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This book presents a comprehensive framework from which to understand marriage from a law and economics perspective. It shows the economic rationale behind substantive marriage law and proposes an efficient conflict of laws system that prioritizes predictability and congruency in the determination of the applicable law.

Human rights play a crucial role in health law and policy. This book systematically explores a range of themes and dimensions of 'health and human rights'. It discusses the approaches of the UN, Council of Europe and EU to health and human rights, as well as a number of important themes including autonomy and paternalism, vulnerability and entitlements, abortion, digitisation and artificial intelligence, and questions surrounding death and dying.

This book encapsulates the general part of the English contract system. For the first time this complex body of law is presented in an accessible and structured form.

The third edition of Materials on European Criminal Law is a collection of legal instruments including all legal materials relevant for the practice of the Member States of the European Union in one concise volume.

This book explores the role of Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - which guarantees the right to effective judicial protection - in consumer cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as civil courts in Spain and the Netherlands.

This book is a collection of contributions examining children's access to justice within selected jurisdictions and various areas of law. It explores children's participation in judicial and non-judicial procedures in practice and discusses various obstacles to participation.

Bruce Harris has left an indelible mark on public law across the common law world. In this Festschrift, commentators explore key themes including the nature of executive power, issues concerning the judiciary, and the future of unwritten constitutions. This collection of essays conveys a distinctively pragmatic approach to public law, relevant to scholars and practitioners alike.

Based on fieldwork unprecedented in scope, this project provides the first systematic study of the formulation and implementation of the recommendations of thirteen Latin American truth commissions.

Based on fieldwork unprecedented in scope, this project provides the first systematic study of the formulation and implementation of the recommendations of thirteen Latin American truth commissions.

This volume contributes to the literature on private international family law in Europe through the examination of two recent EU instruments: the Matrimonial Property Regulation and the Regulation on the Property Consequences of Registered Partnerships. The book presents the two regulations in a clear and comprehensive manner and analyses their implications for EU family law going forward.

Advancing the Right to Health Care in China analyses the role of accountability, a Western concept that has recently been introduced to China, in advancing the right to health care in light of China's unique political, legal and social background.

Quality and Speed in Administrative Decision-Making: Tension or Balance? presents six national perspectives on the issues surrounding legislation brought in to deal with the consequences of the economic crisis. It also includes a comparative overview comparing and contrasting national approaches.

This book focuses on the radical communist revolution in Cambodia and the culture of impunity and silence imposed on the society under successive national governments.

Aiming to fill a gap in existing literature, this book contains an empirical study of the converging effects of the harmonisation policies used by the European lawmaker in consumer sales law.

This book offers an overview of the challenges in the emerging regime of international criminal justice as a tool of sustainable peace.

Migration crisis, food crisis, economic crisis - the most alarming tendencies in our contemporary world are related to the transnational social question. But what role does transnational law play in this context...

This volume argues that normative and legal developments to regulate and govern the behaviour of transnational businesses represent a new frontier in the struggle for human rights.

A comparative analysis of security rights in insolvency proceedings under the main legal traditions of the European Union (common law, Germanic, 'Napoleonic Code' and 'East' European) in the context of Articles 5 and 13 of the European Insolvency Regulation - Regulation 1346/2000.

This book develops a theory for the principle of legality in European criminal law. Its focus is on the legitimising and normative functions of this principle.

This book examines several aspects of the equality and non-discrimination norms in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

Should a politician be free to fiercely attack the religion of a sector of the population? Should religious adherents be allowed to advocate the transition from a democratic to a theocratic state?These sort of questions concern 'the place of faith in public debate' and continue to dominate public discussion

In the modern globalized world, so-called private military and security companies (PMSCs) are employed by a variety of actors in times of both war and peace. They are employed by, and perform a plethora of services for, not only international organizations, NGOs and multinationals, but also States.

This book analyzes the function and role of international law in a framework of increased global governance by focusing on how 'community interests' are articulated and protected in various areas, including the global commons, and human rights and security related issues.

Scholars from multiple countries and disciplines analyse the existing and potential contributions that private law and private international law can make towards each of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030.

The book focuses on the harmonisation of transactions avoidance laws in the EU. Based on national reports from 24 jurisdictions and employing a principle-based approach, it proposes a new Model Law which, provides for legal certainty as to which transactions should (or should not) be challengeable in all Member States under the same conditions.

The International Survey of Family Law is the annual review of the International Society of Family Law. It brings together reliable and clearly structured insights into the latest and most notable developments in family law from all around the globe.