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Can Courts be Bulwarks of Democracy?

Judges and the Politics of Prudence Jeffrey K. Staton | Emory University, Atlanta Argues that courts can defend democracy by encouraging prudence on the part of leaders and the opposition, making each less likely to pursue troubling policies. The book evaluates the argument with original empirical studies, drawing on 115 years of data on a global sample of democratic regimes.

Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy

200pp Mar. 2022 9781316516737 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781009030939

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Colonialism, Neo-Colonialism, and Anti-Terrorism Law in the Arab World

Fatemah Alzubairi This book will benefit theorists and practitioners of anti-terrorism law and policy at the national and international levels, including politicians and lawmakers as well as academics, military institutions, and United Nations bodies and figures. It is also useful to non-governmental human rights organizations, as well as scholars of colonialism and neo-colonialism.

289pp Jun. 2022 9781108701761 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 34.99 Jan. 2019 9781108476928 Hardback GBP 83.99 / USD 116 eISBN 9781108569262

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Third edition Mathias Siems | European University Institute, Florence Comparative law offers a fresh, contextualised and sophisticated perspective on the discipline for students and scholars, covering essential academic discussions and Comparative law methodology. Critically debating both traditional and modern approaches, the new edition is updated with recent scholarship and includes two new chapters.

Law in Context

530pp Mar. 2022 9781108744058 Paperback GBP 37.99 / USD 49.99 Mar. 2022 9781108840859 Hardback GBP 110 / USD 150 eISBN 9781108892766

Designing Indicators for a Plural Legal World

Siddharth Peter de Souza It engages with the role of quantification in law, and its impact on law and development and judicial reform. It examines how different institutions shape and influence the making and use of legal indicators globally.

Global Law Series

240pp Sep. 2022 9781316514894 Hardback GBP 85 / USD 110 eISBN 9781009091275 New iN PaPerback

European Constitutional Courts and Transitions to Democracy

Francesco Biagi | Università di Bologna This book provides a comparative look at the role of three generations of European Constitutional Courts in the processes of transition to democracy, showing how they contributed to the positive outcome of democratization. It will appeal to scholars and practitioners interested in the waves of democratization in twentieth century Europe.

ASCL Studies in Comparative law

259pp Jun. 2022 9781108702393 Paperback GBP 22.99 / USD 34.99 Jan. 2020 9781108489393 Hardback GBP 88.99 / USD 116 eISBN 9781108776783

Federalism and Decentralization in the Contemporary Middle East and North Africa

Aslı Ü. Bâli | University of California, Los Angeles This book is for anyone interested in alternatives to conventional understandings of the MENA region, with a view towards identifying practical solutions to the longstanding problems of authoritarian governance and ethnic conflict.

ASCL Studies in Comparative law

376pp Dec. 2022 9781108831239 Hardback GBP 110 / USD 140 eISBN 9781108923682

Negative Comparative law

a Strong Programme for weak Thought Pierre Legrand Negative Comparative law presents a critical manifesto for a radically alternative approach to the theory and practice of Comparative law. Harnessing insights from a range of disciplinary discourses, this book advocates for Comparative law’s rejection of its dominant epistemology and the investigation of the study of foreignness anew.

Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative law

352pp Jun. 2022 9781316511978 Hardback GBP 95 / USD 125 eISBN 9781009051910

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New Private Law Theory

a Pluralist approach Stefan Grundmann | European University Institute, Florence This book opens a new pathway to private law theory. It pushes private law theory out of its comfort zone and confronts it with law and economics, social and political sciences, Comparative law and comparative history, transnational law and critical legal theory.

551pp Nov. 2022 9781108707763 Paperback GBP 29.99 / USD 44.99 Mar. 2021 9781108486507 Hardback GBP 120 / USD 155 eISBN 9781108760089

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