In recent years, many academics and policymakers have argued that the welfare state needs to be modernized. It is claimed that social protection systems still largely reflect the ‘old social risks’ created under industrial capitalism and that they need to be adapted to the ‘new social risks’ that have developed with the transition to post-industrial society. This book addresses some of the challenges for social protection posed by these demographic, social and economic transformations.
This book provides a comparative analysis of the process of fact-finding in the litigation process. It offers theoretical insights on the distinctive features of the fact-finding arrangements in civil cases andt also examines the empirical data that shed light on the operation of procedural rules in legal practice.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | Europe | Filip Dorssemont, Thomas Blanke
On 16 May 2009, the EC Directive 2009/38 (Recast Directive) has been published in the Official Journal. With effect from 6 June 2011, the EC Directive 94/45 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees will be repealed. It will be substituted by the Recast Directive.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | Europe | Edward Lloyd-Cape, Zaza Namoradze, Roger Smith, Taru Spronken
Every year, millions of people across Europe – innocent and guilty - are arrested and detained by the police. Based on a three year research study, this book explores and compares access to effective defence in criminal proceedings across nine European jurisdictions that constitute examples of the three major legal traditions in Europe, inquisitorial, adversarial and post-state socialist: Belgium, England & Wales, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Turkey. It is essential reading for academics, researchers, students, defence lawyers and policy-makers in the area of criminal justice in Europe.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | Europe | Margherita Poto
This book provides an overview of the role of the independent administrative authorities assigned to the oversight of financial markets, by outlining both the historic and economic background, the warp and the weft of the European system, and where these authorities have emerged and now operate.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | C.H. van Rhee, Alan Uzelac
This book supplies a number of perspectives on the development of enforcement of court judgments and other enforceable documents in Europe. The articles are written by experts from legal academia and professionals involved in enforcement practice. New trends are highlighted.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Gissou Azarnia, Gideon Boas, Miranda Boone, Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Pedro Caeiro, Thom Dieben, Erica Finkle, Stijn Franken, Håkan Friman, Zoe Konstantopoulou, Miguel Ângelo Lemos, Marc Mackarel, Michael Moesenthin, Hadassa Noorda, John O’Dowd, Göran Sluiter and Tjarda van der Spoel.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia 2003-2004
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: André de Hoogh, Micaela Frulli, Desi Stoichkova, Menno Dolman, Göran Sluiter, Ruth Kok,Els Dinjens, Jan Fermon, Mohamed M. El Zeidy, Megan Fairlie, Karel de Meester, Ola Olusanya, Alexander Zahar, Christine Byron, Max du Plessis, Stefano Manacorda, Gerard de Jonge and Roman Graf
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Denis Abels, Kai Ambos, Cécile Aptel, Amir Cengic, Annelisa Ciampi, Annemarie De Brouwer, Karel de Meester, Håkan Friman, Marc Groenhuijsen, Dov Jacobs, Erik Kok, Guénaël Mettraux, Ioannis Naziris, Astrid Reisinger, Lela Scott, Sergey Vasiliev, Alexander Zahar and Salvatore Zappala
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Desislava Stoitchkova
Seeking to address the problem of corporate involvement in grave human rights abuse, i.e. genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, this study explores the desirability and feasibility of subjecting business enterprises to regulation through international criminal law.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Jane Mair, Esin Örücü
This edited volume tests the Principles of European Family Law on Parental Responsibilities in a range of legal systems, and in so doing assesses these legal systems in view of the Principles, and the Principles in view of these legal systems.
With a Particular Focus on the Law of Armed Conflict
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Frederik Naert
This book combines an insight into the legal aspects of operations conducted as part of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) of the EU with an analysis of the status and obligations of international organizations under international law and applies the findings thereof to the law of armed conflict and human rights in relation to ESDP operations.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 2004
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Fabián O. Raimondo, Zsuzsanna Deen-Racsmány, Erik Kok, Wouter Werner, Celso Eduardo F. Coracini, Michael Moesenthin, Christopher M. Rassi, Dawn L. Rothe, Dimcho Dimov, Paul de Hert, Gentian Zyberi and Göran Sluiter
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | Christoph Castelein, Rene Foqué, Alain-Laurent Verbeke
This volume in the EFL-Series aims at enabling a larger and more contextualised view on succession law, by studying the issue of imperative inheritance law from five different perspectives: legal anthropology, legal history, sociology of law, law and economics, and comparative law. All perspectives are introduced by eminent scholars.
Book | 1st edition 2009 | United Kingdom | Gerard Quinn, Lisa Waddington
The field of disability law and policy is both new and rapidly expanding at European level. It covers a disparate range of subject areas including non-discrimination, transport, education, employment and housing. For the first time, the Yearbook draws all of the relevant developments at the European level together and provides an indispensable reference work for lawyers, public policy analysts, researchers, government agencies and civil society groups.
Timor Leste - The Special Panels for Serious Crimes 2003-2006
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Peter Bal, Pedro Caeiro, James Cockayne, Celso Eduardo Faria Coracini, Rob Cryer, André de Hoogh, Masha Fedorova, Leena Grover, André Klip, Claus Kreß, Miguel Ângelo Lemos, Anne-Sophie Massa, Avril McDonald, Gregory S. McNeal, Fabián O. Raimondo, Göran Sluiter, Sergey Vasiliev and Gentian Zyberi.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 2003
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
This volume contains the most important decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for the period 14 October 2003 - 5 December 2003. All decisions are commented on by distinguished international scholars and academics.Contributors:Denis Abels, Rogier Bartels, Megan Fairlie, Steven Freeland, Maria Kalafa-Gbandi, Maartje Krabbe, Mark McKarel, Yannis Naziris, Daniel Ntanda-Nsereko, Olaoluwa Olusanya and Natalie Wagner
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 2005-2006
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Isidoro Blanco Cordero, Wendy de Bondt, Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Els de Busser, Michele Caianiello, Menno Dolman, Micaela Frulli, Eric Iverson, Dov Jacobs, Gerhard Kemp, Marloes Kleijn Hesselink, Goreth Kyakuwa, Ousman Njikam, Jens David Ohlin, Helmut Satzger, Joanna Spanoudis, Ignaz Stegmiller, Heikelina Verrijn Stuart and Edith Weemaels
This edited volume ascertains the added value of international criminal tribunals in fighting impunity for crimes against international law and fostering political reconciliation in affected States. It aims to identify best practices which may inform the choice between the establishment of international criminal tribunals and recourse to other mechanisms, and which may render existing or future tribunals more effective institutions.
On Labour in Its Relation with Capital Through Law
Book | 1st edition 2009 | Europe | Marc Rigaux
In this work the author tries to uncover the parameters the labour legislators used in the development of labour protection. He formulates a number of theses that allow him to establish a theory of labour law. The themes dealt with in this work fit in an overall vision on labour in its relation with capital as dealt with in law.
