Sue Farran, James Gallen, Christa Rautenbach

The Diffusion of Law (eBook, PDF)

The Movement of Laws and Norms Around the World

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection contributes to the wider theoretical debate concerning the movement of law and legal norms by engaging with concrete examples of legal diffusion in jurisdictions as diverse as Albania, the Czech Republic, Poland and Kuwait. The volume is international, multi-disciplinary and multi-methodological in approach and brings together scholars from law and social science with experience in mixed and hybrid jurisdictions. The book provides timely new insights and a comprehensive illustration of the theoretical debates concerning the diffusion of laws and norms in terms of both process and form.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317035862
• Artikelnr.: 44864496

Autorenporträt

Sue Farran is a Professor of Laws at Northumbria University, UK, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of the South Pacific. She has a long-standing interest in comparative law and legal pluralism, and much of her published research uses case studies from the island countries of the South Pacific region to focus on issues of human rights, legal pluralism, the challenges of development and sustainability, globalisation and legal colonialism. In particular she is interested in the interface between legal systems and normative frameworks within states and between states, and the relationship between national, regional and international players in shaping and developing legal responses to contemporary issues. Sue has contributed to two other collections in this series: 'Scotland: Is the tartan fading?' in A Study of Mixed Legal Systems: Endangered, Entrenched or Blended (2014 Ashgate) for which she was also lead editor, and 'Pacific punch: tropical flavours of mixedness in the Island Republic of Vanuatu' in Palmer, Mattar and Koppel (eds) Mixed Legal Systems East and West (2015 Ashgate). James Gallen is a graduate and Scholar of Trinity College Dublin and a graduate of New York University School of Law. He is a former Transitional Justice Scholar at New York University and has served as an Intern and Fellow at the International Center for Transitional Justice in New York and Kathmandu. He is a lecturer in the School of Law and Government at DCU. James defended his Ph.D. thesis in the School of Law at Trinity College Dublin in May 2012. His doctoral thesis examines the relationship between transitional justice, peace-building and economic development in international law. His research interests include human rights, international law and legal and political philosophy. His present research agenda concerns the implementation of policy coherence in international assistance to transitions and a transitional justice approach to child sex abuse in the Roman Cat

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction, SueFarran, ChristaRautenbach; Chapter 2 Infusion of the Diffused, EsinÖrücü; Chapter 3 The Diffusion of Western Legal Concepts in Kuwait, MyraWilliamson; Chapter 4 Diffusion of Islamic Law in the UK, RitaDuca; Chapter 5 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, PamelaMartino; Chapter 6 'Lease, Locazioni and Kera', DavidZammit, KurtXerri; Chapter 7 Legal Capital is Out - EEIG is Cool! How the Evaporation of Legal Capital in EU Private Companies might Provide a Revival Opportunity for EEIGs, AlessioBartolacelli; Chapter 8 The Urban Diffusion of Local Direct Democracy between Switzerland and the United States, ThomasFavre-Bulle; Chapter 9 The 'Margin of Appreciation' in ECHR Case-law as a Boundary Line to Legal Transplants, AlessandraPera; Chapter 10 The Feature of Droit Commun in the Disposition Preliminaire of the Civil Code of Quebec, BiagioAndò; Chapter 11 Law in Changing Circumstances, ElwiraMacierzy?ska-Franaszczyk; Chapter 12 Albanian Civil Law and the Influence of Foreign Laws, JulianaLatifi; Chapter 13 'Sv??enský fond' (Trust Fund), Kate?inaRonovská; Chapter 14 Diffusing Bad Ideas, EoinCarolan;

Rezensionen

"Contributors to Farran, Gallen, Hendry, and Rautenbach's volume seek to contribute to the wider theoretical debate concerning the movement of law and legal norms globally, through examination of concrete examples of legal diffusion in jurisdictions as diverse as Albania, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Kuwait."
Law and Social Inquiry Journal