Comparative category: 2220 books
Comparative Insolvency Law
The Pre-pack Approach in Corporate Rescue
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Comparative Insolvency Law argues that the most important development in contemporary insolvency law and practice is the shift towards a rescue culture rather than full creditor satisfaction. This book is the first to specifically examine the rise of the pre-pack approach, which permits debtor companies to formulate a clear pre-arranged exit before entering into formal insolvency proceedings.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
The MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region’s economy is experiencing steady growth and is expanding as an active participant in investments with Europe, the Americas, and Asia. Complex deals by transnational corporations (TNCs) and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) serve to influence...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2010
It is increasingly accepted that 'institutions matter' for economic organization and outcomes. The last decade has seen significant expansion in research examining how institutional contexts affect the nature and behaviour of firms, the operation of markets, and economic outcomes. Yet 'institutions'...
New Challenges to Constitutional Adjudication in Europe
A Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
In the past few years, constitutional courts have been presented with new challenges. The world financial crisis, the new wave of terrorism, mass migration and other country-specific problems have had wide-ranging effects on the old and embedded constitutional standards and judicial constructions....
Ancient Religions, Modern Politics
The Islamic Case in Comparative Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these...
Matter, Magic, and Spirit
Representing Indian and African American Belief
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
The spiritual and religious beliefs and practices of Native Americans and African Americans have long been sources of fascination and curiosity, owing to their marked difference from the religious traditions of white writers and researchers. Matter, Magic, and Spirit explores the ways religious and...
Re-Forming Capitalism
Institutional Change in the German Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
Wolfgang Streeck has written extensively on comparative political economy and institutional theory. In this book he addresses some of the key issues in this field: the role of history in institutional analysis, the dynamics of slow institutional change, the limitations of rational design and economic-functionalist...
Voices at Work
Continuity and Change in the Common Law World
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2014
This edited collection is the culmination of a comparative project on 'Voices at Work' funded by the Leverhulme Trust 2010 - 2013. The book aims to shed light on the problematic concept of worker 'voice' by tracking its evolution and its complex interactions with various forms of law. Contributors...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
The principle of legal certainty is of fundamental importance for law and society: it has been vital in stabilising normative expectations and in providing a framework for social interaction, as well as defining the scope of individual freedom and political power. Even though it has not always been...
by Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson, Jacobien Rutgers, Professor Hugh Beale
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
This is the third edition of the widely acclaimed and successful casebook on contract in the Ius
Commune series, developed to be used throughout Europe and beyond by anyone who teaches, learns or practises law with a comparative or European perspective. The book contains leading cases, legislation...
The Cloud of Nothingness
The Negative Way in Nagarjuna and John of the Cross
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
This book explores ‘nothingness’, the negative way found in Buddhist and Christian traditions, with a focused and comparative approach. It examines the works of Nagarjuna (c. 150 CE), a Buddhist monk, philosopher and one of the greatest thinkers of classical India, and those of John of the...
Engineering Constitutional Change
A Comparative Perspective on Europe, Canada and the USA
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2012
This volume provides a holistic presentation of the reality of constitutional change in 18 countries (the 15 old EU member states, Canada, Switzerland and the USA). The essays offer analysis on formal and informal constitutional amendment bringing forth the overall picture of the parallel paths constitutional...
Trust Law in Asian Civil Law Jurisdictions
A Comparative Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
The reception of the trust in civil law jurisdictions has generated considerable conceptual debate internationally and in East Asia. In Trust Law in Asian Civil Law Jurisdictions, the authors: • Provide a detailed comparative examination of trust laws in Asian civil law jurisdictions from both operational...
Comparative Legal Linguistics
Language of Law, Latin and Modern Lingua Francas
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016
This book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through...