Hart Publishing imprint: 910 books
Shaping the Corporate Landscape
Towards Corporate Reform and Enterprise Diversity
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2018
Currently, there exists a distrust of corporate activity in the continuing aftermath of the financial crisis and with increasing recognition of the threats of climate change and global, as well as national, inequalities. Despite efforts in the arena of corporate governance to address these, we are...
The Role of Circuit Courts in the Formation of United States Law in the Early Republic
Following Supreme Court Justices Washington, Livingston, Story and Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
While scholars have rightly focused on the importance of the landmark opinions of the United States Supreme Court and its Chief Justice, John Marshall, in the rise in influence of the Court in the Early Republic, the crucial role of the circuit courts in the development of a uniform system of federal...
The End of Human Rights
Critical Thought at the Turn of the Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2000
The introduction of the Human Rights Act has led to an explosion in books on human rights, yet no sustained examination of their history and philosophy exists in the burgeoning literature. At the same time, while human rights have triumphed on the world stage as the ideology of postmodernity, our...
The Constitution of Malaysia
A Contextual Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
Malaysia's constitution was set at the independence of the Federation of Malaya in 1957 along the lines of the Westminster model, embracing federalism and constitutional monarchy. That it has endured is explained in terms of the social contract agreed between the leaders of the three main ethnic groups...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Myanmar's Constitution of 2008 was the 'road map' for the reform process that began in 2011. Despite extensive criticism of this Constitution for its emphasis on the role of the military, much progress has been made towards constitutional government and law reform. With the election of the opposition...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
This book examines territorial governance in Asia in the context of central-local relations. In an era of attempts to deal with issues such as decentralisation, conflict involving ethnic and religious enclaves, and demands for regional autonomy, it is timely to examine central-local relations in a...
by Dr Ben Saul
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
International anti-terrorism measures existed long before 11 September 2001 but have increased markedly since. A myriad of norms in different branches of law are now deployed to confront transnational and domestic terrorism. There is also a proliferating body of 'soft law' addressing terrorism, stemming...
Justice
Continuity and Change
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
This selection of essays, speeches and personal reflections, draws on the analysis of one of the leading lawyers of a generation. Lord Dyson as Master of the Rolls and Head of the Civil Justice System oversaw a period of reform of both law and legal process. This collection discusses some key themes...
Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR) 1989-2014
Celebrating the First 25 years
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
In 2014 the Commercial Bar Association celebrated its 25th anniversary. When Lord Mackay's Green papers, and especially that on 'The Work and Organisation of the Legal Profession', were published, the survival of the Bar was brought into question and this was the catalyst for the formation of COMBAR....
by Judge Geert Corstens
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
The 'rule of law' is increasingly regarded as integral to liberal democracy, and its significance is frequently discussed by lawyers, academics, politicians and the media. But the meaning of the phrase is not always clear. What does 'the rule of law' mean exactly? And why is it so important to the...
How Constitutions Change
A Comparative Study
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
This set of essays explores how constitutions change and are changed in a number of countries, and how the 'constitution' of the EU changes and is changed. For a range of reasons, including internal and external pressures, the constitutional arrangements in many countries are changing. Constitutional...
Torture as Tort
Comparative Perspectives on the Development of Transnational Human Rights Litigation
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2001
The controversial nature of seeking globalised justice through national courts has become starkly apparent in the wake of the Pinochet case in which the Spanish legal system sought to bring to account under international criminal law the former President of Chile,for violations in Chile of human rights...
Permanent States of Emergency and the Rule of Law
Constitutions in an Age of Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2018
Permanent States of Emergency and the Rule of Law explores the impact that oxymoronic 'permanent' states of emergency have on the validity and effectiveness of constitutional norms and, ultimately, constituent power. It challenges the idea that many constitutional orders are facing permanent states...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
In Lord Sumption and the Limits of the Law, leading public law scholars reflect on the nature and limits of the judicial role and its implications for human rights protection and democracy. The starting point for this reflection is Lord Sumption's lecture, 'The Limits of the Law', which grounds a...