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Regulation That Works

Transforming the Future of Regulatory Spaces Christopher Hodges, University of Oxford, UK This book explains what regulation is – and is not.

It clarifies how regulation actually works, and how it can be made better. It also sets out how regulation should be done given fundamental challenges and changes to how we have done it. What is regulation trying to achieve? Is there too much red tape? Does regulation impede growth and innovation? Does regulation provide protection, and stability, and fair behaviours?

Is it effective? How do we know if it succeeds?

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in the future.

Given the pace of change in new technologies, creating unknown and uncontrollable risks, and the global nature of these technologies, we can only keep ourselves safe if we modernise how we ‘do’ regulation and work in collaborative ecosystems in which everyone works together to identify and control new harms. We should be aiming to achieve multiple outcomes, including protection as well as fair markets, facilitating innovation, and economic growth and social cohesion.

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Default Rules in Private Law Edited by Birke Häcker, University of Bonn, Germany & Johannes Ungerer, University of Oxford, UK Drawing on the experience of recognised experts from across a range of different fields and jurisdictions, this landmark publication tackles default rules in private law in comparative perspective. Often underestimated, but highly influential, default rules are non-mandatory rules that kick in where nothing else has been agreed or provided.

The contributions explore default rules from a variety of angles relevant to both scholarship and legal practice, including: ·

behavioural aspects and the role of platform terms in the digital age;

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the remit and operation of defaults in different areas, ranging from contract and commercial law to succession, civil

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a comparison between Common law and Civilian approaches as well as the EU level;

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the perspectives of different ‘players’ engaged in the generation and application of default rules.

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Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law Volume 1 The Transnationalisation of Commercial and Financial Law. The New Lex Mercatoria and Its Sources Jan H Dalhuisen, King’s College London, UK Volume 1 of this new edition covers the roots and foundations of private law, the different origins, structure, and orientation of civil and common law, and the social and cultural forces behind it. It analyses the practical needs and market forces behind the emergence of a new transnational commercial and financial legal order, its international finance-driven impulses, concepts, and operation; the theoretical basis of the transnationalisation of the law in the professional sphere in that order; and the autonomous sources of the new law merchant or modern lex mercatoria derived from the method of public international law, as well as its relationship to domestic and transnational public policy and public order requirements.

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This magisterial work is made up of 6 volumes. Used independently, each volume allows the reader to delve into a particular topic. Alternatively, all volumes can be read together for a comprehensive overview of transnational comparative commercial, financial and trade law.

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Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law Volume 2 International Arbitration. The Transnationalisation of Dispute Resolution Jan H Dalhuisen, King’s College London, UK Volume 2 of this new edition covers the transnationalisation of dispute resolution, especially arbitration, and contains a critical analysis of the main challenges to its success, continuing credibility, and effectiveness.

The volume distinguishes between commercial, financial, and foreign investment arbitration and concentrates on the status, role, and reasoning of international arbitrators, their limited powers especially in matters of public policy and in property matters, the threat of judicialisation, and the need to connect with mediation and a settlement ethos.

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Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law Volume 3 Transnational Contract Law

Jan H Dalhuisen, King’s College London, UK Volume 3 of this new edition deals with the transnationalisation of contract law. It compares common law and civil law concepts, noting the origin of the one in commercial law and of the other in consumer law, and identifies the different attitudes to protection, risk management, and risk distribution.

The volume also explores future directions in international commerce and finance, as well as the potential, effects, and challenges of e-commerce, blockchain, and the emergence of the smart contract.

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This magisterial work is made up of 6 volumes. Used independently, each volume allows the reader to delve into a particular topic. Alternatively, all volumes can be read together for a comprehensive overview of transnational comparative commercial, financial and trade law.

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Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law Volume 4 Transnational Movable Property Law

Jan H Dalhuisen, King’s College London, UK Volume 4 of this new edition deals with movable and intangible property law. The book addresses the transformation of the models of movable property in commercial and financial transactions between professionals in the international flow of goods, services, money, information, and technology. In this transnational legal order, the emphasis on the new law merchant or modern lex mercatoria of movable property turns to risk management, asset liquidity, and transactional and payment finality.

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assets in production and distribution chains, and the type of user, income and enjoyment rights that can be established in them, when they become proprietary, what that means, the role of party autonomy in the creation and operation of these rights, and how they are handled between professional participants and upon a sale to consumers.

The volume compares common law and civil law concepts - the one being geared to improving value, the other to consumption. It then identifies their relevance especially in modern finance, and concludes by indicating future directions.

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Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law Volume 5 Financial Products and Services

Jan H Dalhuisen, King’s College London, UK Volume 5 of this new edition uses the insights developed in Volumes 3 and 4 to deal with financial products and financial services, the structure and operation of banking and of the capital markets, and the role of modern commercial and investment banks.

Sections on products and services address blockchain and its potential in the payment system, in securitisations, in the custodial holdings of investment securities, and in the derivative markets.

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Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law Volume 6 Financial Risk, Financial Stability, and the Role of Financial Regulation Jan H Dalhuisen, King’s College London, UK Volume 6 of this new edition deals with financial regulation of banks and banking activities and products. It critically reviews micro-prudential regulation, the need for macro-prudential supervision and an independent macro-prudential supervisor, the role of resolution authorities, the operation of the shadow banking system, and the extraterritorial reach and international recognition of financial regulation.

The volume considers in particular the fallout from the 2008 financial crisis and the subsequent regulatory responses in the US and Europe.

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Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law 6-Volume Set

Jan H Dalhuisen, King’s College London, UK The 9th edition of the leading work on transnational and comparative commercial and financial law covers a wide range of complex topics in the modern law of international commerce, finance and trade. As a guide for students and practitioners, it has proven to be unrivalled. The work is divided into 6 volumes which can be used independently or as part of the complete set.

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The Origins of Company Law Methods and Approaches

Edited by Victoria Barnes, Queen's University Belfast, UK & Jonathan Hardman, University of Edinburgh, UK What were the origins of company law? How did it begin? Why did it change? There is no single answer to these questions.

Each discipline, and sub-discipline, has a different approach and method that brings different facets of study to the fore. This multidisciplinary endeavour is immensely valuable for debates taking place now among policy-makers in the UK and US about returning to historic modes of company regulation.

The book brings together Anglo-American scholarship that will not only shed greater light on the history of company law but also influence contemporary debates about our ability to return to, or learn from, the past. Historical research has great value here because it not only generates new insights into the evolution of present legal rules, but also corrects misunderstandings Contemporary Studies in Corporate and misapprehensions about them.

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The book shows how this body of law developed to become the rules with which we are now familiar. It showcases antecedents of present debates, reveals regulatory lessons from previous legal regimes, identifies instances of path dependency, unpicks pivotal legal events, and explains drivers for legal change.

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Hidden Fallacies in Corporate Law and Financial Regulation Reframing the Mainstream Narratives

Edited by Alexandra Andhov, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Claire A Hill, Minnesota Law School, USA & Saule T Omarova, University of Pennsylvania, USA Taking a novel approach, the book serves as both a conceptual ‘deconstruction’ and a foundation for future research directions. Each chapter delves deep into the often-overlooked origins, mechanics and implications of outdated or misleading concepts (termed ‘fallacies’) that form the backbone of contemporary corporate and securities laws, financial regulations and related domains.

Beyond simply identifying these fallacies, the authors illustrate the profound implications of recalibrating our analytic perspectives. By expanding the spectrum of inquiry and moving along multiple continuums – such as public to private, micro Contemporary Studies in Corporate to macro, transactional to structural, individual to systemic, and static to dynamic – this volume underscores the Law transformative potential of re-envisioning the fundamentals of these fields. An essential read, this book promises to be a UK June 2026 • US June 2026 328 Pages HB 9781509971510 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781509971497 • £44.99 / $60.95 ePDF 9781509971527 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509971503 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

catalyst for change and a must-have for anyone committed to staying at the forefront of law and policy.

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Contrarian Jurists

The Story of Comparative Law and How Collisions Shaped It Jaakko Husa, University of Helsinki, Finland This book presents a unique study of the field of comparative law examining the key differences between schools and approaches and examining their contradictions.

Comparative law is depicted in this book as a field of contrarians, jurists who tend to oppose or reject prevailing opinions or established practices. Contrarianism has made it exceedingly difficult to find one’s way in the field where there are drastically varying views on the basic issues.

The book guides readers through divisive debates and disagreements and helps to draw useful conclusions. Instead of UK May 2026 • US May 2026 304 Pages PB 9781509985531 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509985562 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509985555 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509985579 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

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lamenting comparative law’s feeble place in the legal academia or to fantasise about the supposed great future of a unified discipline, the book highlights the collisions and tracks their influence on the field. By focusing on tensions underlying the field this book encourages readers to think critically while studying law comparatively.

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Reinstating the Rule of Law

Challenges, Dilemmas and Strategies in Poland and Beyond Edited by Paulina Starski, University of Freiburg, Germany & Johannes Vöhler, University of Oxford, UK Drawing on the case of Poland’s democratic transition back to the rule of law, the volume explores the uncharted territory of restoring independent institutions within an EU Member State.

After eight years of autocratic interference with the judiciary, media and state institutions, the Parliamentary elections of October 2023 mark a turning point for Poland. The new government now faces the complex challenge of restoring the rule of law, with European and international law playing a pivotal role. Still, at numerous crossroads a dilemma comes up: Can the rule of law be disregarded to restore it? Or must the rule of law be adhered to at the risk of legal and institutional paralysis?

This book presents strategies for solving this dilemma in theory and practice, thereby paving the way for other states’ Hart Studies in Comparative Public transitions to come.

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Through a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, including historical and contextual analysis, the authors show that restoring the rule of law is more than just a legal challenge.

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Constitutional Reasoning in the Nordic Supreme Courts An Empirical and Comparative Legal Perspective Edited by Katalin Kelemen, Örebro University, Sweden This book explores the argumentative style of the supreme courts in the Nordic countries (Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway, and Sweden). Its findings are based on empirical research involving 280 leading constitutional cases which demonstrate that the impact of a constitutional ruling often extends far beyond the cases actually adjudicated by the courts and that it is crucial to understand how judges justify their decisions in constitutional cases.

In the cases researched, the authors identify and explain the common features of the Nordic constitutional reasoning, situating the Nordic experience within a broader comparative framework. The book compares these practices with those of non-Nordic jurisdictions, analysing whether and how the approaches of Nordic supreme courts align with each other and with Hart Studies in Comparative Public global trends. This is made possible through the use of a well-established conceptual and methodological framework, Law adapted to the Nordic context. Key aspects of judicial reasoning are examined, including the emphasis placed on specific

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constitutional concepts, the use of non-legal arguments, the reliance on precedents, and the types of sources typically referenced – such as preparatory works, foreign legal materials, and academic writings. The book is aimed at anyone interested in the constitutional culture of the Nordic countries and informs normative debates on constitutional law, both in scientific and political discourse.

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Judicial Bricolage

The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges in the 21st Century Edited by Tania Groppi, University of Siena, Italy, Marie-Claire Ponthoreau, University of Bordeaux, France & Irene Spigno, Autonomous University of Coahuila, Mexico This book is a unique contribution to comparative legal studies by presenting the results of an empirical research project on the use of foreign precedents in constitutional interpretation in 31 jurisdictions worldwide. It updates the outcomes presented in the previous successful book The Use of Foreign Precedents by Constitutional Judges, edited by Tania Groppi and MarieClaire Ponthoreau and published in 2013 as Volume 1 of the series Hart Studies in Comparative Public Law. This new research, covering countries from all the continents, with special attention to some of the emerging jurisdictions of the Global South, confirms that the practice of making explicit use of foreign precedents is still limited both quantitatively and Hart Studies in Comparative Public qualitatively. Judicial dialogue only exists in common law jurisdictions and, even there, ‘judicial bricolage’ is much more Law common than ‘judicial comparativism’. Since the previous edition, this practice has gone hand in hand with new

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EU Law and Regulatory Spaces Essays in Honour of Leigh Hancher

Edited by Panagiotis Delimatsis, Tilburg University, the Netherlands & Giorgio Monti, Tilburg University, the Netherlands Regulatory space, a concept used by Professor Leigh Hancher whose academic work this edited volume celebrates, is a metaphor that allows for a reconceptualisation of regulatory processes in EU economic law. It also calls for a critical reflection of the limits of law in regulating economic activity but also identifies public rulemaking and enforcement as just two means of governance.

This carefully selected selection of original contributions by leading experts in EU law, policy, and practice identifies the multiple regulatory spaces in areas such as competition policy, energy regulation, and State aid whereby organisational relationships, contestation, and negotiation among different public and private economic actors shape the contemporary EU UK June 2026 • US June 2026 400 Pages PB 9781509991907 • £49.99 / $67.95 HB 9781509991945 • £100.00 / $135.00 ePDF 9781509991921 • £90.00 / $121.50 ePub 9781509991938 • £90.00 / $121.50 Hart Publishing

regulatory landscape.

Contributors analyse the challenges of regulatory design and the fundamentals of regulatory reform, the role of regulatory agencies, the evolving regulatory space in emerging sectors, interactions of public and private authority in various policy domains, including digital platforms and energy regulation, and the impact of recent legal and political developments on the EU’s regulatory landscape.

Key Ideas in Constitutional Law David Feldman, University of Cambridge, UK This book examines how constitutions, and the UK's in particular, emerge from disagreement and power tussles.

Tensions arise over both distribution and use of powers. A constitution seeks a degree of stability, but also adjusts dynamically to social, economic, military and political events and changing expectations of the state and what makes it legitimate. To show how these processes work, the book illustrates how different kinds of power are allocated between state institutions at different levels of government, how they are distributed between institutions at the same level of government, and some of the values which animate the relationships between institutions. To understand the nature of constitutional practices and rules, the book compares the UK's constitution with aspects of other countries' constitutional accommodations.

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It is hoped that people embarking on the study or practice of law, politics or government will find this useful, and that more established practitioners, scholars and general readers will also find it interesting.

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Law in Northern Ireland Brice Dickson, Queen’s University Belfast, UK & Conor McCormick, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK This engaging book provides a clear and comprehensive account of the legal system of Northern Ireland. For many years it has been a go-to source for students and practitioners of law, yet is also accessible to readers with no prior legal knowledge.

The book begins by explaining how Northern Ireland became a separate legal jurisdiction, what its current constitutional arrangements are, how its legislation is made and what kind of courts and judges it has. It then looks at when international law is of importance in Northern Ireland, explaining the role of documents such as the Windsor Framework and the European Convention on Human Rights.

This new edition, now co-authored, has been thoroughly updated with a view to making it even more informative and UK June 2026 • US May 2026 592 Pages HB 9781509989652 • £140.00 / $190.00 PB 9781509989645 • £43.99 / $59.95 ePDF 9781509989621 • £39.59 / $53.95 ePub 9781509989638 • £39.59 / $53.95 Hart Publishing

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Judicial Review Handbook The Hon Sir Michael Fordham, Justice of the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division This is the definitive judicial review book, with meticulous case-law analysis throughout and encyclopaedic coverage of this key field of practice.

The new edition of this Handbook is an authoritative and indispensable reference and a guide to the law and practice of judicial review. Established as essential for anyone engaged or interested in public law cases, it offers unrivalled coverage of the case-law.

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Multi-Textual Constitutions of the World Edited by Richard Albert, University of Texas at Austin, USA In this eye-opening study of the world’s constitutions, scholars explain the creation, operation, revision, and replacement of multi-textual constitutions—a ubiquitous but woefully understudied constitutional form that is ever-present in many countries of the world but as-yet underappreciated in constitutional studies.

Constitutions are commonly said to be either “written” or “unwritten.” This distinction has long been the cornerstone of constitutional studies. Multi-Textual Constitutions of the World presents an alternative view: all constitutions are simultaneously written and unwritten, consisting of unwritten norms, practices, and principles on the one hand, and of written rules on the other.

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Given that all constitutions consist of both written and unwritten elements, the conventional distinction between “written” and “unwritten” constitutions should be discarded once and for all because it obscures the actual form and content of constitutions. This book lights the path to a better distinction that more correctly reflects the key difference among constitutions: some constitutions consist of one authoritative document while others consist of more than one authoritative document.

