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This book of essays, written in honour of Professor David Trubek, explores many of the themes which he has himself written about, most notably the emergence of a global critical discourse on law and its application to global governance. As law becomes ever more implicated in glo…
"To what extent do courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments? This volume answers these fundamental questions by bringing together today's leading scholars of judicial politics. Drawing on examples from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Co…
"International Law in the U.S. Legal System provides a wide-ranging overview of how all the major forms of international law operate within the United States and addresses many areas of controversy, including the role of international law in the war on terrorism, the proper scop…
"Political (In)Justice compares the legal aspects of political repression in three recent military regimes: Brazil (1964-1985), Chile (1973-1990), and Argentina (1976-1983). By focusing on political trials as a reflection of each regime's overall approach to the law, Anthony Per…
This text examines the integral role of religious beliefs and practices in Chinese legal culture.
Diverse societies are now connected by globalization, but how do ordinary people feel about law as they cope day-to-day with a transformed world?Tort, Custom, and Karmaexamines how rapid societal changes, economic development, and integration into global markets have affected or…
"This book is an unconventional reappraisal of Soviet law: a field that is ripe for re-evaluation, now that it is clear of Cold War cobwebs and, as this book shows, and that appears surprisingly topical and newly compelling. Drawing on a wide range of sources - including Russian…
This self-contained study and foundation book for legal training deals with how the course of law (both English and European Community) resolves the uncertainties that arise within the law, the basis of legal reasoning, and the nature of law itself.
This dissertation highlights the experiences of three Friulian women alive in the first half of the sixteenth-century who negotiated complex issues around property, rights, and law generated out of conflicts in or around their marriages. In examining moments of transition and co…
In this dissertation, I explore the relationship between legal systems, the rule of law, and states' cooperative and conflictual behavior. I analyze how domestic legal systems (common, civil, Islamic, etc.) influence a state's foreign policy behavior towards other states and int…
This study argues that the liberal notion of the rule of law regulating the exercise of power is unlikely to come about in much of southeastern Asia. The book asserts that it is more likely to promote political elites.
