Retaining its signature clarity and depth, this fully updated edition of the market-leading World Trade Organization (WTO) textbook covers both the institutional and substantive law of the WTO. The Law and Policy of the World Trade Organization is required reading for all WTO law students and practitioners. Questions, assignments and online exercises aid student understanding and engagement.
Whales are regarded as a totemic symbol by some nations and as a natural marine resource by others. This book presents a complex picture of legal problems surrounding the interpretation of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling and the role of its regulatory body, the International Whaling Commission.
Using national case studies from South Asia, Southern Africa, Australia, Canada and Northern Europe, Women's Human Rights examines the potential and actual added value of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in comparison and interaction with other equality and anti-discrimination mechanisms.
The significant increase in medical malpractice litigation, both here in South Africa and internationally, looks set to continue. As a result medical malpractice law is an increasingly specialised area for both medical and legal practitioners.
Written by a legal ethics expert, The Good Lawyer encourages the development of a sense of social and moral responsibility. It is an invaluable reference for students considering a law degree, or a career in law, and for new lawyers seeking more insight into the moral dimensions of their profession.
This volume of essays explores and evaluates the influence of legal professions and institutions on fault liability across Europe between 1850 and 2000. A range of expert contributors analyse developments in England, Scotland, France, Spain, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands.
Under the colonial and apartheid regime thousands of people in South Africa had their property and land taken from them. This book investigates the attempts by the post-apartheid government to provide redress for this, demonstrating that the restitution must go beyond financial compensation to address the social impact of confiscation of land.
There is no room for error in the drafting of Wills because when a Will comes into effect the testator is not present to revise, amend, interpret or give instructions as to his intentions.
From 1 May 2011 company law in South Africa was dramatically altered: the 1973 Act which had governed companies for the life-times of most business people and lawyers in South Africa was replaced by the Companies Act of 2008, as amended in March 2011.
The Law Student's Dictionary provides an invaluable reference work for all law students. The terms have been chosen with the specific needs of the undergraduate student in mind, and the text includes substantial entries on core student topics, which help to explain and contextualise these key areas.
This title, a second edition of Currie & Klaaren's The promotion of administrative Justice Act Benchbook, is a commentary on the PAJA, written to assist the judges, magistrates, lawyers and administrators who are required to interpret and implement the Act.