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Law, Rights and Childhood: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Implementation in Bhutan

Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. W. (2024)
Law, Rights and Childhood: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Implementation in Bhutan. In S. Kumagai, M. Álvarez Ortega, F. Pommaret, & A. Balikci Denjongpa (Eds.), Traditional Neighbours, Different Modernities (461-481). Kyoto, Japan: Trans Pacific Press

Vulnerability and Private International Law: Mapping a Normative Approach Towards Asymmetrical Substantive Equality

Book Chapter
Gillies, L. (2024)
Vulnerability and Private International Law: Mapping a Normative Approach Towards Asymmetrical Substantive Equality. In J. Borg-Barthet, K. Trimmings, B. Yüksel Ripley, & P. Živkovic (Eds.), From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen. London: Bloomsbury Publishing
The first two decades of this century have already witnessed an increasing range of inequalities between individuals across borders. These inequalities are socio-legal or soc...

Harmonisation and European Integration in Times of Crisis

Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024)
Harmonisation and European Integration in Times of Crisis. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (255-276). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_14
Globalisation, generally, and European integration, more specifically, have led to calls for the minimisation of legal diversity which can result in transaction costs and the ...

Terminology

Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024)
Terminology. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (15-25). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_2
This chapter presents the background and framework of the book. It defines key terms, concepts and phenomena relating to the discussions in this volume, such as crisis, global...

Introduction: Convergence and Divergence in Times of Crisis

Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024)
Introduction: Convergence and Divergence in Times of Crisis. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (1-11). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_1
While legal harmonisation/convergence is considered to be one of the most influential theses in the discipline of law, the law of harmonisation is full of paradoxes. On the on...

People with Learning Disability: Scotland and Beyond

Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2023)
People with Learning Disability: Scotland and Beyond. In B. D. Kelly, & M. Donnelly (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Mental Health Law (166-178). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003226413
‘Learning disability’ is currently included in the statutory definition of ‘mental disorder’ used by Scottish capacity and mental health legislation, along with mental illness...

Adapting or Discarding the Status Quo? Supporting the Exercise of Legal Capacity in Scottish Law and Practice

Book Chapter
Stavert, J. (2022)
Adapting or Discarding the Status Quo? Supporting the Exercise of Legal Capacity in Scottish Law and Practice. In M. Donnelly, R. Harding, & E. Tascioglu (Eds.), Supporting Legal Capacity in Socio-Legal Context. Hart Publishing

The Vita Cragii of James Baillie

Book Chapter
Dodd, L. (2020)
The Vita Cragii of James Baillie. In A. M. Godfrey (Ed.), Miscellany VIII (265-283). Edinburgh: Stair Society. https://doi.org/10.36098/stairsoc/misc8.7
A Latin edition and annotated English translation of the advocate James Baillie's 1732 biography of Thomas Craig.

National Report for France

Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2019)
National Report for France. In J. Chuah, & E. Vaccari (Eds.), Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law: A Global Guide (226-247). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788115520.00018
In France, companies encountering financial difficulties are offered two paths to deal with their distress: liquidation or restructuring. The French insolvency test is a pure ...

Thrims khang and the Setting of Justice: the spatial evolution of the Bhutanese Court of Justice

Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. (2018)
Thrims khang and the Setting of Justice: the spatial evolution of the Bhutanese Court of Justice. In S. Kumagai (Ed.), Buddhism, Culture and Society in BhutanNepal: Vajra Books/ Vajra Publications
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