Polisrätt och vapenlagar
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Häftad, Svenska, 2024
301 kr
Denna bok är en framställning om kommunalrätt i vid bemärkelse. Här behandlas frågor om den kommunala kompetensen, alltså vad en kommun får och inte får syssla med. Vidare beskrivs och diskuteras den kommunala beslutsprocessen och kontroll av kommunal verksamhet. Stor vikt läggs vid de olika roller och funktioner som en kommun har. Kommunen är ju en del av rättsstaten och välfärdsstaten, en demokratisk plattform och ett organ för kanalisering av den lokala demokratin. Ibland uppträder också kommunen som näringsidkare. Alla dessa olika roller och funktioner skapar inte bara politiska utan även rättsliga spänningar och konflikter, som uppmärksammas i boken. Boken riktar sig till studenter på högskolan, kommunala förtroendevalda samt övriga som har kontakter med kommunen eller vill lära mer.
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Häftad, Svenska, 2026
488 kr
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En polis ska alltid försöka hitta andra utvägar än våld för att lösa en uppgift. Men ibland är våld oundvikligt, och då kan sista möjligheten vara att använda tjänstevapnet.
Polisers rätt att skjuta handlar om dessa fall. Boken vänder sig i första hand till blivande poliser men kan vara till nytta även för andra, till exempel journalister och praktiskt verksamma poliser.
I boken skisseras huvuddragen i den rättsliga regleringen. Författaren förklarar vilka problem rätten att skjuta ger upphov till och vilka lösningar som står till buds. Stor uppmärksamhet ägnas åt hur reglerna tillämpas i konkreta fall. Författaren klargör när en polis får skjuta mot en annan människa, och kanske viktigast, när han eller hon inte får skjuta.
Boken behandlar inte enbart den enskilda polisens ansvar. Författaren diskuterar också polisledningens ansvar för vapenanvändningen. Det kanske är så att polisledningen ibland i onödan försätter poliser i situationer där de tvingas skjuta. Då är det också lämpligt att lägga ansvaret på polisledningen.
Lagstiftningen om polisers rätt att skjuta är helt ny. Den finns i en lag från 2025 om polisens användning av skjutvapen skjutlagen. Den har en mycket viktig och efterlängtad roll att fylla. Författaren förklarar varför.
Häftad, Svenska, 2019
345 kr
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Detta är en lärobok om den rättsliga grunden för polisens användning av våld enligt svensk rätt. Vid sidan av att analysera de rättsliga regler som gäller är bokens övergripande ambition tudelad. För det första framhålls de konstitutionella rättsstatsdimensioner som polisens användning av våld har, och då särskilt i förhållande till de mänskliga rättigheterna. För det andra tydliggörs förhållandet mellan ett ingripande som sker, å ena sidan, i laga befogenhet enligt polislagen, och, å andra sidan, i nödvärn eller i nöd enligt brottsbalken. I tillägg framförs vissa rättspolitiska synpunkter de lege ferenda. Polisens användning av våld är avsedd att användas i första hand som lärobok i polisutbildningen, men kan också vara av intresse för åklagare, domare eller andra som är intresserade av frågan. Verket är tänkt att kunna användas på alla nivåer i utbildningen och innehållet är därför stundtals mer detaljerat än vad en grundläggande lärobok normalt skulle göra anspråk på. Boken förutsätter kunskaper i straffrätt.
Inbunden, Svenska, 2025
916 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Denna bok riktar sig till förtroendevalda och anställda i kommuner och regioner, till praktiserande jurister, till förvaltningsdomstolar och statliga myndigheter, till utbildningen i förvaltningsrätt men också till den kommunalt intresserade allmänheten. I denna sjunde utgåva av Kommunallagen med kommentarer och praxis redovisas lagändringar och praxis fram till och med juli 2025. En nyhet är att en kommentar till lagen (2022:629) om proportionella val i kommuner och regioner har lagts till i bokens sista kapitel.
