Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• Although most countries around the world use professional judges, they also rely on lay citizens, untrained in the law, to decide criminal cases. The ... Lees meer

Evaluation of Evidence

Mirjan Damaska

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• Judges were never bound by law to convict a defendant unless they considered him guilty. Yet, they could be prohibited by law from convicting a person... Lees meer

Federalism and Decentralization in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• This volume, the first of its kind in the English language, examines the law and politics of federalism and decentralization in the Middle East and No... Lees meer

National Security Secrecy

Sudha Setty

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• Excessive government secrecy in the name of counterterrorism has had a corrosive effect on democracy and the rule of law. In the United States, when c... Lees meer

Rediscovery and Revival in Islamic Environmental Law

Samira Idllalène

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• The common ground between religions could be fruitfully promoted in order to call for an effective protection of the climate system. Positioned at a j... Lees meer

Separation of Powers and Antitrust

Vincent Martenet

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• Separation of powers and antitrust deal with power and occupy centre stage in our challenging, digital times, but their interactions have not yet been... Lees meer

Law and Political Economy in China

Tamar Groswald Ozery

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• Applying a novel theoretical approach, Tamar Groswald Ozery combines law and political economy to deconstruct the role of law in China's market develo... Lees meer

Freedom of Expression

Ioanna Tourkochoriti

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• Two legal systems founded on similar Enlightenment philosophical and political values use state coercion differently to regulate a liberty at the core... Lees meer

Comparing Law

Catherine Valcke

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• The enterprise of comparative law is familiar, yet its conceptual whereabouts remain somewhat obscure. Comparing Law: Comparative Law as Reconstructio... Lees meer

Prosecutors and Democracy

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• Focusing on the relationship between prosecutors and democracy, this volume throws light on key questions about prosecutors and the role they should p... Lees meer

A Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• H. Patrick Glenn (1940-2014), Professor of Law and former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law at McGill University, was a key figure in the g... Lees meer

Prosecutors and Democracy

• Paperback | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• Focusing on the relationship between prosecutors and democracy, this volume throws light on key questions about prosecutors and the role they should p... Lees meer

National Security Secrecy

Sudha Setty

• Paperback | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• Excessive government secrecy in the name of counterterrorism has had a corrosive effect on democracy and the rule of law. In the United States, when c... Lees meer

Alternative Approaches to Human Rights

Christopher Roberts

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• This book explores the comparative historical evolution of the European, Inter-American and African regional human rights systems. The book devotes at... Lees meer

Proportionality and Transformation

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• This is the first book on proportionality in Latin American constitutional law. Leading scholars in the region explore how proportionality analysis ha... Lees meer

Ruling the Law

Jorge L Esquirol

• Paperback | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• The North-South global divide is as much about perception and prejudice as it is about economic disparities. Latin America is no less ruled by hegemon... Lees meer

A Cosmopolitan Jurisprudence

• Paperback | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• H. Patrick Glenn (1940-2014), Professor of Law and former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law at McGill University, was a key figure in the g... Lees meer

European Constitutional Courts and Transitions to Democracy

Francesco Biagi

• Hardcover | Engels | Ascl Studies in Comparative Law
• This book brings together research on democratization processes and constitutional justice by examining the role of three generations of European cons... Lees meer