OUP Latest Publications
OUP has recently published the following books which may be of interest:
Competition Law
Claiming a Promised Inheritance: A Comparative Study (9780198757252) Alexandra Braun
Renowned scholar of comparative private law Alexandra Braun examines the law of testamentary promises, details what happens when these promises are broken, and compares how and when the interests of beneficiaries of testamentary promises are protected across a number of legal systems.
Courts, Regulators, and the Scrutiny of Economic Evidence (9780198851608) Despoina Mantzari
This book brings together strands of scholarship from law, economics, and political science to explore two key themes: the influence of economic evidence on the discretionary assessments of economic regulators, and the limits of judicial review of economic evidence, supplemented with comparative examination of both UK and US systems.
Constitutional Law
Reciprocal Freedom: Private Law and Public Right (9780198754183) Ernest J. Weinrib
Combining legal and philosophical analysis, Reciprocal Freedom offers a sequenced and legally informed argument for understanding law as necessary to our existence as free beings. Exploring the relationship between private law and the state, this book covers conceptions of corrective justice, rights, ownership, and the role of legal institutions.
Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of our Democracy (9780197621080) Edited by Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone
One of the most fiercely debated issues of this era is what to do about "bad" speech--hate speech, disinformation and propaganda campaigns, and incitement of violence--on the Internet, primarily speech on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. In Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of our Democracy, Lee C. Bollinger and Geoffrey R. Stone have gathered an eminent cast of contributors to explore the various dimensions of this problem in the American context. They stress how difficult it is to develop remedies given that some of these forms of "bad" speech are ordinarily protected by the First Amendment. Bollinger and Stone argue that it is important to remember that the last time we encountered a major new communications technology we established a federal agency to provide oversight and to issue regulations to protect and promote "the public interest."
Contract Law
Contractual Relations: A Contribution to the Critique of the Classical Law of Contract (9780198855156) David Campbell
Contractual Relations is a critique of the theoretical, doctrinal and practical foundations of the entire law of contract. It argues that resolution of the inadequacies of the classical law of contract, and of the welfarist response to the classical law, requires recognition of the social relational nature of exchange and contract.
The New French Law of Contract (9780198810889) Solène Rowan
The New French Law of Contract analyses new general principles of contract law in the reformed Code in a concise and illuminating way. By examining how the new articles affirm or depart from the provisions of the 1804 Code and pre-reform case law, it gives special attention to controversial changes and the debates that surround them.
Criminal Law
Achieving Consistency in Sentencing (9780192859266) Lyndon Harris
Consistency in sentencing is regarded as essential for a fair system. Achieving Consistency in Sentencing brings together theoretical and practical considerations of the concept of consistency to examine how these can be realised. The book provides readers with an analysis of the various shapes that guidance takes and examines their efficacy.
Sexual Offences Referencer 3e (3rd ed.) (9780192844439) Eleanor Laws QC and HHJ Patricia Lees
Setting out the correct indictments and sentencing provisions for the different sexual offences dating back to 1943, The Sexual Offences Referencer is an all-encompassing and invaluable guide containing all the technical information likely to be needed in sexual offences cases.
Justice In-Between: A Study of Intermediate Criminal Verdicts (9780198864592) Federico Picinali
Justice In-Between is a study of intermediate criminal verdicts and advances a novel justification of these controversial devices with the aim to produce a consensus amongst scholars subscribing to different theories of punishment.
Roberts & Zuckerman's Criminal Evidence (3rd ed.) (9780198824480) Paul Roberts
Roberts and Zuckerman's Criminal Evidence is designed for university courses at all levels, and for criminal practitioners seeking concise summaries of current law and a principled basis for novel legal arguments.
The American Judicial System: A Very Short Introduction (9780190644918) Charles L. Zelden
In one way or another, we are all affected by the actions of the American judicial system. This VSI explains how and why this is -- cracking the vail that surrounds American courts and the law by translating the legal technicalities, structural complexities, and jargon of the law into plain English with a real-world context. Aimed at anyone who is caught up on the legal process or someone just curious about how it all works and why, this VSI is the starting place to understanding the workings and importance of the third branch of American government
Environmental Law
Environmental Law and Policy in India: Cases and Materials (3rd ed.) (9780192871831) Shyam Divan and Armin Rosencranz
This book scrutinizes almost every aspect of environmental law concerned with constitutional and legislative provisions, judicial remedies, and procedures.
EU Law
Procedural Requirements for Administrative Limits to Property Rights (9780198867586) Edited by Martina Conticelli and Thomas Perroud
Administrative law permeates all areas of law, and this series focuses on its role both regionally and globally. This volume addresses one of the most traditional sets of procedures, namely the exercise of public powers affecting property rights. It provides a synchronic comparison of legal systems across the EU, US, and regimes beyond the State.
