This book considers the challenges faced within criminal justice systems across a range of African jurisdictions, identifying recent efforts at reform, and highlighting instances

of best practice. Most African countries continue to experience issues of unlawful pre-trial detention, human rights abuses in prisons, long periods of awaiting trials, [...]

Arab Spring, Transitional Justice, North Africa, Anticorruption, Colonial Legacy, international involvement, Reparations, victim participation, youth leadership, activism,

racial taboos [...]

This open access book presents the first comparative study on the legal sources of administrative law. Every modern legal order needs a set of general rules to apply and enforce

administrative law; the rules impose principles of action, of procedure, and of organisation of the authorities. [...]

Assembling a series of voices from across the field, this book demonstrates how posthuman theory can be employed to better understand and tackle some of the challenges faced

by contemporary international law. With the vast environmental devastation being caused by climate change, the increasing use of artificial intelligence by international [...]

In international law interpretation is ubiquitous. However, whereas in the case of treaty interpretation, this process has been codified in Articles 31-33 of the Vienna Convention

on the Law of Treaties, the interpretation of rules of customary international law has remained largely unexplored. [...]

How to legally assess the situation when humanitarian actors in non-international armed conflicts are arbitrarily denied access to the affected civilian population? The book

answers this question from the perspective of the five main actors involved in humanitarian relief in non-international armed conflicts: the affected State, non-State [...]

This open access book provides an overview of the credit distribution ecosystem in Europe, with a specific focus on the definitions, laws, and authorities related to the figures

of credit intermediaries (credit agents and brokers). It explores the regulatory framework, market structures, and technological innovations in credit intermediation. [...]

One of the most complex problems in the arbitration field is the question of who decides disputes over the scope of an arbitrator's purported authority. Courts in Canada and

the United States have taken different approaches to this fundamental question of "arbitrability" that necessarily arises when one party disputes the contractual [...]

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of historical perspectives on justice, equity, and equality, which have been, and still are, considered as the core values of

any balanced political system. Combining historical methodology with wider philosophical and ethical insights, the volume offers a unique contribution to the fields [...]

The essay addresses the traditional yet very relevant topic of protecting workers' professional skills, with particular attention to the intricate relationship between the

two main sources: law and collective bargaining. The latter is considered a fundamental "filter" for balancing the protection of professional skills between guarantees [...]