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Family law / Financial law, banking law 19Family lawMarriage at theCrossroadsLaw, Policy, and the Brave NewWorld of Twenty-First-CenturyFamiliesEdited by Marsha GarrisonBrooklyn Law Schooland Elizabeth ScottColumbia University Law SchoolThe institution of marriage is ata crossroads. Across most of theindustrialized world, unmarriedcohabitation and nonmarital births haveskyrocketed while marriage rates are atrecord lows. This book provides tools toinform the debate and to assist policymakers in resolving questions aboutmarriage at a critical juncture.2012 228 x 152 mm 384pp22 b/w illus. 10 tables978-1-107-01827-3 Hardback £65.00978-1-107-62370-5 Paperback £22.99www.cambridge.org/9781107018273Children and thePolitics of CulturalBelongingAlice HearstSmith College, MassachusettsThis book explores the debate overcommunal and cultural belonging inthree contexts: domestic transracialadoptions of non-American Indianchildren, the scope of tribal authorityover American Indian children, andcultural and communal belonging fortransnationally adopted children.2012 228 x 152 mm 211pp978-1-107-01786-3 Hardback £55.00eBook availablewww.cambridge.org/9781107017863Loving v. Virginia ina Post-Racial WorldRethinking Race, Sex, andMarriageEdited by Kevin Noble MaillardSyracuse University, School of Lawand Rose Cuison VillazorHofstra University, School of LawIn 1967, the US Supreme Courtruled that laws prohibiting interracialmarriage were unconstitutional inLoving v. Virginia. This book takes acritical approach to that case and askshow Loving has influenced the maritalfreedom and racial equality in America.2012 228 x 152 mm 288pp978-0-521-19858-5 Hardback £60.00978-0-521-14798-9 Paperback £22.99eBook availablewww.cambridge.org/9780521198585The Future of Childand Family LawInternational PredictionsEdited by Elaine E. SutherlandUniversity of Stirling and Lewis and Clark LawSchool, Portland, OregonUsing a common chapter structure,experts from thirteen countries andjurisdictions offer critical analysis of thecurrent state of child and family law,the imperatives that have shaped it andthose that will drive it forward. Commontrends and salient differences are drawntogether in the editorial introduction.2012 228 x 152 mm 496pp 2 b/w illus.978-1-107-00680-5 Hardback £75.00eBook availablewww.cambridge.org/9781107006805Marriage and Divorcein a MulticulturalContextMulti-Tiered Marriage and theBoundaries of Civil Law andReligionEdited by Joel A. NicholsUniversity of St Thomas, MinnesotaExamines whether more pluralism infamily law is normatively desirable andshould be affirmatively fostered.2012 228 x 152 mm 416pp 1 b/w illus.978-0-521-19475-4 Hardback £65.00eBook availablewww.cambridge.org/9780521194754The ChangingLegal Regulationof CohabitationFrom Fornicators to Family,1600–2010Rebecca ProbertUniversity of WarwickThis book is for anyone interested in thehistory of marriage and cohabitation,whether historian, lawyer or generalreader. It is written in an accessible style,while providing a radical reassessmentof existing ideas about the popularity,legal treatment and perceptions ofcohabitation between 1600 and 2010.Law in Context2012 247 x 174 mm 298pp 5 b/w illus.978-1-107-02084-9 Hardback £70.00eBook availablewww.cambridge.org/9781107020849Financial law,banking lawAvailability ofCredit and SecuredTransactions in aTime of CrisisEdited by Orkun AkseliUniversity of DurhamAssessing the challenges posed byinefficient secured credit law, thebook looks at how challenges can beovercome to facilitate credit throughlegal reforms based on internationalstandards set by international andfinancial organisations in the light of thefinancial crisis.2013 228 x 152 mm 400pp978-1-107-02744-2 Hardback c. £90.00Publication February 2013www.cambridge.org/9781107027442Soft Law and theGlobal FinancialSystemRule Making in the 21st CenturyChris BrummerGeorgetown University, Washington DCThis book explains how internationalfinancial law ‘works’ – and presents analternative theory for understanding itspurpose, operation and limitations.2012 228 x 152 mm 306pp2 b/w illus. 11 tables978-1-107-00484-9 Hardback £55.00978-0-521-18167-9 Paperback £20.99eBook availablewww.cambridge.org/9781107004849TextbookThe International Lawon Foreign InvestmentThird editionM. SornarajahNational University of SingaporeThought-provoking and authoritativetext on this fast moving field ofinternational law.Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. The shapingfactors; 3. Controls by the host state;4. The liability of multinational corporationsand home state measures; 5. Bilateralinvestment treaties; 6. Multilateralinstruments on foreign investment;7. Settlement of investment disputes:contract-based arbitration; 8. Treaty-basedinvestment arbitration: jurisdictionalissues; 9. Causes of action: breaches oftreatment standards; 10. The taking offoreign property; 11. Compensation fornationalisation of foreign investments;12. Defences to responsibility.eBooks available at www.cambridge.org/ebookstore