Civil Law category: 2427 books

Migration and Refugee Law: Principles and Practice in Australia is a comprehensive overview of the legal principles governing the entry of people into Australia. This fully revised third edition provides an accessible analysis of the theory and practice of this complex and controversial area of the...

This book provides analysis and critique of the dual protection of human rights in Europe by assessing the developing legal relationship between the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The book offers a comprehensive consideration of the institutional...

Virtually every constitutional order in the common law world contains a provision for executive clemency or pardon in criminal cases. This facility for legal mercy is not limited to a single place in modern legal systems, but is instead realized through various practices such as a law enforcement...

This pioneering work draws together the law and other regulatory rules that relate to newsgathering. Written in the post-Leveson environment, each chapter considers a specific newsgathering practice, and covers ethics, (self-) regulatory rules, common law and statutory oversight. In addition to covering...

This book is about our civil rights, gun violence, courts and the 2nd Amendment. As many realize, gun violence in America is off the charts compared to other industrialized nations. Over 70,000+ Americans a year are a victims of gun violence either through death or injury. This ebook argues that gun...

This is volume 6 in the series Swedish Studies in European Law. Arising from the work of two well-attended seminars, this new volume concentrates on highly topical issues in European Law – current problems in the enforcement of human rights in Europe and the accession of the EU to the European Convention...

This book is an annotation on the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure. The amendments on the Rules are included in this Third (2012) edition. The Rules were annotated with pertinent provisions of the 1987 Philippine Constitution, legislations, jurisprudence and issuances of the Supreme Court, and opinions...

Rights-based Litigation, Urban Governance and Social Justice in South Africa considers the overlap between legal and everyday struggles for social and spatial justice in the particular context of Johannesburg, South Africa. Drawing from literature across disciplines of law, urban geography and urban...

The complex legal situations arising from the coexistence of international law, state law, and social and religious norms in different parts of the world often include scenarios of conflict between them. These conflicting norms issued from different categories of ‘laws’ result in difficulties...

This book presents a unique and comprehensive examination of the human and moral rights of artists. In what is arguably the first exhaustive book-length account of artists' rights, Paul Kearns explores the problems associated with censorship, both from philosophical and legal perspectives, and focuses...

In this book Kerry O’Halloran analyses a subject of international interest – religion – and examines related contemporary issues from a human rights perspective. The book takes the view that while the impact of Islamic State violence has dramatically demonstrated the destructive power of religious...

A civil proceeding is filled with legalities and wordings that usually require the explanation of a lawyer but sometimes, the lawyer's explanations would only lead to more questions. This quick study guide has been laid out to take you from the commencement of a case through to a judgement. Never again fall victim to the lack of understanding of a civil proceeding. Pick a copy today.

Leading Works in Law and Religion brings together leading and emerging scholars in the field from the United Kingdom and Ireland. Each contributor has been invited to select and analyse a ‘leading work’, which has for them shed light on the way that Law and Religion are intertwined. The chapters...

"Se presenta a la comunidad académica el tercer tomo sobre temas nucleares del derecho civil, dedicado en esta ocasión a la apreciación de la naturaleza desde el enfoque jurídico y las diversas relaciones entre las personas que tienen como fuente e interés protegido los objetos materiales....