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Edited by Jean-Marie Henckaerts, Louise Doswald-Beck
In 1996, the International Committee of the Red Cross, alongside a range of renowned experts, embarked upon a major international study into current state practice in international humanitarian law in order to identify customary law in this area. Volume I: Rules and Volume II: Practice are the result of that study.

James Gordley, Arthur Taylor von Mehren
This book compares the law of property, contract, tort and unjust enrichment in two common law jurisdictions: the United States and England, and two civil law jurisdictions: France and Germany. Readings explore the fundamental differences of origin, of codification, and of the legal structure and legal profession between both. The core of the book consists of cases, statutes and code provisions which provide a road map of the basic doctrines of private law in these jurisdictions and allow one to consider to what extent their approaches and their solutions differ.

Edited by Susan B. Carter, Scott Sigmund Gartner, Michael R. Haines, Alan L. Olmstead, Richard Sutch, Gavin Wright
A monumental work of collaborative scholarship providing a comprehensive compendium of statistics from over 1,000 sources recording every aspect of the history of the United States from population to prices; from voting patterns to Vietnam veterans; from energy to education; from abortions to zinc and everything in between. Over 80 scholars have contributed their efforts and expertise to select, assemble, and document the data, to write the introductory essays, and to analyze the material.

Damian Chalmers, Christos Hadjiemmanuil, Giorgio Monti, Adam Tomkins
This student textbook provides a comprehensive survey of European Union law exploring EU institutions, legislative and administrative processes and substantive law. Individual areas examined include free movement of goods and services, competition law, fundamental rights, EC constitutionalism, questions of freedom, security and justice. It studies the single market, economic and monetary union and EC financial services law. Taking an innovative approach, it places EU law in its policy, political and economic context. With case law and legislation extracts throughout, this is essential reading for all students of the subject.

Compiled by Appellate Body Secretariat
The Repertory contains the essence of the jurisprudence of the WTO Appellate Body, from its establishment in 1995 through early 2004. The Appellate Body is responsible for deciding appeals relating to disputes among the WTO's 148 Members. The main part of the Repertory contains excerpts from the decisions of the Appellate Body, which offer guidance on the interpretation of the WTO's governing treaties. It is designed to aid practitioners of WTO law, and others interested in the field.

Edited by Victor V. Ramraj, Michael Hor, Kent Roach
The prevention of terrorism will be one of the major tasks of governments and regional and international organizations for some time. This collection is designed to contribute to the growing field of comparative and international studies of anti-terrorism law and policy. It includes chapters that focus on a particular country or region in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia, as well as overarching thematic chapters that take a comparative approach to particular aspects of anti-terrorism law and policy, including international, constitutional, immigration, privacy, maritime, aviation, and financial law.

General editor Maher Dabbah, Paul Lasok
Within the field of competition law, merger control has emerged as a growing area of law over the last decade. Merger operations can impact on a number of jurisdictions, and regulatory notification and approval may need to be sought in more than one of these. This multi-contributory collection sets out the law in every jurisdiction where a mechanism for merger control is in place. The publication provides a comprehensive, authoritative source on the merger rules in different jurisdictions which will prove invaluable for practitioners and policy-makers.

Edited by Giorgio Sacerdoti, Alan Yanovich, Jan Bohanes
Bringing together articles by some of the leading policy-makers, this book examines: the relationship and balance between political governance and dispute settlement; the functioning of the dispute settlement procedures and various reform proposals; the contribution of the Appellate Body to the development of international trade law; and treaty interpretation in a number of international dispute settlement fora such as the WTO, the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Justice, and the Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

Compiled by Appellate Body Secretariat
The WTO Appellate Body is responsible for deciding appeals relating to disputes among the WTO's 148 Members. The Appellate Body Repertory is the definitive reference tool for practitioners of WTO law, and others interested in the field of international trade law. It contains excerpts from WTO Appellate Body Reports, dating from the first Appellate Body Report adopted in May 1996, through to the sixty-eighth Report adopted in May 2005. The excerpts are organized according to the particular provision of the WTO Agreements examined, and by subject-matter.

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