ISBN:
9789400723542
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (X, 704 p, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. International Academy of Comparative Law General reports of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law
Keywords:
Civil law
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Public law
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Constitutional law
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Law
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Law
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Civil law
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Public law
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Constitutional law
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Konferenzschrift
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Internationales Privatrecht
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Rechtsvergleich
Abstract:
David V. Snyder
Abstract:
This title presents twenty-nine topics, prepared by leading scholars in more than 20 countries, providing a comparative analysis of cutting-edge legal topics of the 21st century. Considering topics of vital moment to contemporary legal scholars, the title includes pieces on Surrogate Motherhood, The Balance of Copyright in Comparative Perspective, International Law in Domestic Systems, Constitutional Courts as "Positive Legislators", Same-sex Marriage, Climate Change and the Law, The Regulation of Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and State Funds, and Regulation of Corporate Tax Evasion
Description / Table of Contents:
General Reports of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Academyof Comparative Law/Rapports Généraux du XVIIIème Congrès del'Académie Internationalede Droit Comparé; Preface; Steering Committee, 18th International Congress of Comparative Law, Washington, DC, July 2010; Préface; Contents; 1: Religion and the Secular State 1; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Global Social Setting; 1.3 Constitutional and Legal Context; 1.3.1 Constitutional Overview; 1.3.2 Comparative Perspectives: The Religion-State Identification Continuum; 1.3.3 Other Constitutional Issues Involving Religion
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1.3.4 The Legal Setting1.4 Religious Autonomy; 1.5 Legal Regulation of Religion as a Social Phenomenon; 1.6 State Financial Support for Religion; 1.6.1 Justification of State Funding of Religion; 1.6.2 Criteria Used to Grant Financial Support; 1.6.3 Methods for Providing State Financial Support of Religion; 1.6.3.1 Direct Economic Aid; 1.6.3.2 Indirect Economic Aid; 1.6.4 Benefits and Problematic Aspects of State Financial Support of Religion; 1.7 Civil Effects of Religious Acts; 1.8 Religious Education; 1.8.1 Private Schools; 1.8.2 Religious Instruction in Public Schools
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1.8.2.1 Denominational Religious Instruction1.8.2.2 Non-denominational Religious Education; 1.8.2.3 Practical Problems in the Implementation of Religious Education; 1.9 Religious Symbols in Public Places; 1.9.1 Religious Attire; 1.9.2 Display of Religious Symbols in Public Settings; 1.9.2.1 Monuments and Temporary Displays; 1.10 Freedom of Expression and Offenses Against Religion; 1.11 Conclusion; 2: Complexity of Transnational Sources 1; 2.1 The Subject; 2.2 Scope of Project; 2.3 A Tapestry Woven with Many Normative Threads; 2.4 Transnational, International or Extra-National Sources?
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2.5 A Closer Look at the Questions2.5.1 Academic Literature; 2.5.2 Support by the Executive; 2.5.3 The Judiciary; 2.5.4 Jura novit curia?; 2.5.5 Judicial Strategies; 2.6 Suggestions as to "What Can Be Done About the Problem?"; 3: The Role of Practice in Legal Education 1; 3.1 An Overview of Issues for the General Report; 3.1.1 A Brief Taxonomy, and Some Issues in Theories of Comparison; 3.1.2 Definitional Issues; 3.2 The Paradigms of Practice in Legal Education: The National Reports and Beyond; 3.2.1 The Prevailing Paradigm in the National Reports
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3.2.2 Beyond the National Reports: A Sketch of Data on Practice in Legal Education in the United States and the Netherlands3.2.2.1 Practice in Legal Education in the United States; 3.2.2.2 Practice in Legal Education in the Netherlands 98; 3.2.3 The Minority Paradigm: National Reports and the United States; 3.3 Other Noteworthy Aspects of Legal Education from the National Reports; 3.3.1 Relationship of Population to Bar Size, and Bar Size to Law Graduates; 3.3.2 Demographics and Legal Education; 3.3.3 Near-Elimination of Numerus Clausus Provisions
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3.3.4 Practice-Related Issues on the National Bar Examination
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DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-2354-2
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