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Statutory and Common Law Interpretation

Kent Greenawalt
2013

As Kent Greenwalt's second volume on aspects of legal interpretation, this book analyzes statutory and common law interpretation and compares the two. In respect to statutory interpretation, it first asks whether judges are "faithful agents" of the legislature or "independent... (Read more)
The Law of the World Trade Organization (WTO): Documents, Cases and Analysis

Petros C. Mavroidis and Mark Wu
2013

This volume discusses the law of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the global forum for trade liberalization. It discusses in exhaustive manner the legal framework governing international trade that evolves out of the treaty regime and elaborates upon the major... (Read more)
Occupy: Three Inquiries in Disobedience

W. J. T. Mitchell, Bernard E. Harcourt, and Michael T. Taussig
2013

Mic check! Mic check! Lacking amplification in Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street protestors addressed one another by repeating and echoing speeches throughout the crowd. In Occupy, W. J. T. Mitchell, Bernard E. Harcourt, and Michael Taussig take the protestors’ lead... (Read more)
Economics of Bankruptcy

Edward R. Morrison
2013

This timely book surveys seminal contributions to the economics of bankruptcy. It offers a comprehensive compilation of work by both legal scholars and economists working in the fields of corporate and consumer finance. An original introduction, written by the editor,... (Read more)
The Health Care Case: The Supreme Court's Decision and Its Implications

Nathaniel Persily, Gillian E. Metzger, and Trevor W. Morrison
2013

The Supreme Court's decision in the Health Care Case, NFIB v. Sebelius, gripped the nation's attention during the spring of 2012. No one could have predicted the strange coalition of justices and arguments that would eventually lead the Court to... (Read more)
Esperimenti di Nuova Democrazia: Tra Globalizzazione e Localizzazione

Charles F. Sabel and Riccardo Prandini
2013

Esperimenti di Nuova Democrazia: Tra Globalizzazione e Localizzazione

Come possiamo mantenere l’idea di democrazia, quando sta diventando la giustificazione per centri decisionali globali? Come possiamo uscire dal disagio della democrazia contemporanea che richiama pericolosamente soluzioni non democratiche dei problemi? Questo... (Read more)
Contract Law and Theory

Robert E. Scott and Jody S. Kraus
2013

Contract Law and Theory, the leading theoretical casebook on contracts, is based on clear, discernible themes and patterns that underlie much of contract law, and as it develops them explicitly, the student is invited to develop a working model of... (Read more)
The Regulatory Aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis

Eilís Ferran, Niamh Moloney, Jennifer G. Hill, and John C. Coffee Jr.
2012

The EU and the US responded to the global financial crisis by changing the rules for the functioning of financial services and markets and by establishing new oversight bodies. With the US Dodd-Frank Act and numerous EU regulations and directives... (Read more)
India's Reforms: How they Produced Inclusive Growth

Jagdish N. Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya
2012

When India embraced systematic economic reforms in 1991 and began opening its economy to both domestic and foreign competition, critics argued that they had contributed little to the acceleration of economic growth. Their argument had rested on the claim that... (Read more)
Reforms and Economic Transformation in India

Jagdish N. Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya
2012

Reforms and Economic Transformation in India is the second volume in the series Studies in Indian Economic Policies. The first volume, India's Reforms: How They Produced Inclusive Growth (Oxford University Press, 2012), systematically demonstrated that reforms-led growth... (Read more)
India's Tryst with Destiny

Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya
2012

Policy discourse in India tends to be dominated by assertions unsupported by facts, with the media indulging one and all without proper scrutiny. Often, the result is the creation and perpetuation of myths of all kinds. Thus, many believe today... (Read more)
Ideas of the First Amendment

Vincent A. Blasi
2012

This title is organized for a course centered on the leading thinkers in the tradition: John Milton, James Madison, John Stuart Mill, Learned Hand, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, and Alexander Meiklejohn. The full range of contemporary First Amendment issues... (Read more)
Legal Origin Theory

Simon Deakin and Katharina Pistor
2012

In this volume, Professor Deakin and Professor Pistor include those key articles which highlight the major contributions to, but also the inherent limits of, the legal origin literature. They consider the merits of this approach in the context of three... (Read more)
Liberal Peace: Selected Essays

Michael W. Doyle
2012

Comprising essays by Michael W. Doyle, Liberal Peace examines the special significance of liberalism for international relations.

