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This book contains a review of forty “landmark” decisions issued by the European Court in Intellectual Property law between 2019 and 2023. As each decision originates from a dispute before a Member State court, the European Court’s rulings have, as far as possible, been summarised and analysed by authors who are familiar with the relevant national jurisdiction.

Unraveling the complexities of global trade, Customs and Duties dives into key principles like union versus non-union goods and the nuances between customs unions and free trade zones, highlighting the pivotal roles of customs stakeholders for a seamless transition into the world of international law.
Embark on a journey through 'Customs and Duties,' where the essentials of international trade come to life, exploring fundamental concepts like goods classification and customs value determination, each chapter serving as a guidepost through the labyrinth of regulations for all who tread in this intricate realm.

The EU Banking Union as outstanding regulatory regime in the 2010s influences private parties’ contract law –with claims against authorities, on markets with two new mega-trends. Firstly, the common good imposes itself much more against private gains. Secondly, private parties are more involved in responsibilities for the system and with claims based on it.

On 7 December 2022, the European Commission published a Proposal for a private international law Regulation on parenthood. In the book, the Marburg Group—a group of German private international law scholars—undertakes the first extensive and in-depth assessment of the Parenthood Proposal. While the Group welcomes the initiative of the Commission and embraces the overall structure of the Parenthood Proposal, it suggests several fundamental changes.

The EU's Directive (EU) 2019/633 aims to combat unfair trading practices in the agricultural sector. Through the Third UTP Roundtable (2023), experts assessed the Directive's implementation across Member States. Variations in enforcement approaches and legislative adjustments were scrutinized. This book includes preface, questionnaires, country reports, and conclusions on the UTP Directive's impact.

The Law and Bioethics of End-of-Life Decisions addresses the legal, ethical and philosophical issues surrounding end-of-life decisions, including assisted dying, palliative care and withdrawal of treatment. 

The seventy-third volume of the Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals contains the most important decisions taken by the ICC from 8 March 2018 - 8 June 2018. 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.

Precedents 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? 

This book gives a guidance for legal practitioners on how the EU and the EU member states’ legislation works when applying an EAPO and how the EAPO is enforced in each EU member state. / Cet ouvrage fournit des conseils aux praticiens du droit sur la manière dont la législation de l'UE et des États membres de l'UE fonctionne lors de l'application d'une OESC et sur la manière dont l'OESC est mis en œuvre dans chaque État membre de l'UE.

Good 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.

Child relocation presents a challenge to family lawyers, with its cross-border dimension raising unique questions in the legal context of the European Union. This book examines the European legal frameworks of child relocation and discusses the dynamics of Europeanisation of national child relocation law.

This “CSRD Essentials” work is a comprehensive set of briefings designed to navigate the complexities of this new directive. It shows that its rules are, in fact, quite easy to understand and apply. 

This book explores the current evolution of environmental law, focusing on connectivity, conflicts, and interdisciplinary collaboration. It addresses the complex landscape of the global environmental crisis, offering valuable perspectives on its main challenges.

The Right to Identity and Access to Information on Genetic Origin and Parentage discusses recent developments on the right to know one’s genetic origins in the context of donor conception. It includes both legal analyses and findings from psychological research, delving not only into the theoretical framework, but, additionally, assessing the practices of counselling and DNA databases.

This 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.

This book explores the impact of uncertainties and the interplay between environmental law and science.

The book provides an in-depth discussion of Council Regulation No 2019/1111 (‘Brussels II-ter’) (in force from August 2022), which lays down rules on jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement which EU Member States must apply when dealing with matrimonial matters, matters of parental responsibility and child abduction. 

This book offers an in-depth analysis of mutual trust in EU migration and criminal law, which highlights the cooperation dynamics between the Member States. This leads the author to the novel argument that mutual trust should be considered as a general principle of EU law. Qualifying mutual trust as a general principle of EU law matters because, when we consider mutual trust as a general principle of EU law, it offers a pertinent lens through which to study Member State cooperation dynamics in the context of external European asylum law.

The seventy-first volume of the Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals contains the most important decisions taken by the ICC from 7 April 2015 - 28 April 2017. 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.

The seventy-second volume of the Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals contains the most important decisions taken by the ICC from 1 May 2017 – 8 March 2018. 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.