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The Rebirth of Territory (Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law)
by Gail LythgoeThe concept of territory is central in international law, but a detailed analysis of how the concept is used in both discourse and practice has been lacking until now. Rather than reproducing the established understanding of territoriality within the international legal order, this study suggests that the discipline of international law relies on an outmoded spatial paradigm. Gail Lythgoe argues for a complete update and overhaul of our understanding of territory and space, to engage more effectively with key processes, structures and actors relevant to contemporary global governance. In this new theoretical account of an essential aspect of public international law, she argues that territory is a dynamic social reality created by the exercise of power. Territories are constituted by the practices of a more diverse array of actors than is acknowledged. As a result, functions are re-assembling in territories constituted by state and non-state actors alike.
Rebuilding Communities After Displacement: Sustainable and Resilience Approaches
by Mo Hamza Dilanthi Amaratunga Richard Haigh Chamindi Malalgoda Chathuranganee Jayakody Anuradha SenanayakeThis book presents a collection of double-blind peer reviewed papers under the scope of sustainable and resilient approaches for rebuilding displaced and host communities. Forced displacement is a major development challenge, not only a humanitarian concern. A surge in violent conflict, as well as increasing levels of disaster risk and environmental degradation driven by climate change, has forced people to leave or flee their homes – both internally displaced as well as refugees. The rate of forced displacement befalling in different countries all over the world today is phenomenal, with an increasingly higher rate of the population being affected on daily basis than ever. These displacement situations are becoming increasingly protracted, many lasting over 5 years. Therefore, there is a need to develop more sustainable and resilient approaches to rebuild these displaced communities ensuring the long-term satisfaction of communities and enhancing the social cohesion between the displaced and host communities. Accordingly, chapters are arranged around five main themes of rebuilding communities after displacement.Response management for displaced communitiesThe Built environment in resettlement planningGovernance of displacementSocio-Economic interventions for sustainable resettlement
Rebuilding Expertise: Creating Effective and Trustworthy Regulation in an Age of Doubt
by William D. AraizaWhy the public has lost faith in government and how it can be restored In 1964, over three-quarters of Americans trusted the federal government to do the right thing all or most of the time. By 1980, that number had plummeted to 26 percent, and Ronald Reagan won a sweeping victory for the presidency while proclaiming that government was not the solution to our problems but was itself the problem. Today, Americans’ trust in public institutions is at near historic lows and “bureaucracy” and “big government” are pejorative terms.In Rebuilding Expertise, William D. Araiza investigates the sources of this phenomenon and explains how we might rebuild trust in our public institutions. Written in accessible and engaging language, the author examines the history of this deterioration of trust and reveals how politicians from Clinton to Trump have allowed that deterioration to continue, and, in some cases, actively encouraged it. Using an interdisciplinary approach, with insights from history, political science, law, and public administration, Araiza explores our current bureaucratic malaise and presents a roadmap to finding our way out of it, toward a regime marked by effective, expert regulation that remains democratically accountable and politically legitimate. A timely and indispensable read, Rebuilding Expertise makes clear what steps must be taken to regain public trust in our government.
Rebuilding Justice
by Sandra Day O'Connor Rebecca Love Kourlis Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System Dirk Olin"We are blessed with many excellent judges and court staff . . . but they and all the rest of us have an obligation to work hard to improve the system so that it is both impartial and accountable."--From the foreword by Sandra Day O'Connor Over the past several decades, the civil justice process has become alarmingly expensive, politicized, and lengthy. Though the court system lies at the heart of American democracy, it often does not meet the legitimate needs of the people, resulting in a rift between citizens and their own legal system. With a system that hasn't seen major reform since 1938, it's inevitable that there are shortcomings and misunderstandings. The situation is precarious, but not hopeless. In Rebuilding Justice, Rebecca Love Kourlis and Dirk Olin illuminate why the courts are critical and how they are being eroded, defaced, and undermined. While covering complex issues such as civil justice reform, judicial selection and performance evaluation, and domestic relations, Kourlis and Olin propose practical solutions to improve the efficiency, accessibility, and integrity of America's civil courts. An important portrait of the American judicial system, Rebuilding Justice is a call to action for all Americans to take the steps necessary to fix, support, and protect this crucial cornerstone of our democracy. Rebecca Love Kourlis is the founder and executive director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, a former justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, a former District Court Judge, and a former trial judge. She holds undergraduate and law degrees from Stanford University. Dirk Olin is a legal affairs journalist who currently serves as editor and publisher of Corporate Responsibility Magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a master's degree from Northwestern Journalism School.
