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A Study of Mixed Legal Systems: Endangered, Entrenched or Blended
This book provides a fascinating and critical insight into familiar and less familiar mixed legal systems, taking the reader on a voyage of discovery from St Lucia and Guyana to the islands of the Seychelles and Mauritius. It considers those mixed systems which share boundaries with unmixed ones, such as Scotland and Quebec, and those located off-shore of major and dominant jurisdictions such as Jersey off the coasts of France’s civil law and England’s common law system, as well as Cyprus, situated between the influences of Europe and those of the Middle East.
The Best of Women
It was in 1955 that campaigner and journalist Tony Lothian, together with war heroine Odette Hallowes, first assembled leading women from all occupations as Women of the Year at the Savoy. This text presents a history of the Women of the Year assembly.
Of Doubt and Proof
All institutions concerned with the process of judging - whether it be deciding between alternative courses of action, determining a judge’s professional integrity, assigning culpability for an alleged crime, or ruling on the credibility of an asylum claimant - are necessarily directly concerned with the question of doubt. By putting ritual and judicial settings into comparative perspective, in contexts as diverse as Indian and Taiwanese divination and international cricket, as well as legal processes in France, the UK, India, Denmark, and Ghana, this book offers a comprehensive and novel perspective on techniques for casting and dispelling doubt, and the roles they play in achieving verdi...
The Duty to Investigate in Situations of Armed Conflict
This book explores the duty to investigate potential violations of the law during armed conflict, and does so under international humanitarian law (IHL), international human rights law (IHRL), and their interplay. Through a meticulous comparative legal analysis, it maps out the scope and contents of investigative obligations. On the basis of general international law, it also develops and applies a novel and more broadly applicable step-by-step methodology for resolving issues of interplay between both legal regimes. In doing so, this study clarifies the scope of application and contents of investigative obligations under both legal regimes, as well as for situations to which both apply. The book finds that the oft-heard narrative that to require States to conduct human rights investigations during armed conflict would be wholly unrealistic in light of the realities of hostilities is unfounded and in need of revision.
The Girls Who Refused to Quit
The Girls Who Refused to Quit shares the powerful, real-life journeys of fifteen inspirational women. They have all overcome adversity and now want to make a difference with their stories. They want you to know that no matter what challenges you face, you can hold your head high, believe in yourself and follow your dreams. They have not only found the courage to rise from the depths of despair, they have also found the strength never to give up. They are The Girls Who Refused to Quit.
Mixed Legal Systems, East and West
This book takes us far beyond the usual focus of comparative law with analysis of a broad range of jurisdictions, including mixtures of common and civil law, and also those mixing Islamic and/or traditional legal systems with those derived from common and/or civil law traditions. The discussion is situated within the broader context of the continuing tides of globalization, the emergence of Islamic governments in some parts of the Middle East, the calls for a legal status for Islamic law in some European countries, and the increasing focus on traditional and customary norms of governance in post-colonial contexts.
The Adult Learner
How do you tailor education to the learning needs of adults? Do they learn differently from children? How does their life experience inform their learning processes? These were the questions at the heart of Malcolm Knowles’ pioneering theory of andragogy which transformed education theory in the 1970s. The resulting principles of a self-directed, experiential, problem-centred approach to learning have been hugely influential and are still the basis of the learning practices we use today. Understanding these principles is the cornerstone of increasing motivation and enabling adult learners to achieve. The 9th edition of The Adult Learner has been revised to include: Updates to the book to r...
Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 11
What are the contemporary challenges faced by property law as we enter the 2nd decade of the 21st century? This collection brings together the research and perspectives of an international body of academics and practitioners to consider these challenges and how even familiar topics must develop to meet new demands and developments. As with previous books in the Modern Studies in Property Law series, this volume adopts a broad approach to topics encompassed by 'property law' in the firm belief that the boundaries that divide are shadowy at best and constantly moving in the endeavour to keep up with what is 'modern'. This collection looks at 5 themes: - Comparative perspectives, including a ch...
Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 11
These papers were presented at the third biennial conference of the Centre for Property Law at the U. of Reading in the UK, where the editor teaches law, held in March 2000. The contributors are mainly from England, but Poland, Germany, South Africa, Australia, and Italy are also represented. The papers are grouped under the following headings: issues for the new millennium, human rights, mortgages, landlord and tenant law, succession and comparative and international papers. Individual papers consider estoppel, the Land Registration system, possession, equitable lien, deprivation of property, and forfeiture. Distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.
