Construction Contracts: Law and Management
ISBN: 9780415657044 / Angielski / Miękka / 436 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The fifth edition of this bestselling textbook has been thoroughly revised to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the legislation, administration and management of construction contracts. It now includes comparisons of working with JCT, NEC3, and FIDIC contracts throughout. Introducing this topic at the core of construction law and management, this book provides students with a one-stop reference on construction contracts. Significant new material covers:
The fifth edition of this bestselling textbook has been thoroughly revised to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of the legisla... |
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286,34 zł |
Handbook of Social Media and the Law
ISBN: 9780415745482 / Angielski / Twarda / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The Social Media Handbook explains how the existing laws of defamation and communications based offences apply to social media communications and explores the tactical considerations both claimants and defendants must be aware of when dealing with cases involving social media. Social media covers a number of different platforms that enable a user to interact and share information such as comments, photographs, videos and audio, publically or privately with other users online. The most well-known include LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia and Facebook. While there are existing works...
The Social Media Handbook explains how the existing laws of defamation and communications based offences apply to social media communications and expl...
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911,22 zł |
Drone Wars: Transforming Conflict, Law, and Policy
ISBN: 9781107025561 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Drones are the iconic military technology of many of today's most pressing conflicts, a lens through which U.S. foreign policy is understood, and a means for discussing key issues regarding the laws of war and the changing nature of global politics. Drones have captured the public imagination, partly because they project lethal force in a manner that challenges accepted rules, norms, and moral understandings. Drone Wars presents a series of essays by legal scholars, journalists, government officials, military analysts, social scientists, and foreign policy experts. It addresses drones' impact...
Drones are the iconic military technology of many of today's most pressing conflicts, a lens through which U.S. foreign policy is understood, and a me...
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400,88 zł |
The Transformation of Islamic Law in Global Financial Markets
ISBN: 9781107061507 / Angielski / Twarda / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The role of global capital in relation to human social systems has assumed enormous proportions in liberalised, deregulated markets. States attempt to nationalise it, financial centres spring up in its wake, and INGOs attempt to deal with its de-territorialising, supranational characteristics. A global adjudication system (arbitration) has been introduced to safeguard and buttress its flow. The power of Islamic capital has generated numerous sites of legal contestation and negotiation, ranging from gateway financial centres, international law firms and transnational financial institutions,...
The role of global capital in relation to human social systems has assumed enormous proportions in liberalised, deregulated markets. States attempt to...
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715,46 zł |
The Law and Politics of Wto Waivers: Stability and Flexibility in Public International Law
ISBN: 9781107471115 / Angielski / Miękka / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Despite being an important legal instrument in the law of the WTO, the waiver has hitherto been the subject of little scholarly analysis. Isabel Feichtner fills this gap by challenging the conventional view that the WTO's political bodies do not engage in significant law-making. She systemises the GATT and WTO waiver practice and suggests a typology of waivers as individual exception, general exception and rule-making instruments. She also presents the procedural and substantive legal requirements for the granting of waivers, deals with questions of judicial review and interpretation of...
Despite being an important legal instrument in the law of the WTO, the waiver has hitherto been the subject of little scholarly analysis. Isabel Feich...
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240,15 zł |
Competition Law and Economic Regulation: Making and Managing Markets
ISBN: 9781107070561 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Niamh Dunne undertakes a systematic exploration of the relationship between competition law and economic regulation as legal mechanisms of market control. Beginning from a theoretical assessment of these legal instruments as discrete mechanisms, the author goes on to address numerous facets of the substantive interrelationship between competition law and economic regulation. She considers, amongst other aspects, the concept of regulatory competition law; deregulation, liberalisation and 'regulation for competition'; the concurrent application of competition law in regulated markets; and...
Niamh Dunne undertakes a systematic exploration of the relationship between competition law and economic regulation as legal mechanisms of market cont...
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715,46 zł |
Market and Competition Authorities: Good Agency Principles
ISBN: 9780198733041 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Market and competition authorities operate in a complex environment with conflicting stakeholder demands. Balancing the various interests of the authority and stakeholder in an objective and impartial manner is strategic to achieving the goals of the legislation imposed. In a fresh approach examining the actions of an authority when a regulation is applied, Annetje Ottow argues the vital importance of the behavior of authorities, focusing on five fundamental good agency principles: legality, independence, transparency, effectiveness, and responsibility, or, LITER. These principles provide...
