This book examines Nigeria’s reform of personal property security law. While the new unitary system is acclaimed for enhancing credit access for small businesses, this text highlights the enactment’s drawbacks, offering lessons for stakeholders within and outside Nigeria.
Joining, Staying in, and Leaving the European Union
This book explores the legal, political, and economic perspectives of a Member State’s “circle of life” in the EU: accession, participation, and potential exit in the form of withdrawal or expulsion.
This collection by world-class Nigerian legal academics provides critical analyses of Nigerian law, with international comparisons. Covering the gamut from land and commercial to human rights law, it is exceedingly useful to legal practitioners, academics, and students.
Exiting the European Union
This book provides a detailed discussion of the legal process for a Member State’s exit from the EU. It covers voluntary withdrawal like Brexit, forced expulsion, and secession. A relevant read for anyone interested in what the future holds for European integration.
This unique book unravels the authority and limitations of coast guards in maritime law enforcement. Based on the author’s experience as a Commissioner General, it provides practical insights by examining international law, comparative studies, and key cases.
Gender Identity in International Law
This book challenges prevailing narratives by refashioning gender identity as a belief. This reframing protects the conflicting rights of women, children, and LGB people, as well as the right of people to express a gender identity incongruent with their sex.
An essential guide exploring the intersection of energy, public international, and environmental law. It covers fossil fuels, renewables, energy economics, diplomacy, and dispute settlement, providing a holistic view for practitioners of international law and management.
This monograph on tort law in Ukraine analyzes current legislation and develops a new classification of torts. The author argues for introducing a system of extraordinary torts and examines the mechanism of compensation for damage in private international law.
This book explores why international conventions on terrorism and organized crime falter. It reveals how divergent national laws create obstacles to state cooperation and argues that without legal symmetry between nations, effective collaboration remains out of reach.
Geographical Indications (GIs) give products like Darjeeling tea legal protection. This book analyzes the inclusion of GIs in Free Trade Agreements signed by Asian countries, examining the challenges, opportunities, and impact on local economies, agriculture, and industries.
This book examines the civil liabilities of corporations for torts and breaches of international and human rights law. It illustrates how legal principles, such as the duty of care, can be applied to promote corporate accountability and resolve human rights abuses issues.
Unlock the value of your intellectual property. Experts use in-depth case studies to reveal how companies profit from patent licensing, strategic litigation, and M&A. An essential guide for business leaders and IP law professionals navigating today’s competitive landscape.
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Theory and in Practice
This book examines the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards under the New York Convention in common and civil law countries. It analyzes recurring judicial problems, providing solutions and advocating for a more liberal regime to favor enforcement.
Think Consumer
Contrary to mainstream thinking, this book argues that the quality function of a trade mark should be enforced by law. This encourages traders to improve goods over advertising, reducing consumer search costs and bridging the gap between legal theory and reality.
Lawfare
While promoting a definition of aggression, the Soviet Union and Russia used international law as a weapon. This work demonstrates their program of “lawfare”—the manipulation of the legal system to supplement military and political objectives.
Putin’s war in Ukraine is a stark violation of international humanitarian law. This book analyzes the International Criminal Court and alternative judicial avenues to hold perpetrators accountable for war crimes and secure justice for the victims.
Private Military and Security Companies
Calazans investigates the application of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law in addressing the business conduct of Private Military and Security Companies during armed conflicts.
Human Rights and Diverse Societies
In a world of increasing diversity, how can universal human rights be practically realized? This book explores the tensions between group identities and individual freedoms, identifying new frameworks to empower marginalized groups in diverse societies.
Misapplying Globalization
This book studies Jordan’s rapid adoption of TRIPS intellectual property laws. It argues these standards, designed for multinationals, are damaging Jordan’s legal institutions and foreclosing possibilities of innovation that could bring economic benefits.
Civil Law Studies
As a rising superpower, India must engage with the Civil Law System dominant in the global market. In “Civil Law Studies,” scholars from India, Lisbon, and Coimbra collaborate to strengthen the study of Civil Law for its future prospects in India.