Häftad, Svenska, 2023
669 kr
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Kommuner och regioner är tillförsäkrade självstyre under riksdagen och regeringen. Självstyrelsen manifesteras av den kommunala rösträtten och den kommunala beskattningsrätten. På en rad sakområden har riksdagen i lag ålagt kommunerna att göra samhällsinsatser, en del av dem finansierade av riksdagen. Kommunerna och regionerna har därmed den rättsliga ställningen som demokratins verkställande organ. Lagenligheten av de kommunala besluten kan på begäran av enskild person prövas av förvaltningsdomstolar. Genom domstolarnas domar har skapats en rättspraxis rörande innehållet av och gränserna för kommunernas befogenheter. Den kommunala verksamheten och hur kommunerna ska styras regleras i huvudsak genom 2018 års kommunallag. Kommunallagen har stora likheter med tidigare gällande kommunallag men har delvis getts en ny struktur, ett enhetligt språk och även en enhetligare begreppsbildning. Förändringarna i förhållande till föregående lag består huvudsakligen i att fullmäktige getts en möjlighet att bestämma att styrelsen ska kunna fatta beslut om särskilt angivna förhållanden som rör andra nämnders verksamhet samt att kommuner och regioner kan besluta att ge kommunal- och regionråd möjlighet att vara t.ex. föräldralediga. Vidare tydliggörs rollfördelningen mellan de anställda och de förtroendevalda. Reglerna för anmälan av delegationsbeslut förenklas genom att nämnderna själva får besluta vilka beslut som ska anmälas. Den kommunala anslagstavlan ska fortsättningsvis vara webbaserad. Det har även införts ett krav på att revisorernas budget ska beredas av fullmäktiges presidium. Slutligen har det införts ett uttryckligt lagstöd för att kommunala beslut som inte kan rättas som huvudregel inte får verkställas innan de vunnit lagakraft. Den fjärde upplagan har reviderats och uppdaterats med bl.a. nytillkommen lagstiftning och praxis.
Häftad, Svenska, 2024
795 kr
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Behovet av ordningsvakter, väktare, skyddsvakter och annan bevakningspersonal har ökat i samhället bl.a. till följd av säkerhetsläget i Sverige och omvärlden. Det efterfrågas också en högre nivå av ordningshållning och bevakning än vad Polisen kan tillhandahålla. Ordningsvakter och väktare samt annan bevakningspersonal m.m. behandlar ingående de regler som styr ordningsvakters, väktares och skyddsvakters arbete. Dessutom redogörs för de författningar som gäller för sjöfarts- och hamnskyddskontrollanter, flygplatskontrollanter, naturvårdsvakter, jakttillsynsmän, fisketillsynsmän, arrestantvakter och parkeringsvakter.
Boken tar upp de krav som ställs för auktorisation av bevakningsföretag och utbildningsföretag. Vidare innehåller den avsnitt om sekretess och tystnadsplikt, relevanta bestämmelser i brottsbalken, t.ex. hot och våld mot tjänsteman samt tjänstefel, och arbetsmiljöfrågor.
I denna andra upplaga behandlas den nya ordningsvaktslagen som trädde i kraft den 1 januari 2024. Den tar även upp relevanta rättsfall för olika frågor som behandlas i boken.
Ordningsvakter och väktare samt annan bevakningspersonal m.m. riktar sig till en bred målgrupp. Förutom bevakningsföretag, ordningsvakter, väktare, skyddsvakter och annan bevakningspersonal, torde myndigheter, domstolar, jurister, handläggare och andra som vill veta mer om bevakning ha nytta av boken. Den är lämplig att använda vid utbildningar av t.ex. ordningsvakter och väktare. Även den som överväger att upphandla bevakningstjänster torde ha behållning av boken.
Häftad, Svenska, 2019
403 kr
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Kommunalrätt - en introduktion för professionsutbildningar är en kortfattad beskrivning av den rättsliga regleringen rörande kommunerna och landstingen, med fokus lagd på den kommunala självständigheten och organiserandet av beslutsfattande instanser m.m. Regeringsformen och den nya kommunallagen står i centrum för framställningen, och bl.a. likställighetsprincipen och medborgarinflytandet belyses. Boken innehåller också ett avsnitt om relevant arbetsrättslig lagstiftning. Lagen om offentlig upphandling behandlas liksom regler om överklagande om kommunala beslut. Boken ger dessutom en kort introduktion till EU-rättslig lagstiftning och dess påverkan på den kommunala och landstingskommunala verksamheten.
Denna andra upplaga är uppdaterad med den nya kommunallagen (2017:725) och med den nya lagen (2016:1145) om offentlig upphandling. Vissa andra kapitel är också helt nyskrivna och uppdaterade. Boken lämpar sig särskilt för kursdeltagare och andra som är eller kommer att vara yrkesverksamma inom kommun och landsting men också för andra som vill ha en lättillgänglig introduktion till viktiga lagar som styr verksamheter i kommuner och landsting.
