Civil law problems and morbidity [PDF]
Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 2004 In the United Kingdom, recognition of the links between social and health problems has led to government initiatives such as health action zones. The principles of civil law apply to many types of social problem, and the civil justice system provides one means through which they can be tackled.
Pascoe Pleasence
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Law, politics and the governance of English and Scottish joint-stock companies 1600-1850 [PDF]
, 2013 This article examines the impact of law on corporate governance by means of a case study of joint-stock enterprise in England and Scotland before 1850.
Acres W.M. +24 more
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Interpretation Rules and Good Faith as Obstacles to the UK\u27s Ratification of the CISG and to the Harmonization of Contract Law in Europe [PDF]
, 2010 This essay examines Article 7 of the CISG, the provision on the Convention’s interpretation, through the lenses of both German and English law in order to shed light on interpretative issues in which there are divergent views in common law and civil law ...
Hofmann, Nathalie
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Initial Conditions, Institutional Dynamics and Economic Performance: Evidence from the American States [PDF]
, 2003 Using state-level data from the United States, we find that differences in colonial legal institutions affect the current quality of state legal institutions.
Berkowitz, Daniel M., Clay, Karen
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Civil Justice Systems in Europe and the United States [PDF]
, 2002 Professor Dr. Hein D. Kötz - dean of Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, and a leading scholar in comparative law - presents the inaugural Herbert L.
Kötz, Hein
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"But the law won't help us":challenges of mobilizing Law 348 to address violence against women in Bolivia [PDF]
, 2020 Drawing on findings of an original 12-month ethnographic study, this article presents the challenges that Bolivian women face in accessing a new law that has been designed to protect them, Law 348 to "Guarantee Women a Life Free from Violence." Data ...
Rogers, Ashley
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Protecting mobile money customer funds in civil law jurisdictions [PDF]
, 2015 The provision of financial services through mobile phones is a powerful tool to foster financial inclusion, and thus economic growth, in developing countries. However, it raises important regulatory issues.
Buckley, Ross P. +3 more
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 The general thesis put forward in this chapter is that there is no reason to expect the economic analysis of law to be any less applicable to civil law systems than it is to common law systems, once structural differences between the two families are taken into account. Civil law systems aim at bringing together all rules pertaining to a given field in
Ejan Mackaay, Ejan Mackaay
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Civil Forfeiture: A Higher Form of Commercial Law? [PDF]
, 1993 In this Article, Messrs. Schwarcz and Rothman analyze the disquieting impact of civil forfeiture law on creditors\u27 rights. The Article begins by describing the historical origins of civil forfeiture and its development into current day law.
Rothman, Alan E., Schwarcz, Steven L.
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Jewish Law: Finally, a Useable and Readable Text for the Noninitiate [PDF]
, 1988 Why would anyone not studying religion be interested in Jewish law? It will be surprising for some to learn that some twenty to twenty-five law schools now offer courses in Jewish law. The literature in English is growing year after year. And the area is
Cohn, Sherman L.
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