Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Comparative

This book focuses on the speech style of lawyer talk in contemporary Chinese courtrooms. The topic is intriguing to readers who may wonder how lawyers compete with their opposing counterparts in an adversarial trial system in China. The legal tradition in Confucianism, which advocates harmony in interpersonal relationships, has historically guided the practice of law in China. The book analyses how lawyers manage to compete in this system. Applying the social semiotic view of language in the Hallidayian sense, specifically systemic functional linguistics and its appraisal theory, this...

This book explores multidisciplinary perspectives on critical issues in space from the viewpoints of New Zealand and other nations. It brings together the topics examined at the Otago Foreign Policy School 2022 by both domestic and international experts in the area of space, and includes the opening address on space policy delivered by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to New Zealand’s growing space sector in conjunction with other nations’ perspectives on space. It encompasses space science, military and defence matters, space tourism and...

Mit dem Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs hat die Europäische Union zum ersten Mal in ihrer Geschichte einen Mitgliedstaat verloren. Wirtschaftlich und sozial sind die EU-Staaten und das Vereinigte Königreich jedoch auch weiterhin trotz des 'British Exit' (Brexit) vielfältig verbunden. Weitreichend sind damit auch zukünftig die möglichen Anwendungsfälle von Diskriminierungen.

Das Hauptanliegen dieses Buches ist daher eine (Neu-)Systematisierung des Diskussionsstandes zu den kollisionsrechtlichen Belangen des Antidiskriminierungsrechts im internationalprivatrechtlichen...

Dive into the intricate realm of modern financial crime combating with this latest collection. Edited by global experts and featuring contributions from leading international scholars, the collection spans a spectrum of financial crimes, including crypto crime, terrorist financing, illegal logging, and money laundering. The collection provides focused insights into institutional risk-based compliance, offering perspectives on practices employed by banks and challenges faced in implementing risk-based measures to combat the financing of weapons of mass destruction. Additionally, it explores...

This book deals with the research and use of embryonic stem cells to combat a number of diseases and the legal limitations, arising mostly from bioethical concerns regarding human life. Using the New Haven problem and policy-oriented method of jurisprudence, the author thoroughly explains the scientific and technological parameters and promise of this medical innovation and its alternatives as well as the conflicting claims and past decisions regarding its legal and moral acceptability in international and comparative perspective.  International law, EU and regional human rights law,...