Derek Roebuck

The Taking of Hong Kong

Charles and Clara Elliot in China Waters

Relations between Britain and China have, for over 150 years, been inextricably bound up with the taking of Hong Kong Island on 26 January 1841. The m...

Roman Arbitration

The Roman empire encompassed a vast area, incorporating many different cultures, and yet Roman law had to resolve disputes across the board. This meti...

Introduction to Law in the Hong Kong SAR

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Law in the Study of Business

The Commonwealth and International Library: Social Administration, Training, Economics and Production Division

Law in the Study of Business deals with the relationship between the field of law and the study of business. The text specifically discusses the progr...

Cheques, Second Edition

The purpose of this book is to introduce the law of cheques in Hong Kong. It assumes that the reader is familiar in outline with the legal system in H...

Mediation and Arbitration in the Middle Ages

England 1154 to 1558

Tells the story of how disputes of all kinds were managed in England between AD 1154 and the first signs of the Common Law, and 1558 when a new period...

The Charitable Arbitrator

How to Mediate and Arbitrate in Louis XIV's France

Printed first in 1666, this source is both an instruction manual and plea for reform, comparing the positive potential of mediation and arbitration wi...

The Background of the Common Law

A Historical Sketch

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The Whores of War

Mercenaries Today

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The Background of the Common Law

The first edition of this book, published in 1983 and reissued in 1988, has proved to be essential reading for students beginning legal studies. The s...

British Columbia Practice

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Disputes and Differences

Comparisons in Law, Language and History

Thirty-eight papers written over fifty years show that anyone who wants to understand law can benefit from the insights of linguistics, history and an...

Banking Law in Hong Kong

Cases and Materials

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Women in Disputes: a History of European Women in Mediation

And Arbitration

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Hong Kong Contracts

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Law of Contract

Text and Materials

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Law in the Study of Business

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Early English Arbitration

Offers a history of mediation and arbitration in England before the Common Law. This book shows how natural and widespread mediation and arbitration h...

Law of Commerce

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Arbitration and Mediation in Seventeenth-Century England

Despite plague, fire, political upheaval and religious strife, in the 17th century English people of all kinds used mediation and arbitration routinel...

More Disputes and Differences: Essays on the History Of

Arbitration and Its Continuing Relevance

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