Politics

Corporate bankruptcy is a defining characteristic of the market economy. It encapsulates the fundamental conflicts...

This book provides a thorough and authoritative account of the constitutional implications of the Scott...

In contrast to other theories of legal professions, which neglect politics, this volume advances a...

This book explores the nature of the Crown in its legal and political context. Here...

In The Wyoming State Constitution, Robert B. Keiter provides a comprehensive guide to Wyoming's colorful...

Since its development shaped by the turmoil of the World Wars and suspicion of new...

In the 19th century the prohibition of judicial torture was celebrated as a triumph of...

Late in life, William F. Buckley made a confession to Corey Robin. Capitalism is "boring,"...

When Michael Bloomberg handed over the city to Bill de Blasio, New York and the...

National governments and private stakeholders have long recognized that protecting the global environment requires international...

The importance of the issues raised by the WTO Agreement cannot be over-estimated. The completion...

This book explains, from a public law perspective, the constitutional purpose and significance of audit,...

This major work written by prominent South African academics is an introduction to the new...

Saying that political and social oppression is a deeply unjust and widespread condition of life...

The foundings of constitutional democracies are commonly traced to singular moments. In turn, these moments...

There is no book of political strategy more canonical than Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, but...

This is Louis Henkin's classic book, long out of print, in a much-anticipated new edition....

This collection of essays adopts a distinctive approach to environmental legal issues. The contributors represent...

Since the 1957 Rome Treaty, the European Union has changed dramatically - in terms of...

Since the early 1980s, governments worldwide have taken many measures to expand the role of...

This book is an intellectual history of Ernst Fraenkel's The Dual State (1941, reissued 2017),...

The 48th edition of the SIPRI Yearbook analyses developments in 2016 in: -Security and conflicts-Military...

This book explores the role and status of local and regional authorities (also referred to...

The international trading system remains a locus of fierce social conflict. The protesters who besiege...

Since the 1990 wave of constitutional reforms in Africa, the role of constitutional courts or...

This is the first volume of essays arising from an exceptional series of seminars on...

The importance of good administration is frequetly stressed by politicians, civil servants and judges. This...

Never in human history has so much attention been paid to human movement. Global migration...

Can open society survive? Is Europe disintegrating? How to overcome the economic crisis? Will Europeans...

Despite the central role of policy preferences in the subsequent behaviour of legislators, preferences at...

Populist forces are becoming increasingly relevant across the world, and studies on populism have entered...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0...

This new edition of European Contract Law examines the contract rules of several different European...

Theories about the decline of legitimacy or a legitimacy crisis are as old as democracy...

National-level elections receive more attention from scholars and the media than elections at other levels,...

Whether there is a public health need for the containment and response to swine flu,...

Every year the EU Commission issues thousands of rules based on powers delegated by the...

In the first work of its kind, Brazier successfully tackles the Herculean task of describing...

There is a mounting body of evidence pointing towards rising levels of public dissatisfaction with...

The United Nations Secretary-General and the United Nations Security Council spend significant amounts of time...

Party and Democracy questions why political parties today are held in such low estimation in...

This book offers a topical inquiry into the legal and political limits of EU regulation...

Finance is the evil we cannot live without. It governs almost every aspect of our...

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is rapidly acquiring great influence in international...

The impact international law has had on Japanese law has been substantial, especially in the...