Comparative Law Books

New and Published Books

1. Medical Ethics in China

   A Transcultural Interpretation

   By Jing-Bao Nie

   Series: Biomedical Law & Ethics Library

   Drawing on a wide range of primary historical and sociological sources and employing sharp philosophical analysis, this book investigates medical ethics from a Chinese-Western comparative perspective. In doing so, it offers a fascinating exploration of both cultural differences and commonalities...

   Published December 15th 2011 by Routledge
2. Introduction to Spanish Private Law

   Facing the Social and Economic Challenges

   By Teresa Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell

   Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

   The topics addressed in this book have traditionally been covered in separate publications on civil and commercial law. This dualism of regimes has made it difficult for students and professionals alike to comprehend Spanish private law as a whole. In the past this has led to inefficient...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
3. Sedition and the Advocacy of Violence

   Free Speech and Counter-Terrorism

   By Sarah Sorial

   This book employs the theoretical framework of ‘speech act theory’ to analyse current legislative frameworks and cases pertaining to sedition or the advocacy of violence and the issue of freedom of speech. An analysis of the relation between speech and action offers a promising way of clarifying...

   Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
4. Cross-Border Law Enforcement

   Regional Law Enforcement Cooperation – European, Australian and Asia-Pacific Perspectives

   Edited by Saskia Hufnagel, Clive Harfield, Simon Bronitt

   Series: Routledge Research in Transnational Crime and Criminal Law

   This innovative volume explores issues of law enforcement cooperation across borders from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. In doing so it adopts a comparative framework hitherto unexplored; namely the EU and the Australsian/Asia-Pacific region whose relative geopolitical remoteness from each...

   Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
5. Fundamental Rights and Private Law in Europe

   The case of tort law and children

   By Nuno Ferreira

   The book explores, from a comparative and inter-disciplinary perspective, the relationship between fundamental rights and private law in Europe, a debate usually referred to as Drittwirkung or ‘horizontal effect of fundamental rights’. It discusses the different models of ‘horizontal effect’ and...

   Published May 16th 2011 by Routledge
6. The Politics of Charity

   By Kerry O'Halloran

   Series: Routledge Research in Comparative Politics

   For the first time since 1601, a number of leading common law nations have almost simultaneously chosen to revise and place on the statute books the law relating to charity. The Politics of Charity examines the reasons for this and for the varying legislative outcomes. This book examines the...

   Published March 24th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Development of the Chinese Legal System

   Change and Challenges

   Edited by Guanghua Yu

   In recent years the Chinese legal system has undergone many reforms and this book brings the literature up to date, offering a contemporary account of the law and administration in China. This book is the result of collective efforts in analysing the political, economic and social factors which...

   Published November 15th 2010 by Routledge
8. Public Interest Litigation in Asia

   Edited by Po Jen Yap, Holning Lau

   Series: Routledge Law in Asia

   This edited volume is a timely and insightful contribution to the growing discourses on public law in Asia. Surveying many important jurisdictions in Asia including mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, the book addresses recent developments and experiences...

   Published October 28th 2010 by Routledge
9. Resolving Disputes in the Asia-Pacific Region

   International Arbitration and Mediation in East Asia and the West

   By Shahla F. Ali

   How diverse cultures approach conflict in the context of the integration of global markets is a new arena for research and practice. To date, most of the research on international arbitration has focused exclusively on Western models of arbitration as practiced in Europe and North America. While...

   Published October 5th 2010 by Routledge
10. Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law

    Edited by James J. Heckman, Robert L. Nelson, Lee Cabatingan

    Series: Law, Development and Globalization

    Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law is a collection of original research on the rule of law from a panel of leading economists, political scientists, legal scholars, sociologists and historians. The chapters critically analyse the meaning and foundations of the rule of law and its relationship...

    Published July 11th 2010 by Routledge-Cavendish