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Terrorism and the State
Winner of the 2007 Paul Guggenheim Prize! Today's terrorists possess unprecedented power, but the State still plays a crucial role in the success or failure of their plans. …
The Payment Order of Antiquity and the Middle Ages
Examining the legal history of the order to pay money initiating a funds transfer, the author tracks basic principles of modern law to those that governed the payment order of …
Transnational Law and Local Struggles
The global spread of transnational mining investment, which has been taking place since the 1990s, has led to often volatile conflicts with local communities. This book examines …
Transnational Terrorism and State Accountability
Every State has an obligation to prevent terrorist attacks emanating from its territory. This proposition stems from various multilateral agreements and UN Security Council …
The Institutional Veil in Public International Law
This book deals with the nature of international organisations and the tension between their legal nature and the system of classic, state-based international law. This tension is …
Rough Consensus and Running Code
Private law has long been the focus of efforts to explain wider developments of law in an era of globalisation. As consumer transactions and corporate activities continue to …
The Concept of Unity in Public International Law
'Fragmentation' has become a defining, albeit controversial, metaphor of international law scholarship in the era of globalisation. Some scholars see it as a new development, …
Interlocking Constitutions
The existence of interactions between different but overlapping legal systems has always presented challenges to black letter law. This is particularly true of the relationship …
Transconstitutionalism
Transconstitutionalism is a concept used to describe what happens to constitutional law when it is emancipated from the state, in which can be found the origins of constitutional …
The Institutional Problem in Modern International Law
Modern international law is widely understood as an autonomous system of binding legal rules. Nevertheless, this claim to autonomy is far from uncontroversial. International …
Between Governing and Governance
This book explains the emergence and functioning of three forms of governance structures within the context of the European integration and constitutionalisation process: …