Hart Publishing imprint: 910 books
Special Advisers
Who they are, what they do and why they matter
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Viewers of The Thick of It will know of special advisers as spin doctors and political careerists. Several well-known ministers have been special advisers, among them David Cameron, Ed Miliband, Jack Straw and Vince Cable. People also know about the public relations disasters involving Jo Moore, Damian...
Reasoning Rights
Comparative Judicial Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
This book is about judicial reasoning in human rights cases. The aim is to explore the question: how is it that notionally universal norms are reasoned by courts in such significantly different ways? What is the shape of this reasoning; which techniques are common across the transnational jurisprudence;...
Rights and Courts in Pursuit of Social Change
Legal Mobilisation in the Multi-Level European System
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Over the past few decades, European countries have witnessed a proliferation of legal norms concerning marginalised individuals and minorities who increasingly invoke them in front of courts to assert their rights and claim protection. The present volume explores the relationship between law, rights...
Australian Feminist Judgments
Righting and Rewriting Law
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This book brings together feminist academics and lawyers to present an impressive collection of alternative judgments in a series of Australian legal cases. By re-imagining original legal decisions through a feminist lens, the collection explores the possibilities, limits and implications of feminist...
Simester and Sullivan’s Criminal Law
Theory and Doctrine
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2019
This is the new edition of the leading textbook on criminal law by Professors Simester and Sullivan, now co-written with Professors Spencer, Stark and Virgo. Simester and Sullivan's Criminal Law is an outstanding account of modern English criminal law, combining detailed exposition and analysis of...
A History of the Laws of War: Volume 3
The Customs and Laws of War with Regards to Arms Control
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2011
This unique work of reference traces the origins of the modern laws of warfare from the earliest times to the present day. Relying on written records from as far back as 2400 BCE, and using sources ranging from the Bible to Security Council Resolutions, the author pieces together the history of a...
Limits to EU Powers
A Case Study of EU Regulatory Criminal Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2017
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
“…essential reading for anyone interested in the existence and exercise of EU powers in the field of criminal law. Öberg's critical examination of the constitutional constraints to EU action also raises many questions that are of great interest in other areas of EU competence....
Multilevel Constitutionalism for Multilevel Governance of Public Goods
Methodology Problems in International Law
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
This is the first legal monograph analysing multilevel governance of global 'aggregate public goods' (PGs) from the perspective of democractic, republican and cosmopolitan constitutionalism by using historical, legal, political and economic methods. It explains the need for a 'new philosophy of international...
The Constitutional Systems of the Commonwealth Caribbean
A Contextual Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
The Commonwealth Caribbean comprises a group of countries (mainly islands) lying in an arc between Florida in the north and Venezuela in the south. Varying widely in terms of their size, population, ethnic composition and economic wealth, these countries are, nevertheless, linked by their shared experience...
Citizenship in Africa
The Law of Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Citizenship in Africa provides a comprehensive exploration of nationality laws in Africa, placing them in their theoretical and historical context. It offers the first serious attempt to analyse the impact of nationality law on politics and society in different African states from a trans-continental...
Self-Determination, Statehood, and the Law of Negotiation
The Case of Palestine
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
From the Madrid Invitation in 1991 to the introduction of the Oslo process in 1993 to the present, a negotiated settlement has remained the dominant leitmotiv of peacemaking between Israel and the Palestinian people. That the parties have chosen negotiations means that either side's failure to comply...
Reclaiming Constitutionalism
Democracy, Power and the State
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Reclaiming Constitutionalism articulates an argument for why the constitutional phenomenon remains attached to the state – despite the recent advent of theories of global constitutionalism. Drawing from the idea that constitutionalism historically sought to build social consensus, this book argues...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Recent years have seen extensive discussion about the continuing retreat from marriage, the increasing demand for the right to marry from previously excluded groups, and the need to protect those who do not wish to marry from being forced to do so. At the same time, weddings are big business, couples...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Equity, the body of law developed in the English Court of Chancery, has a long and distinguished history. In the twenty-first century it continues to be an important regulator of both commercial and personal dealings, as well as informing statutory regulation. Although much equitable doctrine is settled,...