Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Jan Hallebeek, Harry Dondorp
By presenting historical materials, this volume elucidates the quandary of the law of obligations when it has to answer the question what a creditor eventually will acquire: damages or specific performance?
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Desislava Stoitchkova
Seeking to address the problem of corporate involvement in grave human rights abuse, i.e. genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, this study explores the desirability and feasibility of subjecting business enterprises to regulation through international criminal law.
All-Source Threat Assessments in the Fight Against Terrorism
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Vast Comité I
This book collects contributions from European countries that have created ‘fusion centres’ or that have attributed the ‘all-source threat assessment’ assignment to an existing body. The result paints a specific and valuable picture and gives a unique insight into the way integrated analyses are produced, not in the least because all contributions were written by people from within the fusion centres; not by outsiders.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Jane Mair, Esin Örücü
This edited volume tests the Principles of European Family Law on Parental Responsibilities in a range of legal systems, and in so doing assesses these legal systems in view of the Principles, and the Principles in view of these legal systems.
With a Particular Focus on the Law of Armed Conflict
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Frederik Naert
This book combines an insight into the legal aspects of operations conducted as part of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) of the EU with an analysis of the status and obligations of international organizations under international law and applies the findings thereof to the law of armed conflict and human rights in relation to ESDP operations.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 2004
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Fabián O. Raimondo, Zsuzsanna Deen-Racsmány, Erik Kok, Wouter Werner, Celso Eduardo F. Coracini, Michael Moesenthin, Christopher M. Rassi, Dawn L. Rothe, Dimcho Dimov, Paul de Hert, Gentian Zyberi and Göran Sluiter
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | Christoph Castelein, Rene Foqué, Alain-Laurent Verbeke
This volume in the EFL-Series aims at enabling a larger and more contextualised view on succession law, by studying the issue of imperative inheritance law from five different perspectives: legal anthropology, legal history, sociology of law, law and economics, and comparative law. All perspectives are introduced by eminent scholars.
Developments in the Netherlands from an International and EU Perspective
Book | 1st edition 2009 | United Kingdom | Martha M. Roggenkamp, Martha Roggenkamp, Edwin Woerdman
Since the 1990s several attempts have been made to combat climate change. Governments use traditional instruments like the promotion of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency. Since the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol new instruments have been introduced like international and national emissions trading.
Book | 1st edition 2009 | United Kingdom | Gerard Quinn, Lisa Waddington
The field of disability law and policy is both new and rapidly expanding at European level. It covers a disparate range of subject areas including non-discrimination, transport, education, employment and housing. For the first time, the Yearbook draws all of the relevant developments at the European level together and provides an indispensable reference work for lawyers, public policy analysts, researchers, government agencies and civil society groups.
Book | 1st edition 2009 | United Kingdom | Simon Walker
In an age of globalization, free trade should be synonymous with prosperity for all. Yet too often small farmers, indigenous peoples, people with HIV and others are left out of the picture. The Future of Human Rights Impact Assessments of Trade Agreements proposes a new way to make free trade work for all people.
A Comparison of Counter-Terrorism Legislation and Its Implications on Human Rights in the Legal Systems of the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany and Fran
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | Anna Oehmichen
The present volume deals with terrorism, both the legislative reactions to it and its impact on human rights. It is argued that the preservation of human rights is vital for the prevention of terrorism, encompassing state and non-state terrorism alike.
Timor Leste - The Special Panels for Serious Crimes 2003-2006
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Peter Bal, Pedro Caeiro, James Cockayne, Celso Eduardo Faria Coracini, Rob Cryer, André de Hoogh, Masha Fedorova, Leena Grover, André Klip, Claus Kreß, Miguel Ângelo Lemos, Anne-Sophie Massa, Avril McDonald, Gregory S. McNeal, Fabián O. Raimondo, Göran Sluiter, Sergey Vasiliev and Gentian Zyberi.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 2003
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
This volume contains the most important decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for the period 14 October 2003 - 5 December 2003. All decisions are commented on by distinguished international scholars and academics.Contributors:Denis Abels, Rogier Bartels, Megan Fairlie, Steven Freeland, Maria Kalafa-Gbandi, Maartje Krabbe, Mark McKarel, Yannis Naziris, Daniel Ntanda-Nsereko, Olaoluwa Olusanya and Natalie Wagner
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 2005-2006
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Isidoro Blanco Cordero, Wendy de Bondt, Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Els de Busser, Michele Caianiello, Menno Dolman, Micaela Frulli, Eric Iverson, Dov Jacobs, Gerhard Kemp, Marloes Kleijn Hesselink, Goreth Kyakuwa, Ousman Njikam, Jens David Ohlin, Helmut Satzger, Joanna Spanoudis, Ignaz Stegmiller, Heikelina Verrijn Stuart and Edith Weemaels
This edited volume ascertains the added value of international criminal tribunals in fighting impunity for crimes against international law and fostering political reconciliation in affected States. It aims to identify best practices which may inform the choice between the establishment of international criminal tribunals and recourse to other mechanisms, and which may render existing or future tribunals more effective institutions.
On Labour in Its Relation with Capital Through Law
Book | 1st edition 2009 | Europe | Marc Rigaux
In this work the author tries to uncover the parameters the labour legislators used in the development of labour protection. He formulates a number of theses that allow him to establish a theory of labour law. The themes dealt with in this work fit in an overall vision on labour in its relation with capital as dealt with in law.
Book | 1st edition 2009 | Europe | Danny Pieters, Paul Schoukens
This book sheds an innovating light on the relations between EU and non-EU countries and nationals, as far as social security is concerned. These are dealt with in a number of contributions by eminent international experts.
This book explores the intricate, complex, and sometimes contentious relationship between the European Union’s agenda for a free internal market and the protection of labour standards within the European Union. Its immediate focus is on recent legal developments, both in case law and in legislation.
A Comparative Law Study on ChildrenÂs Right to Know Their Genetic Origins
Book | 1st edition 2009 | Europe | Richard J. Blauwhoff
This book deals with the rights of persons, both children and adults, who feel a strong wish to find out who their biological parents are. The identification of biological parents may become important in a wide variety of situations, which run the gamut from adoption to sperm donor anonymity and ‘misattributed paternity’. A thorough comparative study of the relevant law across a number of jurisdictions found on the European continent has now for the first time been made available in English.
Towards New European Standards of Affordability, Quality and Efficiency of Civil Adjudication
Book | 1st edition 2009 | United Kingdom | Alan Uzelac, C.H. van Rhee
In a time when an ever growing demand for justice meets economic crisis and shrinking resources, innovative approaches to access to justice are urgently needed. The present volume discusses a variety of such approaches from across Europe (and beyond), all united by their significance in contemporary trends in legal and judicial reform.
