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Now in its fifth edition, The New Penguin Guide to the Law is the most up-to-date, wide-ranging reference book of its kind. Written by a team of legal experts, it covers all aspects of the law that di...

Why do we need laws? What rights are protected by law? When was forensic evidence first used in court? This book explores big questions like these, explaining the laws and legal precedents, and relig...

Now updated to include cases from a greater range of domestic jurisdicutions, a new chapter on criticism, themes, and issues, and an account of the completed work of the International Law Commission L...

This book develops students´ understanding and practice of client interviewing, writing and drafting, negotiation and advocacy in the context of extensive research in the legal profession and the civi...

Truly global in both approach and coverage, this second edition of Textbook on International Human Rights provides an ideal introduction to a complex subject.

In this book, the author analyses the law and practice relating to the classification, drafting, validity and enforcement of contracts relating to jurisdiction and choice of law. The focus is on Engli...

The state is the most powerful and contested of political ideas, loved for its promise of order but hated for its threat of coercion. In this broad-ranging new study, Alan Harding challenges the ortho...

This book examines the relationship between the idea of legitimacy of law in a democratic system and equality, conceived in a tripartite sense: political, legal, and social. Exploring the constituent ...

Martin Chanock´s definitive perspective on the development of South Africa´s legal system in the early twentieth century examines all areas of the law: criminal law and criminology; the Roman-Dutch la...

Human rights are invoked on many occasions. But are they more than lofty values and abstract principles? In providing a concise but comprehensive overview of international human rights protection at ...

This is the long-awaited second edition of this highly regarded comparative overview of corporate law. This edition has been comprehensively updated to reflect profound changes in corporate law. It no...

ORDEN, David Farm support is contentious in international negotiations. This in-depth assessment of the legal compliance and economic evaluation issues raised by the WTO Agreement on Agriculture prese...

First book dedicated to the duty to prosecute serious human rights violations, an interesting and under-explored new concept in international law Comprehensive overview of all international human righ...

This Handbook provides an innovative account of past and current research in the interface between linguistics and law. It outlines the range of legal areas in which linguistics plays an increasing ro...