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1. International Commercial and Marine Arbitration

   By Georgios I. Zekos

   Series: Routledge Research in International Commercial Law

   International Commercial and Marine Arbitration analyses and compares commercial-martime arbitration in a number of different legal systems including the US, the UK, Greece and Belgium. The book examines the role of the courts in arbitration in each of these countries, making reference to ...

   Published May 5th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
2. Rethinking Rape Law

   International and Comparative Perspectives

   Edited by Clare McGlynn, Vanessa E. Munro

   Rethinking Rape Law provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of contemporary rape laws, across a range of jurisdictions. In a context in which there has been considerable legal reform of sexual offences, Rethinking Rape Law engages with developments spanning national, regional and...

   Published March 7th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
3. Existentialist Criminology

   Edited by Donald J Crewe, Ronnie Lippens

   Existentialist Criminology captures an emerging interest in the value of existentialist thought and concepts for criminological work on crime, deviance, crime control, and criminal justice. This emerging interest chimes with recent social and cultural developments - as well as shifts in their...

   Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
4. EU External Relations and Systems of Governance

   The CFSP, Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and Migration

   By Paul James Cardwell

   Series: Routledge Research in European Union Law

   This book takes a fresh look at the external relations of the European Union (EU) and in particular the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). Rather than focusing exclusively on the competence aspects of the institutions and actors, the book makes the case that the CFSP can be understood as a...

   Published July 29th 2011 by Routledge
5. Men, Law and Gender

   Essays on the ‘Man’ of Law

   By Richard Collier

   What does it mean to speak of ‘men’ as a gender category in relation to law? How does law relate to masculinities? This book presents the first comprehensive overview and critical assessment of the relationship between men, law and gender; outlining the contours of the ‘man’ of law across diverse...

   Published July 29th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
6. Welfare's Forgotten Past

   A Socio-Legal History of the Poor Law

   By Lorie Charlesworth

   That ‘poor law was law’ is a fact that has slipped from the consciousness of historians of welfare in England and Wales, and in North America. Welfare's Forgotten Past remedies this situation by tracing the history of the legal right of the settled poor to relief when destitute. Poor law was not...

   Published July 25th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
7. Maritime Security

   International Law and Policy Perspectives from Australia and New Zealand

   Edited by Natalie Klein, Joanna Mossop, Donald R. Rothwell

   Maritime security is of vital importance to Australia and New Zealand as both countries depend on maritime transport for their economic survival. Since the events of September 11th 2001, significant questions have been raised as to whether Australia and New Zealand are adequately prepared for the...

   Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
8. The United States, International Law and the Struggle against Terrorism

   By Thomas McDonnell

   Series: Routledge Research in Terrorism and the Law

   This book discusses the critical legal issues raised by the US responses to the terrorist threat, analyzing the actions taken by the Bush administration during the so-called "war on terrorism" and their compliance with international law. Thomas McDonnell highlights specific topics of legal interest...

   Published August 15th 2011 by Routledge
9. Water Law for the Twenty-First Century

   National and International Aspects of Water Law Reform in India

   Edited by Philippe Cullet, Alix Gowlland-Gualtieri, Roopa Madhav, Usha Ramanathan

   In the face of growing freshwater scarcity, most countries of the world are taking steps to conserve their water and foster its sustainable use. Water crises range from concerns of drinking water availability and/or quality, the degradation or contamination of freshwater, and the allocation of...

   Published July 11th 2011 by Routledge
10. Sovereignty, Knowledge, Law

    By Panu Minkkinen

    Sovereignty, Knowledge, Law investigates the notion of sovereignty from three different, but related perspectives: as a legal question in relation to the sovereign state, as a political question in relation to sovereign power, and as a metaphysical question in relation to sovereign self-knowledge....

    Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
11. Niklas Luhmann: Law, Justice, Society

    By Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos

    Series: Nomikoi Critical Legal Thinkers

    Niklas Luhmann: Law, Justice, Society presents the work of sociologist Niklas Luhmann in a radical new light. Luhmann’s theory is here introduced both in terms of society at large and the legal system specifically, and for the first time, Luhmann’s texts are systematically read together with...

    Published July 27th 2011 by Routledge