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Extrajudicial Communication Perspectives and Practice

Edited by Hélène Tyrrell, Newcastle University & Conall Mallory, Newcastle University This is the first book to comprehensively address the phenomena of extrajudicial communication.

With contributions from leading legal scholars, it offers a detailed examination of what judges say outside of the courtroom, when, why, and to what end. The book explores extrajudicial communication through both varying perspectives on its use, and the forms that it takes, including judicial speeches, interviews, life writing and more. It does so with a principal focus on the UK judiciary, but also with reflections on its practice in other common law jurisdictions and at international courts and tribunals. The text unpicks the relationship between these communications, constitutional principles and the modern understanding of the judicial role.

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Constitutional Actors in the UK Constitution Edited by Chris Monaghan, University of Worcester, UK This book brings together leading experts on the United Kingdom’s constitutional arrangements to show how the constitution works, the role played by actors, and the scope for reform.

The experts are practitioners from the fields of law and politics, and include former judges, ministers and law officers, parliamentarians, a law commissioner, barristers, a former clerk of the House of Commons, Lord Speaker, First Minister of Wales, and the Prime Minster of New Zealand. Each contributor has been, or is, a constitutional actor and their chapter draws upon this unique first-hand experience.

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Jamaica, and the constitutions of Denmark and New Zealand. The chapters explore issues and themes such as devolution, protecting standards in public life, breaches of political trust and the role of the law, House of Lords reform, the role of the law officers, the role of the Law Commission, the Supreme Court as a Constitutional Court, and the experiences of those working in Parliament. Constitutional Actors in the UK Constitution will be of interest to those working in politics, the law, or the civil service, academics who teach and research in politics or law, postgraduate and undergraduate students, and members of the public looking to learn more about the constitution.

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Rotation of Power

A Theory of Democratic Competition Antonios Kouroutakis, IE University Law School, Spain This book explores the often-overlooked democratic principle of "rotation of power".

It considers two key questions: What happens when power stops changing hands in a democracy and when incumbents manipulate the system to entrench themselves in office, can democracy survive?

Democracies are often celebrated for their ability to ensure accountability and renewal through the peaceful and unhindered alternation and transfer of power. Yet, they are not immune to a dangerous phenomenon: political self-entrenchment. This phenomenon occurs when incumbents, unilaterally or collectively, exploit the power of office to dominate the political arena, UK February 2026 • US February 2026 200 Pages PB 9781509990696 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509990733 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509990719 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509990726 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

tilt the playing field, and distort democratic competition. Contributing to scholarly and judicial debates, this book offers a fresh perspective on this issue by focusing on the legal and political mechanisms to safeguard the rotation of power.

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Judicial Precedents

Uniformity and Pluralism Edited by Stefaan Voet, KU Leuven, Belgium & Alan Uzelac, Zagreb University, Croatia This book considers what kind of binding force judicial decisions (should) hold in modern societies. It focuses on the two most prominent legal traditions, common law and civil law. It explores the developing trend in civil law countries to expand the influence of judicial precedents, discusses the fundamental issues which arise from this trend, and looks at recent developments in common law countries.

Through this prism, the book looks at the implications of the doctrine of judicial precedents and how it is construed in jurisdictions that recognise it. It investigates the impact of newly recognised legislative or quasi-legislative powers vested in high courts on the doctrine of separation of powers. It considers whether courts in common law and civil law systems share a UK June 2026 • US June 2026 432 Pages PB 9781509991150 • £49.99 / $67.95 HB 9781509991198 • £100.00 / $135.00 ePDF 9781509991174 • £90.00 / $121.50 ePub 9781509991181 • £90.00 / $121.50 Hart Publishing

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uniform understanding of precedents.

The book goes on to consider whether these developments are beneficial when it comes to addressing existing challenges or whether they lead to a host of new problems, potentially exacerbating the crisis of judicial legitimacy.

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Populism and Courts in an Age of Constitutional Impatience Judges vs the People

Raphaël Girard, University of Exeter, UK This book addresses one of the most pressing issues of our time: the rise of populism and its implications, particularly for courts and other legal institutions. It questions and ultimately challenges the prevailing view in comparative constitutional law that courts can act as bulwarks against authoritarian, self-aggrandising populists in power. In doing so, it offers both a novel theoretical framework and a fresh contextual inquiry.

Theoretically, the book uses the lens of spatiotemporality – the conjunction of space and time – to analyse populism as a constitutional project. It argues that contemporary populism is marked by constitutional impatience: a drive for temporal efficiency and spatial proximity that reshapes and reconfigures law’s institutional and normative order.

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Contextually, the book focuses primarily on one key institution of liberal constitutional democracy: the judiciary. It offers a contextual analysis of three case studies: Armenia, Ecuador and the United Kingdom. In doing so, it not only highlights populism’s reach beyond established democracies but also brings fresh insights from understudied jurisdictions at the periphery or in the Global South.

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The Limits of Positive Obligations in Human Rights Law From Protection to Coercion

Edited by Vladislava Stoyanova, Lund University, Sweden & David McGrogan, Northumbria University, UK There is nowadays no dispute in human rights doctrine over whether rights entail positive duties on the part of the state at the level of principle. But there has been surprisingly little academic commentary devoted to the question of whether there are, or should be, limits placed on how far those obligations extend. Similarly, there has not been very much scholarly attention paid to the question of how causation can be reasonably attributed in the context of violations of positive obligations.

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concerning limits. Taken together they provide the first serious attempt to grapple critically with the subject of the limits, causality and scope of positive obligations theoretically and doctrinally. This makes the book essential reading for scholars of human rights law.

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Constitutional Courts and Judicial Review Between Law and Politics

Dieter Grimm, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany This collection of essays from Dieter Grimm, Germany’s most renowned constitutional scholar, shines a light on the jurisprudence of the German Constitutional Court and constitutional adjudication in general.

Established in 1951, the court has become a blueprint for new courts ever since and its jurisprudence, particularly in the field of fundamental rights, has influenced the decisions of judges throughout the world.

In this book, Grimm considers some of the fundamental questions under academic scrutiny today: are constitutional courts political or legal institutions? Is judicial review a political or a legal activity? Is it a threat to, or a condition, of democracy?

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Should these courts be abolished or strengthened? Is a rational interpretation of constitutional law possible?

The essays provide answers to these questions and describe how constitutional courts work if they properly fulfill their function of enforcing the constitution. A special emphasis is put on the importance of constitutional interpretation: something, the author argues, that most critics of constitutional adjudication neglect.

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Administrative Tribunals in the Common Law World Edited by Stephen Thomson, Australian National University, Australia, Matthew Groves, Deakin University, Australia & Greg Weeks, Australian National University, Australia Administrative tribunals are a vital part of the public law frameworks of many countries. This is the 1st edited book collection to examine tribunals across the common law world. It brings together key international scholars to discuss current and future challenges.

The book includes contributions from leading scholars from all major common law jurisdictions – the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Israel, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and South Africa. This global analysis is both deep and expansive in its coverage of the operation of administrative tribunals across common law legal systems. The book has two key themes: one is the enduring question of the location and operation of tribunals within public law systems; the second is UK April 2026 • US April 2026 416 Pages HB 9781509966905 • £110.00 / $150.00 PB 9781509966943 • £49.99 / $67.95 ePDF 9781509966929 • £99.00 / $135.00 ePub 9781509966912 • £99.00 / $135.00 Hart Publishing

the continued mission of tribunals to provide administrative justice.

The collection is an important addition to global public law scholarship, addressing common problems faced by the tribunals of common law countries, and providing solutions for how tribunals can evolve to match the changing nature of government.

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Twenty-First Century Perspectives on the Scholarship of AV Dicey The Enduring Legacy of a Victorian Constitutionalist

Edited by Catherine Marshall, CY Cergy Paris Université, France & Céline Roynier, CY Cergy Paris Université, France Every student in law and in politics, every law faculty and most legal practitioners in the world are aware of who Albert Venn Dicey (1835–1922) was and what he wrote. Yet, this fame does not mean that Dicey’s legacy is not controversial and debated in the present world. This book considers why Dicey’s late Victorian constitutional and political thinking is still alive.

In spite of all the transformations that have taken place in public law in the UK in the last hundred years, the book argues that Dicey managed to grasp and to crystallise something of the British political identity and culture. Hence the long-lasting fire-power of his constitutional and political thinking.

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that have adopted his understanding of the rule of law and/or of parliamentary government. Dicey identified one of the most fundamental political issues at stake: the nature of the relationship between public law and democracy. The book looks closely at the alliance between public law and democratic spirit. This alliance needs to be reassessed from a legal, historical and comparative perspective. This edited collection, gathering authors from different countries, from various legal systems and from diverse backgrounds, tackles this task.

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Mandatory and Default Rules in Contract and Commercial Law Edited by William Day, 3 Verulam Buildings, UK, Jonathan Morgan, University of Cambridge, UK, Andrew Robertson, University of Melbourne, Australia & Katy Barnett, University of Melbourne, Australia Some legal rules governing commercial transactions operate as defaults, which can be modified or excluded by the parties, while others are mandatory, or non-excludable. This collection explores the nature of mandatory and default rules and the complicated relationship between them.

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is the default position selected? The third issue is the relationship between default rules and interpretation, and, relatedly, between default rules and contractual risk allocation. The application of default rules inevitably raises interpretive issues, and certain problems can be addressed either by way of a default rule or the identification of implicit allocations of risk. The fourth issue is the relationship between mandatory and default rules, which is revealed to be more akin to a spectrum, with shades of compulsion and optionality, rather than a binary divide.

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The Doctrine of Privity in Negligence

Understanding the Path to Donoghue v Stevenson Emily Gordon, St John’s College, UK This book traces the path of the doctrine of privity in negligence, from inception to its famous ousting in Donoghue v Stevenson in 1932.

It begins with the origins of negligence’s privity rule in the Industrial Revolution, before considering pressure points for change in the early twentieth century, including rising consumerism and the array of issues faced by married women when suing on a contract. This book challenges the orthodox story that products-based claims in tort were a rarity in English law prior to Donoghue because of the privity bar. Viewed within this narrative, Mrs Donoghue’s claim is a tipping point rather than a revolution.

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Final Injunctions in Tort Law Aiden Lerch, Arnold Bloch Leibler, Australia This book is the first considered study of final injunctions in tort law. It devises a novel taxonomy of such injunctions and explores the implications of the law on injunctions for the way in which scholars think about tort law more generally.

The book begins by analysing how the injunction in aid of legal rights came to be developed as a remedy in the Court of Chancery. It then provides definitive guidance as to the range of final injunctions that may be available to restrain or remedy torts. A clear, structured framework to guide legal reasoning in injunction cases is constructed. The book concludes by making several claims about tort law in the light of the availability of injunctive relief.

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component of the law of tort. The way in which tort law is expounded in textbooks and monographs, and taught in universities, needs revising. Specifically, we must not overemphasise the award of damages and neglect to highlight the importance of the injunction. The true position is that injunctive relief is as crucial as damages are to enforcing the rights that are generated by tort law.

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Subrogation and Marshalling Rory Gregson, University of Oxford, UK This innovative and thought-provoking book studies how subrogation and marshalling should be understood in the context of private law.

Subrogation and marshalling are legal rules which give a person new rights with prima facie the same content as someone else’s extinguished rights. There is little examination of why the law does this. This book argues that the key to understanding subrogation is the distinctive form of the rights that it creates. The form of rights created reflects a particular role in ensuring interpersonal justice: subrogation’s role is to properly distribute the burden of debts. Taking this model, the book goes on to resolve persistent controversies in the case law, including when subrogation should occur, what rights it Hart Studies in Private Law UK May 2026 • US May 2026 216 Pages HB 9781509969227 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781509969265 • £41.99 / $57.95 ePDF 9781509969241 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509969234 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

should create, the relationship between subrogation and marshalling, and whether subrogation is a remedy for unjust enrichment.

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Good Faith and Relational Contracts, Volume 1 Theory, Practice and Future Developments Anthony Gray, Bond University, Australia This book explores the use of the doctrine of good faith in the common law when interpreting contracts and resolving disputes.

This doctrine is well-accepted in civil law, is reflected in international commercial law, and is a fundamental aspect of private law in the USA. However, its use in the UK is extremely limited. Inconsistent application has given rise to confusion and uncertainty. This apparent antipathy is somewhat hard to fathom, given its previous widespread acceptance in English law.

The book explains in depth the history of good faith in English law, and clarifies its current status in English, Australian and Hart Studies in Private Law

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tort law, and notes the workability of good faith in the commercial context of insurance. This will be welcomed by contract lawyers in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. A subsequent volume will explore how acceptance of good faith in the law might lead to a re-interpretation of existing contract law doctrine.

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The Commercial Uses of Trusts Rethinking the Traditional Approach

Ruiqiao Zhang, University of Edinburgh, UK This book provides a systematic and critical analysis of the role trusts play in modern commercial markets.

Commercial trusts are complex and ever-evolving, and a reassessment of the traditional legal norms relating to them is much needed in order to provide new doctrinal insights. The book does just that: focusing on trusts in the UK, while drawing on developments in European jurisdictions and in China. It presents a thought-provoking assessment and a unified understanding of commercial trusts.

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Private Law and the State Edited by Andrew Robertson, University of Melbourne, Australia & Jason W Neyers, Western University, Canada This collection explores the relationship between the state and private law.

It does this by addressing four overlapping questions, beginning by asking why states recognise and enforce private law obligations and liabilities. It goes on to ask how the state as a legal actor is subject to private law. The third question explored relates to the relationship between private law and public law. Finally, it examines the role of the public interest in private law.

With the perspectives of world-leading commentators from both academia and the judiciary, this book provides a fascinating assessment of a crucial but complex relationship.

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Financial Intelligence, the Exchange of Information and Tackling Financial Crime in the United Kingdom A Critical Review Nicholas Ryder This book examines the international standards relating to information exchange, identifying its importance in relation to combatting money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud.

Its timely publication follows the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) rating the UK’s anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing regimes as amongst the best in the world in its fourth Mutual Evaluation Report.

The book features an alternative review via four case studies - money laundering, terrorism financing and general fraud.

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conclusions of the FATF. Considering this comprehensive analysis, the book then provides recommendations for reform.

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Inspiring Criminal Jurisprudence Festschrift Essays

Paul Roberts, University of Nottingham, UK Inspired by the work of distinguished criminal justice scholars, this volume explores the methodological commitments and distinctive research agenda of criminal jurisprudence It comprises 9 essays on jurisprudential themes written over a period of twenty years. Presented here for the first time as a coherent body of work, the volume highlights recurrent themes in the disciplinary constitution of criminal jurisprudence.

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but equally encapsulates the traditional research programmes of doctrinal legal scholarship. Criminal jurisprudence takes domestic law seriously, but is cosmopolitan in its outlook and topical inclusivity, as befits the condition of modern legality.

The essays in this book traverse criminal law theory, substantive criminal law, criminal procedure, evidence law, comparative criminal process, international criminal justice, criminology and legal pedagogy. In addition to their legal-doctrinal content, they draw on moral and political philosophy, penal theory, epistemology, history, sociology, international relations, jurisprudence and comparative legal studies.

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Countering Jihadi Cool

Narrative, Law, Culture, and Philosophy Against Global Jihad Caroline Joan "Kay" S. Picart Using an aesthetic culture and techniques termed as jihadi cool, terrorist groups have been able to recruit members from around the world, so how do we begin to respond?

This book analyzes the rhetorical and ethical dynamics of a culture of jihadi cool/chic, and why these rhetorical and aesthetic techniques have been such a powerful recruitment force for particular transnational terrorist groups. The author uses an evidence-based approach, with frameworks derived from law, politics, philosophy, rhetoric, feminist theory, and communication studies, to examine various attempts to construct counter-narratives to the jihadi cool master narrative. The book closes with an examination of how to begin to respond critically and effectively to the lure of jihadi cool.

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Responding to the Culpable State Is Sentence Mitigation Appropriate?