Om författarnaFörfattarna har lång erfarenhet av såväl undervisning och forskning om den offentliga förvaltningen som av arbete och uppdrag inom den offentliga sektorn.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
224 kr
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The question of how Donald Trump won the 2016 election looms over his presidency. In particular, were the 78,000 voters who gave him an Electoral College victory affected by the Russian trolls and hackers? Trump has denied it. So too has Vladimir Putin. Others cast the answer as unknowable.Drawing on path-breaking work in which she and her colleagues isolated significant communication effects in the 2000 and 2008 presidential campaigns, the eminent political communication scholar Kathleen Hall Jamieson marshals the troll posts, unique polling data, analyses of how the press used the hacked content, and a synthesis of half a century of media effects research to argue that, although not certain, it is probable that the Russians helped elect the 45th president of the United States. In the process, Cyberwar tackles questions that include: How extensive was the troll messaging? What characteristics of the social media platforms did the Russians exploit? Why did the mainstream press rush the hacked content into the citizenrys newsfeeds? Was Clinton telling the truth when she alleged that the debate moderators distorted what she said in the leaked speeches? Did the Russian influence extend beyond social media and news to alter the behavior of FBI director James Comey? After detailing the ways in which the Russian efforts were abetted by the press, social media platforms, the candidates, party leaders, and a polarized public, Cyberwar closes with a warning: the country is ill-prepared to prevent a sequel.
Häftad, Svenska, 2020
341 kr
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Denna författningssamling innehåller de bestämmelser som styr väktares samt ordnings- och skyddsvakters arbete. Den innehåller även en redogörelse för de viktigaste bestämmelserna för sjöfartsskyddskontrollanter, hamnskyddskontrollanter, luftfartsskyddskontrollanter, naturvårdsvakter, jakttillsynsmän, arrestantvakter och parkeringsvakter. Författningssamlingen innehåller också bestämmelser som rör bevakningsföretag, utbildningsföretag och offentlighet och sekretess samt vissa bestämmelser i brottsbalken.
Ändamålet med författningssamlingen är att samla de bestämmelser som rör de aktuella yrkeskategorierna på ett ställe för att på så sätt underlätta för den som ska tillämpa bestämmelserna eller i övrigt vill veta vilka regler som gäller för de olika verksamheterna. Författningssamlingen är främst sammanställd för att vara ett komplement till boken Ordningsvakter och väktare men kan med fördel också användas separat.
EBBA SVERNE ARVILL är polisdirektör och chef för avdelningen för särskilda utredningar inom Polismyndigheten. Hon har varit byråchef hos Riksåklagaren, rektor för Polishögskolan och länspolismästare.
YVETTE GLANTZ är verksjurist och har arbetat inom Polismyndigheten sedan 2007, främst vid rättsavdelningen. Hon har tidigare arbetat som jurist vid andra myndigheter, i domstol och i Regeringskansliet.
LARS TONNEMAN är polismästare och har under ca 15 år varit chef för den enhet inom Polismyndigheten som ansvarar för föreskrifter och frågor som rör ordningsvakter, väktare och bevakningsföretag m.m.
E-bok
Engelska, 2022269 kr
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National Bestseller"e;A powerful and important picture of how mega law firms distort justice."e;David Cay Johnston, Washington PostThe NYT's Business Investigations Editor reveals the dark side of American law: Delivering a "e;devastating"e; (Carol Leonnig) expos of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the worlds largest law firms, David Enrich traces how one firm shielded opioid makers, gun companies, big tobacco, Russian oligarchs, Fox News, the Catholic Church, and much of the Fortune 500; helped Donald Trump get elected, govern, and evade investigation; masterminded the conservative remaking of the courts . . . and make a killing along the way.In his acclaimed #1 bestsellerDark Towers, David Enrich presented the never-before-told saga of how Deutsche Bank became the global face of financial recklessness and criminality. Now Enrich turns his eye towards the world of Big Law and the nearly unchecked influence these firms wield to shield the wealthy and powerfuland bury their secrets. To tell this story, Enrich focuses on Jones Day, one of the worlds largest law firms. Jones Days narrative arcfounded in Cleveland in 1893, it became the first law firm to expand nationally and is now a global juggernaut with deep ties to corporate interests and conservative politicsis a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal industry in recent decades.Since 2016, Jones Day has been in the spotlight for representing Donald Trump and his campaigns (and now his PACs)and for the fleet of Jones Day attorneys who joined his administration, including White House Counsel Don McGahn. Jones Day helped Trump fend off the Mueller investigation and challenged Obamacare. Its once and future lawyers defended Trumps Muslim ban and border policies and handled his judicial nominations. Jones Day even laid some of the