Common law world… Understanding Administrative Law in the Common Law World (OUP 2021), by Paul Daly 11 Feb 202226 Jan 2022 I am happy to describe myself as a comparative lawyer. I studied law in my native Ireland, before doing an LLM in the United States and a PhD in the…
Covid-19 - comparative perspectives… Rethinking the Role of Law and Legal Institutions in Times of Crisis, by Emilie Ghio 10 Dec 20216 Dec 2021 1. The research group 1.1 The IRC Team At the end of 2020, academics and industry professionals came together to form a research group looking at the way in which…
Comparative constitutional law… Droit(s) constitutionnel(s) comparé(s) (2n edn Economica 2021), by Marie-Claire Ponthoreau 26 Nov 202112 Sep 2021 “Comparative constitutional law" is a difficult subject to grasp. Such a statement may surprise or even confuse readers, especially students. The new edition of Droit(s) constitutionnel(s) comparé(s) sets to unpack this difficult…
Common law world… Some food for comparative thinking on the disclosure of reasons for administrative action: using comparative lenses to examine the French law of giving reasons, by Dominique Custos 19 Nov 202113 Oct 2021 The 40th anniversary of the French Act of 11th July 1979 relating to the statement of reasons of administrative decisions was the occasion for a special comparative issue of The…
Comparison in Europe… Civil Enforcement in Comparative Perspective: A Public Management Challenge (Intersentia 2021), by Dr Wendy Kennett 12 Nov 202127 Aug 2021 Introduction This book has had a long gestation period. My interest in civil enforcement originated in the late 1990s. I was teaching an LLM module on International Litigation and conducting research on…
Torts… Comparative Tort Law – Global Perspectives (Edward Elgar 2021), by Mauro Bussani and Anthony Sebok 2 Nov 202111 Apr 2022 Common questions This book is an edited collection of twenty-four essays aiming to provide a framework for reflection and analysis about tort law and its recent developments in ‘Western’ and…
Comparative administrative law… The Recognition of a Substantive English Public Law through the Privileged Legal Treatment of Public Assets, by Deborah Thebault 22 Oct 202127 Aug 2021 Against the backdrop of French public law with its separate administrative and ordinary courts, French lawyers often assume that English law does not have a system of public law, nor a system of public…
Comparative corporate law… Comparative Corporate Governance (Edward Elgar 2021), by Afra Afsharipour and Martin Gelter 15 Oct 202127 Aug 2021 Comparative corporate governance has become a broad research field during the past decades. With the increasing internationalization of law and legal scholarship, the subject has seen a burgeoning volume of…
Comparative corporate law… Mergers, Acquisitions and International Financial Regulation: Analysing Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (Daniele D’Alvia, Routledge 2021), reviewed by Milos Vulanovic 12 Oct 202111 Apr 2022 In the hearings related to the Securities Enforcement Remedies and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990, the US Attorney for the District of Utah stated regarding blank check companies (BBCs)…
Comparative constitutional law… Constitutional change in the contemporary socialist world, by Bui Ngoc Son 8 Oct 202127 Aug 2021 The Socialist World in Comparative Constitutional Law The collapse of the Soviet bloc in the late twentieth century, which precipitated a massive transition from communism into constitutional democracy in Europe,…
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