Edited by Leo Zaibert, University of Cambridge, UK, Julian V Roberts, University of Oxford, UK & Jesper Ryberg, Roskilde University, Denmark The volume explores the normative justifications for mitigation and answers many intriguing questions. For example, in terms of the procedural challenges, should the offender have to prove a causal link between state wrongdoing or neglect and the offending? Can a court take judicial notice of state-induced social adversity and apply this consideration to all affected offenders? Other questions relate to the implications for courts and sentencing commissions which issue guidance to courts regarding mitigation at sentencing. To what extent is the offender less culpable as a result of state misconduct, and what are the limits of any resulting sentence reductions? Do sentence reductions for state misconduct undermine proportionality, or deprecate the seriousness of the impact on the victim of crime? Should this factor be included in any sentencing guidelines Studies in Penal Theory and Ethics or possibly even as a statutory mitigating factor?

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Each contribution explores a distinct, cross-jurisdictional claim for mitigation on the basis of State negligence or misconduct towards the offender. The chapters all address the appropriate response of courts at sentencing.

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Environmental Law Handbook Christopher L. Bell, Andrew Davis, Duke K. McCall III, Thomas Richichi, Daniel M. Steinway, Kevin A. Ewing, Jean Warshaw, Peggy Otum, Ann Navaro, Theda Braddock, John Surma & Brent Rosser The environmental field and its regulations have evolved significantly since Congress passed the first environmental law in 1970, and the Environmental Law Handbook, published just three years later, has been indispensable to students and professionals ever since. The authors provide clear and accessible explanations, expert legal insight into new and evolving regulations, and reliable compliance and management guidance.

The Environmental Law Handbook continues to provide individuals across the country—professionals, professors, and students—with a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easy-to-read look at the major environmental, health, and safety laws affecting U.S. businesses and organizations. Because it is written by the country's leading environmental law firms, it UK September 2025 • US September 2025 provides the best, most reliable guidance anywhere.

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A Regulatory Framework to Remediate the Planet Strategies, Outcomes and Implications Robert Smet Ubiquitous environmental pollution and how we regulate it is now a more critical issue than ever. A Regulatory Framework to Remediate the Planet: Strategies, Outcomes and Implications develops an optimal regulatory strategy to minimize humangenerated environmental harms by the generation of multi-media pollution and postulates a means to use this strategy “in reverse” to restore Nature’s ecosystems. The strategy first includes reforming key aspects of the Clean Air Act, using the core strategy to likewise regulate the generation of solid waste pollution, and facilitate the transition to a circular economy.

The author shows that this core strategy will holistically regulate the generation of multi-media environmental pollution, i.e., air, water, onsite generated waste, and solid waste pollution. He further argues that these outcomes are only possible through the intelligent use of rigorous, limit-based regulation, employing the proper blend of command-and-control and

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Fundamental Rights for Non-Humans Foundations, Flaws, and Futures

Edited by John Olusegun Adenitire, Queen Mary University of London, UK & Raffael Fasel, University of Cambridge, UK Can animals, artificial intelligences (AI), and nature have fundamental rights? Do they have fundamental rights? And if they do, how do their rights relate to human rights?

In this book, eminent and emerging scholars from fields as varied as legal theory, environmental studies, and philosophy, probe the theoretical foundations, flaws, and future prospects of the growing phenomenon of non-human rights.

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and to participate in constructive conversations that tease out the promise and pitfalls of each position.

This balanced approach makes the book particularly helpful to scholars and students who are seeking insights into the emerging field of fundamental rights for non-humans. The book also benefits theoretically-minded lawyers, judges, and policymakers who are considering the foundational issues that shape the development of animal rights, AI rights, and rights of nature.

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Implementation of Sustainable Development in the Global South Strategies, Innovations, and Challenges

Edited by Sumaiya Khair, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Shawkat Alam, Macquarie University, Australia & Muhammad Ekramul Haque, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh The advent of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda have contributed to the deepening of the concept of sustainable development within global and national policy schemes. The key concern now is how this can be achieved equitably by reconciling competing priorities and concerns of the Global South and the Global North. While the Global South countries are eager to adopt the 2030 Agenda in their respective policy frameworks, local contexts are often at odds with the global model of sustainable development.

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considers the challenges of integrating sustainable development in national policy frameworks. It explores the emerging patterns and processes of development projects that have either succeeded or failed, critical reflections on what has been achieved and whose interests the projects served, and the costs and benefits of particular interventions.

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China’s Global Energy Expansion A Regulatory Assessment

Xiaohan Gong, Macau University of Science and Technology, China Should Chinese energy investments be excluded from the liberal economic system based on geopolitical assessments only?

This book explores the potential regulatory control by the Chinese government over foreign energy investments to achieve their perceived strategic objectives.

Host states in which Chinese energy companies make investments have increasingly opposed Chinese energy investments in their national security reviews, based on concerns that these investments have strategic objectives. The book analyses China’s investment-related law, regulations, and energy policies to examine how overseas energy investment-making is governed. The book also explores the role of the Chinese government in energy investment promotion and protection.

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Uniquely, the examination of China’s potential regulatory control provides an objective criterion, rather than geopolitical considerations, for host states to assess the nature of Chinese energy investments.

The book helps readers to open the ‘black box’ of Chinese energy investments from a regulatory perspective. It is a useful resource for researchers as well as practising lawyers assisting their Chinese clients through national security reviews, or when trying to determine whether China’s SOEs can bring cases before investor-state arbitration tribunals.

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EU External Relations Law

EU Competence and Power

Text, Cases and Materials

Hannah Bogaert, Freshfields, Belgium

Edited by Ramses A Wessel, University of Groningen, the Netherlands & Joris Larik, Leiden University The first edition of this textbook made an impact on the teaching of EU external relations law. This third edition continues to be the leading text in the field. It retains its hallmark dual perspective, looking at questions from the EU constitutional law perspective (the principles, powers, and the role of the Court of Justice of the EU); and the international law perspective (the effect of international law, the position of the EU in international organisations such as the WTO). It continues to explore key policy areas such as trade, security and defence, police and judicial cooperation, the environment, human rights, drawing on the expertise of leading scholars in these fields. The books’ 'text, cases and materials' approach, allows students to gain a thorough understanding of how EU law has developed, its judicial interpretation and scholarly appraisal. Lastly, each chapter concludes with a section entitled 'The Big Picture of EU External Relations Law', which weaves together the diverse and complex materials into a coherent whole and stimulates critical discussion of the topics covered. The new edition expands the policy documents and engages more deeply with scholarly discussions in the field. The text has benefited from student assistants’ participation to advise on writing style and approach, ensuring ease of use and comprehension.

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This innovative book identifies and explains the concepts that determine whether the EU may act.

‘Competence' is about more than competence alone: there is also power.

Competence is the field in which the EU may act; power is the EU institutions’ actual authorisation to act in a field of EU competence. Through a rigorous examination of legal disputes that involve the EU treaties, legislation, case law, and archival evidence, this book illustrates how competence and power differ and why recognising this distinction leads to a more nuanced and precise analysis of whether the EU may act. This will be of interest to EU law scholars and practitioners, but also to international law specialists.

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Modern Studies in European Law

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Dealing with Rule of Law Crises in the European Union

EU Cities Facilitating the Commons

Niels F Kirst, Dublin City University, Ireland

Chiara Salati, Eurac Research Institute for Comparative Federalism, Italy

This book offers a powerful new lens on one of the EU’s most pressing challenges: the erosion of the rule of law.

This book explores the role of cities in the EU in facilitating civic participation through the commons (CPC), through the prism of constitutional principles.

A must-read for anyone concerned with the future of democracy in Europe, the book places the EU’s struggle in a broader comparative context, arguing that these challenges are not unique to the European Union. Drawing on the historical experience of the USA – a federal system that has weathered its own periods of constitutional backsliding – the book explores how similar crises have been addressed elsewhere.

It fills a gap by providing a much-needed theoretical framework for commonsoriented initiatives. It focuses on democracy, participation, local governments and cities, by looking at the two legal orders of the European Union and the Council of Europe. At its core is the case study of Italy, where there is institutionalised collaboration between society and the State in over 320 cities. It shows that by leveraging the four key European constitutional principles of participation, local self-government, subsidiarity and solidarity, all EU cities can act as drivers of the commons. A fascinating and innovative exploration of civic participation through the commons that reinforces local democracy.

Challenges from a Comparative Federalism Perspective

Building Blocks of European Constitutional Law for Local Democracy

By comparing judicial, institutional and financial responses across the EU and the USA, the book identifies common patterns, divergent strategies, and insights into how the rule of law can be safeguarded in the Member States. It highlights the structural similarities between the two legal systems and offers fresh insights into how federal unions can respond to democratic erosion.

With detailed analysis of both past and present rule of law challenges, this book offers valuable insights for legal scholars, policymakers, and practitioners working to resolve the rule of law of crisis and uphold democratic values within the EU and beyond.

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Europe’s New Frontiers

Law, Crisis, Governance, Constitutional Transformations, Volume 1 Edited by Leone Niglia, University of Exeter, UK

EU Citizenship and Responsibility

The Evolving Roles of the Union, the Individual, and the Member States

In this book, leading commentators explore the new concept of ‘crisis governance constitutionalism’ in order to better understand how the EU is changed by times of crisis management.

Maria Haag, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

European integration has become controversial due to the many crises: Brexit, the pandemic, migrations, energy crisis, the Ukraine war. Drawing on historical resources, the collection’s expert essays show that rather than offer something completely new, crisis governance constitutionalism coexists with longestablished constitutionalist narratives of EU integration.

Firstly, it examines the responsibility of all four protagonists in EU citizenship law (the individual, the home and host Member States, and the Union itself), providing a more holistic understanding of EU citizenship. Secondly, it challenges a prevailing narrative that nationality plays a declining role, arguing instead that the continued significance of the home Member State reinforces rather than weakens the protections of EU citizenship. Finally, it presents individual EU citizens in a more nuanced light, highlighting both their rights and responsibilities. This approach provides a richer understanding, allowing for a meaningful assessment of EU citizenship as it stands at a crossroads.

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Modern Studies in European Law

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Structural Principles of EU Law

The Hidden Virtues of Discretionary Power in European Migration Law

Marcus Klamert, University of Graz, Austria This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of the principles shaping EU law: autonomy, conferral, equality, national identity, loyalty, solidarity, supremacy and effectiveness.

Much has been written about principles of EU law inspired by national law, such as fundamental rights, but what of the principles that are specific to EU law? The book discusses the origins of the EU’s structural principles, where they are located, and how they are applied in practice. The author proposes that these principles are deeply interrelated and ensure the legal unity and uniformity of EU law. Their role in the EU's external relations is also explored.

This book brings a much-needed focus to the network of structural principles upholding the EU's constitutional order.

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Jonas Bornemann, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland This book explores discretionary decision-making in migration systems in Europe. It investigates how European law influences the existence, exercise and effects of discretion.

Firstly, it argues that national lawmakers often regard discretionary decisionmaking as the most viable option to accommodate standards of European law in their national migration systems. Secondly, the book shows how the exercise of this power has changed from an area of free choice to an instance of legally instructed decision-making. Ultimately, it illustrates how both the proliferation and transformation of discretionary decision-making have improved the legal position of migrants in the European Union, providing a compelling interpretation of a key field of EU law.

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Activating Human and Fundamental Rights Before the European Courts Edited by Elise Muir, KU Leuven, Belgium, Sacha Garben, College of Europe & Inge Govaere, Ghent University and College of Europe, Belgium This open access book adds a new dimension to the long-standing research on the co-existence of European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU, and their inter-related action and explicit interaction.

As the two Courts are increasingly called upon to interpret corresponding rights, particularly owing to the ever-growing importance of fundamental rights in the EU legal order, the stakes intensify. Prior studies have mostly focused on the constitutional and substantive issues connected to this interaction. This book focuses on another dimension: the lesser-told yet fascinating tale of two – increasingly substantively overlapping – European-level judicial systems with their own Modern Studies in European Law UK May 2026 • US April 2026 480 Pages PB 9781509987733 • £49.99 / $67.95 HB 9781509987696 • £100.00 / $135.00 ePDF 9781509987719 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781509987702 • £0.00 / $0.00 Hart Publishing

procedures and institutional idiosyncrasies, their own terminology, and with their own epistemic communities of practitioners and scholars, and their own relationship to national law.

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Judging Composite Decision-Making

The Transformation of European Administrative Law Filipe Brito Bastos, NOVA School of Law, Portugal This book examines the European Court of Justice’s principles relating to composite decision-making.

Through rigorous case law analysis, it shows how these rely on national and Union observance of rule of law requirements, under what the book calls the ‘Unitary Protection’ doctrine. It explores the theoretical dimension of this doctrine, illustrating how it represents a departure from the EU’s foundational federalist approach to administrative law. This fills a long-standing gap in the literature and in our full understanding of composite decision-making, a key tenet of EU law. EU constitutional and administrative law scholars will be fascinated by this compelling study.

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The European Convention on Human Rights and Private Law Comparative Perspectives from South-Eastern Europe

Edited by Mateja Durovic, King's College London, UK & Cristina Poncibò, University of Turin, Italy In this book a team of expert contributors address challenging issues concerning the relationship between private law and the rule of law and human rights, with specific focus on case studies from South-Eastern Europe.

The book examines the broadening application of human rights to the private law fields and the resulting effects.

Contributors offer a truly interdisciplinary perspective drawn from comparative law, civil law, procedural law and public law.

By so doing, for the first time, they offer insights into the fascinating questions the region poses for private law and human rights.

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The European Union and Human Rights Understanding a Singular Regional Player

Cecilia Rizcallah, UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, Belgium This open access book provides a comprehensive exploration of the EU’s role, as a regional international organisation, in the protection of human rights within national legal orders.

Emphasising the distinctive features of this contribution, it brings clarity for both EU and non-EU lawyers, particularly scholars of public and human rights law. By taking a cross-cutting approach—examining the capacity, nature, and adjudication of EU Fundamental Rights Law—it expertly navigates the intricacies of this system. Moreover, it advocates for a political turn in EU Fundamental Rights Law—one that enables European society to meaningfully engage with the deeper issues underpinning this legal framework.

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Quelling Insurrection

Lethal force, Human Rights and the Laws of War David John Bicknell, King’s College London, UK This book re-examines the origins and development of the laws of war and human rights law and exposes an over-looked provision of the European Convention on Human Rights which permits the use of lethal force where absolutely necessary to quell an insurrection.

When civilian casualties occur in internal armed conflicts, questions are asked about how civilians can be better protected against the use of force by armed insurgents and state security forces. The laws of war include protection against the targeting of civilians but permit the use of force based on ‘military necessity’ and ‘proportionate’ civilian casualties. Where those laws do not apply, the use of force is generally seen as being limited to self–defence. This creates paradigms of armed UK February 2026 • US March 2026 224 Pages PB 9781509992263 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509992225 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509992249 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509992232 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

conflict and law–enforcement with very different rules. The paradigms are then treated by governments and other actors as being separate and divided by a threshold of violence, when, in practice, they overlap, both in the conduct of military operations and, this book argues, as a matter of law.

Revisiting the law provides the opportunity to reassess the benefits and risks of the existing paradigms and consider how applying the provision permitting the use of lethal force in quelling an insurrection would affect them.

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In Conversation with Eleanor Sharpston A Life, A Journey

Adam Lazowski, University of Westminster, UK & Eleanor Sharpston, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg What was behind a legal life lived in the spotlight? In this extended conversation between Professor Adam Lazowski and Dame Eleanor Sharpston KC, one of the most important European lawyers of her generation, two friends lift the curtain on what was happening backstage.

Over nine chapters, they discuss Eleanor’s early life, her university years, and her parallel career at the Bar and in academe.

They move on to consider her leading cases in the English courts, which included Brown and Others (Operation Spanner) and the Metric Martyr, before laying out a thoughtful insider’s assessment of her time on the Bench at the Court of Justice of the European Union in Luxembourg. The closing chapter of the book is dedicated to current events, including the rule of law UK May 2026 • US April 2026 384 Pages PB 9781509992362 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509992324 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509992348 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509992331 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

crisis and the future of European integration. A candid, illuminating and often amusing discussion with a transformative European lawyer.

