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845 results

  1. From Catholic Outlook to Modern State Regulation

    From Catholic Outlook to Modern State Regulation

    Developing Legal Understandings of Marriage in Ireland
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Maebh Harding
    The book focuses on the development of marriage law in Ireland from 1937 to the present day, raising broader questions about the appropriate role of law in establishing, preserving and developing inclusive social understandings of marriage.
    €71.00 incl. VAT
    Available from November 2023
  2. European Contract Law in the Banking and Financial Union

    European Contract Law in the Banking and Financial Union

    Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Stefan Grundmann, Pietro Sirena
    This volume investigates how the post-crisis supervisory regime of the EU and the Eurozone impacts on bank managers’ duties and on market transactions: in their relationship to the large range of stakeholders, including the public as such, in current lending and investment transactions, in the phase of recovery and resolution (with bail-ins triggering changes of contractual rights), but also in adjudication, namely in banking related ADR schemes.
    €90.00 incl. VAT
    Available from November 2023
  3. Financial Management in Practice (third edition)

    Financial Management in Practice (third edition)

    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Belgium | Rudy Aernoudt
    In Financial Management in Practice the author discusses the basic concepts of financial management, optimal financing, the valuation of enterprises and all forms of debt financing.Also, mezzanine financing, formal and informal venture capital, including business angels and crowdfunding, IPO, are explained.A review of the Basel Accords concludes this book.- Practical approach with clarifying cases and exercises.- Glossary and solutions of the exercises at the end of the book.
    €68.00 incl. VAT
    Student price: €37.00
    Available from September 2023
  4. Comparing Online Legal Education

    Comparing Online Legal Education

    Past, Present and Future
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Luke Nottage, Makoto Ibusuki
    This is a pioneering study comparing university-level and professional online legal education across 13 jurisdictions from the Asia-Pacific region, Europe and beyond before and especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. The book examines developments in legal professions and traditions, university funding and ICT infrastructure.
    €119.00 incl. VAT
    Available from July 2023
  5. Shareholder Activism in Belgium

    Shareholder Activism in Belgium

    Boon or curse for sustainable value creation?
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Belgium | Arie Van Hoe, Tom Vos
    The book explores the present and future of shareholder activism in Belgium. Old and new forms of activism will be presented and situated in their financial and legal context. This will help readers understand whether shareholder activism can be a boon or a curse for sustainable value creation.
    €172.00 incl. VAT
    Available from July 2023
  6. The European Convention on Human Rights and its Impact on National Private Law

    The European Convention on Human Rights and its Impact on National Private Law

    A Comparative Perspective
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Matteo Fornasier, Maria Gabriella Stanzione
    The book explores, from a comparative perspective, the impact of the European Convention of Human Rights on a wide range of private law issues, including family law, data protection law, media law, copyright law, labour law as well as private international law and procedural law.
    €99.00 incl. VAT
    Available from June 2023
  7. Culture and Law

    Culture and Law

    An Inescapable Encounter
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Jorge Sánchez Cordero
    One of the greatest contributions of the twentieth century was undoubtedly the expansion of the concept of culture. One of the consequences of the amplification of the notion of culture was that it permeated all social disciplines, and law was evidently no exception. Research into law and culture was somewhat belated but has recently yielded a multitude of interesting literature and relevant inquiries. This important volume brings together meditations from some of the leading scholars in the field.
    €136.00 incl. VAT
    Available from May 2023
  8. Surrogacy in Latin America

    Surrogacy in Latin America

    Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Nicolás Espejo Yaksic, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Jens M. Scherpe
    This book canvasses the laws regarding surrogacy in Latin American jurisdictions, putting the legal developments into their historical and social contexts. It also categorises the approaches taken and compares them to developments around the globe.
    €99.00 incl. VAT
    Available from May 2023
  9. Retention of title in secured transactions law from a creditor's perspective

    Retention of title in secured transactions law from a creditor's perspective

    A comparative analysis of selected (non-)functional approaches
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Belgium, Europe | Inge Van de Plas
    This doctoral research compares the retention of title in Belgium with the retention of title in the United States, Germany and two international instruments (the UNCITRAL legislative guide and model law on secured transactions and Book IX of the Draft Common Frame of Reference. It evaluates the application of the functional approach to retention of title and formulates recommendations concerning the regulation of retention of title in Belgian law.
    €175.00 incl. VAT
    Available from May 2023
  10. Plurality and Diversity in Law: The Human Rights Paradigm

