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This textbook provides the first comprehensive pedagogical treatment of international investment law from a Caribbean perspective, addressing a critical gap in legal education resources.International...

Sexual violence in conflict, often referred to as conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV), refers to some form of sexual and/or reproductive violence perpetrated against women, men, girls, and boys...

This book highlights the diverse and complicated ways that violence becomes axiomatic, namely through political rhetoric, epistemological impositions, and colonial legacies. Considering how axiomatic...

Intergenerational justice concerns what is owed between members of different generations, including what we existing today owe those who will come to exist in the future. This subfield has become...

This timely volume explores the transformative potential of education in building a more peaceful, just, and compassionate world. At a time when humanity faces persistent challenges such as conflict,...

The chief administrative officer? A legal adviser? A mere keeper of the records? What is the true role of the English Town Clerk who for centuries has been the leading official in the country’s great...

Elements of Crime Patterns is the first detailed compendium of the specific elements and variables of crime patterns. It articulates tacit and implicit knowledge about what crime patterns consist of...

This analysis of the Swedish criminal system makes sense of a markedly punitive turn in policy despite the country’s relatively liberal approach. That Sweden, often considered the welfare state par...

This book is an essential read, presenting an undiluted, uncensored case study of domestic violence at its worst – torture, manipulation and abuse (psychological, sexual, physical, emotional,...

This book is an essential read, presenting an undiluted, uncensored case study of domestic violence at its worst – torture, manipulation and abuse (psychological, sexual, physical, emotional,...

As concern about immigration has grown within Europe in recent years, the European Union has brought pressure to bear on countries that are allegedly not sufficiently governing irregular migration...

This edited collection offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary examination of how the EU has addressed violent radicalization as a key precursor to terrorism.Set against the backdrop of the...

The Annotated Constitution of Japan: A Handbook for the first time makes the entirety of Japan’s constitution accessible in English. The book consists of a historical and contextual overview of how...

The making of laws in Britain takes a long time. Government bills gestate slowly, being conceived in some policy statement or the administrative failings of earlier legislation. Originally published...

To what extent are Member states of the EEC bound to operate under principles of free trade and undistorted competition? How much of a free market really is the EEC in so far as the States themselves...

Research Ethics, Integrity, and Transparency guides researchers through ethics, integrity, and transparency when using big data, social media, and AI, with practical advice on consent, GDPR, bias,...

The Falklands / Malvinas War (1987) uses the conflict as a case study to discuss and analyse the inability of the major powers to develop a coherent and stable Developing World policy to emphasise...

The legal rights of a person within a state depend in part on their migration status. Many states across the world deny non-citizen residents or ‘denizens’ certain political, socio-economic, and...

Philosophers considering the relationship between law and morality are often divided into two schools: natural law theory and legal positivism. Broadly speaking, natural law theorists assert that law...

This book, compiled in cooperation with the Institute of Crimes Committed During the War in Kosovo, brings together renowned international scholars, legal practitioners, cultural analysts, and...

Medieval states are widely assumed to have lacked police forces. Yet in the Italian city-republics, soldiers patrolled the streets daily in search of lawbreakers. 'Police Power in the Italian...

This book examines the intersection of intellectual property rights and environmental protection through interdisciplinary perspectives. Contributors analyze green IP frameworks, environmental...

This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary analysis of the transformation of Western Balkan candidate countries as they move toward European Union (EU) accession. It assesses this...

Artificial Intelligence is moving beyond incremental innovation toward a threshold of transformative potential, where its capabilities may surpass human performance in critical cognitive, creative,...

This book tackles the challenge of holdout creditor disruption of sovereign debt restructuring, where creditors reject collective agreements to pursue full loan recovery in domestic courts.Critically...

The massacre of Israelis by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023, was the most dreadful slaughter inflicted upon the Jews since the Nazi Holocaust. In the immediate aftermath, Israel found itself...

In the late 1950s the term ‘Ombudsman’ was familiar only to specialists in the government of Scandinavian countries. Since then, the institution has spread throughout both the Western and developing...

Flying in the Face of Criminalization examines the critical intersection between aviation safety investigations and criminal proceedings. This comprehensive analysis reveals how the legal system’s...

This book explores a normative and regulatory pathway for Africa’s venture into outer space. It situates African space law and policy within the continent’s regionalist vision and mission under...

This book provides an accessible and detailed examination of the intricate legal frameworks governing maritime security and jurisdiction at sea, systematically exploring the impact of key...

In November 2016, the flight Lamia Flight 2933 crashed, claiming nearly all members of the Brazilian Chapecoense soccer team. This book provides a comprehensive analysis that goes beyond simplistic...

This book is one of the first to examine medieval Spanish canonical works for their portrayals of disability in relationship to theological teachings, legal precepts, and medical knowledge. Connie L...

This book examines technology through economic perspectives, covering theoretical foundations, market structures, and innovation processes. It analyzes classical and contemporary economic thought on...

For 50 years, the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) has been responsible for enforcing the state’s campaign finance, conflict-of-interest, and lobbying laws. Created by citizen initiative in...

This book looks at fatwa in Indonesia during the period following the fall of President Suharto. It is an in-depth exploration of three fatwa-making agencies-Majelis Ulama Indonesia, Lajnah Bahth...

Inspection is one of the oldest forms of governmental influence and control. Yet the process had been largely neglected in studies of British government. Originally published in 1981, this study...

Foundations of Security Management: Core Concepts and Best Practices is a comprehensive, forward‑looking textbook that redefines how security professionals understand, design, and implement...

Grounded in frontline experience and global research, this work unpacks the complexities of defining behavioural health, the challenge of crisis cycling, and the evolving roles of law enforcement and...

This book bridges the critical gap between Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM) theory and practical implementation.While ESRM principles have gained widespread acceptance—particularly...

After 1978 the European Communities had a budget financed wholly from sources of income belonging to the Communities themselves. The Power of the Purse in the European Communities (1972) examines the...

Originally published in 1982 this illustrated dictionary gives the stories behind over 700 well-known brand names, from home medicines to everyday foods and drinks and from High Street stores to car...

The use of traffic and location data in criminal justice is now a common prac-tice in the EU and beyond. Although metadata do not reveal the contents of communications, they allow to draw precise...

The Rushdie Affair, the Danish Cartoon Affair, the assault on Charlie Hebdo, and the earlier Carrell Affair, are examples of religious fanatics' extreme reactions to religious satire and criticism...

This collection examines the fundamental right to education in India through thirty scholarly essays and policy analyses. The work critically evaluates the Right to Education Act, National Education...

This book provides a novel framework for adapting tort law to the challenges of artificial intelligence (AI) in all of its forms—from machine learning to generative models to autonomous and agentic...

In putting extraterritoriality into practice in the treaty ports, the British state did not simply withdraw rights from the Chinese state; it inhabited the space made by extraterritoriality by...

This book explores one of the most critical and emerging fields in artificial intelligence (AI): machine unlearning. As data privacy concerns grow and regulations like GDPR (General Data Protection...

In the 21st century, governments around the globe are faced with the question on how to tackle new migratory mobilities. Governments increasingly become aware of irregular immigration and are forced...