The United Nations Commission of Experts Established Pursuant to Security Council Resolution 780 (1992)
Book | 1st edition 2017 | World | M. Cherif Bassiouni
Following World War Two, the progress towards international accountability and international criminal justice came to a halt as a result of the Cold War. But only three years since the end of the Cold War the international community was forced to face the ethnic tensions and civil war tearing apart the republics that once comprised the former Yugoslavia. The investigation into the conflict is detailed in this book including the uncovering of 187 mass graves, the interviewing of 223 victims of rape and sexual assault, and the utilization of prison camps and mass expulsion for the purpose of ethnic cleansing.
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Sandrine Maljean-Dubois
The central topic of this book is the effectiveness of environmental law. It offers a fruitful and stimulating dialogue between practitioners and academics, from varied countries and varied fields, combining empirical and theoretical approaches to the topic.
Fundamentals of Civil Procedure and the Changing Face of Civil Justice
Book | 1st edition 2017 | Europe | Alan Uzelac, C.H. van Rhee
Based on the wish to reopen an international comparative discussion on fundamental notions of civil procedure, this book offers a number of insights into procedural human rights from different jurisdictions and different points of view.
Direct Horizontal Effect of the Treaty Provisions on Free Movement
Book | 1st edition 2017 | Roel van Leuken
This book discusses the possible reach of the influence of the TFEU provisions on free movement of goods, persons, services and capital on legal relationships between individuals (‘horizontal’ legal relationships). It then formulates a private law reaction to this so-called direct horizontal effect of the fundamental freedoms.
Book | 1st edition 2017 | World | Dan Svantesson, Dariusz Kloza
'I think you are misunderstanding the perceived problem here, Mr President. No one is saying that you broke any laws. We are just saying it is a little bit weird that you did not have to.’ - John Oliver
A Case Study on Natural Resource Exploitation Disputes
Book | 1st edition 2017 | World | Claire Buggenhoudt
Common Interests in International Litigation provides answers to questions that international litigation faces as the result of an increasing recognition of common interests in this area, with an ever-expanding network of specialised judicial bodies.
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Gerard McCormack, Reinhard Bork
A comparative analysis of security rights in insolvency proceedings under the main legal traditions of the European Union (common law, Germanic, ‘Napoleonic Code’ and ‘East’ European) in the context of Articles 5 and 13 of the European Insolvency Regulation – Regulation 1346/2000.
A collection of essays by distinguished legal scholars that explores from legal, historical and theoretical perspectives how the Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union has affected, and is likely to impact on the development of, contract law and commercial law within the European Union.
Book | 3rd edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Katharina Boele-Woelki, Angelika Fuchs
The legal situation concerning same-sex couples is far from homogeneous in Europe. This book gives an overview of the formalisation and consequences of same-sex marriage and partnership all over Europe, discusses children’s rights in same-sex relationships and addresses the topic of gender identity.
Under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Omkar Sidhu
Inherent to and at the very core of the right to a fair criminal trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights is the concept of equality of arms (procedural equality) between the parties, the construct given detailed and innovative treatment in this book.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Book | 1st edition 2017 | World | Cheryl S. White
This book focuses on the radical communist revolution in Cambodia and the culture of impunity and silence imposed on the society under successive national governments. Dialogue on the suppressed past began in 2006 as key figures of the regime were brought before the in situ internationalised criminal court, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Sirja-Leena Penttinen, Ioanna Mersinia
Energy Transitions: Regulatory and Policy Trends highlights the recent developments in EU energy law and underlying policy aspects that shape the regulatory approach to energy.
The dynamics of enforcing international criminal justice through the International Criminal Court (ICC) has become a challenging exercise in Africa. At times the uneasy relationship between the ICC, the African Union and a few influential African states has given rise to concerns about the future of international criminal justice in general, and in Africa in particular
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Bruno Peeters, Hans Gribnau, Jo Badisco
This book addresses the current legitimacy crisis in the contemporary tax landscape by investigating the different aspects that contributed to the loss of trust in the realm of taxation.
The Scope for the Development of Positive Obligations
Book | 1st edition 2017 | Malu Beijer
Using insights gained from the development of positive obligations by the European Court of Human Rights, this volume analyses the possibility of incorporating positive obligations into EU law.
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Xiaowei Yu
Preventing Medical Malpractice and Compensating Victimised Patients in China is the first book in English on the legal remedies for preventing medical errors and compensating victims of medical malpractice in China from an economic and legal perspective.
Access to Controlled Essential Medicines in Resource-Constrained Countries
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Marie Gispen
Human Rights and Drug Control analyses a human rights interpretation of the international drug-control framework with an emphasis on advancing the access to controlled essential medicines in resource-constrained countries.
Book | 1st edition 2017 | World | Francesca Capone
This book offers an analysis of the existing normative framework regulating the right to reparation for child victims of armed conflict. The study questions whether the current framework is sufficiently developed to provide child victims with adequate, effective and prompt reparations.
