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Transparency in Insurance Regulation and Supervisory Law
This volume focuses on transparency as the guiding principle for insurance regulation and supervisory law. All chapters were written by experts in their respective fields, who address transparency in a wide range of European and non-European jurisdictions. Each chapter reviews the transparency principles applicable in the jurisdiction discussed. While the European jurisdictions reflect differen…
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- 978-3-030-63621-0
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- XVI, 617p.:ill
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- 340.9 Tra
Turkish Social Law
The book provides a comprehensive overview on the legal aspects of the social security system in Turkey. It is written specifically for lawyers and graduate law students as comparative law researchers all over the world who have a need to deal with Turkish law generally but are seeking to become specialists in social law. In addition, it has been prepared with a view to provide basic informatio…
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- 978-3-030-64704-9
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- XXIX, 346p.:ill
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- 340.9 Cen t
Remedies against Immunity?
The open access book examines the consequences of the Italian Constitutional Court’s Judgment 238/2014 which denied the German Republic’s immunity from civil jurisdiction over claims to reparations for Nazi crimes committed during World War II. This landmark decision created a range of currently unresolved legal problems and controversies which continue to burden the political and diplomati…
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- 978-3-662-62304-6
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- XXVI, 425p.:ill
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- 340.9 Rem
Politically Motivated Justice
The book addresses authoritarian legacies of politically motivated justice and its unwritten practices that have re-emerged in the recent trials related to both political and ordinary criminal charges against prominent opposition leaders in many former Soviet republics. Taking into account that in any country all trials are more or less related to politics, the author differentiates between tri…
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- 978-94-6265-459-4
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- XXII, 208p.:ill
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- 340.9 Com
Competition Law Analysis of Price and Non-price Discrimination & Abusive IP B…
This book gathers national and international reports from around the globe on key issues in the field of antitrust and intellectual property. Its first part discusses to what extent competition law should be concerned with differences in prices, terms and conditions, or quality that suppliers offer different purchasers. A detailed international report explores the major trends and challenges in…
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- 978-3-030-55765-2
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- Springer Cham
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- xvii, 499p.:ill
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- 340.9 Com
Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2019
This volume of the Netherlands Yearbook of International Law (NYIL) is the fiftieth in the Series, which means that the NYIL has now been with us for half a century. The editors decided not to let this moment go by unnoticed, but to devote this year’s edition to an analysis of the phenomenon of yearbooks in international law. Once the decision was made that this would be the subject of t…
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- 978-94-6265-403-7
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- IX, 403p.:ill
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- 340.9 Net
The Persecution of Children as a Crime Against Humanity
This book addresses age-based persecution of children as a crime against humanity in connection with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes (persecution - with some variation in the elements of the crime - is an existing offence under the Rome Statute of the permanent International Criminal Court, the statutes of various international criminal tribunals i.e. International Criminal Tri…
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- 978-3-030-75002-2
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- xiii, 210p.:ill.
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- 340.9 Gro t
Flags, Color, and the Legal Narrative
On behalf of Professor Hugh Brady, Director and Senior Fellow, The Flag Research Center at the University of Texas School of Law, "Flags, Color, and the Legal Narrative: Public Memory, Identity, and Critique (Springer 2021) has been selected as the recipient of our Gherardi Davis Prize is presented for a significant contribution to vexillological research for the year 2021. This work was select…
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- 978-3-030-32865-8
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- XLVIII, 697p.:ill
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- Law and Visual Jurisprudence
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- 340.9 Fla
CyberBRICS
This book stems from the CyberBRICS project, which is the first major attempt to produce a comparative analysis of Internet regulations in the BRICS countries – namely, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The project has three main objectives: 1) to map existing regulations; 2) to identify best practices; and 3) to develop policy recommendations in the various areas that compose c…
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- 978-3-030-56405-6
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- XIV, 280p.:ill
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- 340.9 Cyb
Rights Limitation in Digital Age
This book comprehensively discusses the effects of digital technology on the way work is disseminated and the resulting challenges concerning the fair use of copyright. It also analyzes so-called fairness by examining theories on the system of fair use, demonstrating the “system changes that will be brought about by technological changes” from the perspective of economics, i.e., the problem…
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- 978-981-16-4380-4
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- Springer Singapore
