Annotations category: 11 books

The Internet Age has dramatically increased the importance of intellectual property rights. Disputes over domain names, shared music files, spam and cybersquatting are only a few examples of the matters now prominent in the news. Mark V.B. Partridge, a seasoned lawyer who advises major corporations...

Writing in the tradition of Karl Llewellyn’s classic The Bramble Bush, Paul Kahn speaks in this book simultaneously to students and scholars. Drawing on thirty years of teaching experience, Kahn introduces students to the deep, narrative structure of the judicial opinion. Learning to read the opinion,...

This book contains a series of essays discussing the uses of precedent as a source of law and a basis for legal arguments in nine different legal systems, representing a variety of legal traditions. Precedent is fundamental to law, yet theoretical and ideological as well as legal considerations lead...

This book constitutes the first thorough academic analysis of legislative drafting. By placing the study of legislation and its principles within the paradigm of Flyvberg's phronetic social sciences, it offers a novel approach which breaks the tradition of unimaginative past descriptive reiterations...

The mediation of the balance between vigilance and restraint is a fundamental feature of judicial review of administrative action in the Anglo-Commonwealth. This balance is realised through the modulation of the depth of scrutiny when reviewing the decisions of ministers, public bodies and officials....

This ground-breaking casebook provides a comprehensive and comprehensible account of International Copyright law and its neighbouring rights, helping students to chart a path through these often difficult waters. It illuminates the fundamental influence of the conventions and treaties that have shaped...

When judges disagree, those in the minority write a dissenting opinion. This book considers the great dissents in Australian law. Their worth may derive from numerous factors, including their rhetorical force as a piece of legal reasoning or emotive power as a judicial lament for the 'error' into...

Lei do Planeamento Fiscal Abusivo (LPFA), introduzida pelo Decreto-Lei n.º 29/2008, de 25 de Fevereiro, anotada e comentada. Coordenação: Glória Teixeira (Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto). Este livro transpõe para o universo das publicações eletrónicas os conteúdos do portal Lexit (www.lexit.pt).

Regime da Arbitragem em matéria Tributária (RAT), atualizado até à Lei n.º 66-B/2012, de 31 de Dezembro, anotado e comentado. Inclui a Portaria n.º 112-A/2011, de 22 de Março. Coordenação: Glória Teixeira (Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto). Este livro transpõe para o universo das publicações eletrónicas os conteúdos do portal Lexit (www.lexit.pt).

Código das Sociedades Comerciais (CSC), atualizado até à Lei n.º 66-B/2012, de 31 de Dezembro, anotado e comentado. Coordenação: Paulo de Tarso Domingues (Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto). Este livro transpõe para o universo das...

Apresentamos a nova edição do Vade Mecum 2016 – Wohnrecht.  A edição reúne uma compilação organizada da legislação federal brasileira mais relevante para os operadores do direito. Os textos foram pinçados do ordenamento jurídico com base na sua importância para o dia a dia de estudantes...