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Emergency and EU Law

The Case of Covid-19, Climate Change and Migration Edited by Sanja Bogojevic, University of Oxford, UK & Xavier Groussot, Lund University, Sweden How should EU law respond to emergencies? More specifically, to what degree can fundamental rights be suspended in order to respond to an unprecedented crises?

These questions are at the core of this open access book, asked initially in response to COVID-19 and its resulting restrictions but then as a more general conceptual examination. It looks at the question over five parts; opening with two general aspects: constitutional law and governance. It then takes a more applied approach, looking at three case studies: migration, climate change, and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic. Fascinating, insightful and considered, it ensures lessons can be learnt.

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The Italian Influence on European Law Judges and Advocates General (1952-2000)

Edited by Daniele Gallo, LUISS University, Italy, Roberto Mastroianni, University of Naples ’Federico II‘, Italy, Fernanda G. Nicola, Washington College of Law, USA & Lorenzo Cecchetti, Luiss University, Italy Drawing on expertise from across the worlds of the judiciary, the bar, and legal academia, this book provides fascinating insights into the role of a key Member State and how its legal influence informs the wider Union’s development.

This collection sheds light on the Italian influence on European law by examining the judicial biographies of Italian judges and advocates general during almost five decades of the European Union. It explores the national ties of judges and advocates general to their Member States, to better understand the continuous relationship between the members of the EU judiciary and their Member States’ governments and how they practise the principle of judicial independence, a central pillar EU Law in the Member States

of the ECJ’s rule of law jurisprudence.

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Shaping a Genuine Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Edited by Koen Lenaerts, European Court of Justice, Luxembourg, Eugene Regan, Court of Justice, Luxembourg, Ulla Neergaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark & Karsten Engsig Sørensen, Aarhus University, Denmark This book provides an ambitious assessment of the increasing importance of case law in the field of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice on the evolution of EU law.

In recent years the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) has occupied an increasingly prominent place in the working of the European Union and by extension the Court of Justice (CJEU). Over three parts the book looks at the framework of the AFSJ, its workings, and finally the impact of EU law upon it. The collection provides remarkable insights into the growing importance of the AFSJ and how EU law has evolved in light of this.

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Pursuit of Legal Harmony in a Turbulent Europe Essays in Honour of Eleanor Sharpston

Edited by Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge, UK, Adam Lazowski, University of Westminster, UK & Daniel Sarmiento, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain This masterful work brings together the crème de la crème of EU law academics and practitioners in celebration of the life and work of Eleanor Sharpston, KC. As one of the foremost Advocates General serving the Court of Justice, her opinions shaped various aspects of EU procedural and substantive law. Many of them have quickly become classics (Ruiz Zambrano, Sturgeon, Miles, Bougnaoui, and Farrell II) and they will continue to shape EU law for decades to come. Her contribution and legacy is expertly assessed over six parts of this book spanning: her career: EU constitutional law; fundamental rights and citizenship; litigation; internal UK April 2026 • US April 2026 market; and external relations. This is a worthy commentary on a truly remarkable legal legacy.

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The EU’s Human Rights Responsibility Gap

Deconstructing Human Rights Impunity of International Organisations Joyce De Coninck, Ghent University, Belgium Can the EU be held legally responsible for its contributions to human rights harms in its Integrated Border Management policy? Or do systemic legal design flaws in the EU's human rights responsibility regime give rise to a significant responsibility gap?

This book delves into these pressing questions, offering a transversal analysis of applicable legal frameworks under international and EU law. Divided into three parts, the book first analyses the international and EU human rights responsibility frameworks, revealing both ‘normative incongruency’ as well as ‘liability incongruency’. Part two applies these frameworks to specific illustrations within the four tiers of the EU’s Integrated Border Management, exposing the critical UK May 2026 • US May 2026 336 Pages HB 9781509977352 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781509977390 • £41.99 / $57.95 ePDF 9781509977376 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781509977369 • £76.50 / $103.50 Hart Publishing

points where responsibility falters. Building on these findings and drawing from shared responsibility and relationality theories, part three briefly introduces 'Relational Human Rights Responsibility' as an alternative method to ascertaining human rights responsibility of the EU specifically, and international organisations more generally.

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The Danish EU Opt-Outs

Their Legal Significance, Past and Present Christian Thorning, Lawyer, Denmark This book offers the first comprehensive legal study dedicated to the understanding of the Danish EU opt-outs.

The impact of these is significant, falling as they do within Union citizenship, the euro, defense cooperation and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Through a re-examination of the opt-outs individually, collectively and temporally, the book sheds light on their legal design and their interplay between international law, EU law and national law. This pioneering book takes a legal-doctrinal approach, which provides readers with a solid understanding of the opt-outs. Academics, judges and European Union civil servants will find this invaluable.

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Statistics in the Law of Evidence Nicholas Lennings, 12 Wentworth Selborne Chambers, Australia This book evaluates the role played by statistical evidence in litigation. Despite the increasing prevalence of statistical evidence in modern litigation, how such evidence should be admitted and used by courts is often inconsistent and widely criticised. Accepting that statistical evidence can lead to more accurate decisions, the book proposes criteria that could allow courts to decide that statistical evidence is good for fact-finding.

The many and varied scholarly debates regarding statistical evidence have by and large avoided judicial attention. Unlike previous works, this book contextualises those debates in the language and practice of evidence law, focusing principally on Australia, as well as the UK and the USA. UK May 2026 • US May 2026 272 Pages HB 9781509957330 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781509957378 • £42.99 / $58.95 ePDF 9781509957354 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781509957347 • £76.50 / $103.50 Hart Publishing

It does so by identifying that the controversy around statistical evidence follows the three-tiered statistical syllogism underlying statistical inference: first, whether statistical evidence is capable of establishing an association between phenomena in a state of nature; second, inferring that phenomena to an individual from the general association; and third, whether statistical evidence can be sufficient for proof of contested facts. Objections are said to arise at each level of this syllogism and, by mapping these objections onto evidence law, the book argues that a pathway for the judicial evaluation of statistical evidence can be constructed.

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Double Trouble

Bigamy and the Law in England and Wales, 1604-2024 Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter, UK This book provides the first in-depth study of the crime of bigamy from the 17th century to the present day.

Between 1604 and 2024, around 30,000 individuals were prosecuted for bigamy in England and Wales. A few were able to establish a defence to the charge, but most were convicted. How they were punished varied hugely across the centuries – from execution, branding, whipping, transportation, and imprisonment through to fines and community service.

Double Trouble details the legal framework that underpinned such prosecutions. As a companion volume to Double Lives: Stories of Bigamy in England and Wales, 1604-2024, it sets the offence in the context of the changing laws on marriage and UK May 2026 • US May 2026 384 Pages PB 9781509979424 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509979455 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePDF 9781509979431 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781509979448 • £85.50 / $117.00 Hart Publishing

divorce, and examines the consequences of bigamy for those involved, including the remedies that were available to the often-deceived second spouse.

Drawing on a wide array of sources from the 17th century to the present day, including formal law reports, legal treatises, newspapers, censuses, parish registers, divorce petitions, and Parliamentary debates, this book shows how bigamy should be taken seriously as an offence that all too often involved deception, abandonment, and heartbreak.

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Double Lives

Stories of Bigamy in England and Wales, 1604-2024 Rebecca Probert, University of Exeter, UK A woman remarries after hearing that her husband has drowned, only for him to turn up alive and well. Was she now a criminal? A deserted husband, unable to afford a divorce, finds happiness in a new union. How many did the same? A conman advertises for a wife and then disappears with her lifesavings; he has already done the same to many other women.

How was he brought to justice?

These are just a few of the hundreds of bigamous remarriages put under the microscope in Double Lives. As a companion volume to Double Trouble: Bigamy and the Law in England and Wales, 1604-2024, this book goes behind the law reports to reconstruct the stories of those involved. Drawing on archival sources, pamphlets, newspapers, census data, parish UK May 2026 • US May 2026 368 Pages PB 9781509979516 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509979486 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePDF 9781509979493 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781509979479 • £85.50 / $117.00 Hart Publishing

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registers, divorce petitions, and family histories, it shows the different forms that bigamy might take – accidental, consensual, deceptive, or exploitative – and how bigamists’ stories in turn helped to shape the law.

Double Lives shows how bigamy should not be dismissed as a comical or victimless crime. Every case had its own complex mix of desire and deception, and, all too often, heartbreak for someone.

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Private Sponsorship of Refugees in Europe Chiara Berneri, Open University, UK This open access book focuses on private sponsorship of refugees, which has slowly begun to increase the opportunities for refugees to start new lives in Europe, without putting themselves or their families at risk from perilous journeys.

After contextualising the phenomenon and describing the most notable European programmes, the book argues that private sponsorship schemes characterised by naming and additionality should be further explored and trialled within Europe.

Having considered the phenomenon from both theoretical and practical viewpoints, the book argues that this would be possible by balancing private sponsors’ claims with state sovereignty, in matters such as welfare, integration and security.

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Family Law Reform Now Proposals and Critique

Edited by Charlotte Bendall, University of Birmingham, UK & Rehana Parveen, University of Birmingham, UK This collection provides a snapshot of big ideas in family law reform.

The book asks: if you could change one part of family law, what would it be? This deceptively simple question is answered by 10 family law experts and debated within the volume by expert respondents.

The book puts the proposal first, forcing authors (and their respondents) to critically engage with what family law should look like, and where the development of law is needed to address the changing landscape of family life. Cultural and religious plurality, the use of technology, and changes in societal attitudes have all had an impact on the continuing evolution of UK May 2026 • US May 2026 352 Pages HB 9781509962181 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781509962228 • £44.99 / $60.95 ePDF 9781509962204 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509962198 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

families. As a consequence, the law has some complex challenges to address in its attempt to regulate familial diversity.

This book is an invaluable resource for scholars of family law, practitioners, policymakers, or anyone more broadly interested in family law reform, and serves as a companion to Hart Publishing's landmark Criminal Law Reform Now.

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Wards of Court and the Inherent Jurisdiction Rob George, University College London, UK This open access book explores the High Court’s powers under its inherent jurisdiction and wardship in relation to children and incapacitous and vulnerable adults.

The book introduces the inherent jurisdiction and investigates its place in the modern law. Part 1 provides a comprehensive history of the inherent jurisdiction, before giving a detailed account of the core principles and procedure applicable today, and comparing the approaches taken in Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Part 2 considers the court’s use of its inherent jurisdiction in specific categories of case, including child abduction, medical decision-making about children, child protection, incapacitous and vulnerable adults.

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Despite its ancient roots, the inherent jurisdiction is relied on by High Court judges on a daily basis, in both everyday and cutting-edge cases. This book argues that the court’s approach to some of these cases is justified, but that judges often make unnecessary and inappropriate use of the inherent jurisdiction.

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Feminist Legal Activism in India Tanja Herklotz, Berlin Social Science Centre, Germany This open access book examines the work of feminists engaging with legislative lobbying and strategic litigation in their fight for equality and self-determination.

Across the world, feminists engage in legal activism. This book showcases the ways in which feminists in India have been particularly successful in their legal interventions such as legislative lobbying and strategic litigation.

The book looks at eight national campaigns for law reform waged by the protagonists of the Indian women’s movement between the 1970s and today, addressing sexual assault, domestic violence, and family law, among other issues. Using UK June 2026 • US June 2026 256 Pages PB 9781509985722 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509985685 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509985708 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781509985692 • £0.00 / $0.00 Hart Publishing

interviews and other primary source materials, it illustrates how women’s rights activists and feminist lawyers think about the law and how they work to make the law more gender-just. The book develops a multi-faceted approach to understanding feminist legal activism and shows how activists’ strategies, constitutional rights, the responsiveness of courts and parliaments, and socio-cultural factors impact the outcome of legal activism.

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Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights Fiona de Londras, University of Birmingham, UK & Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou, University of Liverpool Law School, Liverpool, UK The 2nd edition of Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights encourages deep and critical engagement with the Convention, the Court, and the European system for human rights protection.

The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is widely hailed as the most successful regional human rights instrument. In each of the 46 countries contracted to the Convention, the ECHR has an everyday impact, shaping law and public policy and being argued in domestic courts.

Law schools in the UK and Europe generally focus on the case law of the Convention and approach it on an article-by-article Great Debates in Law UK February 2026 • US January 2026 248 Pages HB 9781350469266 • £110.00 / $150.00 PB 9781350456198 • £33.99 / $46.95 ePDF 9781350469273 • £30.59 / $42.25 ePub 9781350469280 • £30.59 / $42.25 Hart Publishing

basis. This grounding in the Convention, the jurisprudence of the Court, and the emerging contestations around whether the Convention properly protects the rights of marginalised and vulnerable groups is a vital foundation for understanding the Convention. However, the law relating to the ECHR is voluminous, and many courses are only able to concentrate on some of the most well-known case law, and some topics of particular contention.

Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights builds upon the 'nuts and bolts' grounding in the Convention and workings of the Court. It offers a unique thematic approach to thinking and learning about the Convention.

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A Rights-Based Inter-Legal Approach to Artificial Intelligence Sümeyye Elif Biber, University of Luxembourg This groundbreaking book delves into this pressing question by critically analysing the limitations of current regulatory frameworks, including the Artificial Intelligence Act, the General Data Protection Regulation, and European human rights law.

Drawing on leading judgments from the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the European Union, the book explores real-world case studies of AI systems employed by public authorities, highlighting their impact on fundamental rights.

Arguing that the EU's risk-based regulation approach falls short in protecting fundamental and human rights, the author introduces a compelling alternative: a rights-based inter-legal approach grounded in the theory of inter-legality. This innovative framework emphasises the "publicness" and "inter-systemic" nature of AI, advocating for a lifecycle perspective— UK May 2026 • US May 2026 288 Pages PB 9781509979059 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509979011 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509979035 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509979028 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

from design to deployment and beyond.

Rich with legal insights and practical methodology, this book presents a three-step adjudication model to integrate the interlegal approach into European legal practice, paving the way for a more robust protection of fundamental principles, rules, and rights in the AI era. Essential reading for scholars, policymakers, and practitioners, this work redefines how Europe can lead the charge in responsible AI regulation.

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The Deaf Legal Dilemma Challenging Equality Law

Rob Wilks, University of West England, UK Despite legal frameworks that claim to guarantee equal treatment, Deaf people continue to face entrenched inequalities – what the author calls the "Deaf Legal Exclusion". This book introduces the "Deaf Legal Dilemma" – the mismatch between legal protections and lived realities – and exposes how the law categorises Deaf people solely as disabled, overlooking their status as a distinct cultural and linguistic group.

Drawing on doctrinal and socio-legal analysis of the Equality Act 2010, case law of the European Court of Human Rights, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the book critiques how equality law relies on narrow definitions of fairness. It explores the precepts of equality – formal, substantive, and transformative – and assesses their Hart Studies in Disability, Law, and Justice UK June 2026 • US June 2026 272 Pages PB 9781509980628 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509980666 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509980642 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509980659 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

ability to reflect Deaf people’s experiences.

In response, the author sets out a series of "Deaf Equality Concepts" that reimagine what equality could mean if Deaf people’s language, culture, and collective identity were taken seriously. From Deaf schools to sign language recognition, the book shows how Deaf communities are pushing for structural change and cultural recognition – not just token adjustments – revealing the "Deaf Legal Illusion" at the heart of the system.

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Associational Life and Freedom Insights from Philosophy and Law

Edited by Maria Cahill, University College Cork, Ireland & Giulia Lasagni, University College, Cork, Ireland What is the reality of what it is to participate in associations, such as sports clubs, charities, trade unions, or political parties?

This book explores the complexities surrounding the right of association from a legal and philosophical perspective.

Legal chapters explore how the right is protected in jurisdictions as diverse as Chile, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, Slovenia, Türkiye and the United Kingdom, alongside thematic chapters on judicial review, associational schism and the lived experience of associational participation. Philosophical chapters employ social ontology to illuminate the nature of group interaction and the reality of associational life.