legal groundwork for Trump to challenge the legitimacy of the 2020 election.But the Trump work is but one chapter in the firms checkered history. Jones Day, like many of its peers, have become highly effective enablers of the business worlds worst misbehavior. The firm has for decades represented Big Tobacco in its fight to avoid liability for its products. Jones Day worked tirelessly for the Catholic Church as it tried to minimize its sexual-abuse scandals. And for Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, as it sought to protect its right to make and market its dangerously addictive drug. And for Fox News as it waged war against employees who were the victims of sexual harassment and retaliation. And for Russian oligarchs as their companies sought to expand internationally.In this gripping and revealing new work of narrative nonfiction, Enrich makes the compelling central argument that law firms like Jones Day play a crucial yet largely hidden role in enabling and protecting powerful bad actors in our society, housing their darkest secrets, and earning billions in revenue for themselves.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
258 kr
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The question of how Donald Trump won the 2016 election looms over his presidency. In particular, were the 78,000 voters who gave him an Electoral College victory affected by the Russian trolls and hackers? Trump has denied it. So has Vladimir Putin. Others cast the answer as unknowable. In Cyberwar, Kathleen Hall Jamieson marshals the troll posts, unique polling data, analyses of how the press used hacked content, and a synthesis of half a century of media effects literature to argue that, although not certain, it is probable that the Russians helped elect the 45th president of the United States. In the process, she asks: How extensive was the troll messaging? What characteristics of social media did the Russians exploit? Why did the mainstream press rush the hacked content into the citizenry's newsfeeds? Was Clinton telling the truth when she alleged that the debate moderators distorted what she said in the leaked speeches? Did the Russian influence extend beyond social media and news to alter the behavior of FBI director James Comey? After detailing the ways in which Russian efforts were abetted by the press, social media, candidates, party leaders, and a polarized public, Cyberwar closes with a warning: the country is ill-prepared to prevent a sequel. In this updated paperback edition, Jamieson covers the many new developments that have come to light since the original publication.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
1 280 kr
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The second edition of The Law of American State Constitutions provides complete coverage of the legal doctrines surrounding, applying to, and arising from American state constitutions and their judicial interpretation. Drawing on examples from specific states, Professors Williams and Friedman analyze the nature and function of state constitutions in contrast to the federal Constitution, including rights, separation of powers, issues of interpretation, and the processes for amendment and revision. In this edition, Williams and Friedman focus on recent developments, including the state constitutional dimensions of same-sex marriage and the reaction of state courts to U.S. Supreme Court decision making. This edition of The Law of American State Constitutions remains an important analytical tool that explains the unique character and the range of interpretive approaches to these constitutions. It covers the structure of state governments under state constitutions as well as the distribution of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Like the first edition, this edition presents a complete picture of state constitutional law and the attributes and features that make this body of law so distinctive.
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PDF, Engelska, 20231 114 kr
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The second edition of The Law of American State Constitutions provides complete coverage of the legal doctrines surrounding, applying to, and arising from American state constitutions and their judicial interpretation. Drawing on examples from specific states, Professors Williams and Friedman analyze the nature and function of state constitutions in contrast to the federal Constitution, including rights, separation of powers, issues of interpretation, and the processes for amendment and revision. In this edition, Williams and Friedman focus on recent developments, including the state constitutional dimensions of same-sex marriage and the reaction of state courts to U.S. Supreme Court decision making. This edition of The Law of American State Constitutions remains an important analytical tool that explains the unique character and the range of interpretive approaches to these constitutions. It covers the structure of state governments under state constitutions as well as the distribution of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Like the first edition, this edition presents a complete picture of state constitutional law and the attributes and features that make this body of law so distinctive.
