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Inclui análise comparativa sobre federalismo, poder legislativo, poder executivo e poder judiciário nos seguintes países: Argentina, Austrália, Áustria, Canadá, República Federal da Alemanha, República da Índia, República Federal da Nigéria, Federação Russa (Rússia), República d…
"As Canada's final court of appeal, the Supreme Court is a crucial component of the country's legal system. Yet, for much of its almost 140-year history, the highest court in the land dwelled in relative obscurity. More than thirty years since the advent of the Charter of Rights…
"As Canada's final court of appeal, the Supreme Court is a crucial component of the country's legal system. Yet, for much of its almost 140-year history, the highest court in the land dwelled in relative obscurity. More than thirty years since the advent of the Charter of Rights…
"Beginning with the Vietnam War and Watergate, public support for the institutions of American government has been in a state of decline, as Congress and the president have lurched from one scandal to the next. The judiciary has tried to duck the bruising body blows absorbed by …
'The Emperor of Law' explores how the Roman emperor came to assume the mantle of supreme legal authority in the Empire. It offers a fundamental reinterpretation of the advent of imperial supremacy in law based on an analysis of the gradual expansion and elaboration of the empero…
In the days of the Roman Empire, the emperor was considered not only the ruler of the state, but also its supreme legal authority, fulfilling the multiple roles of supreme court, legislator, and administrator. 'The Emperor of Law' explores how the emperor came to assume the mant…
"In most societies, courts are where the rubber of government meets the road of the people. If a state cannot settle disputes and enforce its decisions, to all intents and purposes it is no longer in charge. This is why successful rebels put courts and justice at the top of thei…
"This book uses Niklas Luhmann's systems theory to explore how the legal system operates as one of modern society's subsystems. The authors demonstrate how this theory alters our understanding of some of the most important and controversial issues within law: the nature of judic…