Human Rights Law in Perspective

Offering the first interdisciplinary examination of freedom of association, this collection contributes significantly to our

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understanding of this fundamental right.

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Rethinking Human Rights

Critical Insights from Palestinian Youth Erika Jiménez, Queen's University Belfast, UK Palestinians have used the language of human rights to articulate their struggle against the Israeli occupation and internationalise the injustices they face. Palestinian young people learning about human rights at school experience a dissonance between the aspirational and internationalised framework of those norms and the layers of injustice of their own lived experience. Drawing on research in the occupied West Bank, this book explores the three layers of marginalisation faced by Palestinian young people – the Israeli occupation that denies them their humanity; the Palestinian pseudo-state that denies them a voice; and patriarchal structures that deny them agency – to show how these barriers influence their understanding of, and scepticism towards, human rights. Influenced by decolonial theories, this book illuminates how space needs to be created for the counter-narratives of the oppressed in human rights discourse, which may not align with more Human Rights Law in Perspective

conventional representations of human rights. It contends that human rights and, by extension, human rights education in

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the Palestinian context (and beyond) needs to be critiqued, decolonised and ultimately transformed.

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Are Minority Rights (Still) Human Rights?

Edited by Miodrag Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia & Ana Zdravkovic, Institute of Comparative Law, Serbia Marking the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 25th anniversary of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities and European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, this book investigates to what extent minority rights can, or should, be treated as part of the human rights regime.

Internationally renowned experts, both scholars and practitioners, critically assess the current state of protection from different disciplinary perspectives. Key themes include the historical trajectory from the League of Nations to ICCPR Article 27, the ‘persons-belonging-to’ formula, tensions between individual and collective protection, differences in normativity, and the absence of a universally binding definition of ‘minority’, with implications for non-derogability, enforcement, and sovereignty.

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Designed for students, researchers, and practitioners of international human rights law, European human rights, and minority protection, the volume provides a multi-disciplinary map of doctrine and practice and a focused resource for courses in public international law, particularly human rights law, European law, and minority rights.

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Stopping the Deportation Machine

One Immigrant Student's Arrest and the Kids Who Took on Washington to Get Him Back Bryan Christopher, Riverside High School Stopping the Deportation Machine tells the true story of one undocumented student’s journey to America to escape death threats, reunite with his family, and pursue an education. In the blink of an eye, Wildin Acosta’s dream of becoming the first member of his family to graduate high school in the United States turned into a nightmare when undercover immigration agents in Durham, North Carolina, arrested him one morning before school, intending to deport him to his native Honduras.

This is a book about immigration, education, and community. Written by the school’s journalism teacher, it also tells the story of one educator’s awakening to the plight of undocumented students and a system that sometimes treats them as little more than cogs in a deportation machine. Based in part on accounts by student journalists and extensive interviews with Wildin UK September 2025 • US September 2025 304 Pages HB 9798881808969 • £30.00 / $36.00 ePDF 9798765154991 • £27.00 / $32.40 ePub 9798881808976 • £27.00 / $32.40 Bloomsbury Academic

Acosta, Christopher tells the story of how, with assistance from teachers, community leaders, and elected officials, four high school students fought all the way to Washington, DC, to get Wildin released from a government detention center and back in school.

Stopping the Machine breaks through the polarized rhetoric to put a human face on a problem that resides in communities across the nation.

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Insurability of Emerging Risks Law, Theory and Practice

Edited by Baris Soyer, Swansea University, UK & Özlem Gürses, King’s College London, UK This book brings together leading experts in the fields of insurance and the law of obligations to consider how insurance law is attempting to deal with emerging risks.

Emerging risks pose significant challenges for the insurance industry. Apart from difficulties in quantifying such risks, the availability of insurance capacity is often a concern. The book looks at these issues from philosophical, economic and actuarial perspectives. It asks how far existing private law rules can cope with emerging risks, and in so far as they cannot, how the law should be developed by courts and lawmakers to deal with the emerging legal issues.

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The book questions the suitability of the current insurance business models in insuring climate-related risks, autonomous systems, insurance of fines and penalties; as well as how mass or systemic risks (eg pandemics or cyber risks) can be made insurable through ‘add on’ coverages to the conventional insurance policies. It also evaluates governments' roles to encourage insurers to provide cover for such risks and discusses how a balance can be struck between the need to regulate and the insurance markets' dynamics.

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Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Patents A Handbook

Maximilian Haedicke, Unified Patent Court, France, Marco Stief, Maiwald Patentanwalts- und Rechtsanwalts-GmbH Munich, Germany & Dirk Bühler, Maiwald Patentanwälte, Germany This handbook focuses on German jurisprudence to identify key principles and trends, thereby providing valuable assistance and arguments in other jurisdictions.

Germany is one of the world’s leading jurisdictions for patent litigation. In Europe alone, approximately 60% of patent disputes are heard before courts in Germany. Answers to key questions in patent law and the possible interpretation thereof may be found in case law from German courts.

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Pharmaceutical, biological and chemical patents are key matters in patent law. The fields present multiple challenges and legal disputes, especially in relation to matters of ‘state of the art’ and the different identifications of a substance and the resulting patents. German courts have given valuable insights to resolving globally significant issues.

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Copyright, Contract, and Video Games Terms of Play

Amy Thomas, University of Glasgow, UK In the era of interactive technologies, the player emerges as a vital yet curiously overlooked figure. While copyright law governs the creation and distribution of these technologies, it sidesteps the player, leaving private contracts to define their role and obligations. Using video games as a case study, this book fills the gap left by copyright law, offering an innovative socio-legal methodology to interrogate and challenge harmful contractual norms.

By analysing contracts as a form of critical discourse, the book exposes the contradictions and idealisations embedded in these agreements, which often serve to reinforce industry priorities. With its fresh perspective on the interplay of copyright, contract, and cultural participation, the book redefines the player's role in a rapidly evolving digital landscape, offering new UK May 2026 • US May 2026 208 Pages PB 9781509988020 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509988068 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509988044 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509988051 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

tools to understand and critique the legal frameworks shaping this most interactive of industries.

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Indiscriminate and Disproportionate Attacks in International Law Bridging the Accountability Gap

Luigi Daniele, University of Molise, Italy This book unveils gaps, inconsistencies, and barriers to accountability emerging from the intersections between IHL and ICL in the definition and treatment of indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks as jus in bello violations.

The book identifies and explains the unresolved legal problems surrounding the prevention and control of indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks as international war crimes, and critically unpacks the macroscopic implications of these problems for international adjudications. It goes on to address the challenges posed by these attacks as key causes of civilian victimization in war.

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The author demonstrates that the Rome Statute of the ICC, legibus sic stantibus, does not allow to prosecute and punish the most recurring forms of indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks, crucially impairing the ability of this institution to pursue the objectives declared by its founding treaty. It concludes by offering two amendment proposals for the Rome Statute to bridge the gaps and overcome the antinomies identified.

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International Sales Law A Guide to the CISG

Ingeborg Schwenzer, University of Basel, Switzerland, Christiana Fountoulakis, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Mariel Dimsey, CMS Hong Kong, Maren Wibke Weigl, CMS Hong Kong LLP, Patrick Wittum, Harvard Law School, USA & Aydin Sari, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Offering a fully updated range of materials, this casebook is an excellent starting point for learning about the CISG Convention and is particularly useful for students, international trade lawyers, and practitioners.

The commentary on each article is accompanied by extracts from cases and associated comparative materials, as well as references to important trade usages such as the INCOTERMS® 2020. The book features an updated selection of the most significant cases, each of which has been abridged to enable the reader to focus on its essential features and the relevant UK April 2026 • US April 2026 800 Pages HB 9781509994373 • £190.00 / $260.00 PB 9781509994298 • £64.99 / $89.95 ePDF 9781509994311 • £58.49 / $80.95 ePub 9781509994304 • £58.49 / $80.95 Hart Publishing

questions arising from it.

The case extracts are accompanied by a comprehensive overview of parallel provisions in other international instruments, uniform projects, and domestic laws. A companion website provides sample questions and answers, which students can use to test their knowledge. The analyses, cases, texts, and questions are designed to draw attention to the particular issues surrounding specific CISG provisions and to provoke careful consideration of possible solutions.

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Public Procurement and Contract Law Exploring Intersections, Defining Boundaries

Edited by Marta Andhov, University of Auckland, New Zealand,, Michal Kania, University of Silesia, Poland & Sylvie Cécile Cavaleri, University of Copenhagen, Denmark This open access anthology explores intersections and boundaries between public procurement and contract law, examining how these legal regimes diverge, influence, and occasionally overlap during the performance stage of public contracts.

While public procurement processes are largely harmonised across Europe through the EU Public Procurement Directives, the performance phase is only partially regulated. Much of public contract implementation remains subject to national laws, governed through a combination of administrative and contract law. This gives rise to the questions: Does public procurement law fully occupy the legal space of public contract performance? In which instances does contract law retain UK May 2026 • US May 2026 464 Pages PB 9781509989416 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509989454 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePDF 9781509989430 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781509989447 • £0.00 / $0.00 Hart Publishing

relevance? To what extent do the answers to these questions vary depending on the regulatory model of a given jurisdiction?

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International Economic Dispute Settlement in Africa Courts and Arbitral Tribunals as Socio-Legal Actors

Harrison Otieno Mbori, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Winner of the 2024 SIEL–Hart Prize in International Economic Law This book fills the urgent need for a comprehensive understanding of the law, institutions, and processes shaping international economic dispute settlement within and beyond Africa.

African economies are becoming increasingly central in global trade networks. Understanding the continent’s dispute resolution mechanisms is more crucial now than ever. The book systematically analyses the existing sub-regional courts and arbitral tribunals, as well as their roles. It achieves this by focusing on Africa's leading socio-legal actors involved in Studies in International Trade and Investment Law UK June 2026 • US May 2026 288 Pages PB 9781509992911 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509992874 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509992898 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509992881 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

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economic dispute settlement, including African States, transnational corporations, African international law scholars, international organisations, and African emerging transnational actors in arbitration. These 5 pillars create an ecology of socio-legal actors, interacting and intersecting to generate a complex social, political, historical, and legal variation matrix for understanding African international economic dispute settlement.

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The EU Artificial Intelligence Act A Thematic Commentary

Edited by Gianclaudio Malgieri, Leiden University, the Netherlands, Gloria González Fuster, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, Alessandro Mantelero, Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy & Gabriela Zanfir- Fortuna, Future of Privacy Forum, USA This thematic commentary analyses the core provisions and overarching themes of the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act to provide readers with the information needed to understand, situate and implement this new piece of legislation in their practice.

The book offers a rich variety of views on one of the most challenging legal innovations of EU law. It analyses individual provisions exhaustively, where their relevance and complexity require specific analysis to guide their implementation, and UK June 2026 • US June 2026 thematically, where beneficial for a broader view of some of the strategic axes of the Act. Importantly, the chapters unpack 784 Pages connections both within the various components of the EU AI Act itself, as well as with the other key instruments such as the HB 9781509988600 • £225.00 / $305.00 ePDF 9781509988587 • £202.50 / $274.50 Digital Services Act (DSA), the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). ePub 9781509988594 • £202.50 / $274.50 Hart Publishing

The Thematic Commentary thus provides in-depth coverage of key aspects of the EU AI Act, including detailed reviews of rules on prohibited practices, high-risk AI systems, governance structures, measures to support innovation such as regulatory sandboxes, or codes of conduct.

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Regulating Cross-Border Data Access for Law Enforcement Jurisdictional Games

Halefom H Abraha, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Criminal investigations increasingly require access to data held across borders. This gives rise to unique jurisdictional competitions and conflicts of law, as even exclusively domestic criminal investigations necessitate international cooperation when the relevant user data is stored abroad. Traditional systems of cross-border legal cooperation were designed for the pre-internet era and are ill-suited to address these challenges. This has led to extensive calls for reform and the proliferation of new policy initiatives at national, regional, and international levels.

The book maps these emerging policy responses to cross-border data access problems and examines the extent to which they are fit for purpose. It then provides a framework to reconcile the practical necessities of law enforcement seeking digital Hart Studies in Information Law and evidence stored overseas with the territorial sovereignty of the countries hosting that data, the fundamental rights of Regulation individuals whose personal data is being sought, and the interests of technology companies whose cooperation is required.

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It is an essential guide to understanding the different rules, safeguards and procedures that govern law enforcement access to data held by multinational technology companies, and key to future policy development and legal reform.

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Critical Reflections on the EU’s Data Protection Regime GDPR in the Machine

Edited by Róisín Á Costello, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland & Mark Leiser, Mark Leiser, Independent Consultant, UK; formerly of Vrije Universiteit-Amsterdam, the Netherlands The book includes contributions analysing the efficacy of the Regulation’s consent-based model, the struggle to regulate AdTech using the provisions of the GDPR, the controversy surrounding US-EU data sharing and the interaction of the Regulation with EU Fundamental Rights and other secondary laws regulating data.

The book is unique in setting out to record a period of rapid development – and significant challenge – for EU law through its examination of these episodes in the life of the Regulation in a single text. Each chapter examines the changes introduced by the GDPR, analyses the effect of the Regulation in practice, and maps what the next 5 years holds for one of the world’s Hart Studies in Information Law and most influential data privacy laws. The lineup of the editorial and author team reflects the pioneering role of female Regulation academics in data protection and GDPR discourse.

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In highlighting the controversies and conflicts which the Regulation has faced in its first 5 years, the book illuminates the significance of the GDPR’s introduction in advancing our thinking about the function, form, and future of data protection law, and outlines those matters that remain to be resolved as the GDPR moves towards its first decade in force.

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Private Law and Intelligent Machines Continuity and Reform

Baris Soyer, Swansea University, UK & Andrew Tettenborn, Swansea University, UK This book analyses how far new issues emerging as a result of the AI revolution can be accommodated under the common law and how far we may need changes available only by legislation. In doing so, the book takes into account not only doctrinal principles but also conceptual and theoretical foundations of common law.

Over the next few decades, the use of AI in commercial and other transactions is likely to be one of the most disruptive influences ever to affect private law. Its impact will be wide and deep, affecting not simply the traditional areas of contract and tort but also agency, trusts, fiduciary relations and a great deal beside.

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The book discusses how established legal doctrines and principles in private law need to be reconsidered in view of the increasing pervasiveness of intelligent machines capable of taking decisions. The analysis provides a key contribution to ongoing debates regarding potential law reform, not only in England and Wales but also in other common law jurisdictions.

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Data Protection, Privacy and Artificial Intelligence, Volume 18 The World is Watching

Edited by Jonas Breuer, Privacy Salon, Belgium, Dara Hallinan, FIZ Karlsruhe, Germany, Paul De Hert, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium & Manos Roussos, Tilburg University, the Netherlands This book presents insights from the 2025 CPDP.ai international conference, where leading scholars, policy makers, and practitioners examine how Europe’s fast-evolving digital frameworks shape global debates.

The chapters analyse the consolidation of the EU model of AI and data governance, covering topics such as Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments, proportionality, transparency obligations for companion chatbots, and transatlantic contrasts in AI and health-data regulation. Contributors explore how divergent legal traditions influence accountability and democratic oversight, and how emerging duties—such as the duty of loyalty in data processing—could rebalance power between Computers, Privacy and Data Protection UK May 2026 • US May 2026 304 Pages PB 9781509997909 • £34.99 / $28.99 HB 9781509993123 • £55.00 / $75.00 ePDF 9781509993147 • £49.50 / $67.50 ePub 9781509993130 • £49.50 / $67.50 Hart Publishing

citizens and infrastructures.

Opening with The World Is Watching, an artistic and philosophical reflection on perception, opacity, and the more-thanhuman in surveillance societies, the book bridges critical theory and regulatory practice. A dedicated Practitioners’ Corner connects real-world governance experience with academic insight, highlighting pressing challenges for the year ahead.

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The Peaceful Settlement of Inter-State Cyber Disputes Edited by Nicholas Tsagourias, University of Sheffield, UK, Russell Buchan, University of Reading, UK & Daniel Franchini, University of Sheffield, UK By employing theoretical and practical inquiries and analysis, the book examines the legal parameters of cyber dispute settlement; explores critical questions about the role of dispute settlement institutions and methods; and identifies and addresses related challenges.

