OBserving LawOBserving Law – the IALS Open Book Service for Law is an open access book publishing initiative aiming to provide a showcase for the vibrant state of legal scholarship, by publishing the best monographic works in law and making them free to read anywhere. It embraces the full scope of legal scholarship, from doctrinal analysis, to theoretical exploration and empirical study, and interdisciplinary approaches. Books in the series are innovative and intellectually stimulating, fully peer reviewed work reaching a worldwide audience, widening knowledge and understanding, and playing a major role in policy, practice and legal education.