Die Rechte der Natur haben sich von einem etwas exzentrischen Nischenthema zu einem Mainstream-Forschungsfeld entwickelt. Zuerst in Rechtsordnungen der suedlichen Hemisphaere eingefuehrt, haben sie . seither ihren Weg auch in noerdliche Rechtsordnungen gefunden - von Kanada bis Spanien. In vielen anderen stossen sie jedoch auf Ablehnung. Als rechtliche Innovation aus dem Globalen Sueden, die ihren Weg in den Norden findet, sind sie fuer eine dekoloniale Rechtsvergleichung, die Eurozentrismus vermeidet und ueberwindet, ebenso von besonderer Bedeutung wie fuer Analysen des globalen Rechtspluralismus jenseits des Staates..
Dieser Sammelband vereint zwei Generalberichte, fuenf Spezialberichte und 20 Laenderberichte, die urspruenglich fuer den Weltkongress 2022 der Internationalen Vereinigung fuer Rechtsvergleichung erstellt und seither gruendlich aktualisiert wurden. Durch die Verknuepfung der Rechte der Natur mit Diskussionen ueber globalen Rechtspluralismus traegt er zu einem tieferen Verstaendnis beider Phaenomene bei. Innovativ ordnet er die Laender drei Kategorien zu: poietische Systeme, die am Ursprung der Rechte der Natur stehen, mimetische Systeme, die das Konzept uebernommen haben, sowie widerstaendige Systeme, die dies nicht getan haben. Gerade die letztgenannte Kategorie ist bislang weitgehend unbeachtet geblieben; dabei sind Widerstand und seine Gruende entscheidende Elemente fuer das Verstaendnis der Rechte der Natur. Das Buch verbindet formelles Recht mit der Analyse soziooekonomischer und kultureller Rahmenbedingungen und untersucht insbesondere die lokalen und transnationalen Bewegungen, die hinter der Einfuehrung der Rechte der Natur stehen.

The story of the legal battle between the Cherokee Nation and the State of Georgia that ultimately led to the infamous Trail of Tears and the ongoing struggles for Native sovereignty.

Sovereignty on Trial tells the story of a trio of landmark United States Supreme Court cases-Johnson v. M'Intosh (1823), Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), and Worcester v. Georgia (1832)-that considered the legal status of Native nations in the early nineteenth century.

Known as the Marshall Trilogy-majority opinions all written by Chief Justice John Marshall-the decisions are inconsistent in their holdings and reasoning, leaving American Indian law and interpretations of Native sovereignty confusing and ambiguous. In M'Intosh, Marshall used the imperial doctrine of discovery to diminish the property rights and autonomy of the Native nations. Subsequent interpretations of Marshall's opinion in Cherokee Nation, with its "guardian and ward" analogy, ultimately placed Native people in a dependent status with the United States. At the end of his judicial career, however, Marshall came to view Native rights in a different light, and his opinion in Worcester was a powerful acclamation of Native political sovereignty and territorial rights. Courts have tried with little success to find a coherent line through the three rulings.

The two Georgia cases resulted from the state's efforts to extend its jurisdiction over the Cherokee Nation and annihilate its government. These cases were decided against the backdrop of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. When President Andrew Jackson and Congress failed to enforce Worcester, Georgia interned and forcibly removed the Cherokee in the now infamous tragedy known as the Trail of Tears.

Tim Alan Garrison places this trio of cases in their broader legal and historical context. Significantly, Garrison explains why Georgia sought to expel the Cherokees from their homeland, how these attacks on native sovereignty tore apart Cherokee national unity, and how the changes in Cherokee political culture determined their strategy in resisting the state's onslaught. The Cherokee resistance against Georgia was a remarkable example of national courage for the Indigenous peoples of the world, and their determination to fight oppression through the judicial system of the United States left a lasting impact on American Indian law. The Cherokee Cases tells an important, if disturbing, story whose reverberations are felt to the present day.

Key Features:

• Organises the ECtHR case law thematically, aligning it with the articles of the Convention
• Provides direct access to case-law extracts, allowing readers to pinpoint key arguments quickly
• Presents an exhaustive, systematic analysis of ECtHR case law with particular focus on substantive rights
• Examines the Convention as an expression of the European legal order and its underlying value system
• Synthesises 1,500+ decisions and judgments of the Strasbourg institutions, creating an invaluable research tool

The European Convention on Human Rights: Volume I, Substantive Rights is a crucial resource for legal practitioners engaged in proceedings concerning the substantive rights of the Convention. It is also a unique research tool for scholars and students of European, human rights and public international law.