The book begins by considering the legal definition of a cyber dispute and the scope of the good faith obligation of states in settling their cyber disputes peacefully. It then examines the role of certain institutions (International Court of Justice, national courts, the EU, the Security Council) and methods (judicial, diplomatic, countermeasures, arbitration, conciliation, factfinding) in the settlement of cyber disputes. It also discusses how data disputes can be settled and whether new and UK May 2026 • US May 2026 344 Pages HB 9781509960910 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781509960958 • £44.99 / $60.95 ePDF 9781509960934 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509960927 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

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specialised mechanisms are needed.

The book provides scholars, practitioners and law students with immediate knowledge and understanding of the role of international law in the peaceful settlement of cyber disputes, as well as how international dispute settlement as a discipline and practice can apply to this new field.

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The New Laws of Outer Space

Ethics, Legislation, and Governance in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Ugo Pagallo, University of Turin, Italy Humanity is on the brink of a new space era in which projects for permanent human colonies on the Moon and space missions with autonomous AI systems will soon become a reality. Principles and provisions of international space law fall increasingly short in tackling this scenario. Experts and institutions have recommended improvements to the legal framework, such as new international agreements, or policies that would not require any amendment to conventional law.

Most of the time, such proposals and recommendations overlook the challenges posed by technology and how autonomous and intelligent systems in outer space require moral and legal standards of their own.

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celestial resources needs to be integrated by new laws of outer space regulating cybersecurity law and environmental law, data governance and consumer protection. The new laws of outer space will increasingly concern the development of new standards for the behaviour and decision-making of AI systems and smart robots, with and without humans aboard deep space missions and in next-generation colonies.

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Law, Death, and Robots

The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in High-Risk Civil Applications Keri Grieman, University of Oxford, UK Can the law keep up with AI? This book examines liability and regulation for artificial intelligence causing serious physical harm, both now and in the future.

While AI moves quickly, regulation follows more slowly – an increasing problem for an evolutionary, fast-paced emerging technology. AI has the potential to save lives, but in doing so will have the potential to take them as well. How do we futureproof law and regulation to incentivise life-saving innovation as safely as possible?

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addressing both liability and regulatory structure. It highlights crucial liability themes for technology governance; provides tools to bridge the gap between regulators and technologists; examines jurisdictional approaches to AI regulation in the EU, UK, USA, and Singapore; and ultimately suggests a jurisdiction-agnostic blueprint for regulation.

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Regulating Innovation in the Digital Age

A Demand-Centred Toolbox for the Data-Driven Economy Nikita Divissenko, Utrecht University, the Netherlands This book examines the role, impact, and limitations of regulation as a tool for shaping innovative markets. It contends that the current supply-centred approach is suboptimal in the context of digital innovation and proposes a blueprint for a more demand-conscious approach to regulation.

The book features in-depth case studies of the most recent regulatory initiatives in the EU, including Open Banking, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and the AI Act. It dismantles innovative regulatory instruments, and critically examines their underlying assumptions from an innovation perspective. The new demand-based approach informs the design and use of supply-side market-centred tools, behaviourally-informed demand-side instruments, and technological regulation, by Hart Studies in Commercial and Financial Law UK June 2026 • US June 2026 240 Pages HB 9781509978335 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781509978373 • £44.99 / $60.95 ePDF 9781509978359 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509978342 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

introducing a coherent set of demand-centred considerations.

The book offers a regulatory toolbox recalibrated for the digital age and serves as a practical guide for academics, policymakers, regulators, and legal practitioners seeking to understand and engage with the regulation of innovative markets.

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The Right to Strike Reimagined Edited by Jeffrey Vogt, Solidarity Center, USA, Tonia Novitz, University of Bristol, UK & Judy Fudge, University of Victoria, Canada This open access book speaks to the potential of a reimagined and revitalised right to strike. This right, as it has been conceptualised and regulated in the 20th century, remains insufficient to guarantee the strike’s collective potential in the 21st, in the face of serious and growing threats in the workplace, in society, and for life on this planet. The contributing authors, who are experts in labour law across the globe, identify specific legal and practical obstacles that undermine the exercise of the right to strike. They argue for conceptual and/or regulatory reforms to restore the ability of workers and communities to employ the right to strike according to its original aims – democratisation (in the workplace and society), redistribution (of resources and power), and collective liberation.

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The book will be a vital reference to labour law scholars and practitioners, industrial relations specialists, and policy makers.

At a time when increasing restrictions are being placed on civil liberties and industrial action in many countries, this book offers an important corrective.

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Labour Law, the Cold War, and the Right to Strike A Legal and Political History of Order 1305

K D Ewing, King's College London, UK & Andrew Moretta, Queen Mary University of London, UK This book examines the origins, deployment, and legacy of Order 1305, a measure introduced in 1940 to make it a criminal offence to take part in a strike.

In a deep analysis of Order 1305, the authors provide a reassessment of the role of the State in industrial relations.

Challenging much contemporary learning in labour law, the book is informed by a very detailed engagement with Cabinet and ministerial papers, which highlight the contradictions on the part of government in simultaneously promoting and containing trade union power. These sources also highlight the extent to which trade unions both relied on and were coopted by the State.

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The focus of the book, however, is the role of Order 1305 in the control of trade union activists. Allegations of Communistinspired strikes and the role of the criminal law provided an important function in post-war industrial relations for MI5 and Special Branch. Material unearthed at the National Archives demonstrates unequivocally not only that trade unions were deeply penetrated, but also that trade union activists were the subject of extensive surveillance, as the authors fully reveal.

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The Law and Collective Bargaining

Sources and Patterns of Regulation in the Modern World of Work Edited by Paolo Tomassetti, University of Milan, Italy, Alexis Bugada, Aix-Marseille University, France & Anthony Forsyth, RMIT University, Australia This book examines the relationship between the law and collective bargaining in the modern world of work.

Recognised as a core international labour standard in many countries, collective bargaining is a fundamental institution of post-war democracies. Despite this, traditional collective bargaining systems inherited from the 20th-century industrial era are under pressure. Often linked to falling union density rates, collective agreement coverage has declined in some countries, while in others, high coverage conceals pitfalls such as rising inequality and labour disempowerment. This is the result of internal factors, such as the autonomous organisation and agency of industrial relations institutions, as well as UK February 2026 • US February 2026 248 Pages PB 9781509988075 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509988112 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509988099 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509988105 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

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external factors arising from globalisation, technological transformation, and ‘fissured’ business models which have distanced lead firms from workers, unions and collective action.

Drawing on a tradition of labour law scholarship grounded in legal pluralism, the book explores how legislators and industrial relations institutions are reshaping the law-collective bargaining nexus to cope with these challenges.

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Reimagining Employment Dispute Resolution and Enforcement Sarah Fraser Butlin KC, Univeristy of Cambridge, UK, Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge, UK & Maayan Menashe, University of Cambridge, UK Resolving disputes in the workplace is difficult, expensive and emotionally charged. The current system is broken but what is the answer? Using material from a large-scale empirical study, including a survey of over 200 practitioners, the book examines the problems facing the system. It then examines how these problems are addressed in other jurisdictions both in the UK and in other countries.

The book then considers what can be done. It suggests that by locating labour law disputes within a contract-tort-human rights frame this takes insufficient account of the fundamental emotional and behavioural factors that are in play. The book therefore argues that much can be learnt from the resolution of family law disputes, whether it be in relation to how a UK June 2026 • US June 2026 400 Pages PB 9781509990498 • £44.99 / $116.00 HB 9781509990535 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509990511 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781509990528 • £0.00 / $0.00 Hart Publishing

relationship that has ended can be satisfactorily concluded, or how a relationship with ongoing ties can be managed going forwards. Utilising this theoretical reframing, the book proposes a blueprint for the future of employment dispute resolution.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

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Celebrating Women in Legal History Making and Shaping a Discipline

Edited by Lorren Eldridge, University of Cambridge, UK, Emily Ireland, University of Liverpool, UK & Caroline Derry, The Open University, UK This book champions the work of women in legal history, and their contributions to both the discipline and feminist activism over nearly two centuries. It considers women in academia, which was, in theory, open to women before they could become lawyers in most European countries. And it considers women working beyond the academy: many studied legal history in other ways; in local history societies, through archival work, and via activism.

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reassessment of the discipline. It asks searching questions about what counts as legal history. It demonstrates that work by and about women should appear in our legal history courses, be discussed in our seminars, and be cited in our academic work. If the field of legal history is lively, innovative, and wide-ranging, everyone working in it benefits. By shining a light on undervalued scholarship, and areas which have received insufficient attention, we challenge assumptions in our discipline and advance its methods.

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Deserted Wives and Economic Divorce in 19th-Century England and Wales ‘For Wives Alone’

Jennifer Aston, Northumbria University, UK & Olive Anderson, University of London, UK This book considers Section 21 of the Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 and its significant impact on previously invisible married women in the 19th century.

Tens of thousands of women used this little-known section of the Act to apply for orders from local magistrates' courts to reclaim their rights of testation, inheritance, property ownership, and (dependent on local franchise qualifications) ability to vote. By examining the orders that were made and considering the women who applied for them, the book challenges the mistaken belief that Victorian England and Wales were nations of married, cohabiting couples.

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Using sources including court records, parliamentary papers, newspaper reports, census returns, probate records and trade directories, this book reconstructs the successful – and unsuccessful – experiences of women applying to magistrates’ courts and the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes to protect their assets across regions and decades.

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Essays in Law and History for David Ibbetson Querella

Edited by Joe Sampson, University of Cambridge, UK & Stelios Tofaris, University of Cambridge, UK Over the last 40 years, David Ibbetson has paved the way in a remarkably broad range of fields.

In ancient law, his scholarship has spanned both the detailed doctrine of the Roman law of obligations and the crosspollination of legal influences around the ancient Mediterranean. His work on English legal history has ranged from the earliest days of the common law through to the turn of the 20th century, combining forensic archival research with a sensitivity to how lawyers thought about their subject. In European legal history, he has shown the porousness of the civil law and the extent to which it has been shaped by other areas of intellectual life, from theology to rationalist philosophy.

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The contributions to this volume in his honour mirror both the breadth and the depth of Ibbetson’s scholarship. The book combines chapters from leading legal historians, close colleagues and over a dozen of Ibbetson’s students. Some chapters build upon or respond to Ibbetson’s ideas, others his areas of interest. The contributions are introduced by Ibbetson’s valedictory lecture on the importance of legal history to modern practice and scholarship, and the work yet to be done.

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Legal Rights and the Institutional Imagination Hamish Ross, Robert Gordon University, UK This book presents a contemporary perspective on legal rights centred on the longstanding will theory–interest theory debate. Starting with classical rights literature, central aspects of the debate in its modern idiom are contextualised within a social theory setting developed from the writings of Max Weber.

The book explores the idea that the institutional and coercive character of legal enforcement necessitates viewing legal rights as a locus of social power residing within the ‘institutional imagination’: that is, in the decision-making of key institutional actors such as judges, prosecutors, police, governmental authorities – and ultimately supreme court judges – who routinely mobilise coercive mechanisms towards the enforcement of legal rights and powers. This marks a departure from the trend of rights literature to view legal rights largely from the standpoint of the right-holder.

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The book also touches on whether the emerging perspective points towards a ‘third way’ beyond the traditional two theoretical approaches.

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The Constitution of the Legal Relation A Pragmatist Philosophy of Law

Alexander Somek, University of Vienna, Austria This book defends the relational approach to law from the perspective of human action.

The book begins by exploring how what we take to be law is constituted through the lens of either rational or reasonable conduct. Having examined reasonableness as the unifying theme of natural law theories, it then argues that the form and authority of law originate from resolving a moral antinomy that these theories failed to address. The reasonableness of law resides in the resultant structure and principles of relations in which rights are matched with obligations and powers with liabilities.

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Rather than descending upon us from above in the form of directives, the law emerges from interactive efforts to cope with persistent moral disagreements. Ultimately, the relational approach views the legal rules governing our interactions as based on some common will. The book concludes that, unsurprisingly, modern constitutionalism is to be regarded as a thoroughly pragmatic and most defensible conception of the authority of law.

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The Concept of Legal Personhood What the Mind Reveals About Law Claudio Novelli, Yale University, USA The author argues that legal personhood is not grounded in fixed, mind-independent properties or logical entailments.

Instead, it develops from how humans experience their physical and cultural worlds through embodied cognition. Mapping these experiences onto seemingly discrete (legal) concepts yields a categorisation process that is creative yet patterned by culturally entrenched models and institutional aims.

The book introduces the “radial conception,” which posits that legal personhood is a flexible, context-dependent category centred around a core case. The core case – often, in many legal systems, the adult citizen of sound mind – is a mental model that helps define the category and influences how we think about it. This makes the most typical features of a Law and Practical Reason

category the default ones we think of when encountering it. As new situations arise or social needs evolve, legal personhood

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expands outward from the core case to include a diverse range of entities. However, this expansion does not follow rigid rules; rather, it relies on conceptual mappings that derive much of their persuasive power from cognitive tools like metaphors, metonymies, and image schemas.

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Bernard Williams on Law and Jurisprudence From Agency and Responsibility to Methodology

Edited by Daniel Peixoto Murata, University of São Paulo, Brazil, Julieta A Rabanos, University of Belgrade, Serbia & Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco, University of Surrey, UK This book is the first collection of essays on Bernard Williams’ moral and political philosophy to shed light on the nature of law, and key legal concepts. By the time of his death in 2003, Williams was widely regarded as the most important moral philosopher of his generation. Surprisingly, his work is still largely under-discussed in legal theory. This book aims to fill this gap with brand new discussions from scholars both from law and philosophy.

The first part of the book focuses on Williams’ work on responsibility and regret and its implications for law. Drawing from Ancient Greek authors, Williams maintained that luck might play a key role in our practices of responsibility and that some Law and Practical Reason UK February 2026 • US February 2026 328 Pages PB 9781509976171 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509976133 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePDF 9781509976157 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781509976140 • £85.50 / $117.00 Hart Publishing

dimensions of responsibility are tied to the notion of having a character.

The second part looks at how Williams’ understanding of philosophy can shape the way we do jurisprudence. Williams’ work on the methodology of philosophy combines resources from analytical philosophy, continental authors, history, and literature.

The authors in the second part of the book draw from Williams' work, notably his innovative take on the genealogical method, to discuss how we could practice legal philosophy in this same spirit.

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A Dynamic Approach to Hans Kelsen's General Theory of Norms Monika Zalewska, University of Lodz, Poland This timely and compelling book delves into the dynamic interpretation of Hans Kelsen’s General Theory of Norms through the lens of 21st-century jurisprudential debates.

Engaging with key contemporary philosophical concepts such as fictionalism in the philosophy of science, explanation and understanding, and supervenience, this book sheds new light on Kelsen’s original ideas.

By offering a contemporary interpretation of his later work, it re-examines classic concepts known from the ‘Pure Theory of Law’ like the basic norm, the separation of ‘is’ and ‘ought,’ validity and efficacy, imputation, and the concept of the legal Law and Practical Reason UK May 2026 • US May 2026 192 Pages HB 9781509942763 • £90.00 / $120.00 PB 9781509942800 • £44.99 / $60.95 ePDF 9781509942787 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509942770 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

norm. Integrating modern philosophy with Kelsen’s lasting ideas, this book presents a novel theoretical landscape, inviting readers to explore fresh perspectives on Kelsen’s contributions to legal theory and emphasising its enduring relevance.

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Vienna Lectures on Legal Philosophy, Volume 4 Constitutional Disagreements

Edited by Christoph Bezemek, University of Graz, Austria, Michael Potacs, University of Vienna, Austria & Alexander Somek, University of Vienna, Austria In the fourth volume of the Vienna Lectures on Legal Philosophy, scholars in contemporary jurisprudence and constitutional theory discuss who gets to decide and who gets to act when constitutional law is silent or fundamentally controversial.

It is the very purpose of Constitutions to settle disagreements: to determine who gets to decide and who gets to act when it comes to the polity and its members.