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- 340.9 Liu r
Chinese Maritime Cases
This book selects leading, innovative and influential Chinese maritime judgments and presents full translation of them, with brief summary, to the readers so that they can have insights of how the Chinese maritime judges interpret, apply and develop Chinese maritime law in practice. China trades with other states in trillions of USD every year, and about 95% of the cargoes are carried by ocean-…
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- 978-3-662-63716-6
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- LXVI, 1404p.:ill
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- -
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- 340.9 Chi
General Reports of the XXth General Congress of the International Academy of …
This book explores convergences of legal doctrine despite jurisdictional, cultural and political barriers, as well as divergences due to such barriers, examining topics that are of vital importance to contemporary legal scholars. Written by leading experts from all continents, its 26 chapters present a comparative analysis of cutting-edge legal issues of the 21st century. While each of the c…
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- 978-3-030-48675-4
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- X, 709p.:ill
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- 340.9 Gen
Cyber Security, Artificial Intelligence, Data Protection & the Law
This book provides a comparison and practical guide of the data protection laws of Canada, China (Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan), Laos, Philippines, South Korea, United States and Vietnam. The book builds on the first book Data Protection Law. A Comparative Analysis of Asia-Pacific and European Approaches, Robert Walters, Leon Trakman, Bruno Zeller. As the world comes to terms with Artificia…
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- 978-981-16-1665-5
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- XVII, 458p.:ill
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- -
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- 340.9 Wal c
Chinese Maritime Cases
This book selects leading, innovative and influential Chinese maritime judgments and presents full translation of them, with brief summary, to the readers so that they can have insights of how the Chinese maritime judges interpret, apply and develop Chinese maritime law in practice. China trades with other states in trillions of USD every year, and about 95% of the cargoes are carried by ocean-…
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- 978-3-662-63810-1
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- LXXIII, 1503p.:ill
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- 340.9 Chi
Legality Matters
This book examines the way international criminal courts and tribunals have interpreted the crimes against humanity proscription of other inhumane acts. This clause is consistently used in spite of the long list of more specific offences forbidden as crimes against humanity. The volume proposes that the current approach is based on a misunderstanding of the nature of the clause. Properly un…
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- 978-94-6265-443-3
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- XIII, 196p.:ill
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- 340.9 Mac l
Protecting Built Heritage in Hong Kong
This Brief is the first comprehensive coverage of law and policy intended to protect built heritage in Hong Kong. Although characterized as a city of skyscrapers and modernity, Hong Kong has a rich cultural heritage and a surprisingly rich built heritage. The text considers what “built heritage” means in Hong Kong and what built heritage there is in Hong Kong. It introduces general readers,…
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- 978-981-16-5071-0
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- xi, 111p.:ill
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- 340.9 Gal p
Academic Freedom Under Pressure?
Is academic freedom threatened? The book examines current challenges to academic freedom in Europe, focusing mainly on Italy and Germany. The cases discussed demonstrate that research and teaching are under pressure in European democracies: in Hungary and Poland due to political constraints, in other countries due to societal expectations. Considering different interrelated aspects, the four…
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- 978-3-030-77524-7
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- xv, 256p.:ill
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- 340.9 Aca
Provisional Measures Issued by International Courts and Tribunals
This book makes a significant contribution to the comprehension of the law and practice of provisional measures issued by international courts and tribunals, including international commercial arbitration. After having analyzed the common features of provisional measures, it provides an overview of the peculiarities of these orders within the context of different international proceedings (e.g.…
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- 978-94-6265-411-2
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- vi, 369p.:ill
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- 340.9 Pro
Trans Rights and Wrongs
This book maps various national legal responses to gender mobility, including sex and name registration, access to gender modification interventions, and anti-discrimination protection (or lack thereof) and regulations. The importance of the underlying legislation and history is underlined in order to understand the law’s functions concerning discrimination, exclusion, and violence, as well a…
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- 978-3-030-68494-5
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- VI, 558p.:ill
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- 340.9 Tra
Nigerian Yearbook of International Law 2018/2019
The contributions to this volume focus on a diverse array of topics in international law, with scholarly interventions from experts in the field, both in academia and the judiciary, as well as case commentary on a recent decision of the International Court of Justice (Chagos Decision). The theoretical and methodological breadth of the issues covered are relevant to audiences beyond the Nigerian…
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- 978-3-030-69594-1
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- ix, 465p.:ill
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- 340.9 Nig
