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The Role of EU State Aid Law in Promoting a Pro-innovation Policy
A Review from the Perspective of University-Industry R&D CooperationBook | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Mario CisnerosState funding constitutes an important tool to promote innovation by creating links between industry, universities and R&D institutions. In this context, the development of a legal framework that promotes an efficient use of State aid in R&D cooperation represents an important challenge for the EU.€59.00 incl. VAT -
The Role of Legal Precedent in Private Law
A Comparative StudyBook | 1st edition 2024 | World | Christina RambergPrecedents have become increasingly important in many jurisdictions. This book compares how various jurisdictions grapple with the problem of understanding how precedents function as a source of law. Are precedents binding, and what does “binding” entail? How are rules in a precedent identified, and are they controversial as a source of law?
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The Rule of law and Good Administration of Justice in the Digital Era
L’État de droit et la bonne administration de la justice à l’ère numériqueBook | 1st edition 2024 | Europe | Stanislas Adam, Ingrid Derveaux, Gianluca Grasso, Fernando Vaz VenturaGood administration of justice is the keystone of justice as a public service and a guiding principle in the interface between justice systems and citizens. It makes the former accountable to the latter for qualitative and timely justice, which are essential to upholding the rule of law value common to the EU Member States. The second judges@europe forum explores those concepts from three different angles, each of which raises topical issues in the European legal space: accountability through liability (in particular disciplinary and criminal); accountability through performance and performance control and; accountability through transparency.
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The Single Resolution Mechanism
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Robby Houben, Werner VandenbruwaeneThis book takes stock after a year of application of the SRM and examines the situation from various perspectives: the perspective of the SRB, the NRA, the supervised bank and judicial protection. Special attention is given to the division of power between the RB and the NRA and the impact on the supervised bank, the relationship and links between the SRM and the SSM and the query whether the right balance between national and supranational powers has been struck, also in view of the principle of subsidiarity.€77.00 incl. VAT -
The Social Security Co-Ordination Between the EU and Non-EU Countries
Book | 1st edition 2009 | Europe | Danny Pieters, Paul SchoukensThis book sheds an innovating light on the relations between EU and non-EU countries and nationals, as far as social security is concerned. These are dealt with in a number of contributions by eminent international experts.€48.00 incl. VAT -
The Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council
A brief look from the inside and perspectives from outsideBook | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Humberto Cantú RiveraSpecial Procedures is the collective name given to the different mandates of Independent Experts, Special Rapporteurs and Working Groups in the field of human rights appointed by the UN Human Rights Council. This edited volume seeks to contribute to the dissemination of the work undertaken by different mandate-holders for the protection of human rights.€57.00 incl. VAT -
The Strong, the Weak and the Law
Proceedings of the 6th ACCA Conference held in Liege on June 23, 2017Book | 1st edition 2018 | Belgium | Quentin Cordier, Xavier Miny, Aurélie Quintart, Fanny VanrykelHow does the law apprehend the economical, political and military differences ? This book explores the role the law has played and continues to play in the confrontation between the strong and the weak.€118.00 incl. VAT -
The Theory, Potential and Practice of Procedural Dialogue in the ECHR System
Book | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Lize GlasDialogue is the new buzzword for the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention) system. Judges throughout Europe have welcomed and encouraged dialogue, and references to the notion have become commonplace at conferences and in academic writing. Yet although the buzz has intensified, exactly why dialogue can be of added value is not often examined. Nor do those who rely on the notion usually explain how exactly it can be operationalised in a practical sense.€118.00 incl. VAT -
The Transformative Potential of a Vulnerability Focus in Basic Assistance Policies
A Study on UNHCR and IOM in SudanBook | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Veronika FlegarThe term 'vulnerability' is often used in law and policy to refer to disadvantaged, marginalized or excluded human beings. This book explores how a vulnerability focus in basic assistance policies can contribute to substantive equality and therefore to the realization of universal human rights in the migration context. It concentrates on the potential that such a vulnerability focus can have to mitigate stigmatization and stereotyping and to facilitate socio-economic participation.€124.00 incl. VAT -
The UK after Brexit
