Hart Publishing--don't forget our discount--has announced the following titles:
The
Constitution of France
A
Contextual Analysis
Sophie
Boyron
The centrepiece of
this work is the French Constitution of 1958, portrayed by the author as an
innovative hybrid construct whose arrival brought the constitutional stability
that had eluded France for centuries. But the creation of the 1958 Constitution
was not an isolated act; it represents part of an evolutionary process which
continues to this day. Even though it is codified, the constitution of the
Fifth Republic has evolved so markedly that some commentators have dubbed the
present institutional balance the 'Sixth Republic'. It is this dynamic of the
constitution which this book seeks to explain. At the same time the book shows
how the French constitution has not developed in isolation, but reflects to
some extent the global movement of ideas, ideas which sometimes challenge the
very foundations of the 1958 Constitution.
December 2012 290pp
Pbk 9781841137353
The
Statute and Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice of the European Union
A
Commentary
Edited
by Bertrand Waegenbaur
This Commentary
provides for a comprehensive overview of the procedural rules of the EU Courts
in Luxembourg. The substantive aspects of the legal remedies at the Court of
Justice, the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal are laid down in the
primary legislation, as amended by the Lisbon Treaty, while the procedural
aspects are detailed in the Statute of the Court of Justice as well as the
Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice and the General Court. This
Commentary discusses European procedural rules, article by article, taking due
account of the established case-law of the Court, thus enabling the reader to
navigate quickly and easily through the complex rules of procedure and to
orientate him or herself quickly in cases brought before the EU Courts. The
Commentary also covers the important "Instructions" and
"Practical Guidelines" of the Court
Content
- Statute of the Court of Justice
- Rules of Procedure of the Court of
Justice
- Rules of Procedure of the General
Court
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December 2012 922pp
Hbk 9781841139951
Tort
Law and the Legislature
Common
Law, Statute and the Dynamics of Legal Change
Edited
by TT Arvind and Jenny Steele
The book provides the
first extended interpretation of legislative intervention in the law of tort.
Each of the chapters, by leading tort scholars, deals with an aspect of the
influence of legislation on the law of tort. While the nature, sources and
extent of legislative influence in personal injury law is an essential feature
of the collection, other significant areas of tort law are explored, including
tort in the context of commercial law, labour law, regulation and the welfare
state. Essays on the Compensation Act 2006 and Human Rights Act 1998 bring the
current state of the interplay between tort, politics and legislation to the
forefront. In all of these contexts, contributors explore the deeper lessons
that can be learned about the nature of the law of tort and its changing role
and functions over time.
December 2012 546pp
Hbk 9781849461405
Revisiting
the Contracts Scholarship of Stewart Macaulay
On
the Empirical and the Lyrical
Edited
by Jean Braucher, John Kidwell and William C Whitford
This book contains the
papers prepared for a conference held at the Wisconsin Law School in 2011 to
honour the work of Stewart Macaulay, one of the most famous contracts scholars
of his generation. Macaulay has been writing about contracts and contract law
for over 50 years; the 1960s were particularly productive years for him, when
he introduced many novel ideas into the scholarly world. Macaulay's
foundational work for what is now called relational contract theory was
published during this period. Macaulay is also known for his use of empirical
research and interdisciplinary theories to illuminate our knowledge of
contracting practices.
The papers in this
volume reflect, in diverse ways, on the subsequent influence and the
contemporary relevance of Macaulay's work. All the contributors are important
contracts scholars in their own right: David Campbell and John Wightman from
the UK, Brian Bix, Jay Feinman, Robert Gordon, Claire Hill, Charles Knapp,
Ethan Leib, Deborah Post, Edward Rubin, Carol Sanger, Robert Scott, Gordon
Smith, Josh Whitford (with Li-Wen Lin) and William Woodward from the USA. The
volume also reproduces Macaulay's most cited paper, 'Non-Contractual Relations
in Business', and excerpts from two other important papers of his, 'Private
Legislation and the Duty to Read-Business Run by IBM Machine, the Law of
Contracts and Credit Cards', and 'The Real and The Paper Deal: Empirical
Pictures of Relationships, Complexity and the Urge for Transparent Simple
Rules'.
