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Free Download Theories of Legal Obligation (Law and Philosophy Library, 146) by Deryck Beyleveld, Stefano Bertea
English | April 7, 2024 | ISBN: 3031540662 | 173 pages | MOBI | 0.45 Mb
This volume collects six original essays by internationally respected researchers who have devoted themselves to the study of legal obligation. It brings together works that innovatively address key dimensions of the current debates concerning legal obligation from different and, in some cases, even opposing theoretical perspectives. As a result, the collection offers a comprehensive discussion of legal obligation that promises to significantly advance our understanding of the obligatory dimension of law. What specifically connects the contributions gathered here is one common thread: coming to terms with a notion – legal obligation – that is of both practical and theoretical importance. On the one hand, it is widely regarded as a fundamental legal concept by legal practitioners and laypeople alike, as not only judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and juries but also ordinary citizens make extensive use of obligation-related terms and discourses. On the other hand, the notion of legal obligation is of paramount significance for the theory of law. Indeed, even legal theorists who, quite understandably, refuse to reduce the law to a mere obligation-imposing device and opt instead for a view in which the normative dimension of the law also encompasses powers, rights, permissions, privileges and immunities, duly acknowledge the centrality of legal obligation for the understanding and conceptualisation of law. Hence the importance of the treatments presented in this volume.

Free Download William M Leiter, "Affirmative Action in Antidiscrimination Law and Policy: An Overview and Synthesis"
English | 2002 | pages: 335 | ISBN: 0791455092 | PDF | 1,5 mb
A comprehensive interdisciplinary analysis of the past, present, and future of affirmative action in the United States.

Free Download Thermal Convection with a Cattaneo Flux Law
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031808843 | 174 Pages | PDF (True) | 2 MB
This monograph provides an account of thermal convection with a focus on Cattaneo’s heat flux equation. Various applications of the equation are analyzed, such as those pertaining to nanoscale mechanics, nuclear engineering, the treatment of various diseases, and more. The influence it has had on problems in the field of thermal convection is highlighted as well. Several other important topics are incorporated, including:

Free Download Andrea S. Rojas, "Marijuana: Uses, Effects and the Law "
English | ISBN: 1612092063 | 2011 | 152 pages | PDF | 8 MB
The cannabis sativa plant, more commonly known as marijuana, has been used medicinally for millenia and continues to play a significant role in medical treatment today. This book presents topical research in the study of marijuana; its uses, effects and legal issues. Topics discussed include measurement of cannabis consumption to assess the role of drug potency in rising rates of cannabis misuse disorders; the influence of marijuana legislation on vulnerable populations; marijuana use among adolescents and its effects and recreational marijuana use in a bariatric clinic population.

Free Download Michael J Strauss, "Territorial Leasing in Diplomacy and International Law"
English | ISBN: 9004293612 | 2015 | 256 pages | PDF | 1260 KB
Territorial Leasing in Diplomacy and International Law focuses on an unexplored but relatively common practice in which states reallocate their rights on territory without altering formal boundaries or resorting to definitive cessions. As products of diplomacy, leases address a frequent situation that, in extreme cases, can lead to war: the desire by more than one state to exercise sovereign authority in the same place. As instruments of international law, they paradoxically reinforce the territorial integrity of states while raising questions about the nature of their sovereignty. This book draws from a large number of leases to examine the practice from historic to modern times, describing their elements in detail and assessing them from both political and legal perspectives.

Free Download Josef Fiala, "Contract Law in the Slovak Republic Ed 3"
English | ISBN: 9041187421 | 2017 | 184 pages | EPUB | 576 KB
Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the law of contracts in the Slovak Republic covers every aspect of the subject – definition and classification of contracts, contractual liability, relation to the law of property, good faith, burden of proof, defects, penalty clauses, arbitration clauses, remedies in case of non-performance, damages, power of attorney, and much more. Lawyers who handle transnational contracts will appreciate the explanation of fundamental differences in terminology, application, and procedure from one legal system to another, as well as the international aspects of contract law. Throughout the book, the treatment emphasizes drafting considerations.

Free Download Pier Giuseppe Monateri, "Contract Law in Italy"
English | ISBN: 9403527005 | 2021 | 160 pages | PDF | 2 MB
Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the law of contracts in Italy covers every aspect of the subject – definition and classification of contracts, contractual liability, relation to the law of property, good faith, burden of proof, defects, penalty clauses, arbitration clauses, remedies in case of non-performance, damages, power of attorney, and much more. Lawyers who handle transnational contracts will appreciate the explanation of fundamental differences in terminology, application, and procedure from one legal system to another, as well as the international aspects of contract law. Throughout the book, the treatment emphasizes drafting considerations.

Free Download Ruth Buchanan, "The Oxford Handbook of International Law and Development "
English | ISBN: 0192867369 | 2024 | 864 pages | PDF | 39 MB
Since the mid-twentieth century, ‘international law’ and ‘international development’ have become two of the most prominent secular languages through which aspirations about a better world are articulated.. They have shaped the both the treatment and self-understanding of the ‘developing’ world, often by positing the West as a universal model against which developing states, their citizens, and natural environments should be measured and disciplined. In recent years, however, critical scholars have investigated the deep linkages between the concept of development, the doctrines and institutions of international law, and broader projects of ordering at the international level. They have shown how the leading models de-radicalise, if not derail, initiatives to redefine development and pursue other forms of global well-being.

Free Download Merkel’s Law: Wisdom from the Woman Who Led the Free World by Melissa Eddy
English | August 20, 2024 | ISBN: 1982191031 | 208 pages | PDF | 4.79 Mb
In the vein of Notorious RBG, a fun and inspiring biography filled with lessons from the most powerful woman in the world, based on more than a decade’s worth of coverage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel from New York Times Berlin correspondent Melissa Eddy.

Free Download Michael Giudice, "The Normativity of Law "
English | ISBN: 1009209833 | 2024 | 78 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In the philosophy of law there has been a proliferation of advanced work in the last thirty years on the normativity of law. Recent theories explore law’s character as a special kind of convention, shared cooperative activity, and social artifact, among other perspectives, to explain the precise way in which law provides subjects with reasons for action. Yet, for all their sophistication, such accounts fail to deliver on their promise, which is to establish how law creates more than just legal reasons for action. This Element aims to survey these views and others, situate them in a broader context of theories about the nature of law, and subsequently suggest a path forward based on the methodological continuity between analytical, evaluative, and empirical approaches to law’s normativity.