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This book compiles various papers based on the presentations by distinguished scholars, practitioners, stakeholders and enforcers presented during two international conferences jointly organised by KU Leuven’s CCM and the University of Ferrara, in cooperation with the European Law Institute’s Sustainability and Environment Law Special Interest Group and the Consumer Empowerment Project (CEP).

This volume consists of three books, which will be sold together as a set. They contain the most important decisions taken by the STL from 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2023 and also provide the reader with the full text of the decisions identical to the original version, including concurring, separate and dissenting opinions.

This book reveals how rape myths – incorrect beliefs about rape (survivors/perpetrators) – permeate asylum decision making.

This book answers this question and provides a clear doctrinal legal analysis of public procurement as a strategic instrument to foster circular economy objectives. 

Artificial intelligence does not necessarily do what we want, rather what we ask. This has to do with accuracy, which is not a singular thing. This book describes the different aspects of accuracy defined in technical literature and which of those are reflected in European AI law.

This book introduces a dynamic approach to financial analysis and valuation, moving beyond traditional static models. It emphasizes the importance of the managerial balance sheet and accurate equity cash flow calculations. Part 1 focuses on revealing the true financial structure of a company, while Part 2 builds a robust valuation methodology. Aimed at professionals and students, it encourages deeper financial understanding for better decision-making.

This work proposes a new perspective on the dynamics of influence between EU and ECHR laws: it examines the influence of the growing body of EU fundamental rights on ECHR law. 

This book examines how a political entity can act to protect heritage beyond its borders, and what the legitimacy of gives such action its legitimacy. 

This book tackles a hot topic at the intersection of three major issues in Europe: consumer rights, the way we regulate flexibility of the electricity consumers and our push for renewable energy. 

This volume examines how power shapes and distorts contractual relationships, challenging the legal fiction that parties meet as equals and showing how various forms of power permeate every stage of contracting.

How should crypto-assets be regulated? Against the backdrop of the recent adoption by the European Union of the MiCA Regulation, it seems crucial to compare the regulatory choices made in the European Union and the United Arab Emirates.  

This book deals with the questions arising from domestic restrictions on the ability and authority of State parties to submit to international arbitration and the invocability of these restrictions in foreign investment disputes from the perspective of the International Rule of Law. 

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.

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.

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.