January 2013 462pp Hbk
9781849463010
Toward
a Prosecutor for the European Union Volume 1
A
Comparative Analysis
Edited
by Katalin Ligeti
In an era in which the
EU's influence in criminal law matters has expanded rapidly, attention has
recently turned to the possible creation of a European Public Prosecutor's
Office. This two volume work presents the results of a study carried out by a
group of European criminal law experts in 2010-2012, with the financial support
of the EU Commission, whose aims were to examine in detail current public
prosecution systems in the Member States and to scrutinise proposals for a new
European office.
Volume 1 begins with
thorough descriptions of 20 different national legal systems of investigation
and prosecution, addressing a range of evidential and procedural safeguards.
These will serve as a point of reference for all future research on public
prosecutors. Volume 1 also contains a series of cross-cutting studies of the
key issues that will inform debates about the creation of a European Public
Prosecutor's Office, including studies of vertical cooperation in administrative
investigations in subsidy and competition cases, the accession of the EU to the
ECHR, judicial control in cooperation in criminal matters, mutual recognition
and decentralised enforcement of European competition law.
Volume 2 (which will
be published in 2013) presents a draft set of model rules for the procedure of
the European Public Prosecutor's Office and continues with a set of comparative
studies of the national legal systems that cover the gathering of evidence,
seizure of assets, arrests, tracking and tracing, prosecution measures,
procedural safeguards, the presumption of innocence and the right to silence,
access to the file and victim reconciliation. Volume 2 concludes with the final
report, written by Professor Ligeti, summarising the findings of the group and
reporting on the prospects for the proposed reform.
December 2012 1096pp
Hbk 9781849463140
The
Construction of Commercial Contracts
JW
Carter
This book adopts a
principled approach to the law applied in the construction of commercial
contracts. This approach is presented as part of a coherent theory of the law
of contract construction which makes a unique contribution to scholarship and
understanding of the most important aspect of the practice of commercial
lawyers.
The law is explained
by reference to three stages in construction. It distinguishes the preliminary
stage in which context is established, from the 'meaning' and 'application'
stages of contract construction. The approach provides insights both into the
practical problems that lawyers face, in particular in relation to
admissibility of extrinsic evidence, and the theoretical underpinnings of the
subject. The book also explains the relationship between intention and
construction, and discusses general and specific rules that determine the
results of construction disputes.
Each chapter is introduced
by statements of its objectives and the book includes simple definitions of key
concepts, as well as summaries of the complex principles which comprise the law
of construction.
In illustrating
construction principles and their application, the exposition of the law draws
on the author's knowledge of Australian contract law and the influence and role
of the UNIDROIT principles, CISG and the American Restatement (Second)
Contracts.
January 2013 692pp Hbk
9781849463423
Cambridge
Yearbook of European Legal Studies, Vol 14 2011-2012
Edited
by Catherine Barnard and Markus Gehring with Iyiola Solanke
The Cambridge
Yearbook of European Legal Studies provides a forum for the scrutiny of
significant issues in EU Law, the law of the European Convention on Human
Rights, and Comparative Law with a 'European' dimension, and particularly those
issues which have come to the fore during the year preceding publication. The
contributions appearing in the collection are commissioned by the Centre for
European Legal Studies (CELS) Cambridge, a research centre in the Law Faculty
of the University of Cambridge specialising in European legal issues.
The papers presented
are at the cutting edge of the fields which they address, and reflect the views
of recognised experts drawn from the University world, legal practice, and the
institutions of both the EU and its Member States. Inclusion of the comparative
dimension brings a fresh perspective to the study of European law, and
highlights the effects of globalisation of the law more generally, and the
resulting cross fertilisation of norms and ideas that has occurred among previously
sovereign and separate legal orders.
The Cambridge
Yearbook of European Legal Studies is an invaluable resource for those
wishing to keep pace with legal developments in the fast moving world of
European integration.
