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This book comprises chapters by key legal scholars and practitioners from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. It examines the evolution, theoretical constructs and institutional features of legal capacity, as well as the specific ways in which evolving principles, rights and standards derived from disability law and human rights are impacting and transforming the law.

The book is divided into 2 parts. The first part treats the civil and commercial law pledges, as well as the pledge as financial collateral arrangement and the pledge over a business. The second part examines payment guarantees conferring an exclusive right upon the creditor, which include the right of retention and title-based security such as retention of title techniques as well as title transfer for security purposes.

This book addresses the pluralisation of family forms as an expression of the transformation of society and its normative foundations. Against a legal background, the development of diverse family concepts and practices is examined and the (severed) links between sexuality, gender and reproduction are explored.

In this comprehensive book, scholars critically examine how AI systems may impact Belgian law. While specific topics of Belgian private and public law are thoroughly addressed, the book also provides a general overview of a number of regulatory and ethical AI evolutions and tendencies in the European Union. In this second edition various chapters have been updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Two chapters covering media law and competition law have also been added. 

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.

Quelles sont les difficultés auxquelles font face les citoyens et les personnes qui les conseillent dans des situations de mobilité, lorsqu’elles sont confrontées à des problèmes juridiques liés aux relations familiales ? Comment apporter une réponse ?