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This chapter discusses the Scots and South African laws of agency, covering fundamental concepts, authority and power, and agent's duties. At the beginning of the twenty-first century a pragmatic...

In Islam, the morality code obliges females to be segregated from unrelated males. The preference is for one female to treat another, especially if the malady or the wound is located in the...

The criminal jury, after its importation to North America by English settlers, evolved into a unique institution in the United States. Several prominent features of American law and culture have left...

By looking at the decisions of the United States Supreme Court, this chapter argues that what characterises American judicial discourse is precisely the fact it integrates its formalist and its...

This chapter presents case studies that illuminate how different actors make and maintain law in various settings that represent very diverse constellations of power. They explore the ways in which...

European settlers in the mid-19th century laid claim to the majority of the Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en land, although the land was never conquered, ceded, or signed away under the treaty process that...

This chapter focuses on Japan's Anti-Monopoly Law. Topics discussed include the historical background of the law, an outline of the law, private monopolization, prevention of excessive concentration...

After each scandal, participants in Japan grovel through a ritual of remorse, resignations, and occasionally redemption. In the United States, executives usually do not resign until they...

This chapter argues that the Cour de cassation of France, the Supreme Court of the United States, and the European Court of Justice are truly emblematic courts, courts whose discursive practices and...

This chapter explores the ‘laws of protection’ in Yemen (c.1400 onwards). By examining a case where law can be shown to work ‘sideways’ rather than ‘top down’, it is shown that legalism need not be...