Legal and Policy ChallengesBook | 1st edition 2017 | Europe | Michael DouganThe UK after Brexit is the result of a cooperation between a group of leading academics from top institutions in the UK and beyond. It offers students, practitioners and scholars an authoritative, informative and thought-provoking series of analyses of some of the key challenges facing the UK legal system in and through the process of ‘de-Europeanisation’ – that is, in and through ‘Brexit’.€36.00 incl. VAT -
The UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
A Tale of Fragmentation in International LawBook | 1st edition 2012 | World | Toshiyuki Kono, Steven Van UytselThis book fills a gap in the literature on how the Convention for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions positions itself within the bigger field of public international law. Several studies have been undertaken regarding the relationship of this Convention with the trade regime. However, the drafting process of the Convention brought many more than only trade issues to the forefront, such as heritage law, human rights law, or development law issues. This book investigates to what extent the Convention has impact on these various fields of law and thus aims at clarifying the Convention’s contribution to the fragmentation of public international law.€118.00 incl. VAT -
The United Nations, the Evolution of Global Values and International Law
Book | 1st edition 2011 | World | Otto SpijkersIn this book, Otto Spijkers describes how moral values have determined the founding of the United Nations Organization in 1945 and the evolution of its purposes, principles and policies since then.€96.00 incl. VAT -
The Women's Convention Turned 30
Achievements, Setbacks, and ProspectsBook | 1st edition 2012 | United Kingdom | Ingrid WestendorpThe Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is a treaty for all girls and women in this world. After 30 years, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women is still valid and necessary both in developed and in developing States. This image is clearly conveyed by the authors of this book who represent a wide variety of national and cultural backgrounds, and who have put the implementation of the provisions in the Convention to the test both in modern and in traditional societies.€126.00 incl. VATStudent price: €48.00 -
The World Bank Group, the IMF and Human Rights
A Contextualised Way ForwardBook | 1st edition 2015 | World | Willem Van GenugtenThe World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund are under substantial pressure to accept more accountability under international human rights law. This publication sets out the standards by which these international financial institutions are bound under international human rights law as it currently stands.€46.00 incl. VAT -
The Young and the Elderly at Risk
Individual outcomes and contemporary policy challenges in European societiesBook | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Ioana Salagean, Catalina Lomos, Anne HartungThe current retrenchment of the welfare states is buffering the growing demographic and economic pressures in European countries at the expense of the young and the elderly. This book encompasses a selection of empirical studies reflecting on when and why the young and the elderly are at risk in several (mostly Western) European countries.€71.00 incl. VAT -
Thematic Procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and International Law
In Search of a Sense of CommunityBook | 1st edition 2006 | United Kingdom | Jeroen GutterThis study investigates the so-called “thematic approach” as a method available to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to take cognizance of and to react upon violations of human rights worldwide.€97.00 incl. VAT -
Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights, 5th edition (hardcover)
Book | 5th edition 2018 | United Kingdom | Pieter van Dijk, Fried van Hoof, Arjen van Rijn, Leo ZwaakThis book provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the functioning of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its application by the European Court of Human Rights.€221.00 incl. VAT -
Theory and Practice of the European Convention on Human Rights, 5th edition (paperback)
Book | 5th edition 2018 | United Kingdom | Pieter van Dijk, Fried van Hoof, Arjen van Rijn, Leo ZwaakThis book provides a systematic and comprehensive overview of the functioning of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its application by the European Court of Human Rights.€221.00 incl. VATStudent price: €59.00 -
Time to Reshape the Digital Society
40th anniversary of the CRIDSBook | 1st edition 2021 | Belgium | Hervé JacqueminL’ouvrage analyse les enjeux posés par le numérique en droit et dans d’autres disciplines des sciences humaines. Les contributions ont trait aux questions importantes du moment, tels que l’IA, le big data, la confiance, l’eJustice, etc.€118.00 incl. VAT -
Towards a New European Impetus Post-Brexit
A View Behind the ScenesBook | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Rudy AernoudtEurope is under attack. Populism and nationalism are rampant, the United Kingdom has left the European Union and public confidence in Europe is waning. How should it move forward? With that question, the author takes the reader behind the scenes, offering unique, personal insights and positive solutions to address these issues, whilst also encouraging readers to develop their own vision of Europe and its future.€72.00 incl. VAT