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Are banks allowed to speculate on the financial markets and do proprietary trading and other risky activities, thus endangering retail deposits?

This reference book brings together a number of contracts that are governed by Belgian law but drafted in English. Each model is preceded by a short introduction summarizing the most salient provisions of Belgian law relevant to that particular contract Also, in most models, different options and alternative wording are included.

How can Europe build a coherent tax framework for innovation? In European R&D Tax Incentives, Georges Cavalier explores how national R&D tax systems — from France to Germany and beyond — can converge toward a shared legal concept of research.
Drawing on the work of the European Law Institute (ELI) and the EU Platform for Tax Good Governance, this groundbreaking study offers both a conceptual map and practical guidance for a more transparent, efficient, and integrated European R&D tax policy.

Some of the leading figures in private law engage in dialogue with younger colleagues about the future prospects of European contract law. They examine the major issues that, taking stock of the progress made so far, remain open today, and discuss the trends that may be followed in the future.

The practices of participatory democracy, open to all, renew the relationships between public authorities and stakeholders of conviction (religions and philosophies).

This book will examine whether the insights gained on due diligence to regulate transnational business conduct in various areas of international law can be transposed mutatis mutandis to the context of the customary duty of non-assistance, due to their significant similarities with the book’s central research issue.

Comparative Concepts of Criminal Law is unique in the sense that it introduces the reader to the fundamental concepts and rules of substantive criminal law in a comparative way and not just to the criminal law system of one specific jurisdiction.

Since 1990, Alain Bensoussan has been studying AI to ensure its ethical and regulated development. This book is aimed at technology law professionals who implement and protect AI projects, helping them understand and comply with European regulations. These regulations, the result of five years of work, aim to ensure the rapid and ethical deployment of AI in Europe, while protecting fundamental rights and European values. After the information technology revolution and the internet revolution, artificial intelligence is the third digital revolution.

The seventy-sixth volume of the Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals contains the most important decisions taken by the ICC from 8 June 2018 - 13 November 2019. 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 book provides a unique insight in the way concessions and other legal instruments are used for mines, casino’s, parking garages and street furniture in Countries in the EU and beyond. 
     

This book offers a first step towards a remedy by zooming in on policy instruments within international wildlife law. More specifically, it makes an in-depth study of policy instruments for large carnivore conservation in southern Africa.

This celebratory volume honours the remarkable career and intellectual legacy of Professor Dr. Geertrui Van Overwalle, an influential scholar in patent law and plant breeders’ rights.

This book gives a complete picture of the rather unsystematic field of EU contract law. It can be used as course material for teaching, but also serves as a point of reference for academics and practitioners alike.

The book aims to stimulate and strengthen cross-disciplinary research on sustainability, law and criminology and to provide inspiration for sustainability education and legal practice.

The two-day conference brings together leading family law researchers from across Europe to Stockholm. In addition, in an unprecedented move, experts in the field of family law from all Nordic governments will participate throughout the conference. The aim is to bring together the imaginative and knowledgeable academic research in Europe with legislative and advisory activities. 

A crucial question is whether EU data legislations geared toward the establishment of data markets can be squared with personal data protection. Based on her doctoral research, Charlotte Ducuing addresses this question with a novel and original approach based on commodification studies. A must-read to understand data legislation, its commodification dynamics and their impact on data protection law and to take a fresh perspective on the GDPR.

This book endeavours to present an exhaustive examination of the ethical and legal dimensions of human mood enhancement technologies. 

This book first sets out a conceptual framework of three main types of product-as-a-service contracts (product-oriented, use-oriented, result-oriented PSS) based on real-life examples. Second, it identifies and analyses the relevant EU regulations as well as the national (BE, NL) contract laws applicable to these contracts. Third, it evaluates the current regulatory framework of product-as-a-service contracts in order to identify its strengths and weaknesses. Fourth, legal solutions are proposed to tackle the identified weaknesses and to promote balanced, truly sustainable product-as-a-service contracts.

Angelo Goethals' doctoral thesis on The Legal Framework for (Inter)connecting the Belgian Offshore Wind Farms examines legal challenges and frameworks governing Belgium's offshore wind farm transmissions and interconnections. Through the PhairywinD project, funded by the Energy Transition Fund, the study explores grid development, market issues, and licensing processes, addressing concepts like offshore bidding zones, energy islands, hybrid interconnectors, and the interplay between European and international law. Defended in 2025 at Ghent University, the research provides valuable insights for the future of offshore wind energy in the North Sea and beyond.