Comparative Law

Life imprisonment has replaced capital punishment as the most common sentence imposed for heinous crimes worldwide. As a consequence, it has become...

At specific moments in the history of Africa, Europe, and Latin America, each region decided to create supranational jurisdictions to protect human...

The floating charge is vital to secured transactions in Scotland and plays a key role in access to finance and corporate insolvency. Bringing toget...

This handbook provides a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of the current and emerging research and policy on disability law....

Drastic increases in the use of imprisonment; the introduction of three strikes laws and mandatory sentences; restrictions on parole - all of these...

We are pleased to present the 18th edition of ICLG Mergers & Acquisitions. The guide contains 38 question & answer chapters, as well as on...

Peoples Tribunals are independent, peaceful, grassroots movements, created by members of civil society, to address impunity that is associated with...

Globalisation has opened new avenues to corruption. Corrupt practices are proliferating not only within national borders but across different count...

As the international business community continues to embrace international arbitration as a means of resolving international commercial disputes, i...

Welcome to the 2022 edition of ICLG Consumer Protection. Although the level of consumer protection and enforcement differs around the world, it is...

We are delighted to introduce the 11 edition of Global Legal Insights Merger Control. As in previous editions, the 19 jurisdiction chapters each ...

We are happy to provide the fifth annual edition of ICLG Anti-Money Laundering. As always, we think you will find the new edition useful and info...

This book examines the right to conscientious objection in international human rights law. It begins with an exploration of the concept of conscien...

China (the Mainland of PRC) trades with other states in trillions of USD every year, and about 95% of the cargoes are carried by ocean-going ships ...

One of the most commonly cited virtues of American federalism is its laboratories of democracythe notion that decentralization and political compet...

Das Werk analysiert, welche Funktionen Gesetzeskommentare haben. Hierfür werden Kommentartexte aus zwischen 1910 und 1920 publizierten Kommentaren ...

This book argues that human dignity and law stand in a privileged relationship with one another. Law must be understood as limited by the demands m...

The book is an in-depth study of the origins and the trajectories of the law governing social policies in Brazil, China, India, and South Africa, f...

This collection offers a powerful and coherent study of the transformation of the multinational enterprise as both an object and subject of law wit...

Biodiversity is in accelerated decline and urgent action is needed. In 2020, the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity ended, and none of its Aichi Targe...

This book examines the international, regional and domestic human rights frameworks that establish victim rights as a central force in law and poli...

Beyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Latin America is a much-needed volume that will make a significant contribution to the growing fields of...

The people are the ultimate source of authority for a constitution. But who are the people? The danger is that populist leaders will define the peo...