Research Handbook in International Economic Law

Research Handbook in International Economic Law
Author: Andrew T. Guzm¾n
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 633
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1847204236

This major new work consists of carefully commissioned original and incisive contributions from leading scholars in the field of international economic law. Covering a full range of topics, the Handbook provides an accessible treatment of the law in each area, as well as a thoughtful synthesis and discussion of related public policy issues from a broadly social science perspective.

Research Handbook on International Taxation

Research Handbook on International Taxation
Author: Yariv Brauner
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2020-12-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1788975375

Capturing the core challenges faced by the international tax regime, this timely Research Handbook assesses the impacts of these challenges on a range of stakeholders, evaluating various paths to reform at a time when international tax policy is a topic high on politicians’ agendas.

Research Handbook on International Law and Cities

Research Handbook on International Law and Cities
Author: Aust, Helmut P.
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2021-08-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1788973283

This groundbreaking Research Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the impact of international law on cities. It sheds light on the growing global role of cities and makes the case for a renewed understanding of international law in the light of the urban turn.

Research Handbook on International and Comparative Sale of Goods Law

Research Handbook on International and Comparative Sale of Goods Law
Author: Djakhongir Saidov
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2019
Genre: Commercial law
ISBN: 1786436159

This thorough and detailed Research Handbook explores the complexity of governance of sales contracts in the modern world. It examines many topical aspects of sales law and practice, with considerable emphasis being placed on the diversity of: commercial and transactional contexts; in which sales contracts are made and performed, including digital technologies, long-term contracts and global supply chains and sources governing such contracts, particularly those emanating from commercial players, such as standard form contracts, trade usages and trade terms. Written by leading experts from an international and comparative perspective, the Research Handbook is relevant to anyone with an interest in commercial sales and contract law.

Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law

Research Handbook on International Human Rights Law
Author: Sarah Joseph
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1849803374

This handbook brings together the work of 25 leading human rights scholars from all over the world, covering a broad range of human rights topics.

Research Handbook on International Environmental Law

Research Handbook on International Environmental Law
Author: Fitzmaurice, Malgosia
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2021-11-12
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1786439719

This thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this foundational Handbook combines practical and theoretical analyses to cover a wide array of cutting edge issues in international environmental law (IEL). It provides a comprehensive view of the complexity of IEL, both as a field in its own right, and as part of the wider system of international law.

Research Handbook on Electronic Commerce Law

Research Handbook on Electronic Commerce Law
Author: John A. Rothchild
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 637
Release: 2016-09-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783479922

The steady growth of internet commerce over the past twenty years has given rise to a host of new legal issues in a broad range of fields. This authoritative Research Handbook comprises chapters by leading scholars which will provide a solid foundation for newcomers to the subject and also offer exciting new insights that will further the understanding of e-commerce experts. Key topics covered include: contracting, payments, intellectual property, extraterritorial enforcement, alternative dispute resolution, social media, consumer protection, network neutrality, online gambling, domain name governance, and privacy.

Research Handbook on International Commercial Contracts

Research Handbook on International Commercial Contracts
Author: Andrew Hutchison
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2020-12-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 178897106X

This comprehensive Research Handbook examines the continuum between private ordering and state regulation in the lex mercatoria, highlighting constancy and change in this dynamic and evolving system in order to offer an in-depth discussion of international commercial contract law. International scholars from a range of jurisdictions and legal cultures across Africa, North America and Europe, dissect a plethora of contract types, including sale, insurance, shipping, credit, negotiable instruments and agency against the backdrop of key legal regimes commonly chosen in international agreements.

Research Handbook on UN Sanctions and International Law

Research Handbook on UN Sanctions and International Law
Author: Larissa van den Herik
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 543
Release: 2017-07-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1784713031

The 1990s have been labeled the ‘Sanctions Decade’, since they witnessed an unprecedented intensification of the use of collective non-military enforcement measures, and in particular sanctions, by the post-Cold War reactivated Security Council. This Research Handbook studies the current practice of UN sanctions in international law, their interrelationship with other regimes and substantive areas of law, as well as issues arising from their implementation and application at the domestic level.