Rebuilding the State Institutions: Challenges for Democratic Rule of Law in Mexico
by Juan Antonio Le Clercq Jose Pablo Abreu SacramentoContemporary Mexico faces a complex crisis of violence and insecurity with high levels of impunity and the lack of an effective rule of law. These weaknesses in the rule of law are multidimensional and involve elements of institutional design, the specific content of the laws, particularities of political competition and a culture of legality in a country with severe social inequalities. This book discusses necessary institutional and legal reforms to develop the rule of law in a context of democratic, social and economic transformations. The chapters are organized to address: 1) The concept of the ‘rule of law’ and its measurement; 2) The fragility of the ‘rule of law’ in Mexico; 3) Structural reforms and implementation challenges; 4) Social exclusion and the culture of legality. The book addresses decision-makers, civil servants, consultants, scholars, lecturers, and students focusing on public policy, rule of law, sociology of law, legislative studies and practice, impunity, and areas of political philosophy. • The book presents an interdisciplinary and integrated approach for understanding the rule of law in Mexico, taking into account national particularities, the regional context and global comparisons.• Chapters discuss recent institutional reforms in Mexico from a critical point of view and explore possible next steps to achieve effective implementation.• This book addresses the links between a weak rule of law and social phenomena like insecurity, violence, corruption and democratic deficits.
Rebuilding Trust in Banks
by John ZinkinAn outline of the core principles and strategies required to restore the credibility of the global finance industrySince 2008, the global financial industry has lurched from crisis to crisis, calamity to calamity, resulting in an epic loss of public trust in banking and financial institutions. Rebuilding Trust in Banks argues that this series of disasters have usually been the result failures of leadership and governance, combined with unenforced systems of checks and balances. Often, leaders lose their way, believing their own hype and buying into their own propaganda. The more successful these leaders are initially the greater their self-confidence grows along with the certainty that they're right. The result is a dangerous hubris with no countervailing power to stop or change reckless, unethical, or self-interested strategies. This book offers a solution, with useful benchmarks for corporate governance and a global perspective.Features effective best practices for ensuring good corporate governance and responsible leadership in banking and financeWritten by a renowned expert in corporate governance with more than 40 years of experience, particularly in AsiaIntended for corporate leaders and board members in financial companies, as well as regulators, advisors, and studentsIf banks and other financial institutions truly want to rebuild the trust they once enjoyed, this practical and prescriptive guide offers effective best practices that can--and should--be widely implemented throughout the industry.
Recasting Islamic Law: Religion and the Nation State in Egyptian Constitution Making
by Rachel M. ScottBy examining the intersection of Islamic law, state law, religion, and culture in the Egyptian nation-building process, Recasting Islamic Law highlights how the sharia, when attached to constitutional commitments, is reshaped into modern Islamic state law.Rachel M. Scott analyzes the complex effects of constitutional commitments to the sharia in the wake of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011. She argues that the sharia is not dismantled by the modern state when it is applied as modern Islamic state law, but rather recast in its service. In showing the particular forms that the sharia takes when it is applied as modern Islamic state law, Scott pushes back against assumptions that introductions of the sharia into modern state law result in either the revival of medieval Islam or in its complete transformation. Scott engages with premodern law and with the Ottoman legal legacy on topics concerning Egypt's Coptic community, women's rights, personal status law, and the relationship between religious scholars and the Supreme Constitutional Court. Recasting Islamic Law considers modern Islamic state law's discontinuities and its continuities with premodern sharia.