This book seeks answers to two basic questions: What are normative rules and how can and should we apply them? It takes a fresh look both at legal reasoning as a process and normative rules as instruments. On the one hand, based on a decision-making model, it suggests a more practical approach to rule application that isn't limited to interpretation, but includes searching, evaluation and choice. On the other hand, it proposes a more precise structure for normative rules that includes not only their scope and normative consequences, but also their circumstances and purposes. It then goes on to study such features as their open- and mandatoriness as well as their generality, vagueness and ambiguity, and examines how these features impact the rules' breadth and the discretion they offer in terms of their application. Lastly, it considers how these aspects affect rules' validity, binding- and effectiveness. Because the application of normative rules requires a basis in evidence, the book also includes a discussion of fact-finding and points to some interesting similarities between the philosophies of law and science.

Leading scholars and experts highlight emerging trends and challenges in the field, covering key topics including policy transfer, penal populism, technocratic approaches to penal policy, the influence of human rights, outcome assessment of penal policy decisions, and decarceration strategies. The chapters examine penal governance and the politics of crime and punishment, investigating how decisions about penal interventions are made, as well as the values, interests, and practical constraints which influence them. Combining theoretical examination and normative inquiry with a cross-national perspective and real-world analysis, the Handbook bridges theory and practice, serving as a foundational resource for engaging with contemporary debates in penal policy.

This Research Handbook is an essential read for scholars and students of criminal law, criminal justice, and criminology. It is also beneficial for policymakers and criminal justice practitioners looking to better understand the complex forces shaping penal policy across diverse national and institutional contexts.

In this highly informative book leading international scholars consider the potential avenues for future research on succession law. They examine the response of researchers to societal developments such as ageing populations, technological developments and changing family forms.

The extent to which succession law serves its most important functions, from testamentary freedom to the provision of clarity, is a core question for this book. Against that backdrop the authors explore key topics that are expected to occupy scholars, including electronic wills, disinheritance, intestate succession, aboriginal inheritance and modern funerals. Using a diverse range of research methods, contributors consider how research in succession law will evolve in the changing economic and social world order.

A Research Agenda for Succession Law is a valuable resource for scholars of succession, property and family law. It will also be beneficial for policymakers, practitioners and judges working in succession law.

Drawing on key historical and socio-economic contexts, Watson and Baister examine the policies that govern every aspect of bankruptcy law. The authors explore the relationship of bankruptcy with both matrimonial law and employment law, as well as the impact of the debtor's death and various cross-border considerations.

Key Features:

• Includes analysis of the relevant statutory material
• Addresses the impact of recent Supreme Court rulings, including The Chedington Court Estate Ltd v Brake [2023] UKSC 29, Kireeva v Bedzhamov [2024] UKSC 39, and El-Husseiny v Invest Bank PSC [2025] UKSC 4
• Features new procedural guidance from recent court-issued practice notes
• Covers up-to-date legal developments, analysing changes to jurisdictional and procedural requirements for initiating bankruptcy proceedings and their immediate effects

This book is an essential resource for lawyers, insolvency practitioners and litigation funders. It is also relevant to academics and students concerned with issues relating to personal insolvency.

This book conceptualises different 'news recommendation' practices from a legal perspective and establishes ways forward for dealing with them.

In recent years, online news distributors (online news media, social media, search engines and news aggregators) started deploying algorithmic 'recommender systems' to curate users' news overviews. Such systems automatically (de)select and (de)prioritise items to be displayed in user interfaces, thus deciding which ones are visible and in what order.

The ways algorithms shape people's online informational environments has since a decade led to debate. According to some, these technologies threaten democracy, as they may create filter bubbles or push divisive, polarising and extremist content, while others see advantages in recommendation tools that could bring various matters to light or help navigate a potential online information overload.

Discussions about how algorithms affect online flows of information are particularly pertinent where news recommenders are concerned; news informs us on matters of public interest and helps us form and debate opinions. An enabler and facilitator for democracy, news fulfils a unique societal function.

With a view to facilitating regulatory and policy discussions about news recommendation practices, this book asks what risks and/or opportunities they create in terms of human rights, a question which has remained largely unanswered so far. In the case of risks, the use of these systems may require regulation, and in the case of opportunities, they could potentially be used as a tool to achieve public policy goals. Against that backdrop, this book establishes a human rights frame for governing news recommendation.

This book is intended both for scholars and students from legal or other backgrounds, and regulators and policy makers working on new (AI-driven) digital technologies, human rights in the digital age, or human rights generally.

