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Series: Routledge Research in European Union Law
This work considers the role of local government in 13 EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The book aims to provide an account of the system of local government in each of the...
To Be Published June 18th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Constitutional Law
The promulgation of the Fifth French Republic Constitution in 1958 marked the end of a complex constitutional history that has since 1789 seen more than twenty constitutions and five Republics. Lasting now for more than fifty years, the Fifth Republic Constitution has proven to be the right...
To Be Published July 22nd 2013 by Routledge
Series: Biomedical Law and Ethics Library
Genetic screening technologies involving pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) raise particular issues about selective reproduction and the welfare of the child to be born. How does selection impact on the identity of the child who is born? Are children who are selected for a particular purpose...
To Be Published September 12th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Constitutional Law
This book considers the issue of free speech in transitional democracies focusing on the socio-legal developments in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. In showing how these Central and Eastern European countries have engaged with free speech models imported from the Council of Europe / EU and...
To Be Published September 17th 2013 by Routledge
Particularly valuable for both academics and practitioners, Human Rights and the Private Sphere: A Comparative Study analyzes the interaction between constitutional rights, freedoms and private law. Focusing primarily on civil and political rights, an international team of constitutional and...
To Be Published November 25th 2013 by Routledge-Cavendish
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
This book is a companion volume to Human Rights and the Private Sphere: A Comparative Study Volumes 1 and 2, which analysed the effect of human rights on private relationships in a range of democratic jurisdictions around the world. This book looks at a number of additional important...
To Be Published November 25th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Human Rights Law
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which was adopted unanimously by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, is the world’s most widely and most rapidly ratified international convention. The Convention was adopted partly in an attempt to set international norms and establish a...
To Be Published November 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Law, Development and Globalization
Multinational Integration, Cultural Identity and Regional Self-Government assesses the current state of the international theory and practice of autonomy in order to pursue the possibility for regional self-government in Tibet. Initiated by a workshop, and roundtable with political representatives...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
In an era marked by processes of economic and political integration that are arguably unprecedented in their range and impact, the translation of law has assumed a new significance. The following situations are typical. As the expression of a strong postcolonial commitment, various African states...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Intellectual Property
This book considers the efficacy of well-known trade mark protection at an international level, and in the EU and Japan. The book provides a comprehensive and critical overview of trade mark law in Japan, including the historical development of the law and the recent developments in the case law...
To Be Published December 20th 2013 by Routledge