Recasting the Insolvency Regulation: Improvements and Missed Opportunities (Short Studies in Private International Law)
by Vesna Lazić Steven StuijThis book comprises contributions relating to the Insolvency Regulation Recast,which recently entered into force. The authors analyse the changes introduced andgive their views on the improvements that are thereby achieved. In other words, theyassess to what extent the amendments have mitigated the disadvantages of the previousInsolvency Regulation.Three of the chapters concentrate on the issues pertaining to jurisdiction, such asthe problem of forum shopping by re-locating the debtor’s centre of main interests.Furthermore, the extent to which the parties have the freedom to contract withinthe framework of the Insolvency Regulation Recast is discussed. Also, the relevanceand consequences of recent developments in corporate law for the current crossborderinsolvency framework, as well as the jurisdictional issues concerning approvalrequirements are amongst the matters addressed. Aside from the jurisdictional matters,the question of the law applicable to so-called ‘avoidance actions’ is analysed and crossbordercooperation between national authorities in the field of insolvency is touchedupon. To conclude, this book covers a range of specific and intriguing topics broughtup by the Insolvency Regulations Recast.This third volume in the Short Studies in Private International Law Series is primarilyaimed at legal academics dealing with cross-border insolvency, but it will also proveuseful to insolvency judges and practitioners, as well as those specialised in financialand fiscal law. Finally, advanced students as well as those with a general interest ininsolvency law will also find it of added value.Vesna Lazić is Senior Researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Institute and Associate Professorof Private Law at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. Steven Stuij is an expert inprivate international law and PhD Candidate at the Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam.
Receiving The Gift Of Friendship: Profound Disability, Theological Anthropology, And Ethics
by Hans S. ReindersDoes what we are capable of doing define us as human beings? If this basic anthropological assumption is true, where can that leave those with intellectual disabilities, unable to accomplish the things that we propose give us our very humanity? Hans Reinders here makes an unusual claim about unusual people: those who are profoundly disabled are people just like the rest of us. He acknowledges that, at first glance, this is not an unusual claim given the steps taken within the last few decades to bring the rights of those with disabilities into line with the rights of the mainstream. But, he argues, that cannot be the end of the matter, because the disabled are human beings before they are citizens. "To live a human life properly," he says, "they must not only be included in our institutions and have access to our public spaces; they must also be included in other people's lives, not just by natural necessity but by choice. " Receiving the Gift of Friendship consists of three parts: (1) Profound Disability, (2) Theology, and (3) Ethics. Overturning the "commonsense" view of human beings, Reinders's argument for a paradigm shift in our relation to people with disabilities is founded on a groundbreaking philosophical-theological consideration of humanity and of our basic human commonality. Moreover, Reinders gives his study human vividness and warmth with stories of the profoundly disabled from his own life and from the work of Jean Vanier and Henri Nouwen in L'Arche communities.
Recent Developments in the South China Sea Dispute: The Prospect of a Joint Development Regime
by Wu Shicun Hong NongThe South China Sea region contains potentially huge deposits of petroleum and natural gas, important shipping lanes and fishing areas, and is subject to a number of maritime territorial disputes. This edited volume analyzes the most recent development in the South China Sea dispute looking at the positions taken by China, the ASEAN countries, and the US. In recent years maritime joint development zones have emerged as an important means to overcome deadlock in relation to maritime jurisdictional claims. This book tests the applicability of joint development regime in this region and explores the prospect of joint development of resources as a way to successfully manage the conflict in the South China Sea. Eminent scholars in the field of South China Sea studies have contributed original chapters to the volume covering such issues as: the legal framework for joint development; how joint development might work in practice; the challenges faced by and the prospects arising from joint development; and the way forward for the region.
A Recent History of Homicide Investigation: Changes and Implications for Criminal Justice in England and Wales (Routledge Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice and Procedure)
by Sophie PikeDrawing on in-depth research, including interviews with former and serving detectives, this book explores how homicide investigation in England and Wales has changed since the 1980s and the opportunities and challenges that have arisen as a consequence. The investigation of homicide in England and Wales became subject to significant reform in the 1980s, when the inquiry into the Yorkshire Ripper investigation identified numerous failings in how the hunt for Peter Sutcliffe was conducted. These investigations have been subject to criticism and change from that moment onwards. This book explores how change has shaped every facet of these investigations, with four main areas identified: science and technology; legislation, regulation and guidance; investigative practice; and lastly, detective status and culture. The work shows that change has been the result of four primary catalysts: a growing preoccupation with risk, the changing political landscape, reactions to miscarriages of justice and other cases, and advances in science and technology. What has been lost and gained as a result of change is also explored. It has, in many ways, been positive as scientific and technological advances allow investigators to plot an offender’s movements and draw a clearer picture of what transpired. However, change has created today’s more risk-averse homicide detectives, who must manage the vast amounts of technological information that modern-day investigations now generate. They must also contend with a raft of legislation and guidance that now govern investigations and budget pressures not faced by their predecessors. The book will be a valuable resource for students, researchers and policymakers in the areas of criminal law and procedure, criminal justice, criminology, and policing.
