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Personal insolvency in the 21st Century

a comparative analysis of the US and Europe

Since 1979 the world has witnessed a remarkable cycle of personal insolvency law reform. Changes in capitalist economies, financial crises and political interest groups all contributed to this cycle of reform. This book examines the role of interest groups and distinct narratives in shaping reform ...

Commissions of inquiry

problems and prospects

This timely and pertinent collection looks at the variety of questions involved in the operation of Commissions of Inquiry (CoIs). Traditionally existing as pure fact-finding bodies, in recent times the function of CoIs has arguably shifted and broadened so as to provide a form of ...

Heritage, culture and rights

challenging legal discourses

Cultural heritage law and its response to human rights principles and practice has gained renewed prominence on the international agenda. The recent conflicts in Syria and Mali, China's use of shipwreck sites and underwater cultural heritage to make territorial claims, and the cultural identities ...

Human Rights encounter legal pluralism

normative and empirical approaches

This collection of essays interrogates how human rights law and practice acquire meaning in relation to legal pluralism, ie, the co-existence of more than one regulatory order in a same social field. As a social phenomenon, legal pluralism exists in all societies. As a legal ...

Constitutional Courts, gay rights and sexual orientation equality

In the last fifteen years constitutional issues regarding the rights of gays, lesbians and same-sex couples have emerged on a global scale. The pace of recognition of their fundamental rights, both at judicial and legislative level, has dramatically increased across different jurisdictions, reflecting a growing ...

Public procurement and multilateral development banks

The multilateral development banks cumulatively channel billions of dollars annually in development assistance to borrower countries. This finance is usually spent through processes that incorporate the public procurement regulations of the banks and it is often a condition of this finance that the funds must ...

Chasing criminal money

challenges and perspectives on asset recovery in the EU

The fight against dirty money is not a new topic, nor a recent problem. It has existed within international and national agendas since the 1980s. Nonetheless, the evolving complexity of criminal skills and networks; the increasingly global dimension of crime; the financial crisis; and the ...

Rationale-based defences in Criminal Law

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK "Despite the existing scholarly literature on criminal defences, many issues remain contested or unresolved. Dr Dsouza offers a thorough and scholarly treatment of a complex topic which can be expected to become a point of reference for future work in the ...

Virtual competition

the promise and perils of the algorithm-driven economy

Shoppers with a bargain-hunting impulse and internet access can find a universe of products at their fingertips. But is there a dark side to internet commerce? This thought-provoking exposé invites us to explore how sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching are changing the nature of market competition ...

Pollution, politics, and power

the struggle for sustainable electricity

The electric power industry has been transformed over the past forty years, becoming more reliable and resilient while meeting environmental goals. A big question now is how to prevent backsliding. Pollution, Politics, and Power tells the story of the remarkable transformation of the electric power ...

The case for community wealth building

Guinan and O'Neill argue that traditional economic strategies waste billions and the transformational effects of community wealth building would be preferable.

Why austerity persists

The ongoing appeal of austerity to the right-wing and centre-right governments across the globe in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis is considered in relation to austerity's evident ineffectiveness and tyranny.

Should animals have political rights?

"All states must make decisions about how to regulate the treatment of animals. In this book, Alasdair Cochrane argues that this must go further. In order to ensure that their interests are taken seriously, it is imperative that we represent them throughout the political process ...

Is self-determination a dangerous illusion?

Claims to self-determination are rife in world politics today. They range from Scottish and Catalonian campaigns for independence to calls for the devolution of power to regions and cities. But is self-determination meaningful or desirable in the 21st century, or merely a dangerous illusion? In ...

The nordic civil sphere

The civil sphere is a distinctively democratic field in modern societies, one that sustains universalising cultural aspirations and organisational structures and that has tense and uncertain boundaries with other spheres of social life, like the economy, religion, family, and state. Unlike the latter, which are ...

The debt delusion

living within our means and other fallacies

The basic public understanding of how a government should handle its debt is debunked as misinformed in this primer for people looking to cut through the rhetoric and misinformation.

Ancient Greece and american conservatism

classical influence on the modern right

US conservatives have repeatedly turned to classical Greece for inspiration and rhetorical power. In the 1950s they used Plato to defend moral absolutism; in the 1960s it was Aristotle as a means to develop a uniquely conservative social science; and then Thucydides helped to justify ...

From Sodomy Laws to same-sex marriage

international perspectives since 1789

Inspired by recent adoptions of same-sex marriage, From Sodomy Laws to Same-Sex Marriage provides international perspectives on the legal and social history of same-sex relationships from the early 19th century to the present. Its emphasis is on areas where the impetus for change has been ...

Democracies and authoritarian regimes

Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes provides a broad, accessible overview of the key institutions and political dynamics in democracies and dictatorships, enabling students to assess the benefits and risks associated with democracy, and the growing challenges to it. Comprehensive coverage of the full spectrum of political ...

Judicial power in a globalized world

Liber Amicorum Vincent De Gaetano

This book explores fundamental topics concerning the functioning of the judiciary. The authors - class scholars, international judges and jurists from a diverse range of countries - address general theoretical issues in connection with judicial power, the role and functioning of international courts, international standards concerning the ...