Hart Publishing imprint: 910 books
The Federal Idea
Public Law Between Governance and Political Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
A significant part of the world's population lives under some sort of federal arrangement. And yet, the concepts of federalism and federation remain under-theorised. Federalist theorists have, for the most part, defined their object by opposition to the unitary state. As a result, they have not developed...
by David Haljan
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Constitutionalising Secession proceeds from the question, 'What, if anything, does the law have to say about a secession crisis?' But rather than approaching secession through the optic of political or nationalist institutional accommodation, this book focuses on the underpinnings to a constitutional...
by Geert van Calster
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Usable both as a student textbook and as a general introduction for legal professionals, European Private International Law is designed to reflect the reality of legal practice throughout the EU. The private international law of the Member States is increasingly regulated by the EU, making private...
Fighting Corruption in Public Procurement
A Comparative Analysis of Disqualification or Debarment Measures
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Anti-corruption measures have firmly taken centre stage in the development agenda of international organisations as well as in developed and developing countries. One area in which corruption manifests itself is in public procurement and, as a result, States have adopted various measures to prevent...
The Common Law of Obligations
Divergence and Unity
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The development of the law of obligations across the common law world has been, and continues to be, a story of unity and divergence. Its common origins continue to exert a powerful stabilising influence, carried forward by a methodology that places heavy weight on the historical foundations of legal...
Access to Justice
Beyond the Policies and Politics of Austerity
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Building on a series of ESRC funded seminars, this edited collection of expert papers by academics and practitioners is concerned with access to civil and administrative justice in constitutional democracies, where, for the past decade governments have reassessed their priorities for funding legal...
Tort Law and the Legislature
Common Law, Statute and the Dynamics of Legal Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
The study of the law of tort is generally preoccupied by case law, while the fundamental impact of legislation is often overlooked. At a jurisprudential level there is an unspoken view that legislation is generally piecemeal and at best self-contained and specific; at worst dependent on the whim of...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1997
During the past decade, administrative law has experienced remarkable development. It has consistently been one of the most dynamic and potent areas of legal innovation and of judicial activism. It has expanded its reach into an ever broadening sphere of public and private activities. Largely through...
Measuring Damages in the Law of Obligations
The Search for Harmonised Principles
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2010
This book challenges certain differences between contract, tort and equity in relation to the measure (in a broad sense) of damages. Damages are defined as the monetary award made by a court in consequence of a breach of contract, a tort or an equitable wrong. In all these causes of action, damages...
Accounting for Profit for Breach of Contract
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2012
This book defends the view that an award of an account of profits (or 'disgorgement damages') for breach of contract will sometimes be justifiable, and fits within the orthodox principles and cases in contract law. However there is some confusion as to when such an award should be made. The moral...
Access to Justice and Legal Aid
Comparative Perspectives on Unmet Legal Need
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
This book considers how access to justice is affected by restrictions to legal aid budgets and increasingly prescriptive service guidelines. As common law jurisdictions, England and Wales and Australia, share similar ideals, policies and practices, but they differ in aspects of their legal and political...
The Safest Shield
Lectures, Speeches and Essays
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
This selection of lectures, essays and speeches by Lord Judge, nearly all written when he was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, brings together his analysis of a wide range of topics which underpin the administration of justice and the rule of law. Apart from a few personal reflections, the...
Counsel Misconduct before the International Criminal Court
Professional Responsibility in International Criminal Defence
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This is the first comprehensive study of the law governing professional misconduct by defence lawyers before the International Criminal Court. The ICC's regulatory regime was introduced in response to instances of misconduct experienced by other international and domestic criminal courts. The book...
by HH Judge Roderick Denyer
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2012
Since the first edition of this book - the first on the new system of case management in Crown Courts - much has happened, and the controversial and often misunderstood elements of case management have gradually evolved into a system which now appears to be having its intended effect. This book is...