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Rethinking Expropriation Law IV
Takings for Climate Justice and Resilience
2024 || Paperback || M. Habdas e.a. || Eleven international publishing
The latest IPCC report makes it abundantly clear that we are failing to reach the target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C compared to the pre-industrial era. If we are to reach this target, we need to take measures to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, to move away from fossil fuels as energy sources and to adopt renewable energy sources. Particularly high-income countries need to reduce consumption and the exploitation of nature. Enforcement is in order when incentives such as subs...
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Border Control and New Technologies
Addressing Integrated Impact Assessment
2024 || Paperback || J. Peter Burgess e.a. || VUBPRESS
This book presents the theory and practice of impact assessment tailored to new border control technologies that are increasingly employed at state borders with the aim of facilitating border checks. Experience has shown that their use often comes into conflict with societal values such as the respect for fundamental rights to privacy and personal data protection. As a result, there is a growing need to accommodate two requirements, the first being the deployment of new border control technol...
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LIBER AMICORUM SERGE GUTWIRTH
Uncommon explorations into law, science & technology
2024 || Paperback || Gloria González Fuster e.a. || Academic & Scientific publishers
Since his seminal work on the relationships between law and sciences in 1992, Serge Gutwirth has been exploring numerous scholarly paths, and reinventing the ways in which academia intersects with activism. Full Professor at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of the Vrije University Brussel (VUB), legal scholar, criminologist, founder of the Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) research group, he has been not only a pioneering mind and a multifaceted writer, but also a mentor and inf...
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An introduction to law & technology / Druk 3
2024 || Paperback || Eva Lievens e.a. || Owl Press
Technology is omnipresent in today’s society. Education, health, work, interactions with the government, leisure, communication, and research are just some of the contexts in which digital technologies play an increasingly important role. To understand this better, this book aims to offer insights into and critical reflections on the impact of technology on society, the interaction between technology and law, and the impact of technology on the legal profession.
The book is divided into fou...
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International and European Union Law
2024 || Paperback || Stef Coomans || Owl Press
A study of law today is inevitably also a study of international law. The purpose of law is to order society. Since society is constantly evolving, so is law. Globalization is more prevalent than ever. Countries have understood that the nation-state stands alone in this rapidly evolving world and that various challenges can only be adequately addressed at a higher, cross-border level. The aim of this book is to introduce the reader to the fundamentals of international law and that includes Eu...
How to Be a Citizen
Six Ways to Live Well Together
2024 || Paperback || C.L. Skach || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Laws and rules are in place to protect us. They are what keeps our societies from descending into madness and chaos. Without them, how we would know our right from wrong, how would we improve our communities and how could we be better neighbours to one another without rules telling us what to do?
Cindy Skach feels differently. After years spent in some of the most complex corners of the world, reading and writing constitutions, trying to create order where it did not exist, she has come to re...
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Unlocking EU Law
2024 || Paperback || Tony Storey e.a. || Taylor & Francis Group Limited
European Union Law is a core element of every law degree in England and Wales. Unlocking EU Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts with ease. Containing accessible explanations in clear and precise terms that are easy to understand, it provides an excellent foundation for learning and revising EU Law
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Should All Drugs Be Legalized?
A primer for the 21st century
2024 || Paperback || Mattha Busby || Thames & Hudson Ltd
A timely re-examination of the pros and cons of legalizing drug use.
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The Rule of Laws
A 4000-year Quest to Order the World
2024 || Paperback || Fernanda Pirie || Profile Books Ltd
From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations.
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Convention Constitutionalism
On the Necessity of Judicial Review for Democratic Governance
2024 || Paperback || R. Pierik || Eleven international publishing
The European Court of Human Rights has been criticized for unduly interfering in democratic decision processes. Some argue that the unelected Strasbourg activists in robes should not interfere with democratic policy decisions that were made nationally. This inaugural lecture analyses this practice of rights-based judicial review by the Strasbourg Court. The first part presents a general legal-philosophical background. It explains that republicans, who emphasize the importance of the democrati...