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Engelska, 20231 114 kr
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The second edition of The Law of American State Constitutions provides complete coverage of the legal doctrines surrounding, applying to, and arising from American state constitutions and their judicial interpretation. Drawing on examples from specific states, Professors Williams and Friedman analyze the nature and function of state constitutions in contrast to the federal Constitution, including rights, separation of powers, issues of interpretation, and the processes for amendment and revision. In this edition, Williams and Friedman focus on recent developments, including the state constitutional dimensions of same-sex marriage and the reaction of state courts to U.S. Supreme Court decision making. This edition of The Law of American State Constitutions remains an important analytical tool that explains the unique character and the range of interpretive approaches to these constitutions. It covers the structure of state governments under state constitutions as well as the distribution of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Like the first edition, this edition presents a complete picture of state constitutional law and the attributes and features that make this body of law so distinctive.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
1 790 kr
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The New Jersey State Constitution is a throughly revised new edition that provides an extensive historical account and constitutional analysis of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of New Jersey's constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of New Jersey's constitution.State constitutions perform different functions and contain different provisions from the more-familiar U.S. Constitution. The book first outlines the historical development of New Jersey's state constitution from 1776 to the present and explains the highlights of the process of state constitutional development, leading to the current New Jersey constitution. Next, each section of the current constitution is analyzed, including its origins, general intent and purpose, and important judicial interpretations illustrating the types of situations in which the section can come into play, including references to key academic analysis of each section. Careful explanation is provided, with illustrations from cases, of the complex and evolving relationship between rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and rights guaranteed by the New Jersey constitution. In many instances, New Jersey's rights can be more protective than those included in the Federal Constitution. Finally, the book provides a thorough bibliographical essay reviewing the evolution of the New Jersey constitution.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 20221 523 kr
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The New Jersey State Constitution is a throughly revised new edition that provides an extensive historical account and constitutional analysis of the state''s governing charter. In addition to an overview of New Jersey''s constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of New Jersey''s constitution.State constitutions perform different functions and contain different provisions from the more-familiar U.S. Constitution. The book first outlines the historical development of New Jersey''s state constitution from 1776 to the present and explains the highlights of the process of state constitutional development, leading to the current New Jersey constitution. Next, each section of the current constitution is analyzed, including its origins, general intent and purpose, and important judicial interpretations illustrating the types of situations in which the section can come into play, including references to key academic analysis of each section. Careful explanation is provided, with illustrations from cases, of the complex and evolving relationship between rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and rights guaranteed by the New Jersey constitution. In many instances, New Jersey''s rights can be more protective than those included in the Federal Constitution. Finally, the book provides a thorough bibliographical essay reviewing the evolution of the New Jersey constitution.
E-bok
Engelska, 20221 523 kr
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The New Jersey State Constitution is a throughly revised new edition that provides an extensive historical account and constitutional analysis of the state''s governing charter. In addition to an overview of New Jersey''s constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of New Jersey''s constitution.State constitutions perform different functions and contain different provisions from the more-familiar U.S. Constitution. The book first outlines the historical development of New Jersey''s state constitution from 1776 to the present and explains the highlights of the process of state constitutional development, leading to the current New Jersey constitution. Next, each section of the current constitution is analyzed, including its origins, general intent and purpose, and important judicial interpretations illustrating the types of situations in which the section can come into play, including references to key academic analysis of each section. Careful explanation is provided, with illustrations from cases, of the complex and evolving relationship between rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and rights guaranteed by the New Jersey constitution. In many instances, New Jersey''s rights can be more protective than those included in the Federal Constitution. Finally, the book provides a thorough bibliographical essay reviewing the evolution of the New Jersey constitution.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2022
2 035 kr
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Saudi Arabia has never commanded more attention and yet it remains one of the world's least understood countries. In The Normalization of Saudi Law, Chibli Mallat dives into the heart of Saudi society, politics, and business by exploring the workings of its courts. Legal practitioners and scholars will find a comprehensive analysis of the law's operation in the kingdom. The practitioner will access full thematic coverage of all important fields: judicial organization, contracts and torts, crime, family, property, administration, commerce, companies, banking, insolvency, the stock market, the constitution, succession, and human rights, with major statutes and a large number of court decisions distilled in 16 chapters. The scholar is presented with an assessment of a dynamic legal process, a 'normalization' of Saudi law where developing norms are both 'normal' (usual) and 'normative' (carrying moral force). This includes judges reshaping Islamic law by applying it in everyday transactions and disputes as they interpret classical treatises and modern statutes. In whole, The Normalization of Saudi Law paints a compelling picture of a fast-changing country. The book is a systematic study of Saudi law over nearly a decade, and its analysis draws from Mallat's involvement as a legal expert in landmark decisions around the world and as a law professor in leading universities in the Middle East, Europe, and America. The book reflects his work with Saudi law students and practicing colleagues, from cases in commercial law to those involving government and human rights. The Normalization of Saudi Law will interest both readers following the fast-changing world of comparative law and those intrigued by Saudi Arabia.
