Brownlie's Principles of Public International Law has been shaping the study and application of international law for over 50 years. Serving as a single-volume introduction to the field as a whole, the book is one of the classic treatises on international law, now fully updated to order to take account of recent developments. It includes extensive references in order to provide a solid foundation for further research.

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A New Introduction to Jurisprudence takes one of the central problems of law and jurisprudence as its point of departure: what is the law? Adopting an intermediate position between legal positivism and natural law, this book reflects on the concept of ‘liberal democracy’ or ‘constitutional democracy’. In five chapters the book analyses: (i) the idea of higher law, (ii) liberal democracy as a legitimate model for the state, (iii) the separation of church and state or secularism as esse...

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COVID-19 maakte het (ook) de Vereniging van Milieurecht Advocaten enige tijd onmogelijk om fysieke bijeenkomsten te houden. Mede om die reden is door de Vereniging een digitale leergang ‘Omgevingswet’ opgezet, waarin verschillende vooraanstaande sprekers in de vorm van webinars diverse algemene en specifieke onderdelen van de Omgevingswet bespreken. Een aantal webinars is uitgewerkt tot schriftelijke bijdragen die in deze bundel zijn samengebracht. De bijdragen hebben betrekking op het...

De Gemeentewet in eenvoudig Nederlands maakt de Gemeentewet toegankelijk voor raadsleden en anderen die actief zijn binnen de lokale overheid. Wat mag er nu wel en wat niet? In artikelen staan soms richtlijnen in plaats van echte wetgeving, in de zin van wat wel of niet mag. Met deze uitgave bij de hand is het makkelijk en snel op te zoeken wat de boodschap is die de Gemeentewet wil geven.

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