Law

Against the backdrop of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage examines past and emerging issues in the recognition of Indigenous inherent human rights and knowledge within a Canadian legal context.

Deagon addresses the need for a robust theoretical foundation for religious freedom that accounts for its transcendent nature. Deagon proposes an alternative approach rooted in Christian Natural Law.

The Family Court makes life-changing decisions about the many vulnerable children in England and Wales behind closed doors. It's an institution tasked with protecting the youngsters most at risk, but how often does it make the right decisions?A high number of children grow up in miserable and damaging circumstances. The failure of our child protection system and universal services - health, housing, children's social care, education - to provide them and their families with sufficient help to turn their lives around has been exacerbated by austerity-driven funding cuts and the pandemic.Now operating at absurd speed in order to reduce the backlog, the court is dependent on often poor-quality information from overworked and under-trained social workers.Teresa Thornhill provides an invaluable insight into the system and asks difficult questions, while offering much-needed solutions to the problems. This timely and urgent book will enlighten you about the court's processes but leave you worried for the children most at risk in our society.

A discussion of Nordic medieval laws in the period 1100-1300, focusing on the female criminal and highlighting the complex relationship between gender, law, and society during this transformative period.

International Economic Law (IEL) refers to the rules governing economic relations at the international level and involving States, international organizations and private entities. This textbook explores IEL within the broader context of public international law, providing all the foundational principles essential for the study of IEL.

International Economic Law (IEL) refers to the rules governing economic relations at the international level and involving States, international organizations and private entities. This textbook explores IEL within the broader context of public international law, providing all the foundational principles essential for the study of IEL.

This book discusses the mechanism of shareholders' distribution restriction for creditor protection through an interdisciplinary lens. It will be of interest to researchers, students and practitioners in the field of company law, finance law, accounting and banking law.

This collection offers an overview and examples of cutting-edge practice in teaching legal history across the law curriculum, challenging expectations of its place and potential.

This book rigorously debates the notion of the person, a fundamental concept which underpins national private law orders worldwide.

Uncovers the facts behind the celebrated 1889 case of Riggs v. Palmer and shows how they transform our understanding of the decision.

First-of-its-kind study offering a model for understanding vice-presidential influence in the modern era.