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PDF, Engelska, 20221 012 kr
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Saudi Arabia has never commanded more attention and yet it remains one of the world''s least understood countries. In The Normalization of Saudi Law, Chibli Mallat dives into the heart of Saudi society, politics, and business by exploring the workings of its courts.Legal practitioners and scholars will find a comprehensive analysis of the law''s operation in the kingdom. The practitioner will access full thematic coverage of all important fields: judicial organization, contracts and torts, crime, family, property, administration, commerce, companies, banking, insolvency, the stock market, the constitution, succession, and human rights, with major statutes and a large number of court decisions distilled in 16 chapters. The scholar is presented with an assessment of a dynamic legal process, a ''normalization'' of Saudi law where developing norms are both ''normal'' (usual) and ''normative'' (carrying moral force). This includes judges reshaping Islamic law by applying it in everyday transactions and disputes as they interpret classical treatises and modern statutes. In whole, The Normalization of Saudi Law paints a compelling picture of a fast-changing country.The book is a systematic study of Saudi law over nearly a decade, and its analysis draws from Mallat''s involvement as a legal expert in landmark decisions around the world and as a law professor in leading universities in the Middle East, Europe, and America. The book reflects his work with Saudi law students and practicing colleagues, from cases in commercial law to those involving government and human rights. The Normalization of Saudi Law will interest both readers following the fast-changing world of comparative law and those intrigued by Saudi Arabia.
E-bok
Engelska, 20221 012 kr
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Saudi Arabia has never commanded more attention and yet it remains one of the world''s least understood countries. In The Normalization of Saudi Law, Chibli Mallat dives into the heart of Saudi society, politics, and business by exploring the workings of its courts.Legal practitioners and scholars will find a comprehensive analysis of the law''s operation in the kingdom. The practitioner will access full thematic coverage of all important fields: judicial organization, contracts and torts, crime, family, property, administration, commerce, companies, banking, insolvency, the stock market, the constitution, succession, and human rights, with major statutes and a large number of court decisions distilled in 16 chapters. The scholar is presented with an assessment of a dynamic legal process, a ''normalization'' of Saudi law where developing norms are both ''normal'' (usual) and ''normative'' (carrying moral force). This includes judges reshaping Islamic law by applying it in everyday transactions and disputes as they interpret classical treatises and modern statutes. In whole, The Normalization of Saudi Law paints a compelling picture of a fast-changing country.The book is a systematic study of Saudi law over nearly a decade, and its analysis draws from Mallat''s involvement as a legal expert in landmark decisions around the world and as a law professor in leading universities in the Middle East, Europe, and America. The book reflects his work with Saudi law students and practicing colleagues, from cases in commercial law to those involving government and human rights. The Normalization of Saudi Law will interest both readers following the fast-changing world of comparative law and those intrigued by Saudi Arabia.
The Informal Constitution
Unwritten Criteria in Selecting Judges for the Supreme Court of India (OIP)
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
236 kr
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Enacted for historical reasons on 26 January 1950, the Constitution of India provided that the Supreme Court of India, situated in New Delhi, was to have one Chief Justice of India, and not more than seven judges. Today, the Court has 33 judges in addition to the Chief Justice of India. But who are these judges, and where did they come from?Its central thesis is that despite all established formal constitutional requirements, there are three informal criteria which are used for appointing judges to the Supreme Court: age, seniority, and diversity. The author examines debates surrounding the Indian judicial system since the institution of the federal court during the British Raj. This leads to a study of the political developments that resulted in the present 'collegium system' of appointing judges to the Supreme Court of India.Based on more than two dozen interviews personally conducted by the author with former judges of the Supreme Court of India, this book uniquely brings to the fore the unwritten criteria that have determined the selection of judges to the highest court of law in this country for over six decades.
