Author : Michael J. Trebilcock
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,3 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9781783473380
This book offers a concise and accessible introduction to the main themes and debates in the field of law and development. It unpacks the role of legal systems and institutions, and investigates what kinds of law and legal arrangements are perceived (correctly or not) to encourage and facilitate development. The complete Elgar Advanced Introductions to Law series is available online as a low cost institutional subscription.
Author : Mariana M. Prado
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 35,72 MB
Release : 2021-05-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1788970896
In this thoroughly revised and updated second edition, Mariana Mota Prado and Michael J. Trebilcock offer a succinct and readable introduction to the main concepts and debates in the field of law and development. They examine the role of legal systems and institutions, investigate perceptions around what laws and legal arrangements encourage and facilitate development, and probe the issues arising in both private law and public law as well as in international economic relations. Written with the insight of two top experts in the field, this Advanced Introduction covers the most recent trends in law and development research and highlights areas that remain underexplored.
Author : Jaakko Husa
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 178811647X
This Advanced Introduction offers a fresh critical analysis of various dimensions of law and globalisation, drawing on historical, normative, theoretical, and linguistic methodologies. Its comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach spans the fields of global legal pluralism, comparative legal studies, and international law.
Author : Shubha Ghosh
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 24,17 MB
Release : 2021-03-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 1788978684
This important Advanced Introduction considers the multiple ways in which law and entrepreneurship intertwine. Shubha Ghosh expertly explores key areas defining the field, including lawyering, innovation policy, intellectual property and economics and finance, to enhance both legal and pedagogical concepts.
Author : Peter Goodrich
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 1789906008
Peter Goodrich presents a unique introduction to the concept of jurisliterature. Highlighting how lawyers have been extraordinarily productive of literary, artistic and political works, Goodrich explores the diversity and imagination of the law and literature tradition. Jurisliterature, he argues, is the source of legal invention and the sign of novelty in judgments.
Author : Woodrow Barfield
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 20,15 MB
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 1789905133
Woodrow Barfield and Ugo Pagallo present a succinct introduction to the legal issues related to the design and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Exploring human rights, constitutional law, data protection, criminal law, tort law, and intellectual property law, they consider the laws of a number of jurisdictions including the US, the European Union, Japan, and China, making reference to case law and statutes.
Author : Eisen, Joel B.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 11,93 MB
Release : 2021-07-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 1789906873
This clear and concise book provides an overview of how laws and policies around the world are designed to support and accelerate the growth of renewable energy. Throughout, Professor Eisen focuses on how national and sub-national governments have responded to the revolutionary transformation of the world’s energy system by developing and implementing support programs for renewable energy.
Author : Ernst H. Ballin
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 1788977173
Written by Ernst Hirsch Ballin, this original Advanced Introduction uncovers the foundations of legal research methods, an area of legal scholarship distinctly lacking in standardisation. The author shows how such methods differ along critical, empirical, and fundamental lines, and how our understanding of these is crucial to overcoming crises and restoring trust in the law. Key topics include a consideration of law as a normative language and an examination of the common objects of legal research.
Author : Sabino Cassese
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 24,61 MB
Release : 2021-02-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 1789904226
Sabino Cassese presents an incisive introduction to the essential principles of global law, exploring the central theories of globalization through an analysis of the main developments in this area. The Advanced Introduction concludes that despite the ongoing dialectic between national governments and international institutions, globalization and states are progressing in parallel, while civil societies are increasingly involved in the machinery of globalization.
Author : Johnson, Loch K.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 17,64 MB
Release : 2021-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1800881738
Providing a comprehensive account of America’s constitutional framework, this Advanced Introduction examines how U.S officials carry out America’s foreign policy objectives through diplomacy, trade agreements, secretive covert actions, and the use of military force. Loch K. Johnson delivers an invigorating examination of ethical and legal aspects of American foreign policy as well as providing a new perspective on topics such as domestic politics, diplomacy and policymaking.
