Book | 1st edition 2022 | Europe | Christine Godt, Geertrui Van Overwalle, Lucie Guibault, Deryck Beyleveld
This book is the result of a long-term comparative research project on intellectual property. It unearths the thought patterns which are culturally, morally and historically imprinted across Europe and questions the common narratives of the distinctiveness of private and public law, contracts and property, and morality and the law.
The Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings
Book | 1st edition 2022 | World | Katarina Trimmings, Anatol Dutta, Costanza Honorati, Mirela Zupan
This book addresses the issue of mothers who, fleeing from domestic violence, take their children with them and thus become liable for international child abduction. It examines how protection measures can help the abducting mother in this context, with a special focus on the utility of Regulation 606/2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters and Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order, which allow cross-border circulation of protection measures.
Book | 1st edition 2022 | United Kingdom | Katharina O Cathaoir
This book provides a thorough account of states' obligations to prevent childhood obesity under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, focusing on restricting unhealthy food marketing to children. It also examines state obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and EU law.
European Law on Preventing and Solving Statelessness
Book | 1st edition 2022 | Europe | Caia Vlieks
Statelessness remains an issue of concern in Europe. Stateless persons often experience problems with accessing basic rights, despite the proclamation of human rights and a right to a nationality for all. Various attempts have been made to address the issue of statelessness, for instance through the adoption of the United Nations Statelessness Conventions, but also by European regional cooperation mechanisms. This book analyses and places into context the legal approaches that states have taken together in the context of the Council of Europe and the European Union to prevent and solve statelessness from a human rights perspective.
This book presents a comprehensive framework through which to conceptualize marriage from a law and economics perspective. It shows the economic rationale behind substantive marriage law and proposes an efficient conflict of laws system that prioritizes predictability and congruency in the determination of the applicable law.
Book | 1st edition 2022 | Brigit Toebes, Mette Hartlev, Aart Hendriks, Katharina O Cathaoir, Janne Rothmar Herrmann, Henriette Sinding Aasen
Human rights play a crucial role in health law and policy. This book systematically explores a range of themes and dimensions of 'health and human rights'. It discusses the approaches of the UN, Council of Europe and EU to health and human rights, as well as a number of important themes including autonomy and paternalism, vulnerability and entitlements, abortion, digitisation and artificial intelligence, and questions surrounding death and dying.
Book | 1st edition 2022 | Sam Bookman, Edward Willis, Hanna Wilberg, Max Harris
Bruce Harris has left an indelible mark on public law across the common law world. In this Festschrift, commentators explore key themes including the nature of executive power, issues concerning the judiciary, and the future of unwritten constitutions. This collection of essays conveys a distinctively pragmatic approach to public law, relevant to scholars and practitioners alike.
This book explores the role of Article 47 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights - which guarantees the right to effective judicial protection - in consumer cases before the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as civil courts in Spain and the Netherlands.
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) 27 January 2014 - 30 January 2015
Book | 1st edition 2022 | United Kingdom | André Klip, Steven Freeland
The sixty-seventh volume of the Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals contains the most important decisions taken by the ICC from 27 January 2014 to 30 January 2015. It provides the reader with the full text of the decisions identical to the original version and including concurring, separate and dissenting opinions. Distinguished experts in the field of international criminal law have commented on these decisions.
This volume contributes to the literature on private international family law in Europe through the examination of two recent EU instruments: the Matrimonial Property Regulation and the Regulation on the Property Consequences of Registered Partnerships. The book presents the two regulations in a clear and comprehensive manner and analyses their implications for EU family law going forward.
Book | 1st edition 2022 | Reinhard Bork, Michael Veder
This book focuses on the harmonisation of transactions avoidance laws in the EU. Based on national reports and input from 25 jurisdictions and employing a principle-based approach, it proposes a new Model Law which, in nine sections, provides for legal certainty as to which transactions should (or should not) be challengeable in all Member States under the same conditions.
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, 1 February 2015 - 29 June 2016
Book | 1st edition 2022 | United Kingdom | André Klip, Steven Freeland
The sixty-eighth volume of the Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals contains the most important decisions taken by the ICTY from 1 February 2015 to 29 June 2016. It provides the reader with the full text of the decisions identical to the original version and including concurring, separate and dissenting opinions. Distinguished experts in the field of international criminal law have commented on these decisions.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) 16 November 2018
Book | 1st edition 2022 | United Kingdom | André Klip, Steven Freeland
This sixty-sixth volume of the Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals contains the decision taken by the ECCC on 16 November 2018 in Case 002/02. It provides the reader with the full text of the decisions identical to the original version and including concurring, separate and dissenting opinions. Distinguished experts in the field of international criminal law have commented on these decisions.
Book | 1st edition 2022 | Europe | Björn Hoops, Ernst Marais
In this book, which is part of the book series of the Common Core of European Private Law, reporters consider legal institutions that allow persons who have occupied private or public land of others to acquire that land through mere long-term use.
Book | 1st edition 2022 | Bernard Vanheusden, Theodoros Iliopoulos, Anna Vanhellemont
The book deals with topical issues in the ongoing process of harmonisation in the fields of environmental and energy law. Applying critical perspectives, the contributors address a broad array of issues ranging from more general concepts and processes of harmonisation to more specific applications with regard to the domains of environmental and energy law.
Book | 2nd edition 2022 | Europe | Karl Riesenhuber
This volume covers the complete scope of European employment law: its foundations in EU primary law and its various sources in EU secondary legislation, as well as the growing body of case law of the European Court of Justice.
The fourth edition of Materials on European Criminal Law is a collection of legal instruments including all legal materials relevant for the practice of the Member States of the European Union in one concise volume.
Book | 1st edition 2021 | Martha M. Roggenkamp, Catherine Banet
This volume includes chapters on "Developments in the EU and EU Energy Law", "EU Case Law", "New Developments in Cross-border Energy Governance", "Energy Communities" and "Clean Hydrogen: Regulatory Frameworks".
UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the Role of Private International Law
Book | 1st edition 2021 | Ralf Michaels, Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm, Hans van Loon
Scholars from multiple countries and disciplines analyse the existing and potential contributions that private law and private international law can make towards each of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030.