The Legislative Priority Rule and the EU Internal Market for Goods: A Constitutional Approach (9780192856210) Eadaoin Ní Chaoimh
This volume introduces the reader to the Legislative Priority Rule and provides a better understanding of how the European Court of Justice resolves regulatory disputes in the presence of secondary (product) legislation, highlighting both the successes and dangers of its current approach.
General
Lawyers and Movements: Legal Mobilization in Transformative Times (9780197556597) Scott L. Cummings
In Lawyers and Social Movements, Scott L. Cummings explores the role of lawyers in social movements at a moment in which that role has taken center stage in American legal theory and practice. This book is a comprehensive analysis of how lawyers mobilize law to advance movement goals and what impact they have within liberal democracy. Cummings' central contribution is to show how lawyers act as allies-and sometimes leaders-in struggles for transformative and enduring democratic change.
Negotiation: A Very Short Introduction (9780198851400) Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Negotiation is essential for peace and international relations, but also for economically efficient trades and bargains in business, and for problem solving skills in workplaces, families and interpersonal interactions. Menkel-Meadow illustrates different models, approaches, and styles of negotiation, which are both conceptual and behavioural.
International Law
The Political Economy of Investment Arbitration (9780198865940) Zoe Phillips Williams
This book examines the ways in which domestic politics contributes to the emergence of international legal disputes that have far-ranging consequences for states and citizens. More broadly, it illustrates how globalization clashes with democratic decision-making and state sovereignty.
Legal History
FDR's Gambit: The Court Packing Fight and the Rise of Legal Liberalism (9780197539293) Laura Kalman
When Franklin Roosevelt proposed adding up to six new justices to the Supreme Court in 1937, a firestorm exploded. FDR was accused of "Court packing," dictatorial ambitions, political trickery, undermining the rule of law, and undercutting judicial independence. Drawing upon extensive archival research, Laura Kalman revises the conventional wisdom by telling the story as it unfolded in FDR's Gambit. She argues that acumen, not arrogance, accounted for Roosevelt's actions. Far from erring tragically, he came very close to getting additional justices, and the Court itself changed course.
Public Law
Law of Evidence: In South Africa (2nd ed.) (9780190733469) A Bellengére, C Theophilopoulos, and R Palmer
The Law of Evidence provides a clear, practical and innovative introduction to the law of evidence in South Africa, offering explanations of complex principles in a manner that supports understanding and application. The second edition of the text is structured to ensure greater coherence within the subject matter, and provides additional substance and clarity. In addition, this edition includes new material which frames methods of truth verification within a multicultural context, drawing upon approaches to evidence presentation and dispute resolution within diverse societies.
Administrative Justice in South Africa (2nd ed.) (9780190744243) G Quinot
Administrative Justice in South Africa offers a clear, comprehensive and applied explanation of the principles and framework of administrative justice in South Africa. The text addresses both judicial and non-judicial means for control and enforcement, as well as procedural aspects of administrative law. Practical in its approach, the text provides valuable focus on the application of principles in case law, problem-solving methodology and specific procedural aspects of administrative justice. The second edition includes a new, unique chapter that considers the implications of administrative justice for the creation of administrative mandates, as opposed to mere control of administrative action once taken, thus employing administrative justice in a more proactive manner.
Related Titles
Christianity and Constitutionalism (9780197587263) Edited by Nicholas Aroney and Ian Leigh
A groundbreaking new collection, Christianity and Constitutionalism offers a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives on the relationship between Christian thought, history, and practice, and constitutional law and its related fields.
Autonomous Vehicle Ethics: The Trolley Problem and Beyond (9780197639191) Edited by Ryan Jenkins, David Cerny, and Tomas Hribek
This book represents a substantial and purposeful effort to move the academic discussion beyond the trolley problem to the broader ethical, legal, and social implications that autonomous vehicles present. There are still urgent questions waiting to be addressed, for example: how AVs might interact with human drivers in mixed or "hybrid" traffic environments; how AVs might reshape our urban landscapes; what unique security or privacy concerns are raised by AVs as connected devices in the "Internet of Things"; how the benefits and burdens of this new technology, including mobility, traffic congestion, and pollution, will be distributed throughout society; and more.
The Gun Dilemma: How History is Against Expanded Gun Rights (9780197643747) Robert J. Spitzer
In The Gun Dilemma, Robert J. Spitzer examines this "gun rights 2.0" movement in the light of a host of gun controversies: assault weapons, ammunition magazines, silencers, public gun brandishing and display, and the emergent Second Amendment sanctuary movement. Given the importance of actual gun law history to this debate, Spitzer draws from the historical record to illuminate several contemporary and emergent gun controversies that may well make their way to the Supreme Court. Revealing and illuminating as that history is, he argues that we should not be straitjacketed by that history, but rather informed by it as the nation struggles with how to frame its gun policies.
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