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A Commitment to Private International Law
Essays in honour of Hans van LoonBook | 1st edition 2013 | World | Permanent Bureau of the HccHSince joining the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1978, Hans van Loon has been at the forefront of private international law for well over a quarter of a century. This Liber Amicorum is a collection of contributions from friends and colleagues.€172.00 incl. VAT -
A Comparative Law Analysis of No-Fault Comprehensive Compensation Funds
International Best Practice and Contemporary ApplicationsBook | 1st edition 2023 | World | Kim WattsThis book is a groundbreaking comparative law analysis of the world's largest and most mature compensation funds, impacting nearly 22 million people in the four jurisdictions of Victoria (Australia), Quebec and Manitoba (Canada), and New Zealand. These funds operate in a way that turns tort law on its head, are financially stable and sustainable, and represent a true revolution in private law. The book takes important steps to further scientific knowledge of large alternative liability systems and goes beyond existing literature in the field.€148.00 incl. VAT -
A European Legal Framework for Nuclear Liability
Rethinking Current ApproachesBook | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Tobias HeldtThe book presents a proposal for a harmonised European liability regime and discusses possibilities to enhance the feasibility of such a reform. It calls for a stronger involvement of the public in the nuclear sector and emphasises the intrinsic link between effective safety regulation and liability and compensation mechanisms.€101.00 incl. VAT -
A European Union of Justice. Challenges for Judicial Cooperation in Europe
Proceedings of the XXXIV Congress of the U.A.E. 25 June 2021Book | 1st edition 2024 | Europe | Pedro de Gouveia e Melo, Gabriele DonàThis book contains relevant contributions by reputed specialists in the area of EU law. / Cet ouvrage contient des contributions pertinentes rédigées par des spécialistes réputés dans le domaine de la législation européenne.
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A Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Judgments
Why did the Judgments Project (1992-2001) Fail?Book | 1st edition 2024 | Eva JueptnerThis book provides the first comprehensive analysis of why the original Judgments Project of the Hague Conference on Private International Law failed in 2001. Through examining the significant weaknesses in the management and preparation of the negotiations which contributed substantially to the lack of success in adopting a convention text at a Diplomatic Session, the books sets out the lessons that can be drawn from the premature end of the project.
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A Human Rights-Based Approach to Conserving Protected Areas in China
Lessons from EuropeBook | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Miao HeAs the world’s population grows and the demands for natural resources increase, protected areas are becoming more important, but also more threatened. On the one hand, conservation of protected areas can contribute to the safeguarding of human rights; on the other hand, neglecting human rights can be a trigger for the mismanagement and destruction of protected areas. How can an objective and systematic approach be used to balance human rights protection and the conservation of protected areas?€90.00 incl. VAT -
A Legal Framework for a Transnational Offshore Grid in the North Sea
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Hannah MüllerThis book examines the legal frameworks applying to offshore grid development under international law, European Union law and national law. It reveals that these legal frameworks have not been developed to facilitate such complex (cross-border) infrastructure.€166.00 incl. VAT -
A New Deal for Professional Football in the EU
Club Brugge ChairBook | 1st edition 2021 | Europe | Robby Houben, Steve NuytsIn support of clubs and football agents applying on their own initiative high standards of good governance, this note calls for EU legislative intervention to level the regulatory and supervisory playing fields to create a true internal market for football agents and professional football clubs with acceptable minimum levels of good governance for all.€29.00 incl. VAT -
A Peaceful Revolution
The Development of Police and Judicial Cooperation in the European UnionBook | 1st edition 2019 | Europe | Cyrille FijnautThis book outlines in an accessible manner the wide-ranging and revolutionary development of one of the most crucial and dynamic EU policy areas since the Maastricht Treaty: that of police and judicial cooperation between its Member States. It examines the subject in light of burning issues surrounding migration, terrorism and, of course, Brexit.€115.00 incl. VAT -
A Re-examination of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in light of the Principle of Human Dignity
Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Getahun A. MosissaThis book investigates what normative justification can be provided for economic, social and cultural rights guaranteed under international law and how this justification can or should impact the State obligations emerging from these rights.€95.00 incl. VAT -
A Short History of Legal Validity and Invalidity
Foundations of Private and Public LawBook | 1st edition 2019 | Europe | Maris KöpckeThis book traces the uncharted history of validity and invalidity, two central categories of legal thought ubiquitous in contemporary private and public law. It shows how they emerged in response to social needs that remain pressing today.€59.00 incl. VAT -
Accepting Assistance in the Aftermath of Disasters
Standards for States under International LawBook | 1st edition 2015 | World | Stefanie Jansen-WilhelmDisasters have a devastating effect on the lives of people. It is of essential importance that the response to a disaster is as effective and adequate as possible to limit and alleviate suffering. To this end, affected states can make use of offers of humanitarian assistance made by other states, international (humanitarian) organisations and NGOs. When in such cases the affected state refuses to accept international humanitarian assistance, the disaster survivors suffer the consequences.€68.00 incl. VAT -
Access to Justice and the Judiciary
Towards New European Standards of Affordability, Quality and Efficiency of Civil AdjudicationBook | 1st edition 2009 | United Kingdom | Alan Uzelac, C.H. van RheeIn a time when an ever growing demand for justice meets economic crisis and shrinking resources, innovative approaches to access to justice are urgently needed. The present volume discusses a variety of such approaches from across Europe (and beyond), all united by their significance in contemporary trends in legal and judicial reform.€56.00 incl. VAT -
Access to Medicines
The Interface between Patents and Human Rights. Does one size fit all?Book | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Jennifer SellinMillions of people worldwide lack adequate access to medicines, particularly in developing countries. This book focuses on one aspect of access to medicines: the affordability of essential medicines, and its connection to human rights and patents.€103.00 incl. VAT -
Accountability for Human Rights Violations by International Organisations
(paperback)Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Jan Wouters, Eva Brems, Stefaan Smis, Pierre SchmittThe present book, with carefully selected contributions from many prominent scholars and practitioners, is the first to explore situations in which human rights are threatened or violated through the actions, operations or policies of international organizations in a comprehensive manner and to examine the accountability mechanisms that are available.€137.01 incl. VAT -
Actes et documents de la Vingtième session / Proceedings of the Twentieth Session
Tome I - Matières diverses/Miscellanous mattersBook | 1st edition 2016 | World | Hague Conference on Private International LawThis publication is the first in a series of three volumes entitled Proceedings of the Twentieth Session (2005). -
Actus Reus and Participation in European Criminal Law
Book | 1st edition 2013 | Europe | Johannes KeilerWith the coming into force of the Treaty of Lisbon the competences of the European Union in the realm of criminal law have greatly expanded. The Union, in a multitude of legislative instruments, requires its Member States to criminalize a big variety of harmful conducts. Although the Union frequently refers to conduct, attempt and participation in its legislation, it fails to determine what these concepts should denote to. This book fills this lacuna by establishing what actus reus and rules on participation should look like in European criminal law.€109.00 incl. VAT -
Administrative cooperation in the European Space
Book | 1st edition 2025 | Europe | Emilie Chevalier, Mariolina Eliantonio, Rui Tavares LanceiroL'ouvrage offre une perspective inédite de la coopération administrative dans l’espace administratif européen, abordant la question de ses acteurs, ses instruments et ses enjeux.
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Administrative Sanctions in the European Union
Book | 1st edition 2013 | Europe | Oswald JansenThis book offers a unique overview of the main legal systems of administrative sanctions with thorough analyses of the administrative law sanctioning systems in 13 Member States and the European Union. The focus is on both remedial and deterrent sanctions in administrative law.€155.00 incl. VAT -
Administrative Silence
Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Pedro AberasturyThis book is a comparative study of the topic of administrative silence, also known as formal inactivity of the administration. It provides an overview of the topic and explores how it is recognised and applied within 21 jurisdictions around the world.€168.00 incl. VAT