Law

This book complements the sparse findings on education, labour market outcomes, and wellbeing relating to immigrant offspring by providing original research in order to individuate strategies for removing the obstacles that the migrants' descendants face.

Originally published in 1985 Gender, Sex and the Law explores the way in which the law, at its various levels of jurisdiction, justifies its discrimination against women in terms of the physiological differences between the sexes.

This book presents expert opinions by frontier academicians, researchers, and attorneys on the recent challenges in the rapidly evolving life science industry.

This book examines the development of international law applicable to Transboundary Aquifers (TBAs) considering the Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS). The purpose is to determine how International Water Law (IWL) and the HRWS can be harmonized in the context of TBAs.

There are an estimated 6 million Bahá'ís in the world across over 200 countries. Founded by Bahá'u'lláh in 1863 and initially spreading in Persia and parts of the Middle East, the Bahá'í Faith has faced ongoing persecution since its inception. This handbook is the first rigorous and comprehensive study of the Bahá'ís holy text, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas (the "Most Holy Book"). The Kitáb-i-Aqdas was written by Bahá'u'lláh in 1873 and covers the theology, laws and principles that guide the Bahá'í faith. This handbook provides a detailed analysis of the holy book and the foundational Bahá'í teachings and laws. It aims to offer clear explanations for academics, students of religion and general readers on this as-yet little understood religious community.The first part of the handbook is formed of eight chapters and covers key Bahá'í concepts such as the origin, nature and purpose of human beings; the Bahá'í views on God and salvation; the religion's strong connections to Christian and Islamic theology and other world religions; and Bahá'í laws on issues such as prayer, cleanliness, marriage, divorce and inheritance. This part also explains when and how the Kitáb-i-Aqdas was first written and later disseminated and translated. Part Two consists of annotations and commentary on specific laws, terms and concepts that are found in almost every one of the 190 paragraphs of the Kitáb-i-Aqdas. These encyclopedic entries are highly detailed so readers can use the book to investigate specific themes and ideas in depth. Drawing on hundreds of original Arabic, Persian and English sources, including previously unpublished ones, Exploring the Kitáb-i-Aqdas is an exhaustive resource and standard reference work on the most important book of the Bahá'í Faith.

Bridging cognitive linguistics and legal theory, this book argues that categorisation is a crucial cognitive operation for the application of law and that theories of categorisation are relevant to legal theory. It focuses on problems of semantic analysis in law, both in particular court cases and in methods of statutory interpretation.

Offering a practical exploration of persistent and new challenges relating to contemporary international fisheries law, this book examines emerging and unresolved issues in the field. It will be essential reading for those interested in the conservation, integrated management, and sustainable use of living resources globally.

This Handbook provides an essential overview of the contemporary dynamics of the Mediterranean region. Conceptualising the Mediterranean as both a socio-cultural area and a geopolitical entity, it considers the basin both as a whole and as a set of interacting subregions.

Drawing on an analysis of contested States like Palestine and Ukraine, this book seeks to ascertain the normative value and effects of recognition in various situations. It also provides an updated overview of the history of recognition, the positions of various governments, and a critical summary of domestic and international jurisprudence.

The Transnational Law of Renewable Energy provides a unified and comprehensive analysis of the transnational law that governs renewable energy projects, providing a transnational legal approach to derisking these projects. The volume establishes the first transnational lex regenerative, or transnational law of renewable energy.

Rights and Right-Holding presents a rigorous philosophical investigation of the two phenomena mentioned in its title. The book engages with a number of key topics, including the Hohfeldian analysis of legal and moral positions and the longstanding debates between the Interest Theory of right-holding and the Will Theory of right-holding.

This book provides a lucid, critical account of when and why a person is under a legal duty to protect others from harm, and not merely a duty not to harm. It explains the legal principles that determine when both private individuals and public authorities will be subject to liability for failures to protect from harm.

This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the national and international legal issues surrounding digital assets in enforcement and insolvency.Its primary aim is to ensure that the economic value of digital assets can be fully realised by creditors and other stakeholders through the legal processes and remedies available to them, and that holders of digital assets receive adequate protection. These legal issues are considered in diverse commercial and technical contexts, ranging from native cryptocurrencies held directly, or with custodians and other intermediaries, as well as the interface with traditional finance.The book offers analysis on different levels: 1. It scrutinises the existing legal frameworks in various countries and evaluates the extent to which they can accommodate digital forms of value. 2. It compares the approaches taken in different jurisdictions with international regimes. 3. It considers the cross-border issues of jurisdiction, conflict of laws, and the recognition of judgments.The book provides much-needed responses to the increasing significance of digital assets in modern insolvency and enforcement proceedings. It takes a unique global approach to a wide range of legal perspectives, drawing upon the contributors' experience as leading practitioners, representatives of international organisations, and academics, in common law and civil law jurisdictions around the world. The book identifies the most pressing areas for law reform, and proposes solutions that are both legally robust as well as fit for practical purpose.