Foreign Legal Systems category: 1801 books
Refugee Repatriation
Justice, Responsibility and Redress
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Voluntary repatriation is now the predominant solution to refugee crises, yet the responsibilities states of origin bear towards their repatriating citizens are under-examined. Through a combination of legal and moral analysis, and case studies of the troubled repatriation movements to Guatemala,...
Countering Terrorism in Britain and France
Institutions, Norms and the Shadow of the Past
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Though Britain and France have faced a similar threat from Islamist terrorism in the years following September 11 2001, they have often responded in different ways to the challenges it posed. This groundbreaking work offers the first in-depth comparative analysis of counterterrorist policies and operations...
Responsive Democracy
Increasing State Accountability in East Asia
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2011
"Responsive Democracy is a pioneering contribution to the political analysis of administrative law in East Asia. Both political scientists and legal academics will greatly benefit from the author's in-depth analysis of the intersection between presidential power and administrative law in the...
Understanding E-Government in Europe
Issues and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2010
This volume critically explores the contentions in the emerging debate surrounding new media technologies and the extent to which they are challenging traditional political and government models.
Examining a range of citizen/government interactions which together form e-government...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Rejecting the view that states may be studied in isolation from one another, and proceeding from the assumption that political theory and international theory are part of a single continuum, this collection of essays employs both comparative method and an international perspective to assess what is...
by Roman David, Ian Holliday
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2018
Historic Myanmar elections in November 2015 paved the way for an NLD government led by Aung San Suu Kyi to take office in March 2016, and saw the country deepen its graduated transition away from authoritarian rule. Nevertheless, military forces that for decades dominated national politics remain...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
In many countries, social differences, such as religion or race and ethnicity, threaten the stability of the social and legal order. This book addresses the role of constitutions and constitutionalism in dealing with the challenge of difference. The book brings together lawyers, political scientists,...
The EU Enlargement and Gay Politics
The Impact of Eastern Enlargement on Rights, Activism and Prejudice
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2016
This book offers a well-investigated and accessible picture of the current situation around the politics of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) rights and activism in Central Europe and the Western Balkans in the context of the enlargement of the European Union (EU). It provides not only...
Rights Enabled
The Disability Revolution, from the US, to Germany and Japan, to the United Nations
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Drawing on extensive fieldwork and a variety of original sources, Katharina Heyer examines three case studies—Germany, Japan, and the United Nations—to trace the evolution of a disability rights model from its origins in the U.S. through its adaptations in other democracies to its current formulation...
Explorations in Ethics and International Relations
Essays in Honour of Sydney Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
This book examines the interaction between the realms of ethics and international relations. The essays discuss such issues as the responsibilities of defence scientists; theological reflections on compromise; the ethics of risk-taking; the international legal protection of human rights and the collaboration...
The United States Supreme Court
A political and legal analysis, second edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
This book provides an accessible but thorough account of the US Supreme Court and its influence on American society and political life.
Muslims Talking Politics
Framing Islam, Democracy, and Law in Northern Nigeria
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
For generations Islamic and Western intellectuals and policymakers have debated Islam’s compatibility with democratic government, usually with few solid conclusions. But where—Brandon Kendhammer asks in this book—have the voices of ordinary, working-class Muslims been in this conversation? Doesn’t...
The Rule of Law in Central America
Citizens' Reactions to Crime and Punishment
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
The book is a thorough study that focuses on the impact of the current crime wave on citizens' respect for the law in countries such as Nicaragua, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
The work opens with a brief review of the literature on the rule of law and legal socialization,...
by Telford Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2012
“The true quality of a judicial system is best measured by its resistance to stress, whether caused by community, racial, or other prejudice, or by the pressure of state political policies and interests.”
--Telford Taylor
Working in secret for the past several years, a group of distinguished...