Category Archives: Comparative

Community and the Law: A Critical Reassessment of American Liberalism and Japanese Modernity

`Takao Tanase seamlessly combines sociolegal and philosophical analysis as he explores the tensions between individual legal rights and communitarian values in settings ranging from post-divorce visitation rights to tort liability, lawyer-client relationships, and rising litigation rates. Contrasting Japan with the … Continue reading

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Principles of Cybercrime

We live in a digital age. The proliferation of digital technology, and the convergence of computing and communication devices, has transformed the way in which we socialise and do business. While overwhelmingly positive, there has also been a dark side … Continue reading

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Principles of Cybercrime

We live in a digital age. The proliferation of digital technology, and the convergence of computing and communication devices, has transformed the way in which we socialise and do business. While overwhelmingly positive, there has also been a dark side … Continue reading

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Private and Civil Law in the Russian Federation (Law in Eastern Europe)

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The Enforceability of Promises in European Contract Law (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)

Professor James Gordley opens this volume with a concise history of the legal status of promises. In the central part of the book legal experts examine how twelve modern European legal systems deal with fifteen concrete situations in which a … Continue reading

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Constitutional Rights in Two Worlds: South Africa and the United States

The South African Constitutional Court has issued internationally prominent decisions abolishing the death penalty, enforcing socio-economic rights, allowing gay marriage and promoting equality. These decisions are striking given the country’s Apartheid past and the absence of a grand human rights … Continue reading

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Synergies in Minority Protection: European and International Law Perspectives

There has recently been a remarkable growth in standard-setting with respect to the protection of minorities in international and European law. Layered on top of existing human rights standards relevant to minorities, these developments have resulted in a complex and … Continue reading

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Memory, Imagination, Justice (Law, Justice and Power)

Through the creative use of literary analysis, “Memory, Imagination, Justice” provides a critical and highly original discussion of contemporary topics in criminal law and also in bioethics. Author David Gurnham uses popular and classical texts, by authors including Shakespeare, Dickens, … Continue reading

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Intellectual Property in Asia: Law, Economics, History and Politics (MPI Studies on Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law)

This collection illustrates the available infrastructures for the application and enforcement of intellectual property in Asia’s most important emerging markets. It is unique in that it not only gives an overview of intellectual property laws and practice in selected Asian … Continue reading

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Patent Law and Theory: A Handbook of Contemporary Research (Research Handbooks in Intellectual Property)

This major new Handbook provides a comprehensive research source for patent protection in three major jurisdictions: the United States, Europe and Japan. Leading patent scholars and practitioners join together to give an innovative comparative analysis both of fundamental issues such … Continue reading

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