Recentering the World: China and the Transformation of International Law (Law in Context)
by Ryan Martínez MitchellRecentering the World recovers a richly contextual, detailed history of Western-imposed legal structures in China, as well as engagements with international law by Chinese officials, jurists, and citizens. Beginning in the Late Qing era, it shows how international law functioned as a channel for power relations, techniques of economic domination, as well as novel forms of resistance. The book also radically diversifies traditionally Eurocentric accounts of modern international law's origins, demonstrating how, by the mid-twentieth century, Chinese jurists had made major contributions to international organizations and the UN system, the international judiciary, the laws of armed conflict, and more. Drawing on extensive archival research, this book is a valuable guide to China's often conflicted role in international law, its reception and contention of concepts of sovereignty, property, obligation, and autonomy, and its gradual move from the 'periphery' to a shared spot at the 'center' of global legal order.
The Reception of Aristotle's Ethics
by Jon MillerAristotle's ethics are the most important in the history of Western philosophy, but little has been said about the reception of his ethics by his many successors. The present volume offers thirteen newly commissioned essays covering figures and periods from the ancient world, starting with the impact of the ethics on Hellenistic philosophy, taking in medieval, Jewish and Islamic reception and extending as far as Kant and the twentieth century. Each essay focuses on a single philosopher, school of philosophers, or philosophical era. The accounts examine and compare Aristotle's views and those of his heirs and also offer a reception history of the ethics, dealing with matters such as the availability and circulation of Aristotle's texts during the periods in question. The resulting volume will be a valuable source of information and arguments for anyone working in the history of ethics.
The Reception of Positivism in Spain: Pedro Dorado Montero (Studies in the History of Law and Justice #28)
by José Franco-ChasánPedro Dorado Montero was one of Spain’s most relevant authors. He contributed to modern Criminal law and Penology with a very unique theory: the Protective Law for Criminals. In a time when neoclassical penal theories and new positivist theories clashed, Dorado Montero’s proposal served as a bridge between the criminal law conceptions of the 19th and 20th centuries.In order to explore his role in the introduction of positivism within Spain and the subsequent success of this trend, this book addresses several aspects. The first three analyzed are his scholarly career, the historical and international context in which he lived, and the various European and other international influences he was exposed to. On this basis, two major points are then discussed.Firstly, Dorado Montero has been traditionally included within the movement known as correccionalismo. However, his legal-philosophical and criminal thought indicates otherwise. It seems to lie closer to positivism than to neoclassical positions. This research aims at challenging the accuracy of the ‘eclectic’ label which traditional historiography has applied to him.In turn, Dorado Montero described a reality in which every moral value and legal representation was a mere product of mankind’s imagination. Man is responsible for the elaboration of morals, law and culture in his own mind. Thus, for him, there were as many moral and legal orders as there were human beings on the planet. Such a claim is polemic even today. Unsurprisingly, the author received criticism from both neoclassical and positivist schools. Thus, the existence of a ‘Doradian positivism’ is explored. Despite the growing interest in these topics over the last few decades, Dorado Montero has somehow been overlooked – even though his Derecho protector de los criminales described the criminal law of the future as well, one that will have to face the new neurological, medical, psychological and genetic challenges of our time.
Receptive Human Virtues: A New Reading of Jonathan Edwards's Ethics
by Elizabeth Agnew CochranThis book offers a new reading of Jonathan Edwards’s virtue ethic that examines a range of qualities Edwards identifies as “virtues” and considers their importance for contemporary ethics. Each of Edwards’s human virtues is “receptive” in nature: humans acquire the virtues through receiving divine grace, and therefore depend utterly on Edwards’s God for virtue’s acquisition. By contending that humans remain authentic moral agents even as they are unable to attain virtue apart from his God’s assistance, Edwards challenges contemporary conceptions of moral responsibility, which tend to emphasize human autonomy as a central part of accountability.