But what if, instead of settling disagreements among those subjected to it, the Constitution itself, its end, its functions, its Vienna Lectures on Legal Philosophy

meaning, its existence, becomes the subject of disagreements? What if the Constitution raises issues it is unable to address

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from the very outset? Who gets to decide then and who gets to act?

In a time in which constitutional crises seem to be too ubiquitous to still count as exceptions, questions such as these are asked with ever-increasing urgency. The answers to these questions cannot be found in arguments based on contingent legal stipulations but have to reach beyond the vague and fleeting instructions of positive law.

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Legal Positivism, Politics, and Critical Ethics Elena Namli This book challenges the view that legal positivism should be reduced to a conceptual analysis of legal validity.

Instead, Elena Namli reclaims legal positivism as a theory of the relationship between law, morality, and politics. Presenting novel interpretations of the classical works of Herbert L. A. Hart, Joseph Raz, and Jürgen Habermas, Namli frames legal positivism as a theory that makes possible a moral and political critique of valid law. Moreover, this book defends the dialectical relationship between law, politics, and morality by combining a positivist approach to legal validity with a constructivist ethical theory which strengthens the critical potential of legal positivism. Legally valid norms may not always be morally justified, but understanding the moral quality of legal regulations is essential for comprehending modern law.

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New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook Edited by Albert I. Telsey This thoroughly revised edition of the New Jersey Environmental Law Handbook provides a comprehensive reference work that the reader can rely on for up-to-date and accurate information on New Jersey's environmental law. Each chapter incorporates both a theoretical and practical approach to ensure that you get the best and most actionable information possible. The author and the contributors are all respected attorneys, consultants, and professionals, and all are experts in their fields. They come together in this book to provide the most in-depth and up-to-date guide for New Jersey’s environmental regulations and policies, all while maintaining an accessible and engaging writing style.

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and discusses a variety of topics including the Meadowlands, water quality and supply, contaminated property, finance and insurance, and litigation. Other chapters include topics such as wildlife protection, air quality regulation, flood hazard control, and redevelopment.

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Geopolitical Disruption in Shipping Sanctions, War, and Force Majeure

Richard L Kilpatrick, Jr, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA This book examines how the shipping industry is responding to the commercial challenges caused by geopolitical risk.

Geopolitical volatility in the modern world is generating physical and economic obstacles that are disrupting shipping activities and causing disputes that raise fundamental questions of commercial law. Studying this phenomenon by exploring common themes among varied dimensions of business disruption, the book first explores physical disruption to shipping activities across the categories of war, unrest, and piracy. It then turns to the purely economic disruption caused by sanctions and alternative forms of statecraft deployed in “trade wars.” The book examines each of these categories by highlighting geopolitical and regulatory context, assessing industry adaptations, and analysing cross-jurisdictional case law The Future of Shipping Law

to gather insight into the contractual rights and responsibilities impacted by these scenarios.

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illegality, impossibility, frustration, and force majeure—the book demonstrates that this rapidly evolving area of international

Assessing solutions—including the development of bespoke contract clauses and the application of broader principles of commercial law demands a readiness to borrow analytical approaches across categories of business disruption.

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Digital Media Law

Rights, Rules, and Regulations in the Age of AI Michael E. Jones, University of Massachusetts From privacy to piracy and free speech to fair use, the digital world has upended legal issues in media and communication.

This textbook explores the evolving legal landscape where digital media and AI intersect, offering crucial insights into copyright, data privacy, ethics, and regulatory frameworks shaping the media industry’s future.

Covering everything from foundational newsgathering rights to the constraints and protections shaping professional reporting, Digital Media Law addresses the complexities facing today’s media in an era of rapid digital transformation.

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technologies like deepfakes. The book also delves into the significant ethical failures that have marred media and journalism in the past, offering lessons for today's professionals. As social media redefines the public square, this text examines the regulation of online speech, challenges to mental health, and global differences in speech regulation, highlighting the clash between U.S. free speech values and foreign controls.

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Pensions as Property

Insights from the European Convention on Human Rights Kevin Hartmann-Cortés, UCLouvain, Belgium This book explores the impact of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) when defining and protecting pension entitlements as property rights.

The sustainability of pension systems in Europe is threatened by mounting public debt and demographic shifts. In recent decades, governments have addressed these challenges by implementing reforms to balance financial stability and guarantee adequate retirement benefits. Many of these reforms have faced legal challenges from activists and lawyers in domestic courts, based on ‘stand-still’ and ‘non-retrogression’ constitutional principles. However, Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 of the ECHR offers an alternative approach that protects social security entitlements, including pensions, as private property, UK May 2026 • US May 2026 224 Pages PB 9781509986064 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509986026 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509986040 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509986033 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

deserving of protection against unjustified state interference.

This book explores the historical legal rationale employed by the Court to establish social security entitlements as private property. It further examines how the Court has assessed reforms through a proportionality assessment that weights public interests against individual rights. This analysis distils key principles such as reasonableness, non-discrimination, and fair distribution of burdens that can guide policymakers towards responsible, rights-compliant reform.

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Multinationals and Human Rights in Asia Edited by Jason Ho Ching Cheung, Albert Luk’s Chambers, Hong Kong & Kazuaki Nishioka, Kobe University, Japan This book investigates the availability in Asian jurisdictions of civil remedies against multinational businesses for human rights abuses.

Various means have been developed in Europe and elsewhere to hold businesses accountable to victims for human rights abuses. Techniques include legislating due diligence requirements for companies operating abroad, broadening court jurisdiction to include foreign companies having subsidiaries within a country, expanding international jurisdiction, promoting universal jurisdiction, and implementing international conventions and sanctions.

On the 15th anniversary of the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the book assesses whether the Studies in Private International Law norms of the UN Guiding Principles have taken root in Asia, which has only had a mixed record for upholding human rights.

- Asia The book first considers the international state of play in the field. It moves on to case studies of corporate governance and UK April 2026 • US April 2026 352 Pages PB 9781509980369 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509980406 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePDF 9781509980383 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781509980390 • £85.50 / $117.00 Hart Publishing

human rights in Asia (especially Japan, South Korea, India, Thailand, and the Philippines). It then examines emerging issues (environmental damage and climate change, crimes against humanity, and compliance programs and corporate criminal Responsibility), and considers how Asia has dealt and can deal with corporate responsibility in connection with those matters. By way of conclusion, the book offers an action plan for implementing the UN Guiding Principles in Asia.

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Private International Law and Children's Rights Law Conflicts in International Child Abduction Cases Tine Van Hof, University of Antwerp, Belgium This book examines the relationship between two legal fields when courts decide on cross-border child abduction. While private international law prioritises the child’s prompt return and applies the best interests principle in abstracto, children’s rights law demands an in concreto, individualised assessment of the child’s best interests. These differing approaches can lead to legal friction in practice.

Through a detailed analysis of legal instruments and supranational case law, the book explores how these conflicts arise and how they might be resolved. Using the theoretical lens of international law’s diversification and expansion, it identifies nine conflict-management tools, grouped into four categories: coordination, hierarchy, priority, and harmony. It argues that two of Studies in Private International Law these tools offer promising solutions.

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The book evaluates 839 cases from the CJEU, ECtHR, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, and national courts in Belgium, England & Wales, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Offering clear recommendations for lawmakers, international organisations, and courts, the book provides a roadmap for fostering constructive relationships between legal fields.

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Recognition and Enforcement of Non-EU Judgments Edited by Tobias Lutzi, University of Augsburg, Germany, Ennio Piovesani, Pistoia Bar Association, Italy & Dora Zgrabljic Rotar, University of Zagreb, Croatia This book examines the EU Member State's national rules on recognition and enforcement of Non-EU judgments.

Through its country report methodology, it explores the rules of 21 Member States in a structured manner. The emerging points of convergence – and divergence – form the basis of a detailed comparative report, which provides a unique overview of the current legal framework of recognition and enforcement of non-EU judgments across the European Union. This allows for (at least) three intriguing points of comparison: between the laws of the individual Member States; between the laws of the Member States and the legal framework applicable to EU judgments under the Brussels Ia Regulation; and between the Studies in Private International Law

laws of the Member States and the 2019 HCCH Judgments Convention.

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Privacy as Property Marcus Smith, High Court of England and Wales, UK This innovative work offers a new perspective on the established tort of misuse of private information, contending that English law has evolved a sophisticated mechanism for the protection of privacy and the protection of the economic value in private information.

Although information generally is not property, private information now appears to be treated by English law as a form of property, giving the owner of the information rights of exclusion, exploitation and transfer.

Balancing philosophical discussion of the fundamentals with a detailed analysis of the practical difficulties of "propertising" information, the books suggests that English law has evolved a powerful tool for the protection of privacy in this data-driven UK February 2026 • US February 2026 496 Pages PB 9781509987429 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509987382 • £95.00 / $130.00 ePDF 9781509987405 • £85.50 / $117.00 ePub 9781509987399 • £85.50 / $117.00 Hart Publishing

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Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 13, Part 1 Use, Abandonment, and Protection of Land

Edited by Martin Dixon, University of Cambridge, UK & Emma Lees, University of Cambridge, UK This collection is based on papers presented at the well-established Modern Studies in Property Law biennial conference.

It contains cutting-edge research relating to property law broadly conceived, covering land law, equity and trusts, and the interaction between property law and the environment.

Part 1 of Volume 13 in the Modern Studies in Property Law series examines a diverse range of topics in property law and uses a wide range of methodological approaches to reflect on a variety of current and emerging issues that have been overlooked, offering new analysis and insights that will be valuable for property lawyers, academics, and students.

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The contributors are leading academics and practitioners from several common law jurisdictions, which expands the book’s focus and enhances its value to the reader.

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Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 13, Part 2 Doctrinal Problems for Modern Property Law

Edited by Martin Dixon, University of Cambridge, UK & Emma Lees, University of Cambridge, UK This collection is based on papers presented at the well-established Modern Studies in Property Law biennial conference.

It contains cutting-edge research relating to property law broadly conceived, covering land law, equity and trusts, and the interaction between property law and the environment.

Part 2 of Volume 13 in the Modern Studies in Property Law series examines a diverse range of topics in property law and uses a wide range of methodological approaches to reflect on a variety of current and emerging issues that have been overlooked, offering new analysis and insights that will be valuable for property lawyers, academics, and students.

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The contributors are leading academics and practitioners from several common law jurisdictions, which expands the book’s focus and enhances its value to the reader.

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The UK Parliament, Foreign Courts and Immigration Matilda Gillis, University of Cambridge, UK This book examines the relationship between the UK Parliament and the European Court of Human Rights, and the relationship Parliament had previously with the Court of Justice of the European Union. It examines these relationships in the context of the highly-politicised area of immigration.

The book illustrates, despite frequent claims to the contrary, that the adjudication of rights by ‘foreign’ courts in cases involving immigration has not in fact impeded Parliament’s work or its sovereignty. By applying the democratic dialogue model to the relationship between the Parliament and these courts, the book illustrates the dynamic and interactive nature of the relationships. The institutions, working together, produce moderated and normatively advantageous human rights UK January 2026 • US January 2026 184 Pages PB 9781509984534 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509984497 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509984510 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509984503 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

protections.

Tackling the contentious issue of UK sovereignty, this important book, through rigorous analysis, expertly dismantles one of the most charged political claims of recent times.

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Systemic Economic Offences as International Crimes Theorising a New Paradigm of Mass Criminality Nicole Citeroni, Lund University, Sweden This open access book asks whether international economic crime can qualify as an international crime and be prosecuted as such. Taking a four-part approach to the question, it traces the origins of the concept of international economic crime, and draws the line between ordinary economic crimes and economic offences of international significance. To this end, it examines six cases involving the commissions of serious economic crimes in different regions of the world, including Europe, the Americas and Africa. It then goes on to discuss a potential sui generis category of international economic crimes, before considering the advantages and the challenges of the multilevel enforcement system of international criminal justice in prosecuting such crimes.

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This book provides an innovative and original avenue for the analysis of a controversial and yet overlooked topic in

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international criminal law.

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Responsibility for the Crime of Aggression under International Law Nikola R Hajdin, Stockholm University, Sweden This book makes a simple but consequential claim: individuals who decisively influence a state’s decision to use armed force should be held criminally responsible for aggressive war.

Challenging the prevailing orthodoxy, it reinterprets the leadership clause in the definition of the crime of aggression and offers a new responsibility framework that reflects how decisions about war are actually made. Under this approach, liability is not confined to heads of state and top military leaders but extends to civilian power brokers, private actors, and third-state officials who are present at key moments of deliberation and, as reason-giving and reason-demanding participants, exercise decisive influence over whether a state goes to war or continues one. By clarifying who counts as a ‘leader’ and why, the Studies in International Law UK April 2026 • US April 2026 272 Pages PB 9781509987634 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509987597 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509987610 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509987603 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

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book charts a principled middle path between overcriminalizing ordinary participants in war, such as common foot soldiers and private citizens, and exempting those who set unlawful wars in motion.

Drawing on an eclectic set of sources, the book offers a timely rethinking of individual responsibility for the unlawful uses of force.

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Judicial Discretion in the Interpretation of International Crimes Revisiting the Legality Principle

Ligeia Quackelbeen, Tilburg University, the Netherlands This book sets out a legality-centred model to better understand the interpretation of crimes in international criminal law.

It offers a new way of understanding the interpretation of crime as a two-dimensional process: determining what the law is and interpreting whether that law in fact criminalises the conduct in question. This model affects the process and the outcome of judicial interpretation. The book moves beyond the abstract by applying the model to two case studies: (1) organisational policy as a contextual element of crimes against humanity, and (2) the crime of forced marriage. It brings often-overlooked criminal law theory into the field of international criminal law, offering a fresh, innovative perspective on interpretation and placing the legality principle back at the centre of crime interpretation.

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A Central Asian Perspective on International Law Sergey Sayapin, KIMEP University, Kazakhstan This book offers the first full-length, systematic account of international law as seen and applied from the perspective of Central Asia. Since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan have gradually emerged as active participants in the international legal order. Drawing on their evolving statehood and regional cooperation, this book explores how the Central Asian States engage with the rules, principles, and institutions of international law.

Across 15 chapters, the book covers key areas of international law – from the nature and sources of international law to the law of treaties, international responsibility, and peaceful settlement of disputes – as well as specialist regimes including international human rights, humanitarian and criminal law, international peace and security, and international trade law.

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The book also examines Central Asian constitutional and policy approaches to international law, regional mechanisms of dispute settlement, and case studies such as the legal status of the Caspian Sea, the Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, and the development of institutional arbitration in the region, including the Astana International Financial Centre and the Tashkent International Arbitration Centre.

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Global Lawmaking and Social Change The Varieties of Customary International Law Gregor Novak, Estonia Customary international law is a widely-recognised modality of international lawmaking. It underpins all norms of international law and shapes all aspects of global society. Yet familiar approaches to customary international law struggle to answer basic questions about its role, operation, and prospects.

Pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, this book offers an alternative perspective on customary international law as a dynamic and multifaceted social phenomenon and idea. It explores customary international lawmaking in different social contexts, including the regulation of armed conflict, the treatment of the ‘other’, and the management of global environmental risks. Focusing on the ‘varieties’ of customary international law, it identifies four types of customary international law norms Studies in International Law UK June 2026 • US June 2026 240 Pages HB 9781509968497 • £85.00 / $115.00 PB 9781509968534 • £41.99 / $57.95 ePDF 9781509968510 • £76.50 / $103.50 ePub 9781509968503 • £76.50 / $103.50 Hart Publishing

and explores their roles and implications.

Critically revisiting a classic topic of international law, the book provides a tool for understanding and shaping global lawmaking and social change in a rapidly changing international legal order.

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Conflicts of Worldviews and Private International Law A Case for Decolonial Plurality of Law in Europe Sandrine Brachotte, University of Antwerp, Belgium This book connects European private international law with decolonial theory.

