Advanced Introduction to Insurance Law

Advanced Introduction to Insurance Law
Author: Robert H. Jerry, II
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2023-03-02
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1800884222

Providing a comprehensive overview of the body of law that regulates the insurance business, this Advanced Introduction evaluates the governing principles, policies, values, and purposes of insurance legislation and related judicial doctrines. It examines the ways in which the industry’s origins help us understand the present, and how insurance connects to major public policy issues that will shape the world for future generations.

Advanced Introduction to Maritime Law

Advanced Introduction to Maritime Law
Author: Todd, Paul
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2021-08-27
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1839107014

Written by leading scholar Paul Todd, this Advanced Introduction draws on the author’s decades of experience researching and teaching maritime law, offering a clear and concise introduction to the core areas of the field. In addition to providing a primer on the substance, it explains the worldwide applications of English law, and surveys the sources of law and how to locate them. It also highlights some of the difficulties in interpreting the law and pinpoints which individuals have been instrumental in doing so, and in making and developing the law.

Advanced Introduction to Space Law

Advanced Introduction to Space Law
Author: Frans G. von der Dunk
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2020-09-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1789901863

Frans von der Dunk, a leading authority on space law, presents a nuanced introduction to the topic, explaining the legal rules, rights and obligations applicable to activities in outer space and activities that precede operations in space. He analyzes the interaction of these elements as well as how international organizations relate to the core tenets of space legislation.

Research Handbook on the Economics of Insurance Law

Research Handbook on the Economics of Insurance Law
Author: Daniel Schwarcz
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 549
Release: 2015-08-28
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1782547142

The fields of insurance law and insurance economics have long and distinguished scholarly histories, but participants in the two disciplines have not always communicated well across academic silos. This Handbook encourages more policy-relevant insurance e

Advanced Introduction to Law and Religion

Advanced Introduction to Law and Religion
Author: Frank S. Ravitch
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2023-01-20
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1789904056

This Advanced Introduction explores the difficulty of defining religion and the subsequent impact this has on creating laws which regulate and protect it. Taking a global comparative approach, Frank S. Ravitch guides the reader through how this unique interaction plays out in differing legal systems including in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Providing further context by contrasting specific case studies, the book provides a rounded and coherent exploration of the complexities of law in relation to religion.

Advanced Introduction to Substantive Criminal Law

Advanced Introduction to Substantive Criminal Law
Author: Stephen J. Morse
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2023-06-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1789906822

This Advanced Introduction to Substantive Criminal Law explores the doctrines, issues and controversies in the substantive field of criminal law. Chapters cover important theoretical and doctrinal topics, including the justifications for state blame and punishment, the foundations for criminalization, the prima facie case, affirmative defences of justification and excuse, and sentencing. Stephen J. Morse uses copious concrete examples drawn from cases, statutes and extended case studies, including the intricate grading of homicide, to enliven the discussion.

Advanced Introduction to Cross-Border Insolvency Law

Advanced Introduction to Cross-Border Insolvency Law
Author: Reinhard Bork
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2023-06-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1789906377

The Advanced Introduction to Cross-Border Insolvency Law provides a clear and concise overview of cross-border insolvency law with particular focus on the rules that govern insolvency proceedings that occur between and across countries. Increasingly, such proceedings have an international dimension, which may involve, for example, debtors with assets abroad, foreign creditors, contractual agreements with counterparties in different jurisdictions, or companies with offices or subsidiaries in a different country. The book expertly steers the reader through the complex interactions between national and supra-national rules, international model laws, and the principles that underpin them.

Advanced Introduction to European Union Law

Advanced Introduction to European Union Law
Author: Jacques Ziller
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2023-12-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1035323125

This thoroughly updated second edition of Advanced Introduction to European Union Law provides an essential overview of the diverse fields of EU law and their relevant politics. In precise but accessible language, Jacques Ziller analyses the latest developments in EU law following Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the Russia-Ukraine war, focusing on the main fields of action for the EU: the internal market, area of freedom, security and justice, and external action.

Advanced Introduction to Law and Artificial Intelligence

Advanced Introduction to Law and Artificial Intelligence
Author: Woodrow Barfield
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2020-10-30
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1789905133

Woodrow Barfield and Ugo Pagallo present a succinct introduction to the legal issues related to the design and use of artificial intelligence (AI). Exploring human rights, constitutional law, data protection, criminal law, tort law, and intellectual property law, they consider the laws of a number of jurisdictions including the US, the European Union, Japan, and China, making reference to case law and statutes.