American Law in a Global Context
Title | American Law in a Global Context PDF eBook |
Author | George P. Fletcher |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 700 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780195167238 |
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Comparative Law in a Global Context
Title | Comparative Law in a Global Context PDF eBook |
Author | Werner F. Menski |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 565 |
Release | 2006-03-30 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1139452711 |
Now in its second edition, this textbook presents a critical rethinking of the study of comparative law and legal theory in a globalising world, and proposes an alternative model. It highlights the inadequacies of current Western theoretical approaches in comparative law, international law, legal theory and jurisprudence, especially for studying Asian and African laws, arguing that they are too parochial and eurocentric to meet global challenges. Menski argues for combining modern natural law theories with positivist and socio-legal traditions, building an interactive, triangular concept of legal pluralism. Advocated as the fourth major approach to legal theory, this model is applied in analysing the historical and conceptual development of Hindu law, Muslim law, African laws and Chinese law.
Laws and Societies in Global Contexts
Title | Laws and Societies in Global Contexts PDF eBook |
Author | Eve Darian-Smith |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 433 |
Release | 2013-01-31 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0521113784 |
This text promotes a more global sociolegal perspective that engages with multiple laws and societies and diverse sociolegal systems based on very different historical and cultural traditions, interacting on multiple local, national, and global levels. The approach to global legal pluralism seeks to provide a framework for envisioning new global governance regimes that move beyond state-based solutions to deal with trenchant transnational challenges.
America in the World: United States History in Global Context
Title | America in the World: United States History in Global Context PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Guarneri |
Publisher | McGraw-Hill Education |
Total Pages | 336 |
Release | 2007-01-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780072541151 |
This text examines how larger global processes have had a role in each stage of American development, how this country's experiences were shared by people elsewhere, and how America's growing influence ultimately changed the world. By examining American history through a global lens, Carl Guarneri creates a framework that situates specific American events within the larger realm of world history.
Global Climate Change and U.S. Law
Title | Global Climate Change and U.S. Law PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Gerrard |
Publisher | American Bar Association |
Total Pages | 796 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9781590318164 |
This comprehensive, current examination of U.S. law as it relates to global climate change begins with a summary of the factual and scientific background of climate change based on governmental statistics and other official sources. Subsequent chapters address the international and national frameworks of climate change law, including the Kyoto Protocol, state programs affected in the absence of a mandatory federal program, issues of disclosure and corporate governance, and the insurance industry. Also covered are the legal aspects of other efforts, including voluntary programs, emissions trading programs, and carbon sequestration.
International Human Rights in Context
Title | International Human Rights in Context PDF eBook |
Author | Henry J. Steiner |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | 1300 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Civil rights |
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This major work offers a range of new cases and materials which help to explain the law of human rights in a broad context.
The Court and the World
Title | The Court and the World PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Breyer |
Publisher | Vintage |
Total Pages | 402 |
Release | 2016-08-23 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1101912073 |
In this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of activity, both public and private—from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade—obliges the Court to understand and consider circumstances beyond America’s borders. Written with unique authority and perspective, The Court and the World reveals an emergent reality few Americans observe directly but one that affects the life of every one of us. Here is an invaluable understanding for lawyers and non-lawyers alike.