Judith Vermeulen is a lawyer with Eubelius in Brussels, Belgium, and a practice assistant in the Law & Technology department of Faculty of Law & Criminology at Ghent University.

Chapters systematically link responsibility for the destruction of Earth others to the rise of neoliberalism and the failure of dominant systems of law to address the problems at this structural level. The authors build on Indigenous knowledge, relational ontologies and evolutionary developmental biology to articulate a novel, critical methodology for explicitly recognising Earth others in statutory re-drafting and the reimagining of climate and biodiversity laws. They critique the dominant legal approaches, presenting Multispecies Climate Justice as an alternative metanarrative for law and a transformative way forward.

Multispecies Climate Justice, Disasters and Responsibility is an essential resource for academics and students in law and development, climate and environmental law, human rights and climate change as well as politics and public policy. It is also an informative read for activists, practitioners, professionals and policymakers involved in climate justice.

Gerard McCormack explores both inbound and outbound aspects of the law, investigating the extent to which foreign procedures are recognised in the UK, as well as how UK procedures apply to international events. McCormack specifically highlights the limitations of UK legislation overseas, with particular consideration of how UK law does not address the legal frameworks of other jurisdictions.

Key Features:

• Extra-territoriality and the UK Insolvency Act
• Details the recognition of UK schemes/plans under Hague and Brussels/Lugano jurisdictional regimes
• Consideration of the recognition of foreign proceedings under common law, including whether the Gibbs rule in the UK will survive legislative change
• Analysis of the consequences of the recognition of foreign procedures under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations (CBIR)/Model Law regime

UK Cross-Border Insolvency and Restructuring Law is an essential resource for insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers, as well as scholars and academics interested in commercial, corporate, insolvency and private international law.

Das primaerrechtlich in Art. 24 Abs. 2 GRCh verankerte Kindeswohl ist Vorgabe sowohl fuer die Ausgestaltung der Zustaendigkeitsregelungen im europaeischen Familienverfahrensrecht als auch deren Auslegung und Anwendung. Der Unionsgesetzgeber ist seinem Regelungsauftrag im Wesentlichen nachgekommen. Ansatzpunkte, um dem Kindeswohl im Zustaendigkeitsrecht noch umfassender Rechnung zu tragen, bestehen hier eher im Detail.
Fuer die Rolle des Kindeswohls bei der Auslegung von Bruessel IIb-VO und UnthVO ergibt sich in der Rechtsprechung des EuGH derzeit kein kohaerentes Bild. Zwar verweist er in seinen Entscheidungen regelmaessig auf das Kindeswohl, bleibt in der Argumentation aber oft eindimensional.
Der tatsaechliche Bedeutungsgehalt des Kindeswohls muss dabei vom jeweiligen Regelungskontext abhaengen: Kindeswohl im Kindschaftsrecht ist nicht gleichbedeutend mit demjenigen im Unterhaltsrecht. So verstaerkt das Kindeswohl i.S.d. UnthVO eher das allgemeine Ziel der Verordnung, die unterhaltsberechtigte Person zu schuetzen. Fuer das Zustaendigkeitssystem der Bruessel IIb-VO ergibt sich ein facettenreicheres Bild. Die verschiedenen allgemein gefassten Zustaendigkeitstatbestaende, z.B. die Zustaendigkeit am gewoehnlichen Kindesaufenthalt, beruhen jeweils auf bestimmten Vorstellungen davon, wo die Verfahrensfuehrung typischerweise Belangen des Kindeswohls dient. Wenn diese generalisierenden Regelungen der individuellen Situation nicht optimal gerecht werden, bieten die Zustaendigkeitsvereinbarung und -uebertragung eine Reaktionsmoeglichkeit auf den Einzelfall. Sowohl fuer die typisierenden wie auch die einzelfallbezogenen Zustaendigkeitsnormen lassen sich uebergreifende Teilgehalte des unbestimmten Kindeswohlbegriffs identifizieren, die die Auslegung der Bruessel IIb-VO leiten muessen.

Expert scholars provide a wide range of research perspectives and critiques, examining good practices, pressing questions and key challenges. Chapters cover topics such as constructing a postcolonial theory of corruption, understanding interviews as a research tool and determining why corruption strategies often fail. They also survey the possibilities and problems that technological developments create for researchers and reformers working in big data and AI. Presenting new ideas on the measurement and typologies of corruption, this Handbook looks to the future of corruption studies, reinvigorating research in this vital field.

