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Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia : Combating Violence against Women and Girls for Cambodia, India, Pakistan and Thailand (2018)
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Shah, N. (2018). Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia : Combating Violence against Women and Girls for Cambodia, India, Pakistan and Thailand. London: Commonwealth Secretariat. https://doi.org/10.14217/58032f52-en

This resource book aims both to deepen understanding of the varying forms of VAWG and to raise awareness of the important role that the judiciary can play in tackling them. It is designed to be used by judicial offcers and other professionals as a pr... Read More about Judicial Resource Book on Violence Against Women for Asia : Combating Violence against Women and Girls for Cambodia, India, Pakistan and Thailand.

Islamic law and transnational diplomatic law: A quest for complementarity in divergent legal theories (2016)
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Ismail, M. (2016). Islamic law and transnational diplomatic law: A quest for complementarity in divergent legal theories. London: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137558770

This book, in its effort to formulate compatibility between Islamic law and the principles of international diplomatic law, argues that the need to harmonize the two legal systems and have a thorough cross-cultural understanding amongst nations gener... Read More about Islamic law and transnational diplomatic law: A quest for complementarity in divergent legal theories.

Research handbook on EU public procurement law (2016)
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Bovis, C. (2016). C. Bovis (Ed.). Research handbook on EU public procurement law. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781953266

The Research Handbook on EU Public Procurement Law makes a major contribution to our understanding of the EU public procurement regime, at a time when it is being implemented by the EU Member States, and of the pivotal role that this will play for th... Read More about Research handbook on EU public procurement law.

Citizenship deprivation (2015)
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Baubo?ck, R., & Paskalev, V. (2015). Citizenship deprivation

Most critical analyses assess citizenship-deprivation policies against international human rights and domestic rule of law standards, such as prevention of statelessness, non-arbitrariness with regard to justifications and judicial remedies, or non-d... Read More about Citizenship deprivation.

National legal systems and globalization: New role, continuing relevance (2013)
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Larouche, P., & Cserne, P. (2013). P. Larouche, & P. Cserne (Eds.). National legal systems and globalization: New role, continuing relevance. The Hague: TMC Asser Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-6704-885-9

This book sheds a new light on the fate of national legal systems in an era of globalization, with a more optimistic message than elsewhere in the literature This book was written by a team of experts in comparative law and law and economics, two per... Read More about National legal systems and globalization: New role, continuing relevance.

The Europeanisation of contract law: current controversies in law (2013)
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Twigg-Flesner, C. (2013). The Europeanisation of contract law: current controversies in law. Routledge

Critical yet accessible, this book provides an overview of the current debates about the ‘Europeanization' of contract law. Charting the extent to which English contract law has been subject to this activity, it is the ideal volume for readers unfami... Read More about The Europeanisation of contract law: current controversies in law.

A cross-border-only regulation for consumer transactions in the EU : a fresh approach to EU consumer law (2012)
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Twigg-Flesner, C. (2012). A cross-border-only regulation for consumer transactions in the EU : a fresh approach to EU consumer law. New York: Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2047-7

For almost three decades, the European Union (EU) has adopted measures to regulate consumer transactions within the internal market created by the EU Treaties. Existing legislation is largely based on directives harmonizing aspects of national consum... Read More about A cross-border-only regulation for consumer transactions in the EU : a fresh approach to EU consumer law.

Legal and political theory in the post-national age: Selected papers presented at the Second Central and Eastern European Forum for Legal, Political and Social Theorists (Budapest, 21-22 May 2010) (2011)
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Cserne, P., & Konczol, M. (2011). Legal and political theory in the post-national age: Selected papers presented at the Second Central and Eastern European Forum for Legal, Political and Social Theorists (Budapest, 21-22 May 2010). Frankfurt: Peter Lang

In the last decades, regional and global integration processes have made the traditional state-centred view of law less and less obvious. Recent discussions revolve around how to conceptually comprehend, critically reflect on and reasonably control t... Read More about Legal and political theory in the post-national age: Selected papers presented at the Second Central and Eastern European Forum for Legal, Political and Social Theorists (Budapest, 21-22 May 2010).

Islamic law and the law of armed conflict: The armed conflict in Pakistan (2011)
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Shah, N. A. (2011). Islamic law and the law of armed conflict: The armed conflict in Pakistan. Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203830772

Islamic Law and the Law of Armed Conflict: The Armed Conflict in Pakistan demonstrates how international law can be applied in Muslim states in a way that is compatible with Islamic law. Within this broader framework of compatible application, Niaz A... Read More about Islamic law and the law of armed conflict: The armed conflict in Pakistan.

Law and crime (2010)
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(2010). Law and crime. Sage

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Competence and vulnerability in biomedical research (2008)
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Bielby, P. (2008). Competence and vulnerability in biomedical research. The University of Hull. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8604-5

Enhanced knowledge of the nature and causes of mental disorder have led increasingly to a need for the recruitment of ‘cognitively vulnerable’ participants in biomedical research. These individuals often fall into the ‘grey area’ between obvious deci... Read More about Competence and vulnerability in biomedical research.

Self Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq (2008)
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Shah, N. (2008). Self Defense in Islamic and International Law: Assessing Al-Qaeda and the Invasion of Iraq. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230611658

The book argues that the concept of self-defense in Islamic and International law is compatible. Al-Qaeda's declaration of Jihad does not meet the Islamic legal test. Similarly, the invasion of Iraq does meet the international legal test.