The volume begins by outlining the two legacies of liberalism in international relations – how and why liberal states have maintained peace among... (Read more)
The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change: U.S. and International Aspects

Michael B. Gerrard and Katrina Fischer Kuh
2012

The laws that attempt to reduce climate change are well known. But what about laws to deal with the climate change that will occur regardless of these efforts? The Law of Adaptation to Climate Change takes a sweeping look at... (Read more)
Copyright Law

Jane C. Ginsburg and Robert A. Gorman
2012

This title provides a clear and thorough exploration of the doctrinal and policy issues in American copyright law. In a style accessible to both students and practitioners, it covers every major topic in basic copyright courses: history, formalities, exclusive rights,... (Read more)
The Three and a Half Minute Transaction: Boilerplate and the Limits of Contract Design

Mitu Gulati and Robert E. Scott
2012

Boilerplate language in contracts tends to stick around long after its origins and purpose have been forgotten. Usually there are no serious repercussions, but sometimes it can cause unexpected problems. Such was the case with the obscure pari passu clause... (Read more)
Legal and Economic Principles of World Trade Law: The Genesis of the GATT, the Economics of Trade Agreements, Border Instruments, and National Treatment

Henrik Horn and Petros C. Mavroidis
2012

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement covers the vast majority of international commerce in goods and services. The Agreement covers not only measures that directly affect trade, such as import tariffs and import quotas, but potentially almost any type of... (Read more)
Trade in Goods: The GATT and the Other WTO Agreements Regulating Trade in Goods

Petros C. Mavroidis
2012

This new edition of Trade in Goods is an authoritative work on international trade by one of the most influential scholars in the field. It provides a comprehensive and detailed analysis of every WTO agreement dealing with trade in goods.... (Read more)
Export Pioneers in Latin America

Charles F. Sabel, Eduardo Fernández-Arias, Ricardo Hausmann, Andrés Rodriguez-Clare, and Ernesto Stein
2012

Why do some new export activities succeed while others do not? Why are some not even attempted? In this book, distinguished research teams analyze eleven cases of new export endeavors in six Latin American countries to learn how export pioneers... (Read more)
Marriage at the Crossroads: Law, Policy, and the Brave New World of Twenty-First-Century Families

Elizabeth S. Scott and Marsha Garrison
2012

The institution of marriage is at a crossroads. Across most of the industrialized world, unmarried cohabitation and nonmarital births have skyrocketed while marriage rates are at record lows. These trends mask a new, idealized vision of marriage as a marker... (Read more)
Preferential Trade Agreements: A Law and Economics Analysis

Kyle W. Bagwell and Petros C. Mavroidis
2011

This volume assembles a stellar group of scholars and experts to examine preferential trade agreements (PTAs), a topic that has time and again attracted the interest of analysts. It presents a discussion of the evolving economic analysis regarding PTAs and... (Read more)
Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs

Philip J. Cook, Jens Ludwig, and Justin McCrary
2011

Criminal justice expenditures have more than doubled since the 1980s, dramatically increasing costs to the public. With state and local revenue shortfalls resulting from the recent recession, the question of whether crime control can be accomplished either with fewer resources... (Read more)
Bioethics Mediation: A Guide to Shaping Shared Solutions

Nancy Neveloff Dubler and Carol B. Liebman
2011

Bioethics Mediation offers stories about patients, families, and health care providers enmeshed in conflict as they wrestle with decisions about life and death. It provides guidance for those charged with supporting the patient's traditional and religious commitments and personal wishes.... (Read more)
My Life in Seven Languages

George P. Fletcher
2011

George P. Fletcher is considered to be one of today’s leading legal scholars in the fields of torts and criminal law, in particular, comparative and international criminal law. Reflecting on the events in his personal and professional life during the... (Read more)