Book | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Ton van den Brink, Michiel Luchtman, Miroslava Scholten
How does EU membership affect national sovereignty? This edited volume offers a broader perspective on sovereignty relying on the international law concept.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Ilse Samoy, Marco Loos
Technological and economical developments require contracting parties to be informed and advised. This book analyses several aspects of these information and notification duties.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Andrea Broderick
This book examines several aspects of the equality and non-discrimination norms in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Book | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Katrin Nyman-Metcalf, Ioannis Papageorgiou
Regional integration systems are becoming increasingly important. This book analyses how regional integration systems all over the world might be able to act as defenders or promoters of democracy, rule of law and the respect for human rights among their members.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Tobias Heldt
The book presents a proposal for a harmonised European liability regime and discusses possibilities to enhance the feasibility of such a reform. It calls for a stronger involvement of the public in the nuclear sector and emphasises the intrinsic link between effective safety regulation and liability and compensation mechanisms.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | World | Karel De Meester
The investigation phase in international criminal procedure has so far received less attention than the trial phase itself. This book seeks to cover this gap.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Elena Ignovska
Although recent family law debates have been predominantly paedo-centric, the founding of “bio-medically assisted families” still focuses on the individual parents’ rights to reproduce. By introducing donations, the donor’s genetic contribution becomes instrumental and the legal attribution of parenthood negotiated through expressed intentions. This book provokes the curious mind and clarifies concepts, studies the rationale behind the legal complexity in ten national European jurisdictions, and confronts the rights and responsibilities of the stakeholders, providing a balanced independent conclusion and suggestions towards international harmonisation.
Legal Aspects of (Residential) Co-Parenting in England, the Netherlands and Belgium
Book | 1st edition 2015 | Natalie Nikolina
There has been much discussion worldwide on parenting after parental separation, especially on the desirability for the children involved of co-parenting and residential co-parenting.
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia 7 July 2007 - 26 July 2010
Book | 1st edition 2015 | World | André Klip, Steven Freeland
This forty-third volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia between 2007 and 2010
Book | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Carlos Gómez-Jara Díez
For decades, the EU has developed a system of criminal justice consistent with the mixed (sometimes contradictory) tendencies embedded in its very own structure. The Lisbon Treaty consolidated some federal elements that have an impact in the future development of this area of law.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Wenqing Liao
This book analyses the theory of efficient breach in English sales law, European Union contract law and Chinese contract law. It analyses the framework of the efficient breach theory and reconsiders the implications of this theory.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Katharina Boele-Woelki, Charlotte Mol, Emma van Gelder
This volume contains detailed information on the law on ‘informal relationships’ in 30 European countries. An informal relationship refers to a relationship that is not formalised as a marriage or as a registered partnership/civil union between a couple.
The 1951 Refugee Convention and International Humanitarian Law (paperback)
Book | 1st edition 2015 | World | Vanessa Holzer
This book determines the international meaning of the refugee definition in Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Refugee Convention as regards refugee protection claims related to situations of armed conflict in the country of origin.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Max Gaber
Risk taking in business contributes towards innovation while excessive risk taking is associated with corporate failure. This book illustrates how insurance against personal liability of the manager threatens – but also benefits – society and the economy
Book | 3rd edition 2015 | Europe | Norbert Reich, Annette Nordhausen Scholes, Jeremy Scholes
This book provides a detailed analysis of the objectives, principles and methods of EU Internal Market law. It focuses on the substantive law of the Internal Market, the strongest, most developed and most original part of EU law.
The adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security in October 2000 marked the beginning of a global agenda on women in armed conflicts and post-conflict transition. This book discusses the context and the content of this UN agenda and provides a systematic review of its implementation, over the last fifteen years, in peace agreements around the world.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Dirk Buschle, Kim Talus
Founded to bring stability and investment to the war-torn countries of South-East Europe, the Energy Community has developed into Europe’s key instrument to secure energy supplies. Recent developments in Ukraine, one of the Energy Community’s members, as well as the incipient debate to create an Energy Union, highlight the importance of this organisation and its ever-increasing future relevance. This book offers unprecedented insight into all the relevant aspects of the Energy Community, including the ongoing debate on reform.
