginalized or elided altogether.