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The lawyers who made America

from Jamestown to the White House

No other nation's creation, both politically and socially, owes such a debt to lawyers as the United States of America. This book traces the story of that creation through the human lives of those who played important parts in it: amongst others, of English ...

The silver way

China, spanish America and the birth of globalisation, 1565-1815

Long before London and New York rose to international prominence, a trading route was discovered between Spanish America and China that ushered in a new era of globalization. The Ruta de la Plata or "Silver Way" catalyzed economic and cultural exchange, built the foundations for ...

The foundations and traditions of constitutional amendment

There is growing interest in constitutional amendment from a comparative perspective. Comparative constitutional amendment is the study of how constitutions change through formal and informal means, including alteration, revision, evolution, interpretation, replacement and revolution. The field invites scholars to draw insights about constitutional change across ...

Fascism and Criminal Law

history, theory, continuity

Fascism was one of the twentieth century's principal political forces, and one of the most violent and problematic. Brutal, repressive and in some cases totalitarian, the fascist and authoritarian regimes of the early twentieth century, in Europe and beyond, sought to create revolutionary new ...

Criminal Law and the authority of the State

How does the state, as a public authority, relate to those under its jurisdiction through the criminal law? Connecting the ways in which criminal lawyers, legal theorists, public lawyers and criminologists address questions of the criminal law's legitimacy, contributors to this collection explore issues ...

Maritime Law

Now in its fourth edition, this authoritative guide covers all of the core aspects of maritime law in one distinct volume. Maritime Law is written by a team of leading academics and practitioners, each expert in their own field. Together, they provide clear, concise and ...

The fundamental right to data protection

normative value in the context of counter-terrorism surveillance

Since the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, data protection has been elevated to the status of a fundamental right in the European Union and is now enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights alongside the right to privacy. This timely book investigates ...

Primary EU Law and Private Law concepts

This volume has for its theme the interplay between and influence exerted on approaches and legal concepts of private law, including property rights law, by primary EU law, particularly internal market law. The starting hypothesis is that the European Court of Justice has developed concepts ...

May it please the court

judicial processes and politics in America

This practical, comprehensive, and engaging introduction to the American judicial system is designed primarily for undergraduate students in criminal justice, liberal arts, political science, and beginning law. It differs from other texts not only by delivering an insider's view of the courts, but also ...

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the simplicity of business finance

Financial (or business) acumen is essential for all managers and owners of businesses if they are to truly understand how to make them successful. This book is dedicated to helping non-financial people understand business finance easily and painlessly.

The new intergovernmentalism

states and supranational actors in the Post-Maastricht Era

The twenty years since the signing of the Maastricht Treaty have been marked by an integration paradox: although the scope of European Union (EU) activity has increased at an unprecedented pace, this increase has largely taken place in the absence of significant new transfers of ...

Legal persuasion

a rhetorical approach to the science

This book develops a central theme: legal persuasion results from making and breaking mental connections. This concept of making connections inspired the authors to take a rhetorical approach to the science of legal persuasion. That singular approach resulted in the integration of research from cognitive ...

Trading for dummies

Grasp the latest on global markets Assume more risk and build an aggressive portfolio Analyze trends and indicators to trade wisely Trade your way to a profitable portfolio Savvy traders make money in both up and down markets and now you can, too! Taking the ...

Europe's justice deficit?

The gradual legal and political evolution of the European Union has not, thus far, been accompanied by the articulation or embrace of any substantive ideal of justice going beyond the founders' intent or the economic objectives of the market integration project. This absence arguably compromises ...

Protecting vulnerable groups

the european human rights framework

The concept of vulnerability has not been unequivocally interpreted either in regional or in universal international legal instruments. This book analyses the work of the EU and the Council of Europe in ascertaining a clear framework or a set of criteria suitable to determine those ...

Fundamental rights in the EU

a matter for two courts

This collection joins the new and expanding scholarship on the protection of fundamental rights in Europe and reflects on the relationship between the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The book questions whether the changes ...

The tapestry of reason

an inquiry into the nature of coherence and its role in legal argument

In recent years coherence theories of law and adjudication have been extremely influential in legal scholarship. These theories significantly advance the case for coherentism in law. Nonetheless, there remain a number of problems in the coherence theory in law. This ambitious new work makes the ...

Remorse, penal theory and sentencing

This monograph addresses a contested but under-discussed question in the field of criminal sentencing: should an offender's remorse affect the sentence he or she receives? Answering this question involves tackling a series of others: is it possible to justify mitigation for remorse within a ...

Justice and authority in Immigration Law

This book provides a new and powerful account of the demands of justice on immigration law and policy. Drawing principally on the work of Adam Smith, Immanuel Kant, and John Rawls, it argues that justice requires states to give priority of admission to the most ...

Parliamentary sovereignty in the UK Constitution

process, politics and democracy

The status of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty in the contemporary UK Constitution is much contested. Changes in the architecture of the UK Constitution, diminishing academic reverence for the doctrine, and a more expansive vision of the judicial role, all present challenges to the relevance ...