Contemporary Organized Crime
This edited volume explores recent research and developments in the study of organized crime. It covers six key areas: drug-related issues; human trafficking and prostitution; sports and crime; procurement and corruption; and enforcement and prevention. The contributors provide timely research for understanding various aspects of organized crime, as well as the responses that have been devel…
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- 978-3-030-56592-3
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- xi, 280p.:ill
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- 340.9 Dev
Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and the Public Policy Exception
The book presents arguments derived from primary sources related to international arbitration in South Asian jurisdictions, a list of the same is made available therein. The book is a research statement on the contemporary concerns within international commercial arbitration, especially related to enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. Importantly, the book through a unique methodology of inte…
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- 978-981-16-2634-0
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- xviii, 183p.:ill
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- 340.9 Zel e
Assessing Government Transparency in China 2019
This book reviews and analyzes the innovative measures introduced, lessons learned and problems encountered by selected and representative provinces, cities and counties with regard to the openness of local government affairs. To do so, it focuses on fields that are closely related to economic and social development and to the vital interests of the people, and which have thus aroused great soc…
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- 978-981-16-2810-8
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- viii, 219p.:ill
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- 340.9 Ass
Reform and Development of Powers and Functions of China's Criminal Proceedings
This book addresses the basic theory of criminal procedure in China, together with recent reforms. Balancing the powers of public security and judicial organs with the rights of individual citizens, it assesses the nature of Chinese criminal proceedings. In the basic theoretical research section, the author, drawing on the latest findings from the legal community, systematically and comprehensi…
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- 978-981-15-8431-2
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- xx, 551p.:ill
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- 340.9 Che r
Social Security Law in Small Jurisdictions
The book examines whether small jurisdictions (states) are confronted with specific issues providing social security and how to deal with these issues. How is social security law impacted by the smallness of the jurisdiction? First, the author examines the key concepts ‘small jurisdiction’ and ‘social security’ as he understands them in the present research. He then pays some attention …
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- 978-3-030-78247-4
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- xvi, 324p.:ill
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- 340.9 Pie s
European Constitutional Courts towards Data Retention Laws
The book analyses the impact the jurisprudence of the constitutional courts of EU Member States and the Court of Justice of the European Union has had on the perception of freedom of communications in the digital era with respect to these courts’ judgments regarding regulating storage and access to telecommunications data (known as telecommunications data retention) from 2008 to 2017. To do s…
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- 978-3-030-57189-4
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- x, 384p.:ill
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- 340.9 Eur
A Dialogue Between Law and History
This book builds on the success of the First International Conference on Facts and Evidence: A Dialogue between Law and Philosophy (Shanghai, China, May 2016), which was co-hosted by the Collaborative Innovation Center of Judicial Civilization (CICJC) and East China Normal University. The Second International Conference on Facts and Evidence: A Dialogue between Law and History was jointly organ…
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- 978-981-15-9685-8
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- x, 411p.:ill
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- 340.9 Adi
Judicial Protection in Transnational Criminal Proceedings
This book proposes and outlines a comprehensive framework for judicial protection in transnational criminal proceedings that ensures the right to judicial review without hampering the effective functioning of international cooperation in criminal matters. It examines a broad range of potential approaches in the context of selected national criminal justice systems, and offers a comparative a…
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- 978-3-030-55796-6
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- viii, 443p.:ill
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- 340.9 Jud
Class Actions in Europe
Not so long ago, class actions were considered to be a textbook example of American exceptionalism; many of their main features were assumed to be incompatible with the culture of the civil law world. However, the tide is changing; while there are now trends in the USA toward limiting or excluding class actions, notorious cases like Dieselgate are moving more and more European jurisdictions to …
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- 978-3-030-73036-9
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- x, 400p.:ill
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- 340.9 Cla
Women, Matrimonial Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
This book examines the practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as it stands today in the context of matrimonial disputes and for providing gender justice for women undergoing matrimonial litigation. ADR is a fairly recent but increasingly prevalent phenomenon that has significantly evolved due to the failure of the adversarial process of litigation to provide timely resolution of dispu…
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- 978-981-16-1015-8
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- XXV, 331p.:ill
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- 340.9 Tya w
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