December 2012 812pp
Hbk 9781849463539
International
Handbook on Unfair Competition
Edited
by Frauke Henning-Bodewig
Written by a worldwide
team of experts, this new work surveys and comments on the unfair competition
laws of the world's leading economic powers. Following a standard pattern, each
chapter introduces the reader to the latest developments in each jurisdiction,
highlighting the ways in which the basic legislation and case law relates to
enforcement issues, and how unfair competition laws fit with wider
considerations of consumer protection and within prevailing intellectual property
and competition law frameworks. Each of the country reports follows the same
standard structure:
I. Background and
General Approach to Unfair Competition Law.
II. Legal Basis of
Unfair Competition Law and Relations to Neighbouring Areas of Law
III. General
Considerations
IV. General Clause
Against Unfair Competition
V. Marketing
V. Protection of
Competitors Against Unfair Trade Practices
VI. Specific
Protection of Consumers Against Unfair Trade Practices
VII. Enforcement
The handbook includes
country reports from the following countries:
Australia, Austria,
Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan,
Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, UK, USA
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January 2013 600pp Pbk
9781849463683
Advanced
Topics in Revenue Law
Corporation
Tax; International and European Tax; Savings; Charities
John
Tiley and Glen Loutzenhiser
The last several years
have seen fundamental changes to the UK tax system. Nearly the entirety of the
UK corporation tax and international tax rules have been rewritten by three new
statutes – the Corporation Tax Acts 2009 and 2010 and the Taxation
(International and Other Provisions) Act 2010. The UK has also implemented
major new policies affecting the taxation of pensions, charities, savings
vehicles, 'non-doms' and the foreign profits of UK companies. In addition,
European Union law, and especially the case law of the Court of Justice of the
European Union, has had an increasingly important impact on UK corporation tax
and international tax law in particular.
This new book on
advanced topics in UK tax law is derived from material previously found in John
Tiley's major text on Revenue Law that has been expanded and
comprehensively updated to take account of these developments. The book deals
with Corporation Tax, International and European Tax, Savings and Charities, in
a manageable and portable volume for law students and practitioners. It
complements the material on UK Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax, and Inheritance
Tax found in Revenue
Law, 7th edition.
Unlike other tax law
books, this text explains the new rules found in CTA 2009, CTA 2010 and TIOPA
2010 in light of its legislative predecessors. The book contains extensive
references to the new legislation and also to the former enactments in ICTA
1988 and elsewhere. Those familiar with the old law but wanting to find their
way round the new will find this work particularly valuable.
The book is designed
for law students taking advanced tax courses in the final year of their law
degree course and for graduate students, but is intended to be of interest to
all who enjoy tax law. Its purpose is not only to provide an account of the
rules but to include citation of the relevant literature from legal periodicals
and some discussion of or reference to the background material in terms of
policy, history or other countries' tax systems.
January 2013 596pp Pbk
9781849464239
The
Protection of Fundamental Rights in the EU After Lisbon
Edited
by Sybe de Vries, Ulf Bernitz and Stephen Weatherill
The changes made by
the Lisbon Treaty suggest that its entry into force in December 2009 marks a
new stage in the shaping of the EU's commitment to the protection of
fundamental rights. This book's concern is to provide an examination of the
several (and interlocking) challenges which the Lisbon reforms present. The
book will not only address the fresh and intriguing challenges for the EU as an
entity committed to the protection and promotion of fundamental rights
presented by developments 'post-Lisbon', but also a number of conundrums about
the scope and method of protection of fundamental rights in the EU which existed
'pre-Lisbon' and which endure. The book consists of three parts. The first part
is concerned with the safeguarding of fundamental rights in Europe's internal
market. The second part of the book is entitled 'The Scope of Fundamental
Rights in EU Law' and the chapters discuss the reach of fundamental rights and
their horizontal dimension. The last part of this book deals with 'The
Constitutional Dimension of Fundamental Rights' analysing the special
relationship between the ECJ and the ECtHR and the issue of rights competition
between the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights, the European Convention on Human
Rights and national rights catalogues.
January 2013 246pp Hbk
9781849464437
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