Market and competition authorities operate in a complex environment with conflicting stakeholder demands. Balancing the various interests of the autho...
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585,92 zł |
China in the International Economic Order: New Directions and Changing Paradigms
ISBN: 9781107062016 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The enormous economic power of the People's Republic of China makes it one of the most important actors in the international system. Since China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001, all fields of international economic law have been impacted by greater Chinese participation. Now, just over one decade later, the question remains as to whether China's unique characteristics make its engagement fundamentally different from that of other players. In this volume, well-known scholars from outside China consider the country's approach to international economic law. In addition to the...
The enormous economic power of the People's Republic of China makes it one of the most important actors in the international system. Since China's acc...
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664,36 zł |
The Jct 2011 Building Sub-Contracts
ISBN: 9781118655634 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The majority of construction work is carried out by subcontractors. As building projects become more complex, subcontractors need to understand the implications of the agreements they sign. The JCT 2011 Building Subcontracts has been written to help the busy subcontractor deal effectively with the range of JCT 2011 subcontracts they will encounter. It covers the most commonly use 2011 subcontracts, looking at the key contract conditions, the rights and obligations of the parties and how risk is allocated. A key element of the book is the discussion of the main practical problems that arise....
The majority of construction work is carried out by subcontractors. As building projects become more complex, subcontractors need to understand the im...
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339,55 zł |
The Images of the Consumer in EU Law: Legislation, Free Movement and Competition Law
ISBN: 9781849465441 / Angielski / Twarda / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) From various perspectives, this book's contributions explore the 'images' of the consumer in EU law. The images of the consumer form the foundation for various EU policies, more or less directly oriented towards the goal of consumer protection. The purpose of the book is to establish what visions of the consumer there are in different contexts of EU law, whether they are consistent, and whether EU legal engagement with consumer-related considerations is sincere, or merely instrumental to the achievement of other goals. Chapters discuss how consumers should be protected in EU contract,...
From various perspectives, this book's contributions explore the 'images' of the consumer in EU law. The images of the consumer form the foundation fo...
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676,90 zł |
Too Big to Fail III: Structural Reform Proposals
ISBN: 9783110426052 / Angielski / Twarda / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The volume is a collection of articles based on presentations given at a conference titled "Too Big to Fail III: Structural Reform Proposals - Should We Break Up the Banks ?" hosted by the Institute for Law and Finance on January 21, 2014 - the third session of a series on the topic "too big to fail" with the previous conferences "Too Big to Fail - Brauchen wir ein Sonderinsolvenzrecht fur Banken" and "The Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive." The volume is a collection of articles based on presentations given at a conference titled "Too Big to Fail III: Structural Reform Proposals - Shou... |
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300,73 zł |
European Competition Law Annual 2013
ISBN: 9781849467452 / Angielski / Twarda / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) This volume contains papers presented at the 18th Annual EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop. The papers examine means of balancing effective (public) competition law enforcement and the requirements of legitimate and accountable exercise of public authority. The authors address the design and performance of various enforcement tools at European and national levels, including sanctions and remedies but also distinctive instruments under Regulation 1/2003 (eg commitment procedures) and under the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Article 106(3) when used as a basis for...
This volume contains papers presented at the 18th Annual EU Competition Law and Policy Workshop. The papers examine means of balancing effective (publ...
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989,32 zł |
Soldiers on the Home Front: The Domestic Role of the American Military
ISBN: 9780674736740 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) When crisis requires American troops to deploy on American soil, the country depends on a rich and evolving body of law to establish clear lines of authority, safeguard civil liberties, and protect its democratic institutions and traditions. Since the attacks of 9/11, the governing law has changed rapidly even as domestic threats--from terror attacks, extreme weather, and pandemics--mount. Soldiers on the Home Front is the first book to systematically analyze the domestic role of the military as it is shaped by law, surveying America's history of judicial decisions, constitutional... When crisis requires American troops to deploy on American soil, the country depends on a rich and evolving body of law to establish clear lines of... |
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251,85 zł |
Good Faith and International Economic Law
ISBN: 9780198739791 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The past two decades have seen a significant proliferation of trade and investment treaties around the world. States are increasingly negotiating agreements that regulate both trade and investment, such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The number of investor-state dispute settlement cases is growing dramatically each year, yet states' enthusiasm for investor-state arbitration has become more qualified as concern has intensified that the system can be abused by foreign investors. Good faith is therefore becoming increasingly...