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
603 kr
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Democracy is the ability to participate freely and equally in the political and economic affairs of the country. Americans have relied on philosophical pragmatism and on the impulse of political progressivism to express those creedal democratic values. Achieving Democracy argues that, in the last 30 years, however, by focusing on free markets and small government, America has since lost its grasp on these crucial democratic values. Economically, the vast majority of Americans have been made worse off due to a historically unprecedented redistribution of wealth from the lower and middle classes to the top one percent. Politically, partisan gridlock has hampered efforts to seek fairer taxes, responsive and effective regulation, reliable health care, and better education, among other needs. Achieving Democracy critiques the history of the last 30 years of neoliberal government in the United States, and enables an understanding of the dynamic and changing nature of contemporary government and the future of the regulatory state. Sidney A. Shapiro and Joseph P. Tomain demonstrate how lessons from the past can be applied today to regain essential democratic losses within the successful framework of a progressive government to ultimately construct a good society for all citizens.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
498 kr
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In 2013, Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history. That dubious honor marked the end of a long decline, during which city leaders slashed municipal costs and sought desperately to attract private investment. That same year, an economically resurgent New York City elected a progressive mayor intent on reducing income inequality and spurring more equitable economic development. Whether or not Mayor Bill de Blasio realizes his legislative vision, his agenda raises a fundamental question: can American cities govern or are they relatively powerless in the face of global capital? Both Detroit's demise and reigning theories of city agency suggest that in a world dominated by footloose transnational capital, cities have little capacity to effect social change. Cities have to "compete" with each other by offering favorable deals to corporations, reducing tax rates, limiting the public sector, and pursuing "business-friendly" policies. The notion that cities can do little but make themselves attractive to global capital also underscores a pervasive skepticism of municipal politics. Conventional economic wisdom asserts that cities cannot do very much. Conventional political wisdom asserts that cities should not do very much. In City Power, Richard C. Schragger challenges both these claims. He argues that cities can govern, but only if we let them. In the past decade, city leaders across America have raised the minimum wage, expanded social services, put conditions on incoming development, and otherwise engaged in social welfare redistribution. These cities have not suffered from capital flight. Indeed, many are experiencing an economic renaissance. Schragger argues that the range of city policies is not limited by the requirements of capital but instead by a constitutional structure that serves the interests of state and federal officials. Having weak cities is a political choice. City Power shows how cities can govern despite these constitutional limitations--and why we should want them to. It argues that in an era of global capital, municipal power is more relevant to citizen well-being, not less. Instead of treating the exercise of city power as marginal-ineffectual at best, corrupt and unattractive at worst--Schragger argues that the city should be at the very center of our economic, legal, and political thinking.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
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The Purse and the Sword presents a critical analysis of Israel's legal system in the context of its politics, history, and the forces that shape its society. This book examines the extensive powers that Israel's Supreme Court arrogated to itself since the 1980s and traces the history of the transformation of its legal system and the shifts in the balance of power between the branches of government. Centrally, this shift has put unprecedented power in the hands of both the Court and Israel's attorney general and state prosecution at the expense of Israel's cabinet, constituting its executive branch, and the Knesset--its parliament. The expansion of judicial power followed the weakening of the political leadership in the wake of the Yom Kippur war of 1973, and the election results in the following years. These developments are detailed in the context of major issues faced by modern Israel, including the war against terror, the conflict with the Palestinians, the Arab minority, settlements in the West Bank, state and religion, immigration, military service, censorship and freedom of expression, appointments to the government and to public office, and government policies. The aggrandizement of power by the legal system led to a backlash against the Supreme Court in the early part of the current century, and to the partial rebalancing of power towards the political branches.
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PDF, Engelska, 20161 260 kr
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The Purse and the Sword presents a critical analysis of Israel''s legal system in the context of its politics, history, and the forces that shape its society. This book examines the extensive powers that Israel''s Supreme Court arrogated to itself since the 1980s and traces the history of the transformation of its legal system and the shifts in the balance of power between the branches of government. Centrally, this shift has put unprecedented power in the hands of both the Court and Israel''s attorney general and state prosecution at the expense of Israel''s cabinet, constituting its executive branch, and the Knesset--its parliament. The expansion of judicial power followed the weakening of the political leadership in the wake of the Yom Kippur war of 1973, and the election results in the following years. These developments are detailed in the context of major issues faced by modern Israel, including the war against terror, the conflict with the Palestinians, the Arab minority, settlements in the West Bank, state and religion, immigration, military service, censorship and freedom of expression, appointments to the government and to public office, and government policies. The aggrandizement of power by the legal system led to a backlash against the Supreme Court in the early part of the current century, and to the partial rebalancing of power towards the political branches.
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Engelska, 20161 294 kr
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The Purse and the Sword presents a critical analysis of Israel''s legal system in the context of its politics, history, and the forces that shape its society. This book examines the extensive powers that Israel''s Supreme Court arrogated to itself since the 1980s and traces the history of the transformation of its legal system and the shifts in the balance of power between the branches of government. Centrally, this shift has put unprecedented power in the hands of both the Court and Israel''s attorney general and state prosecution at the expense of Israel''s cabinet, constituting its executive branch, and the Knesset--its parliament. The expansion of judicial power followed the weakening of the political leadership in the wake of the Yom Kippur war of 1973, and the election results in the following years. These developments are detailed in the context of major issues faced by modern Israel, including the war against terror, the conflict with the Palestinians, the Arab minority, settlements in the West Bank, state and religion, immigration, military service, censorship and freedom of expression, appointments to the government and to public office, and government policies. The aggrandizement of power by the legal system led to a backlash against the Supreme Court in the early part of the current century, and to the partial rebalancing of power towards the political branches.
