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Economic pressure, as well as transnational and domestic corporate
policies, has placed labor law under severe stress. National
responses are so deeply embedded in institutions reflecting local
traditions that meaningful comparison is daunting. This book
assembles a team of experts from many countries that draw on a rich
variety of comparative methods to capture changes and emerging
trends across nations and regions. The chapters in this Research
Handbook mingle subjects of long-standing comparative concern with
matters that have pressed to the fore in recent years. Subjects
like 'soft law' and emerging geographic zones are placed in a new
light and their burgeoning significance explored. Thematic and
regional comparisons capture the challenges of a globally
comparative perspective on labor law. The fresh and thoughtful
comparative analysis in this Handbook makes it a critical resource
for scholars and students of labor law. Contributors: K. Banks, A.
Bogg, S. Bonfanti, S. Butterworth, S. Cooney, L. Corazza, N.
Countouris, G. Davidov, D. du Toit, K.D. Ewing, M. Finkin, R.
Fragale, M. Freedland, N. Garoupa, S. Giubboni, F. Hendrickx, J.
Howe, A. Hyde, E. Kovacs, R. Krause, N. Lyutov, E. Menegatti, L.
Mitrus, G. Mundlak, R. Nunin, M. Pittard, O. Razzolini, K. Rittich,
R. Ronnie, E. Sanchez, K. Sankaran, M. Schlachter, A. Seifert, A.
Stewart, H. Takeuchi-Okuno, A. Topo
The Common Law is Oliver Wendell Holmes' most sustained work of
jurisprudence. In it the careful reader will discern traces of his
later thought as found in both his legal opinions and other
writings. At the outset of The Common Law Holmes posits that he is
concerned with establishing that the common law can meet the
changing needs of society while preserving continuity with the
past. A common law judge must be creative, both in determining the
society's current needs, and in discerning how best to address
these needs in a way that is continuous with past judicial
decisions. In this way, the law evolves by moving out of its past,
adapting to the needs of the present, and establishing a direction
for the future. To Holmes' way of thinking, this approach is
superior to imposing order in accordance with a philosophical
position or theory because the law would thereby lose the
flexibility it requires in responding to the needs and demands of
disputing parties as well as society as a whole. According to
Holmes, the social environment--the economic, moral, and political
milieu--alters over time. Therefore in order to remain responsive
to this social environment, the law must change as well. But the
law is also part of this environment and impacts it. There is,
then, a continual reciprocity between the law and the social
arrangements in which it is contextualized. And, as with the
evolution of species, there is no starting over. Rather, in most
cases, a judge takes existing legal concepts and principles, as
these have been memorialized in legal precedent, and adapts them,
often unconsciously, to fit the requirements of a particular case
and present social conditions.
The range of energy systems carried by this volume is inclusive,
encompassingthermal and gas turbines, renewable power, fuel cells
(low and high temperature), nuclear power generation (fission and
fusion) and the transmission and storage of the energy produced.
The editors consider aspects of the hydrogen economy, as well as
the materials employed in the design of batteries, and in energy
conversion in a range of devices and actuators. Over 80 articles
have been selected which discuss the applications of materials to
these energy systems, with emphasis placed upon the generation of
nuclear energy. The whole assembly provides the reader with an
up-to-date understanding of the applications of the entire range of
materials of engineering importance, across metals, ceramics and
polymeric materials.
Aconcise desk reference work for material scientists working with
energy systemsBridges the divide between materials science and
engineering of complex systemSignificantly more cost-effective than
purchase of the main "Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and
Technology "for departmental budgets"
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