The past two decades have seen a significant proliferation of trade and investment treaties around the world. States are increasingly negotiating agre...
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684,58 zł |
Legislating for Justice: The Making of the 2013 Land Acquisition Law
ISBN: 9780199458998 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Land ownership in India has always been a risky proposition. The hitherto unfettered power of acquisition and the refusal of the Parliament to recognize the right to own property as a fundamental one, had emboldened the state to stake claim on any land it saw fit. However, in the years 2012-2014, the Government of India embarked on an exercise to not just amend but to rewrite the law on acquisition. This process saw the radical polarization of public opinion into two sharp sides a those who saw acquisition as a necessary tool to India's development (given the absence of other mechanisms...
Land ownership in India has always been a risky proposition. The hitherto unfettered power of acquisition and the refusal of the Parliament to recogni...
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124,65 zł |
National Space Law in China: An Overview of the Current Situation and Outlook for the Future
ISBN: 9789004287495 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) China has made rapid developments in space technologies and space activities in the last few years, however, it still lags behind in the legal arena. In order to provide guidelines for and promote further development of space activities, China should speed up its national space legislation process. In National Space Law in China, Yun Zhao offers a comprehensive study of national space laws, regulations and policies in China. It contains rich information and materials of China's space law and practice. As the first English monograph on national legislation on space law in China, this...
China has made rapid developments in space technologies and space activities in the last few years, however, it still lags behind in the legal arena. ...
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601,89 zł |
The Applied Ethics of Emerging Military and Security Technologies
ISBN: 9781472430038 / Angielski / Twarda / 530 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The essays in this volume illustrate the difficult real world ethical questions and issues arising from accelerating technological change in the military and security domains, and place those challenges in the context of rapidly shifting geopolitical and strategic frameworks. Specific technologies such as autonomous robotic systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, cybersecurity and cyberconflict, and biotechnology are highlighted, but the essays are chosen so that the broader implications of fundamental systemic change are identified and addressed. Additionally, an important consideration with many...
The essays in this volume illustrate the difficult real world ethical questions and issues arising from accelerating technological change in the milit...
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1301,74 zł |
Construction Insurance and UK Construction Contracts
ISBN: 9781138888944 / Angielski / Twarda / 626 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Construction Insurance and UK Construction Contracts has long been the premier text for legal professionals looking for a combined analysis of construction contracts and their relation to insurance law. In a new and updated third edition, this book continues to provide in-depth commentary and pragmatic advice on all the most important regulations and policies surrounding contracts and insurance in the construction industry. This book covers subjects such as:
Construction Insurance and UK Construction Contracts has long been the premier text for legal professionals looking for a combined analysi... |
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2343,13 zł |
Antitrust Federalism in the Eu and the Us
ISBN: 9780415730433 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) The EU and the US are the preeminent examples of multi-level polities and both have highly developed competition policies. Despite these similarities however, recent developments suggest that they are moving in different directions in the area of antitrust federalism. This book examines multi-level governance in competition policy from a comparative perspective. The book analyses how competition laws and authorities of different levels - the federal and the state levels in the US and the national and the supranational levels in the EU - interact with each other. Inspired by the increasingly...
The EU and the US are the preeminent examples of multi-level polities and both have highly developed competition policies. Despite these similarities ...
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229,06 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of International Law in Armed Conflict
ISBN: 9780198748304 / Angielski / Miękka / 1008 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych (dostawa przed świętami) Which human rights violations or war crimes allegations result in exclusion from the refugee regime? What human rights protections apply to someone declared an unlawful combatant? Which human rights obligations apply to the actions of armed forces acting abroad? Over the past ten years the content and application of international law in armed conflict has changed dramatically. An authoritiative and comprehensive study of the role of international law in armed conflicts, this Oxford Handbook engages in a broad analysis of international humanitarian law, human rights law, refugee law,...
Which human rights violations or war crimes allegations result in exclusion from the refugee regime? What human rights protections apply to someone de...
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238,10 zł |