Decolonial theory calls for alternative modes of producing legal knowledge – ones that give greater weight to the worldviews of formerly colonised peoples across the globe, including in Europe. At the same time, private international law has been described as a particularly suitable field for welcoming more otherness (altérité) in European law. This book therefore develops a decolonial theory of European private international law. To do so, it begins with Western court cases involving what the author terms a ‘conflict of worldviews’: a clash between the legal frameworks governing the dispute and the worldviews of the formerly colonised parties involved, referred to here as ‘postcolonised worldviews’. Through three case studies – respectively addressing religious arbitration, Indigenous sacred land, and faith-based politics – the book demonstrates that courts routinely overlook these conflicts. As a result, the claims of formerly colonised parties are inadequately addressed. To remedy this structural discrimination within European private international law, the book

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proposes a pluralised theory of choice of court, foreign law, and international jurisdiction, more inclusive of the

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This is an important work, thought-provoking and challenging, which should be read by private international law and

postcolonised worldviews present in the case studies.

comparative law scholars, and more generally by legal and non-legal scholars interested in legal theory and decoloniality.

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The Authority of International Courts A Behavioural Framework

Dana Burchardt, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Why do some international courts wield broad authority while others face pushback or fade into irrelevance? This book provides novel theoretical and empirical insights into this question. It offers a fresh, interdisciplinary perspective on the authority of international courts, drawing from law, political science, and behavioural research.

It develops, in Part I, a theoretical model and analytical framework for assessing these questions. The model explains how authority relationships between courts and their audiences – such as states, NGOs, individual applicants, and domestic courts – are formed, maintained, or contested. In Part II, the book applies this analytical framework to in-depth case studies of two selected international courts: the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States. These studies not only provide deeper insights into the authority of these courts but also demonstrate how the analytical framework can be applied to other international courts to generate an enhanced Hart Monographs in Transnational and International Law UK May 2026 • US May 2026 352 Pages PB 9781509992966 • £44.99 / $60.95 HB 9781509992928 • £90.00 / $120.00 ePDF 9781509992942 • £81.00 / $108.00 ePub 9781509992935 • £81.00 / $108.00 Hart Publishing

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understanding of international court authority.

The book sheds new light on why some courts enjoy enduring authority and others face pushback, offering powerful tools for understanding the behaviour of international courts and their audiences.

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Social Security Handbook 2025

Overview of Social Security Programs Edited by Bloomsbury Academic This publication is not approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Social Security Administration. The information contained in this publication can be found free of charge at www.ssa.gov.

The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. This completely updated Handbook, organized by section number, is a readable, easy-to-understand reference for comprehending complex Social Security programs and services and contains information on several topics relevant to Social Security policies: ·How Social Security programs are administered ·Who is and isn't covered under retirement, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance programs Social Security Handbook UK June 2025 • US June 2025 720 Pages PB 9798892050647 • £76.00 / $100.00 Bloomsbury Academic

·Who is responsible for submitting the necessary evidence to support a claim ·How claims are processed by the Social Security office ·What Social Security benefits are owed to you ·How to obtain information about your rights under Social Security policy The Handbook is designed to help users understand the gray areas of the Social Security Act, and to provide critical information about rights and obligations under Social Security laws.

Social Security Handbook 2025

Overview of Social Security Programs Edited by Bernan Press This publication is not approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Social Security Administration. The information contained in this publication can be found free of charge at www.ssa.gov The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. This completely updated Handbook, organized by section number, is a readable, easy-to-understand reference for comprehending complex Social Security programs and services and contains information on several topics relevant to Social Security policies: ·How Social Security programs are administered ·Who is and isn't covered under retirement, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance programs Social Security Handbook UK June 2025 • US June 2025 840 Pages PB 9798892050654 • £76.00 / $100.00 Bloomsbury Academic

·Who is responsible for submitting the necessary evidence to support a claim ·How claims are processed by the Social Security office ·What Social Security benefits are owed to you ·How to obtain information about your rights under Social Security policy The Handbook is designed to help users understand the gray areas of the Social Security Act, and to provide critical information about rights and obligations under Social Security laws.

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Social Security Handbook 2026

Overview of Social Security Programs Bloomsbury Academic This publication is not approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Social Security Administration. The information contained in this publication can be found free of charge at www.ssa.gov The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. This completely updated Handbook, organized by section number, is a readable, easy-to-understand reference for comprehending complex Social Security programs and services and contains information on several topics relevant to Social Security policies: How Social Security programs are administered; Who is covered under retirement, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance programs; Who is Social Security Handbook

responsible for submitting the evidence to support a claim; How claims are processed; What Social Security benefits are

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owed to you; How to obtain information about your rights under Social Security policy The Handbook is designed to help users understand the gray areas of the Social Security Act, and to provide critical information about rights and obligations under Social Security laws.

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Social Security Handbook 2026

Overview of Social Security Programs Bloomsbury Academic This publication is not approved, endorsed, or authorized by the Social Security Administration. The information contained in this publication can be found free of charge at www.ssa.gov The Social Security Handbook: Overview of Social Security Programs provides information about Social Security programs and services, and identifies rights and obligations under the Social Security laws. This completely updated Handbook, organized by section number, is a readable, easy-to-understand reference for comprehending complex Social Security programs and services and contains information on several topics relevant to Social Security policies: Social Security Handbook

How Social Security programs are administered; Who is covered under retirement, survivors, disability, and hospital

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insurance programs; Who is responsible for submitting the evidence to support a claim; How claims are processed; What Social Security benefits are owed to you; How to obtain information about your rights under Social Security policy The Handbook is designed to help users understand the gray areas of the Social Security Act, and to provide critical information about rights and obligations under Social Security laws.

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Sports Law and Society Rules of the Game

Michael E. Jones, University of Massachusetts Sports Law and Society: Rules of the Game, Second Edition stands out for its exceptional depth and practical approach, offering a comprehensive, concise and clear examination of the legal challenges shaping today’s sports industry. Designed to engage students, it covers foundational topics like contracts, collective bargaining, and intellectual property in sports while exploring complex, evolving issues such as gender equity, the global sports ecosystem, and data analytics in performance.

Each chapter provides real-world examples and cases, giving students an applied understanding of how legal principles operate within professional, college, and youth sports. By balancing established legal doctrines with emerging topics— including artificial intelligence, digital media, athlete mental health, and the future of sports—this book equips readers with both historical context and foresight, making it particularly relevant for a dynamic field.

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What sets this book apart is its critical focus on recent developments, with dedicated sections on the international governing bodies that impact sports law globally and discussions on ethical challenges, from athlete privacy in data analytics to collective bargaining rights. Updated chapters from this second edition provide current case law, essential references, and legal frameworks for understanding issues like contracts and data analytics, making it an invaluable resource for classroom use.

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Four Faces of the Law Michael Beloff KC, Blackstone Chambers Few have shaped the field of law, both as practitioner and writer, as Michael Beloff KC. This expertly curated collection tracks this impact through his writings and lectures.

Over three parts, the work show just how the fields of sports law, law and education and the legal environment more generally, was (and continues to be) impacted by the innovation and insight of the author.

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Building a Successful Fiscal Federation Constitutional Lessons for the EU

Edited by Stefan Griller, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria, Florian Huber, University of Salzburg, Austria & Sonja Puntscher Riekmann, Salzburg Centre of EU Studies – SCEUS, Austria The 2009-18 sovereign debt crisis revealed the urgency to overhaul the fiscal architecture of the EU to protect the Eurozone.

In the book, national experts analyse the fiscal architecture of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, and the USA as key examples of federated entities that exercise autonomy in fiscal matters. Throughout their histories, these federations have faced political clashes between centre and periphery or among sub-federal entities which are reminiscent of current conflicts in the EU. Moreover, in times of crisis such as wars, the COVID-19 pandemic, or asymmetric economic shocks, their fiscal systems have been put under stress in comparable ways to the EU. UK April 2026 • US April 2026 544 Pages PB 9781509988617 • £64.99 / $89.95 HB 9781509988655 • £130.00 / $175.00 ePDF 9781509988631 • £0.00 / $0.00 ePub 9781509988648 • £0.00 / $0.00 Hart Publishing

An interdisciplinary team of lawyers, political scientists, and economists uses the analysis of the sample federal states to provide concrete reform suggestions applicable to the EU. Thus, the book offers food for thought for researchers, advanced students and practitioners in the areas of administration and politics.

The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com.

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The Judicial System A Reference Handbook

Michael C. LeMay, California State University-San Bernardino, USA An authoritative and accessible one-stop resource for understanding the U.S. judicial system and its place in the fabric of American government and society.

The American judicial system plays a central role in setting and enforcing the legal rules under which the people of the United States live. U.S. courts and laws, though, are complex and often criticized for bias and other alleged shortcomings.

The U.S. Supreme Court has emerged as a particular focal point of political partisanship and controversy, both in terms of the legal decisions it hands down and the makeup of its membership.

Contemporary World Issues

This book presents the origins, development, and current characteristics of the American judicial system; discusses

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problems and controversies orbiting around the U.S. justice system today; and features a wide-ranging collection of essays that examine and illuminate various aspects of the judicial system. Readers will have access to profiles of influential organizations and people, and the relevant data and documents about U.S. courts.

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Title 9 presents regulations governing animal and plant health inspection services, grain inspection, packers and stockyard administration, and food safety and inspection of meat and poultry.

A compilation of federal regulations, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs) are an authoritative source of government information representing broad subject areas.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy

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Title 10 presents regulations governing energy resources; nuclear, oil, alternative fuels, and natural gas; energy sales; and energy conservation.

Title 10 presents regulations governing energy resources; nuclear, oil, alternative fuels, and natural gas; energy sales; and energy conservation.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10 Energy

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Title 10 presents regulations governing energy resources; nuclear, oil, alternative fuels, and natural gas; energy sales; and energy conservation.

Title 10 presents regulations governing energy resources; nuclear, oil, alternative fuels, and natural gas; energy sales; and energy conservation.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 11 Federal Elections, Revised as of January 1, 2025

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Title 10 presents regulations governing energy resources; nuclear, oil, alternative fuels, and natural gas; energy sales; and energy conservation.

Title 11 presents regulations governing election procedures and processes.

Issues covered include presidential elections, campaign funds, and election financing. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually

by January.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking 200-219, Revised as of January 1, 2025

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Presents regulations governing banking procedures and activities of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, Office of Thrift Supervision, Farm Credit Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking 230-299, Revised as of January 1, 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking 300-346, Revised as of January 1, 2025

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Presents regulations governing banking procedures and activities of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, Office of Thrift Supervision, Farm Credit Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking 347-599, Revised as of January 1, 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking 347-599, Revised as of January 1, 2025

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Presents regulations governing banking procedures and activities of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, Office of Thrift Supervision, Farm Credit Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration.

Title 12 presents regulations governing banking procedures and activities of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, Office of Thrift Supervision, Farm Credit Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration. It also contains regulations pertaining to other types of banking operations. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by January.

Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 12 Banks and Banking

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14 Aeronautics and Space

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 14 Aeronautics and Space 60-109, Revised as of January 1, 2025

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Presents regulations governing banking procedures and activities of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Export-Import Bank, Office of Thrift Supervision, Farm Credit Administration, and the National Credit Union Administration.

A compilation of federal regulations, the CFRs are an authoritative source of government information representing broad subject areas.

Title 14 presents regulations governing the activities of the Department of Transportation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the areas of aeronautics and space, including: aircraft, airmen, airspace, air traffic, certification of air carriers and operations, and airports.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 0-299, Revised as of January 1, 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 15 Commerce and Foreign Trade 300-744, Revised as of January 1, 2025

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Presents regulations governing the Department of Commerce and other agencies involved with commerce and foreign trade, and includes rules for: National Security Industrial Base, Export Administration, National Weather Service, Environmental Data Service, Oil Pollution Act, Foreign Trade Agreements, and telecommunications and information.

Presents regulations governing the Department of Commerce and other agencies involved with commerce and foreign trade, and includes rules for: National Security Industrial Base, Export Administration, National Weather Service, Environmental Data Service, Oil Pollution Act, Foreign Trade Agreements, and telecommunications and information.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19 Customs Duties

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 18 Conservation of Power and Water Resources 400 - End, Revised as of April 1, 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19 Customs Duties 0 140

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Title 19 presents regulations governing customs duties as set forth by the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the International Trade Administration. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 18 presents regulations governing the Department of Energy and other agencies overseeing the conservation of power and water resources. Agencies covered include: the Water Resources Council, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and other similar agencies. This title includes the Federal Power Act, Public Utility Regulatory Act, Natural Gas Act, Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Act, and the Interstate Commerce Act.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19 Customs Duties

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19 Customs Duties

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19 Customs Duties 141 199, Revised as of April 1, 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 19 Customs Duties 200 End, Revised as of April 1, 2025

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Title 19 presents regulations governing customs duties as set forth by the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the International Trade Administration. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 19 presents regulations governing customs duties as set forth by the U.S. Customs Service, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the International Trade Administration. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 20 Employee Benefits

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Food and Drugs

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 20 Employee Benefits 400-499, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21 Food Drugs 800 1299, Revised as of January 2025

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Title 20 presents regulations promulgated by the Department of Labor, Railroad Retirement Board, and the Social Security Administration to govern employees' benefits. These include workers' compensation programs, employment and training, and veterans' services. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 21 presents regulations promulgated by the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Office of the National Drug Control Agency in the area of food and drugs. These regulations encompass food and drugs for human and animal use, biologics, cosmetics, medical devices, radiological health, and controlled substances. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22 Foreign Relations

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22 Foreign Relations

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22 Foreign Relations 1 299, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 22 Foreign Relations 300 - END, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 22 presents regulations governing the Department of State, the International Development Cooperation Agency, the Peace Corps, and other federal agencies regarding foreign relations. It includes regulations pertaining to Foreign Service personnel, visas, nationality and passports, diplomatic privileges and immunities, and international agreements. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 22 presents regulations governing the Department of State, the International Development Cooperation Agency, the Peace Corps, and other federal agencies regarding foreign relations. It includes regulations pertaining to Foreign Service personnel, visas, nationality and passports, diplomatic privileges and immunities, and international agreements. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23 Highways

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 24 Housing and Urban Development

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 23 Highways, Revised as January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 24 Housing Urban Dev 0 -199, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 23 presents regulations by the Federal Highway Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration detailing planning and research, engineering and traffic operations, right-of-way and environment, public transportation, and highway safety. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 24 presents regulations governing housing and urban development as set forth by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation. Topics covered include: fair housing; mortgage and loan insurance programs; and slum clearance and urban renewal.

Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April.

Publication follows within six months.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.0-1.60, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.10011.1400, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service.

A compilation of federal regulations, the CFRs are an authoritative source of government information representing broad subject areas.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.14011.1550, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.1551END, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

A compilation of federal regulations, the CFRs are an authoritative source of government information representing broad subject areas.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.1701.300, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.4411.500, Revised as of January 2025

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Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.5011.640, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.611.139, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.6411.850, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.8511.907, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 1.9081.100, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 2-29, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 300-499, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 30-39, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 40-49, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 500-599, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 50-299, Revised as of January 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Rev 600-END, Revised as of January 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 1.01.60, Revised as of April 1, 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 1.401-1.409, Revised as of April 1, 2024

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 1.410-1.440, Revised as of April 1, 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 1.611.139, Revised as of April 1, 2025

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 26 Internal Revenue 500599, Revised as of April 1, 2025

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunication 019, Revised as of October 1, 2024

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 26 presents regulations, procedures, and practices that govern income tax, estate and gift taxes, employment taxes, and miscellaneous excise taxes as set forth by the Internal Revenue Service. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually by April. Publication follows within six months.

Title 47 presents regulations impacting equipment, carrier services, broadcast radio services, safety and special radio services, and policies related to national security. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually

by October. Publication follows within six months.

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunications

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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunication 40-69, Revised as of October 1, 2024

Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47 Telecommunication 70-79, Revised as of October 1, 2024

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Office of the Federal Register (U.S.)

Title 47 presents regulations impacting equipment, carrier services, broadcast radio services, safety and special radio services, and policies related to national security. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually

by October. Publication follows within six months.

Title 47 presents regulations impacting equipment, carrier services, broadcast radio services, safety and special radio services, and policies related to national security. Additions and revisions to this section of the code are posted annually

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