Una receta para no morir: Cartas a un joven médico
by Arnoldo Kraus«Arnoldo Kraus ha hecho de su vida una pasión por la muerte, o más bien una pasión por la vida y por el bien morir.» Eduardo Matos Moctezuma En esta obra, Arnoldo Kraus ofrece una visión integral y sucinta sobre saberes, coyunturas y deudas que ha debido adquirir, enfrentar y resolver a lo largo de sus años en el ejercicio de la medicina. El sustento de estas reflexiones es la experiencia práctica, pero no sólo ella; también varias lecturas, una posición de compromiso ético y la certeza de no saberlo todo. Tanto los aspirantes a médico como los lectores en general encontrarán aquí motivos para confiar en que no se ha roto definitivamente el vínculo entre humanismo y medicina.
Recht der EU-Außenbeziehungen: Geteilte Zuständigkeiten und geteilte Werte in Abkommen zwischen der EU und ihren östlichen Nachbarländern
by Stefan Lorenzmeier Roman Petrov Christoph VedderDas Buch enthält Beiträge von 18 Autoren aus verschiedenen Ländern und analysiert die jüngste Rechtsprechung des EuGH zu den Außenkompetenzen der Europäischen Union. Es befasst sich mit den Auswirkungen der EU-Werte auf ihre Beziehungen zu den östlichen Nachbarländern. Der erste Teil konzentriert sich auf die Entwicklung und die aktuellen Herausforderungen des außenpolitischen Handelns der Europäischen Union, während der zweite Teil die Zusammenarbeit der EU mit ihren östlichen Nachbarn und Eurasien darstellt. Das Buch befasst sich mit den Assoziierungsabkommen mit den Ländern der Östlichen Partnerschaft mit den östlichen Nachbarländern und Eurasien, den erweiterten Partnerschaftsabkommen in den östlichen Nachbarländern und im postsowjetischen Raum sowie den derzeitigen und künftigen vertraglichen Beziehungen zur Eurasischen Wirtschaftsunion und ihren Mitgliedstaaten.
Recht der Sanierungsfinanzierung
by Kai-Oliver Knops Heinz Georg Bamberger Jens LieserZiel des Sanierungsgedankens ist es, Chancen, Risiken und Grenzen der Sanierung und ihrer Finanzierungsdeterminanten auszuloten. Das Praxis-Handbuch zeigt Wege und Möglichkeiten zur Überwindung der Krise auf. Länderberichte aus ausgewählten Rechtsordnungen, in denen der Sanierungsgedanke zum Teil deutlich stärker betont wird, geben zusätzlich Anregungen. Über 30 namhafte Autoren aus Wissenschaft und Praxis stehen für eine ausgewogene Rechtsinterpretation und garantieren eine zuverlässige und aktuelle Aufbereitung der jeweiligen Teilgebiete in komprimierter Form.
Recht en gezondheidszorg
by H.E.G.M. Hermans M.A.J.M. BuijsenRecht en gezondheidszorg is een inleiding in het recht dat van betekenis is voor de gezondheidszorg. Het is een wegwijzer van dat recht, waarbij de nieuwste ontwikkelingen op dit gebied ter sprake komen. In het boek wordt onder meer aandacht besteed aan organisatie en structuurwetgeving, financieringswetgeving, patiëntenrechten en medische aansprakelijkheid.In dit boek wordt verder uitvoerig stilgestaan bij de betekenis van medisch-ethische vraagstukken en medisch-ethische wetgeving voor de gezondheidszorg. Hierdoor worden de dilemma’s duidelijk waarmee individuele beroepsbeoefenaren, managers in de zorg en gezondheidsjuristen meer en meer worden geconfronteerd.Recht en gezondheidszorg is primair geschreven voor studenten van universiteiten, hbo- en managementopleidingen in de gezondheidszorg. Daarnaast is het goed bruikbaar voor professionals in de gezondheidszorg die een beeld willen krijgen van de actuele stand van zaken met betrekking tot juridische vraagstukken op het terrein van de gezondheidszorg.
