Comparative category: 2220 books
Joint Stock Banking in Germany
A Study of the German Creditbanks Before and After the War
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
This classic study of German creditbanks was first published in 1930 and even now deserves its place as a fundamental text on banking in Germany. It is a valuable comparative study of one important type of financial institution and represents a detailed survey of Joint Stock Banking in Germany in the pre-war, war and post-war periods upt o 1928.
Global Perspectives in Urban Law
The Legal Power of Cities
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2018
The growing field of urban law demands a collaborative scholarly focus on comparative and global perspectives. This volume offers diverse insights into urban law, with emerging theories and analyses of topics ranging from criminal reform and urban housing, to social and economic inequality and financial...
Uniform Civil Code for India
Proposed Blueprint for Scholarly Discourse
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
Article 44 of The Constitution of India, provides that 'The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India.' Even after more than six decades, this anticipated code has not been developed or implemented. This book provides a blueprint for alternative...
Regional Autonomy, Cultural Diversity and Differentiated Territorial Government
The Case of Tibet – Chinese and Comparative Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
First published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Human Rights and Charity Law
International Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2016
The 60 or so nations that subscribe to the common law tradition had for centuries broadly accepted the same legal definitions of what constitutes a charity. In recent years, however, a number of countries have embarked on charity law reform processes, designed to strengthen the regulatory framework...
Legal Education in the Global Context
Opportunities and Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
This book discusses the opportunities and challenges facing legal education in the era of globalization. It identifies the knowledge and skills that law students will require in order to prepare for the practice of tomorrow, and explores pedagogical shifts legal education needs to make inside and...
Multilevel Citizenship
The Right to Consular Protection of EU Citizens Abroad
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
This book is the first monograph on one of the least studied and most controversial European Union citizenship rights. Despite the importance of consular protection in a globalised world, many EU Member States are reluctant to recognise consular protection for EU citizens abroad as a right, leading...
Re-imagining the Trust
Trusts in Civil Law
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Although the trust is generally seen as a creation of the common law tradition, modern civilian systems are increasingly interested in incorporating the trust institution. This collection of essays explores multiple civilian experiences with the trust. The reform of Quebec's trust institution attracted...
Direct Democracy in the Baltic States
Institutions, Procedures and Practice in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2015
Over the last decades, provisions for direct democracy have increasingly been added to new constitutions around the world, including in the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Using a comparative legal approach, this book identifies a large set of direct democratic instruments in the Baltics...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
Marginalized Communities and Access to Justice is a comparative study, by leading researchers in the field of law and justice, of the imperatives and constraints of access to justice among a number of marginalized communities. A central feature of the rule of law is the equality of all before the...
The Beijing Consensus?
How China Has Changed Western Ideas of Law and Economic Development
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
Is there a distinctive Chinese model for law and economic development? In The Beijing Consensus scholars turn their collective attention to answer this basic but seemingly under-explored question as China rises higher in its global standing. Advancing debates on alternative development programs, with...
Regulating Government Ethics
An Underused Weapon in China's Anti-Corruption Campaign
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016
This book examines government ethics rules and their enforcement in China (as well as in three other jurisdictions for comparative insights). Empirical research methods (involving primarily semi-structured interviews) were employed to explore the dynamics of actual enforcement policies and practices...
Marine Environmental Governance
From International Law to Local Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Marine Environmental Governance: From International Law to Local Practice considers the relationship between international environmental law and community-based management of marine areas. Focusing on small island states, in which indigenous populations have to a large extent continued to maintain...
Global Intelligence Oversight
Governing Security in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
In a world that is increasingly unstable, intelligence services like the American CIA and the United Kingdom's MI6 exist to deliver security. Whether the challenge involves terrorism, cyber-security, or the renewed specter of great power conflict, intelligence agencies mitigate threats and provide...