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Taking a text, cases and materials approach, de Luca's successful textbook remains the only offering for students of European company (read more)

Taking a text, cases and materials approach, de Luca's successful textbook remains the only offering for students of European company law, and has been thoroughly updated in this new edition. Chapters have been expanded to cover the latest legislation and directives on cross-border mergers, the use of digital tools, and cross-border insolvency, while figures and graphs have been introduced to help illustrate complex processes and relationships. Clearly differentiated explanatory textboxes from the first edition have been revised, and allow students to quickly identify sources such as EU legislation, official documents and excerpts from scholarly papers. (hide)

Since their creation, the European Union and the Council of Europe have worked to harmonise the justice systems of their member states. (read more)

Since their creation, the European Union and the Council of Europe have worked to harmonise the justice systems of their member states. This project has been met with a series of challenges. European Criminal Law offers a compelling insight into the development and functions of European criminal law.

It tracks the historical development of European criminal law, offering a detailed critical analysis of the criminal justice systems responsible for its implementation. While the rapid expansion and transnationalisation of criminal law is a necessary response to the growing numbers of free movement of persons and goods, it has serious implications for the rights of European citizens and needs to be balanced with rights protections. (hide)

European Intellectual Property Law offers a full account of the main areas of substantive European IP law and a discussion of their (read more)

European Intellectual Property Law offers a full account of the main areas of substantive European IP law and a discussion of their wider context and effect. The amount and reach of European law, and decision-making in the field of intellectual property has grown exponentially since the 1960s, making it increasingly difficult to treat European law as an adjunct to domestic intellectual property regimes. European Intellectual Property Law responds to this reality by presenting a clear and detailed account of each of the main areas of substantive EU intellectual property law, situated in the context of both the EU legal system andinternational IP law, including EU constitutional law, the law of the European Patent Convention 1973/2000, and private international law. (hide)

Family Law takes a practical approach to family law and procedure, supporting students with a range of learning features such as (read more)

Family Law takes a practical approach to family law and procedure, supporting students with a range of learning features such as self-test questions, chapter summaries, and diagrams. Case studies and examples are included throughout to show the practical applications of the law and are accompanied by worked sample documents. (hide)

In The Financial Courts, Jo Braithwaite analyses thirty years of cases involving the global derivatives markets, exploring the nature (read more)

In The Financial Courts, Jo Braithwaite analyses thirty years of cases involving the global derivatives markets, exploring the nature of these legal disputes and assessing their impact on financial markets and on commercial law more broadly. Weaving together this substantial body of cases with theoretical insights drawn from the growing literature on the internationalisation of financial law, Braithwaite offers readers a detailed and highly original contribution to the debate about the role of private law in international financial markets. This important work should be read by lawyers, economists and regulators in the field. (hide)

Foster on EU Law offers an incisive account of the institutions and procedures of the EU alongside focused analysis of core substantive (read more)

Foster on EU Law offers an incisive account of the institutions and procedures of the EU alongside focused analysis of core substantive areas. This clear two-part structure provides students with a solid foundation in the mechanisms and applications of EU law, making it an ideal text for those new to the subject or looking for a concise guide to support further study in the area. This fully updated seventh edition includes concise consideration of the changes in relationship of the UK with EU law following the vote to 'Brexit'.
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At a time when fuel poverty is affecting more and more households, the Fuel Rights Handbook provides advisers with the information (read more)

At a time when fuel poverty is affecting more and more households, the Fuel Rights Handbook provides advisers with the information they need to help clients striving to cope with rising fuel bills, debt and related problems with fuel supply.

The latest edition gives advisers easy access to new and updated information on:

who is liable to pay the bill
what you can do if you are in arrears
how you can prevent being disconnected
the best way to pay for fuel consumption (hide)

This collection brings together a group of international legal historians to further scholarship in different areas of comparative (read more)

This collection brings together a group of international legal historians to further scholarship in different areas of comparative and regional legal history. Authors are drawn from Europe, Asia, and the Americas to produce new insights into the relationship between law and society across time and space. The book is divided into three parts: legal history and legal culture across borders, constitutional experiences in global perspective, and the history of judicial experiences.
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This is the fifth, fully updated edition of Roy Goode's seminal work Commercial Law, covering the area's theoretical framework as (read more)

This is the fifth, fully updated edition of Roy Goode's seminal work Commercial Law, covering the area's theoretical framework as well as its application This classic work lays out both the theoretical framework of commercial law and the application of fundamental principles to typical business and financial transactions, explaining complex ideas with great clarity. With its unique combination of theory and practice, it is widely acclaimed by practising lawyers in many countries, and by law teachers and students, and it has been extensively cited in judicial decisions. This new fifth edition has been revised to bring the work completely up to date, incorporating a treatment of a significant number of leading cases in commercial law, as well as numerous important new developments affecting international commercial transactions.

'Searching analysis and meticulous exposition coupled with a lucid clarity of style and a relaxed lightness of touch combine to make the book not only compulsory but compulsive reading for anyone interested in its field' Law Quarterly Review 'A work of immense scholarship ...Professor Goode's work must be as nearly exhaustive as can be possible and as produced by Penguin is a triumph of paperback publishing' Solicitor's Journal 'Clear and comprehensive . ..The student and practitioner will find it indispensable; the interested layperson too will benefit from it as a work of reference' British Business 'A veritable tour de force' Business Law Review (hide)

This Handbook aims to provide practical guidance on good treaty practice. It presents a range of examples from the practice of several (read more)

This Handbook aims to provide practical guidance on good treaty practice. It presents a range of examples from the practice of several States and international organisations and explains the actions that need to be taken to create a new treaty, bring it into force, operate it, amend it and wind it up, on both the international and the domestic plane. It also explores what constitutes good treaty practice, and develops generic principles or criteria against which to evaluate these examples. (hide)