A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org This sweeping book details the extent to which the legal revolution emanating from the
US has transformed legal hierarchies of power across the globe, while also analyzing the conjoined global histories of law and social change from the Middle Ages [...]
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. This
multidisciplinary volume brings together experienced expert witnesses and immigration attorneys to highlight best practices and strategies for giving expert testimony [...]
This book examines the potential role of European Union law in combating poverty and social exclusion in the European Union. Anti-poverty strategies have been part of the European
Union agenda for decades. Most saliently, over a decade ago, the EU’s Member States pledged to lift 20 million people out of poverty. [...]
The rise of Artificial Intelligence applications is accelerating the pace and magnitude of the political, securitarian, and ethical challenges we are now struggling to manage
in cyberspace and beyond. So far, the relationship between Artificial Intelligence and cyberspace has been investigated mostly in terms of the effects that AI could [...]
The book scrutinizes the legal-historical development of the crime "unnatural fornication". The analysis focuses on contemporary law and sexual science sources as well as files
from criminal proceedings for same-sex fornication. lt shows how different negotiation processes influenced the ideas of the "immoral", the sexual and the gender. [...]
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. One
of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary Muslim ethics is the status of women in Islamic law. [...]
This book investigates the complex ethical dilemmas underpinning AI regulation, analysing the EU Artificial Intelligence Act in the context of the fundamental values and ambitious
expectations that have accompanied it initially. This book posits a pioneering regulatory framework to ensure the ethical development and equitable deployment of [...]
In vielen Bereichen des Privatrechts wird die Privatautonomie von Vertragsparteien zunehmend gesetzlich beschränkt. Stefan Bechtold zeigt an Beispielen aus dem allgemeinen
Zivilrecht, dem Verbraucherschutzrecht sowie dem Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht Grenzen auf, bei denen zwingendes Vertragsrecht als Regulierungsinstrument versagt. [...]
Peru's industrial mining sector is highly conflictual and characterized by social disputes. Many of these conflicts are fought not only in politics but also in the courts,
as activists attempt to hold corporate and state actors liable for human rights violations. [...]
Weltweit vereinheitlichte Musterverträge bestimmen die Vertragsgestaltung im grenzüberschreitenden Finanzverkehr. Diese Musterverträge werden von privaten Organisationen
wie der International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), der Loan Market Association (LMA) und der International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) geschaffen. [...]