The Handbook of Research Methods for Corruption Studies is a crucial resource for students and scholars of anti-corruption law, politics, public policy and sociology. It will also benefit practitioners and policymakers working in corruption prevention, providing suggestions for how research can effectively aid reform.

The authors analyze key dimensions of the mass shooting phenomenon within and beyond the United States, including definitional debates, perpetrator motivations, prevention, response, and recovery. They evaluate differences and similarities among types of mass shootings and illustrate the importance of understanding these points of distinction for prevention purposes. Chapters explore who mass shooters are, the warning signs they exhibit before attacks, and the ways in which policymakers, practitioners and communities respond to these events. They also highlight the critical, yet understudied, area of recovery and resilience within communities that experience these tragedies. The book ends with a call to strengthen prevention systems and commit to practices and education that will honor victims and survivors and foster a safer future.

Understanding Mass Shootings is a vital resource for scholars and students of criminal justice, criminology, psychology, sociology and security studies. It is also highly relevant to policymakers and legislators across all disciplines seeking to understand the mass shooting problem and identify legislative and independent policy solutions.

Key Features:

• Explains new doctrinal works and case law
• Considers tort law families across the world, alongside customary and regional law
• Explores emerging rules, such as the revised Product Liability Directive and expands definitions, such as that of defamation
• Revises concepts including private nuisance and assumption of responsibility within negligence and highlights concepts that are often overlooked

This book is a valuable foundational text for those teaching, researching or being introduced to comparative tort law and international litigation.

This book explores the concept of 'dissent' within the realm of art and cultural heritage through a rich and multidisciplinary lens. It investigates how dissent shapes the very definition of cultural heritage and the systems that govern cultural heritage, drawing primarily on social science perspectives. Combining methodologies from law and economics with insights from museology, art history, and postcolonial studies, the volume offers a unique perspective on how disagreement and contestation can redefine cultural value and authority.

The first part, "Dissent as Contestation," starts from the observation that the very value of cultural heritage has always been contested. It focuses on cultural heritage found in public spaces, where the contestation over its value is exacerbated. This raises questions concerning, for example, the subjects called upon to finance the preservation of their own cultural heritage and the creation of new cultural activities and, therefore, the relationship between public and private actors. The role of dissent, moreover, can play a major role - now more than ever - in the re-interpretation of values traditionally attached to specific cultural objects.

The second part, "Dissent as Reinvention," addresses dissent-related practices. Practices that, through episodes of conflict and contrast, manage to create new methods and new procedures for the governance of heritage and cultural activities. The chapters cover specific case studies dealing with local experiences or specific media of expression and explore how dissent can lead to paradigm shifts. Moreover, they consider whether and how certain institutional bodies, such as international organizations or local policymakers, have (or have not) put in place mechanisms to accommodate, listen to, and reflect possible episodes of dissent among relevant stakeholders.

The third part, "Dissent as Regulation," focuses on issues concerning the regulation of the cultural and heritage sector. The chapters discuss how to adopt political or legal decisions when there is disagreement concerning different options. They explore at what level of the decision-making process dissent should be taken into consideration (or prevented) and which branch of power - legislative, executive, or judiciary - is most affected by issues concerning dissent.

Authors adopt both a theoretical and practical perspective to assess the emerging challenges facing transnational families, from evaluating human rights in cross-border family situations to detailing different kinds of status and their related challenges. They address topics including the recognition of rainbow families and gender identity, the parent-child relationship and cross-border recognition of international and foreign adoptions. Presenting an in-depth analysis of ongoing issues and developments, this book strengthens understanding and research of cross-border family status in Europe.

Status and Family Relationships in European Private International Law is a crucial resource for legal scholars and students specialising in private international law, family law and comparative law. The book is also an essential tool for practitioners working in sensitive cross-border situations.

This book unprecedentedly and systematically puts forward the double helix methodology in think tanks, which is used to explore and answer the questions regarding the pathways and methods to realize the transitions from empirical to scientific research, from discrete to systematic approaches, from random to normative practices, from academic to academic-practical purposes, from static to steady-state analysis, and from mono-disciplinary to interdisciplinary research. The methodology analyzes the evolution trend of research methods in domestic and foreign think tanks and develops the four-layer model of the double helix methodology in think tanks. Revolving the ten key issues of the double helix methodology in think tanks, the book develops the theoretical foundation and methodological guidance for accelerating the formation and development of the discipline of think tank science and engineering and for promoting the professional, scientific, and disciplinary construction of think tanks.