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Author: Raymond Wacks Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 9780199214969 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 192
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Law touches every aspect of our daily lives, and yet the main concepts, terms, and processes of the legal system remain obscure to many. This Very Short Introduction provides a clear, jargon-free account of modern legal systems, explaining how the law works both in the Western tradition and around the world.
Author: Andrew Clapham Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198706162 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 217
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Focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, and discrimination, this book will help readers to understand for themselves the controversies and complexities behind human rights.
Author: Vaughan Lowe Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191576204 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 145
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Interest in international law has increased greatly over the past decade, largely because of its central place in discussions such as the Iraq War and Guantanamo, the World Trade Organisation, the anti-capitalist movement, the Kyoto Convention on climate change, and the apparent failure of the international system to deal with the situations in Palestine and Darfur, and the plights of refugees and illegal immigrants around the world. This Very Short Introduction explains what international law is, what its role in international society is, and how it operates. Vaughan Lowe examines what international law can and cannot do and what it is and what it isn't doing to make the world a better place. Focussing on the problems the world faces, Lowe uses terrorism, environmental change, poverty, and international violence to demonstrate the theories and practice of international law, and how the principles can be used for international co-operation.
Author: Nicholas Vincent Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191633496 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 152
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The Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its origins in the troubled reign of King John, and tracing the significance of the role that it played thereafter as a totemic symbol of the subject's right to protection against the raw and absolute authority of the sovereign. Drawing upon the great advances that have been made in the past two decades in our understanding of thirteenth-century English history, Nicholas Vincent demonstrates why the Magna Carta continues to be of enormous popular interest. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: Jeremias Prassl Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0198735537 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 289
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The concept of the employer has been surprisingly ignored in employment and corporate law, leaving protective norms unable to grapple with modern work arrangements. This book scrutinises the received concept of a unitary employer providing a functional reconceptualization as a framework for future arguments and coherent judicial decision-making.
Author: Nigel Warburton Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191622788 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 128
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'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it' This slogan, attributed to Voltaire, is frequently quoted by defenders of free speech. Yet it is rare to find anyone prepared to defend all expression in every circumstance, especially if the views expressed incite violence. So where do the limits lie? What is the real value of free speech? Here, Nigel Warburton offers a concise guide to important questions facing modern society about the value and limits of free speech: Where should a civilized society draw the line? Should we be free to offend other people's religion? Are there good grounds for censoring pornography? Has the Internet changed everything? This Very Short Introduction is a thought-provoking, accessible, and up-to-date examination of the liberal assumption that free speech is worth preserving at any cost. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: John Arnold Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks ISBN: 019285352X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 152
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Starting with an examination of how historians work, this "Very Short Introduction" aims to explore history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than to delve into specific periods.
Author: Gary Thomas Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199643261 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 161
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From the schools of ancient times to the present day, Gary Thomas looks at how and why education evolved as it has. By exploring some of the big questions, he examines the ways in which schools work, considers the differences around the world, and concludes by considering the future of education worldwide.
Author: Elizabeth Fisher Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192512625 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 169
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Environmental law is the law concerned with environmental problems. It is a vast area of law that operates from the local to the global, involving a range of different legal and regulatory techniques. In theory, environmental protection is a no brainer. Few people would actively argue for pollution or environmental destruction. Ensuring a clean environment is ethically desirable, and also sensible from a purely self-interested perspective. Yet, in practice, environmental law is a messy and complex business fraught with conflict. Whilst environmental law is often characterized in overly simplistic terms, with a law being seen as be a magic wand that solves an environmental problem, the reality is that creating and maintaining a body of laws to address and avoid problems is not easy, and involves legislators, courts, regulators and communities. This Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the main features of environmental law, and discusses how environmental law deals with multiple interests, socio-political conflicts, and the limits of knowledge about the environment. Showing how interdependent societies across the world have developed robust and legitimate bodies of law to address environmental problems, Elizabeth Fisher discusses some of the major issues involved in environmental law's: nation statehood, power, the reframing role of law, the need to ensure real environmental improvements, and environmental justice. As Fisher explains, environmental law is, and will always be, necessary but inherently controversial. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author: Catherine Barnard Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199280029 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 938
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'EC Employment Law' provides a thorough and authoritative guide to EC law on employment, within a social and economic context. Extensive coverage is given of complex equality caselaw and legislation, and many issues not covered elsewhere are examined.
Author: Astra Emir Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0192858793 Category : Labor laws and legislation Languages : en Pages : 752
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Established and reliable, Selwyn's Law of Employment continues its legacy as a complete reference guide for students of employment law. Astra Emir has maintained Norman Selwyn's practical approach to the subject, wherein each topic's broad scope is discussed concisely and in an accessible manner, allowing space to reflect on developing issues in this fluid area of law. The straightforward written style and clean layout allows you to navigate the text with ease, and helps to identify legal principles and seminal cases quickly. This textbook includes case law from the UK and EU, and both collective and individual employment law is considered, to offer an inclusive representation of the subject. Digital formats and resources The twenty-second edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks The online resources, available at www.oup.com/he/selwyn22e/, includes biannual updates to the law, blog posts about prominent employment law topics, and animated diagrams exploring complex legal processes.
Author: Raymond Wacks
Author: Andrew Clapham
Author: Vaughan Lowe
Author: Nicholas Vincent
Author: Jeremias Prassl
Author: Nigel Warburton
Author: John Arnold
Author: Gary Thomas
Author: Elizabeth Fisher
Author: Catherine Barnard
Author: Astra Emir