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Includes examinations of public and private law in the discussion about access to foreign laws. With commentaries by an international collection of leading judges, this book looks at the practice in a range of countries spread across the globe. It is for those working in or studying jurisprudence at a undergraduate and postgraduate level.

Explores the principles, policies and rules governing tortious liability for pure economic loss in a number of countries and legal systems across the world. This book is suitable for students and academics studying tort law and comparative law.

Particularly valuable for both academics and practitioners, Human Rights and the Private Sphere: A Comparative Study, focusing primarily on civil and political rights, analyzes the interaction between constitutional rights and freedoms and private law.

In the 1980s, the West German Peace Movement - fearing that the stationing of NATO nuclear missiles in Germany threatened an imminent nuclear war in Europe - engaged in massive protests, including sustained civil disobedience in the form of sit-down demonstrations. This title traces the historical and philosophical background of this movement.

Charts the formation of the French Civil Code, examining both the public and private effects. It analyses the Code using contemporary and modern sources, including very beautiful and concise extract from HAL Fisher's "History of Europe", which gives an English historian's appraisal of Napoleon's contribution to the Code civil.

As negotiation is the primary tool to resolve international conflict, an understanding of the methods and principles of international negotiation remains essential. Only this form of diplomacy can hope to answer the global challenges in the 21st-century. This work presents an examination of negotiation and diplomacy on an international scale.

Intended for both academics and practitioners, this title, focusing primarily on civil and political rights, analyzes the interaction between constitutional rights and freedoms and private law.

Takes a multidisciplinary approach to the issues surrounding freedom of expression, This book looks at the legal position in a number of European countries and engaging with the wider debates on the topic amongst sociologists, political scientists and economists. It addresses developments which have had a bearing on the debate.

Considers how English courts could possibly use and adapt structures adopted by the German legal order in response to rulings from the European Court of Human Rights, to strengthen the protection of privacy in the private sphere.