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Engelska, 2008380 kr
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Judgement Calls tackles one of the most important and controversial legal questions in contemporary America: How should judges interpret the Constitution? Our Constitution contains a great deal of language that is vague, broad, or ambiguous, making its meaning uncertain. Many people believe this uncertainty allows judges too much discretion. They suggest that constitutional adjudication is just politics in disguise, and that judges are legislators in robes who read the Constitution in accordance with their own political views. Some think that political decision making by judges is inevitable, and others think it can be restrained by "strict constructionist" theories like textualism or originalism. But at bottom, both sorts of thinkers believe that judging has to be either tightly constrained and inflexible or purely political and unfettered: There is, they argue, no middle ground. Farber and Sherry disagree, and in this book they describe and defend that middle ground. They show how judging can be--and often is--both principled and flexible. In other words, they attempt to reconcile the democratic rule of law with the recognition that judges have discretion. They explain how judicial discretion can be exercised responsibly, describe the existing constraints that guide and cabin such discretion, and suggest improvements. In exploring how constitutional adjudication works in practice (and how it can be made better), Farber and Sherry cover a wide range of topics that are relevant to their thesis and also independently important, including judicial opinion-writing, the use of precedent, the judicial selection process, the structure of the American judiciary, and the nature of legal education. They conclude with a careful look at how the Supreme Court has treated three of the most significant and sensitive constitutional issues: terrorism, abortion, and affirmative action. Timely, trenchant, and carefully argued, Judgment Calls is a welcome addition to the literature on the intersection of constitutional interpretation and American politics.
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Engelska, 20081 147 kr
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The Economics of Lawmaking explores the relative advantages and limits of alternative sources of law. Professors Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon view the sources of law through a law and economics lens, and consider the important issue of institutional design in lawmaking. They consider the respective advantages and proper scope of application of four fundamental sources of law: legislation, judge-made law, customary law, and international law. The defining features of these four sources of law are examined using the formal methods of public choice theory: lawmaking through legislation; lawmaking through adjudication; lawmaking through practice; and lawmaking through agreement. This book begins by examining the sources of law dependent on collective political decision-making, such as legislation. Multiple issues are considered, such as optimal specificity of law, optimal timing of legal intervention and optimal territorial scope of law, and include a thorough discussion on the sources of law derived from judges'' decisions, such as common law. Parisi and Fon provide an extensive study on the roles of litigation and judicial path-dependence on judge-made law, biases in the evolution of legal remedies through litigation, and the effect of alternative doctrines of legal precedent, such as stare decisis and jurisprudence constante. They also consider the customary sources of law, with special attention on the mechanisms that determine their emergence and evolution, and explore sources of law derived from international treaties and conventions. The Economics of Lawmaking is the first systematic law and economics treatment of this field and will shed new light on the process of lawmaking.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
1 599 kr
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The only book of its kind in the English language, this is the first volume of the Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States to explore the constitution of a U.S. territory: Puerto Rico. The first half of the volume unearths the island's constitutional history from the days of Spanish colonization in the 16th century, through to Congress' enactment in 2016 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA). Professor Cox Alomar offers a careful analysis of the most recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court implicating Puerto Rico, Sánchez Valle (2016), Franklin Trust (2016), Aurelius (2020) and Vaello Madero (2022). The second half of this volume provides an in-depth analysis of each of the provisions incorporated by the Puerto Rican framers to the 1952 Constitution, still in full force today. Commentary is provided on each of these constitutional provisions in light of the most recent decisions of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court. The volume examines the interaction between the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the complex relationship between Puerto Rico and the political branches in Washington. This book is a timely companion in one of the more complex, yet transformative periods in Puerto Rico's constitutional life.
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PDF, Engelska, 20221 441 kr
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The only book of its kind in the English language, this is the first volume of the Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States to explore the constitution of a U.S. territory: Puerto Rico. The first half of the volume unearths the island''s constitutional history from the days of Spanish colonization in the 16th century, through to Congress'' enactment in 2016 of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA). Professor Cox Alomar offers a careful analysis of the most recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court implicating Puerto Rico, Sánchez Valle (2016), Franklin Trust (2016), Aurelius (2020) and Vaello Madero (2022). The second half of this volume provides an in-depth analysis of each of the provisions incorporated by the Puerto Rican framers to the 1952 Constitution, still in full force today. Commentary is provided on each of these constitutional provisions in light of the most recent decisions of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court. The volume examines the interaction between the Puerto Rico Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the complex relationship between Puerto Rico and the political branches in Washington. This book is a timely companion in one of the more complex, yet transformative periods in Puerto Rico''s constitutional life.