Recht ex machina
by Christian Baumann Daniel Oberle Richard Wacker Christian Funk Oliver RaabeIm Internet werden Informationen immer häufiger so ausgezeichnet, dass sie für Computer interpretierbar sind (Semantic Web). Solche maschinenlesbaren Informationen sorgen dafür, dass Dienste im Internet verfügbar gemacht und gefunden werden können. Diese Automatisierung schafft eine neue Rechtslage und stellt sowohl für die Rechtspflege als auch für Geschäftspartner eine Herausforderung dar. In dem Band präsentieren die Autoren eine automatisierte Rechtsfolgenermittlung als praxisrelevanten Ansatz zur Herstellung von Rechtssicherheit.
Recht für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Laura Schnall Verena BöttnerMit Recht und Gesetzen setzt sich niemand gerne auseinander, aber manchmal muss es sein. Im Privat- und Berufsleben sind viele wichtige Punkte durch Gesetze geregelt und nur wer sein Recht kennt, kann sicher sein, dass er es auch bekommt. Die Juristinnen Laura Schnall und Verena Böttner erklären Ihnen, was Sie zu Miet- und Arbeitsrecht wissen müssen, wo die Tücken im Verkehrsrecht liegen, wie Sie mit Behörden verkehren sollten und was bei Einkäufen und im Internet zu beachten ist. Außerdem erfahren Sie, wie Sie den richtigen Anwalt finden, welche Kosten bei einem Rechtsstreit anfallen und wie unser Rechtssystem funktioniert. So wissen Sie sicher was Ihr Recht ist.
Recht für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Laura Schnall Verena BöttnerMit Recht und Gesetzen befasst sich niemand gerne, aber manchmal muss es sein. Im Privat- und Berufsleben sind viele wichtige Punkte durch Gesetze geregelt und nur wer sein Recht kennt, kann sicher sein, dass er es auch bekommt. Die Juristinnen Laura Schnall und Verena Böttner erklären Ihnen, was Sie zu Miet- und Arbeitsrecht wissen müssen, wo die Tücken im Verkehrsrecht liegen, wie Sie mit Behörden verkehren sollten und was bei Einkäufen und im Internet zu beachten ist. Außerdem erfahren Sie, wie Sie den richtigen Anwalt finden, welche Kosten bei einem Rechtsstreit anfallen und wie unser Rechtssystem funktioniert. So wissen Sie sicher, was Ihr Recht ist.
Recht für Immobilienmakler (essentials)
by Peter S. PrzewieslikDieses essential hilft Maklern dabei, einen ersten Überblick über ihre Rechte und Pflichten sowie über „Fallstricke“ zu geben. Außerdem bietet, Studenten, sich mit den Regelungen des Maklerrechtes vertraut zu machen, Orientierung in kompakter Form. Mieter und Vermieter erhalten einen Überblick über die Rechte und Pflichten von Maklern, vor allem der Zahlungspflicht einer Maklercourtage zu geben.
Recht für Medienberufe
by Clemens KaeslerMit diesem Buch finden Sie sich schnell im Dschungel der medienspezifischen Rechtsfragen zurecht. Es orientiert sich am Lehrplan und hilft Ihnen, die für Ihren Beruf relevanten Themen schnell zu begreifen und mit ihnen umgehen zu können. Insbesondere liegt der Schwerpunkt auf dem Urheberrecht, dem Kennzeichen- und Markenrecht, dem Internetrecht, dem Wettbewerbsrecht sowie dem Datenschutz und Presserecht.
Recht im Bereitschaftsdienst
by Beate BahnerIm Blickpunkt des Buchs stehen die Fragen, mit denen Ärzte im Rahmen ihres Notdienstes/Bereitschaftsdienstes konfrontiert sind. Angefangen bei der Pflicht zur Teilnahme am Bereitschaftsdienst werden die Themen Behandlung, Suizid, Zwangseinweisung in die Psychiatrie, Verdacht auf Kindesmisshandlung und Feststellen des Todes erläutert. Auch Fragen der Haftung, das Vorgehen im Schadensfall sowie die Abrechnung im Bereitschaftsdienst werden behandelt. Die Autorin führt zahlreiche Praxisfälle an und berücksichtigt umfassend die aktuelle Rechtsprechung.