Emily Boyd & Carl Folke 
Adapting Institutions [PDF ebook] 
Governance, Complexity and Social-Ecological Resilience

Built on a strong foundation in restoration ecology, this unique handbook provides practitioners, academics, and managers with vital tools needed to plan for ecosystem conservation, to restore degrad …

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Over the past two decades, virtually all areas of family law have undergone major doctrinal and theoretical changes — from the definition of marriage, to the financial and parenting consequences of d …

This book presents a detailed analysis of the function of consumer product guarantees and the related legal issues. It applies research findings from the fields of consumer complaining behaviour, mar …

Since 1875, Canadian courts have been permitted to act as advisors alongside their ordinary, adjudicative role. This book offers the first detailed examination of that role from a legal perspective. …

The Landmark Cases series highlights the historical antecedents of what are widely considered to be the leading cases in a discipline, and seeks to provide contexts in which to better understand how …

The Law of Evidence provides a thorough analysis of the law of evidence, explaining the intricacies of the law of evidence in a clear and accessible style. The information is presented in a logical s …

A recent development in the immigration policies of several European states is to make the admission of foreign nationals dependent upon criteria relating to their integration. As the practice of »i …

It has many times been said that contracts involve assumptions of obligation or liability, but what that means, and what it is that is assumed, have not often been discussed. It is to further such di …

Now in its second edition, Construction Law is the standard work of reference for busy construction law practitioners, and it will support lawyers in their contentious and non-contentious practices w …