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Written by one of the leading scholars of private international law, this third edition is an accessible introduction to the challenging area of the conflict of laws. Fully reconfigured to take into account the changes brought about by the European Regulations, Adrian Briggs' volume is an essential overview to the field.

This book provides an accessible and engaging account of the contemporary laws of war. It highlights how, even though war has been outlawed and should be finished as an institution, states continue to claim that they can wage necessary wars of self-defence, engage in lawful killings in war, and imprison law-of-war detainees.

Explains the fundamental legal structure of the Law of Trusts in the context of private law. Through a fresh approach to the Law of Trusts, this book looks at how the subject has progressed, and how the key issues can be better categorized to reflect these changes.

Competition law now affects virtually all aspects of economic life in many parts of the world. This book provides an overview of competition law's substantive content and methods as well as an analysis of its dynamics. It is a critical tool for anyone dealing with competition law.

A comprehensive account of the land law of England and Wales written without undue technicality for students new to the subject. It provides a clear overview of the subject, details key cases, and offers both a clear explanation of how the law works and insights into how property lawyers think.

Paul Davies' Introduction to Company Law is a comprehensive introduction, giving readers a clear framework with which to navigate the intricacies of company law. The functions of the core features of company law are clearly examined.

How does the EU function, and why does it function in this fashion? Why do States in Europe choose to co-operate, and how does the EU enable this co-operation? These key questions of EU law and more are examined and answered in this introduction to the legal integration of the European Union.

Questions about the nature of law, its relationship with custom, and the distinctive form of legal rules, categories, and claims, are placed at the centre of this introduction to the study of law and anthropology. It brings empirical scholarship within the scope of legal philosophy, while suggesting new avenues of inquiry for the anthropologist.

What role does gender play in shaping the law and legal thinking? This book provides an answer to this question, examining the historical role of gender in law and the relevance of gender to modern jurisprudence. It presents a clear, concise introduction to thinking about gender issues for lawyers and law students.

Trusts law is one of the most complicated areas of law to study. Concise and clear, this book offers a readily accessible account of this challenging subject. It identifies and discusses many analytical perspectives on trusts leading to greater understanding. The third edition of the book is fully revised to address recent developments in the law.

Fifty years on from its first publication, The Concept of Law is still the starting point for the study of legal philosophy and is widely heralded as a classic work of modern philosophy. This third edition features a new introduction by Leslie Green, looking at Hart's work from the perspective of modern jurisprudence.

The fifth edition of this key student text provides an accessible and stimulating account of the legal framework of public administration. The new edition has been thoroughly reorganized to reflect the modern tranformation in the perception of the nature and function of administrative law.

Natural Law and Natural Rights is widely recognised as a seminal contribution to the philosophy of law, and an essential reference point for all students of the subject. This new edition includes a substantial postscript by the author responding to thirty years of comment, criticism, and further work in the field.

This volume provides the first theoretical examination of the concept of arbitration. It exlores the place of arbitration in the legal process, offering a challenging yet accessible overview of the field and its theoretical underpinnings.

Providing a clear introduction to employment law, this updated edition looks at the principles of the law governing employment relations, including employment contracts, industrial relations, discrimination laws, and the application of human rights law.

This book traces the origins of the term, civil liberties, unpicking its various layers of meaning and explaining what it has come to mean today. Gearty argues that the protection of civil liberties is a vital front in the struggle to preserve political freedom and that a proper understanding of and commitment to civil liberties has never been more important.

Providing and intelligent introduction to the role and place of law in modern society, this addition to the Clarendon Law Series explores the idea that the legal system is a highly developed social system, which has a distinct character and structure, and which shapes and influences behaviour.

This title provides students with a concise and analytical overview of what the 'law' means in an international context and an introduction to the main institutions and mechanisms of international law.

This text examines the ethical issues and debates surrounding intellectual property law and focuses on three aspects of the major intellectual property regimes: subject matter; the allocation of the first ownership of rights; and the scope of protection.

Providing an introduction to the English law of insurance contracts, this book presents the rules in both their legal and socio-economic contexts. It examines the importance of effective insurance and of effective insurance contract law in society.

This second edition of a classic in Anglo-American legal philosophy reopens the dialogue between Bentham's work and contemporary legal philosophy. Gerald J. Postema revisits the themes of the first edition in light of the latest scholarly criticism and provides new insights into the historical-philosophical roots of international law.

An overview of the legal forms used to regulate industry, covering such areas as safety legislation, consumer protection, environmental protection, professional licensing and regulation of the privatised utilities. The author uses economic theory to explain and evaluate the law.

A study of the conflict in legal philosophy between positivistic and anti-positivistic theories of law with respect to seven issues in legal philosophy - law as a reason for action, law and authority, the internal point of view to law, the acceptance of law, discretion and principle, interpretation and semantics, and law and the common good.

This edition has been revised and updated, and a new chapter has been added, comparing tort with no-fault compensation in the light of accepted accident compensation policies.

This book examines the nature and role of the many conventions which, rather than laws, are instrumental in determining many important questions of Government behaviour in Britain and other Commonwealth countries.

This study aims to give undergraduates a firm grasp of the present state of labour law by explaining its recent and tumultuous history from the end of World War II to the end of 1990, but not including the period since Mr Major succeeded Mrs Thatcher as Prime Minister.

This study traces the influence of philosophical ideas on the development of contract law from the post-Roman period to the 19th century, focusing upon the synthesis of Roman law and the moral philosophy of Aristotle and Aquinas.

Criminal Justice is a stimulating reflection upon the core concepts, structures and practices of the criminal justice system. In the tradition of the Clarendon law Series, it is a guide for the uninitiated and a source of provocation for the informed. it explores the meanings of criminal justice, crime, punishment, criminal process, the court, the prison and other penalties.