Diachronic and Synchronic Aspects of Legal English
A guide to the past, present, and future of Legal English for students, lawyers, and anyone interested in the language of law. It explores the evolution of legal language and analyzes its contemporary features, including the debate on simplifying it for citizens’ understanding.
Cosmopolitanism
This publication provides an introduction to the ideality and reality of cosmopolitanism, presenting it “in genesis” and giving a point of departure to students and readers of cosmopolitanism from which to analyse its various contemporary versions and proposals.
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.
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.
A Study in Legal History Volume I
Lord Denning was the greatest English judge of the 20th century. He taught that the common law must develop to do practical justice. This book evaluates his judicial approach, his understanding of precedent, individual rights, and the control of power.
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.
EU Energy Law
This book investigates legal shortfalls in new EU energy legislation from a business perspective. By comparing former and present rules, it shows how liberalisation of the EU energy market is achievable and suggests improvements for future legislation.
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.
Language and Law in Professional Discourse
This book critically focuses on how language is used and exploited in everyday legal discourse. Bringing together scholars from around the globe, it explores legal language as a tool for social action where authority, power, and ideology are involved.
The Medical Device Industry
As medical device software grows more complex, new safety challenges emerge that require better risk management. This book examines a unified approach, investigating how software engineering models like CMMI® can be adapted to medical device regulations.
This book critiques the outdated Turkish framework for co-ownership and proposes a solution. It argues for a new institution, inspired by the English trust of land, to overcome the complex and inefficient management of co-owned properties.
Criminal Papers
In 19th-century Paris, a dark underside of thieves and murderers gives rise to the detective novel. This volume considers the literature of this criminal underworld, examining the intersections between law, society, and the popular imagination.
This book challenges the foundations of US and UK trademark systems, arguing for the “co-authorship” of trademarks by the public and owners. It shows how current laws threaten freedom of expression and proposes a new model to foster a just culture.
How American Politics Works
American politics is a paradox of cynicism and adulation. This book explains the system’s complex inner workings through the “four Ps”: Philosophy, Pragmatism, Personality, and Profit—the constant clash between high ideals and self-interest.
The Last Political Law Lord
Viscount Sumner was one of the greatest English judges, his rulings classics of the Common Law. Yet he was also a controversial political force, defying convention to speak on sensitive topics. He stands out as an outstanding judge and ‘the last political law lord’.