    Plurality and Diversity in Law: The Human Rights Paradigm

    Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen
    This book provides an understanding of how States around the world, whether in the Global North or the Global South, deal with and organize the religious, ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity within them and how, in the same vein, they deal with the plurality of opinions and legal systems.
    €205.00 incl. VAT
    Available from April 2023
  11. Defragmentation of Law

    Defragmentation of Law

    Reconstruction of Contemporary Law as a System
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Pavel Ondrejek
    As contemporary legal regulation becomes more and more complex, the law becomes more fragmented. This book puts forward recommendations to promote the systemic nature of law. In addition to pro-systemic legal arguments, the book focuses on the foundations of law formed by underlying principles and values.
    €89.00 incl. VAT
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  12. Dealing with food law in Europe

    Dealing with food law in Europe

    A practical approach, including a Belgian perspective
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Aude Mahy

    For the first time in Belgium, a book that addresses the subject of food law in its entirety. It aims to decipher European food law and illustrate it with concrete applications. A special perspective on how the regulations is implemented and enforced in Belgium is also included.

    €92.00 incl. VAT
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  13. Compliance Monumental Goals

    Compliance Monumental Goals

    Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Marie–Anne Frison–Roche

    The notion of “Compliance Monumental Goals” is becoming more explicit in regulations and case law to fight climate change or hate in the digital space, to prevent the collapse of economic systems and democracies, to make human beings effectively equal, to compel firms to be vigilant.

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  14. Plurality and Diversity in Law: Family Forms and Family's Functions

    Plurality and Diversity in Law: Family Forms and Family's Functions

    Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Jacqueline Heaton, Aida Kemelmajer
    This book presents comparative perspectives based on findings presented in National Reports on the theme 'Plurality and Diversity in Law: Family Forms and Family's Functions'. The contributions focus on whether, and if so, how, family law recognises that a child can have multiple parents, and which family functions are recognised and favoured by the law.
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  15. Enterprise Foundation Law in a Comparative Perspective

    Enterprise Foundation Law in a Comparative Perspective

    Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Anne Sanders, Steen Thomsen
    Many large companies - like Bosch, Ikea and Novo-Nordisk - are owned by enterprise foundations. This book provides an overview of enterprise foundation law in six European countries and the US. The book explores enterprise foundation law in the seven aforementioned nations and analyzes how the law influences the prevalence and governance of enterprise foundations around the world.
    €79.00 incl. VAT
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  16. Profiling through Big Data Analytics

    Profiling through Big Data Analytics

    The Interplay between the General Data Protection Regulation and Unfair Commercial Practices Directive
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Maja Niševic
    This book investigates the practice of profiling using Big Data Analytics, with the main focus on the interplay between the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the European Union Unfair Commercial Practice Directive (UCPD). This book is an interdisciplinary study of profiling as a technological tool, and of its legal framework, including comparative analysis of the case law on personal data processing.
    €130.00 incl. VAT
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  17. Business Intelligence with Power BI

    Business Intelligence with Power BI

    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Belgium, World | Sylvio Rodriguez, Jo Swinnen
    The authors not only write an accessible guide to Power BI, the Microsoft self service reporting software, they also explain the importance of business intelligence for diverse business processes. This book is the ideal introduction for all who want to become familiar with Power BI. No prior knowledge needed!* Learn how to present Big Data en KPI’s attractively and flexibly.* Use the online files to complete the exercises.* Genuine cases illustrate how PowerBI works in the real world.****Invitation webinar Business Intelligence met/with Power BI (19 April 2023 - 7PM-8PM). Register free: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4667309641061479510****
    €54.00 incl. VAT
    Student price: €37.00
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  18. Between Sexuality, Gender and Reproduction

    Between Sexuality, Gender and Reproduction

    On the Pluralisation of Family Forms
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Nina Dethloff, Katharina Kaesling
    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.
    €113.00 incl. VAT
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  19. Corporate finance (second edition)

    Corporate finance (second edition)

    Book | 2nd edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Marc Deloof, Sophie Manigart, Hubert Ooghe, Cynthia Van Hulle
    This textbook discusses the sources of funding and capital structure of corporations (excluding financial institutions). After an introduction on the objectives and functions of corporate finance, the following topics are covered: investment analysis and minimum investment return requirement, capital structure and dividend policy, long- and medium-term financing, working capital valuation, international financial policy and other specific financial topics.- The authors link theoretical insight to practical cases. - Written for financial professionals and (post)university students.
    €119.00 incl. VAT
    Student price: €59.00
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