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International criminal law is at a crucial point in its history and development, and the time is right for practitioners, academics and students to take stock of the lessons learnt from the past fifte...
As a distinct scholarly contribution to law, feminist legal theory is now well over three decades old.
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The law of armed conflict is a key element of the global legal order yet it finds itself in a state of flux created by the changing nature of warfare and the influences of other branches of internatio...
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Technology has become increasingly important to both the function and our understanding of the justice process.
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<P>The <I>Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Asia</I> provides a rich study of human rights challenges facing some of the most vulnerable people in Asia.
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<P>The "commons" has come to mean many things to many people, and the term is often used inconsistently.
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This handbook is a detailed reference source comprising original articles covering the origins, history, theory and practice of Islamic law.
Mental health has always been a low priority worldwide.
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Comparative constitutional change has recently emerged as a distinct field in the study of constitutional law.
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This Handbook brings together 40 of the world?s leading scholars and rising stars who study international law from disciplines in the humanities ? from history to literature, philosophy to the visual ...
This book examines the idea of a fundamental entitlement to health and healthcare from a human rights perspective.
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Governments need rules, institutions, and processes to translate the will of the people into functioning democracies.
The COVID-19 pandemic not only ravaged human bodies but also had profound and possibly enduring effects on the health of political and legal systems, economies and societies.
This handbook brings together diverse perspectives, major topics, and multiple approaches to one of the biggest legal institutions in society: property.
In today’s highly globalized and regulated economy, private and public organizations face myriad complex laws and regulations.
The Handbook of Constitutional Law in Greater China surveys important issues of constitutional law in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
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