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Principles of European Family Law Regarding Property Relations Between Spouses
Book | 1st edition 2013 | Europe | Katharina Boele-Woelki, Frédérique Ferrand, Cristina González Beilfuss, Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg, Nigel Lowe, Dieter Martiny, Walter PintensThis book contains the Principles of European Family Law regarding Property Relations between Spouses. In these Principles, the CEFL has developed an all-inclusive set of rules for two matrimonial property regimes: the participation in acquisitions and the community of acquisitions.€96.00 incl. VAT -
Principles of Good Governance and the Ombudsman
A comparative study on the normative functions of the institution in a modern constitutional state with a focus on PeruBook | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Alberto CastroThis book determines the extent to which, through the performance of (indirect) normative functions and the application of principles of good governance as assessment standards, the ombudsman institution can contribute to improving the legal quality of the government while enhancing the legitimacy of the administration and the democratic system as a whole.€112.00 incl. VAT -
Privacy as Virtue
Moving Beyond the Individual in the Age of Big DataBook | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Bart van der SlootPrivacy as Virtue discusses whether a rights-based approach to privacy regulation still suffices to address the challenges triggered by new data processing techniques such as Big Data and mass surveillance.€77.00 incl. VAT -
Privacy Online, Law and the Effective Regulation of Online Services
Book | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Marcin BetkierThe book draws a novel approach to data privacy (or data protection) regulations by presenting a solution to the problem of lack of individual control over personal data. It combines economic, technical, and legal perspectives to show how to reinforce individual autonomy and, at the same time, to increase the competitiveness of data economy.€99.00 incl. VAT -
Private Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe
Directive 2014/104/EU and BeyondBook | 1st edition 2021 | Europe | Rafael AmaroThe book offers a description of the current state of play and a critical analysis of the late reforms designed to facilitate private enforcement of competition law in the European Union. It includes comparative aspects and transversal themes.€113.00 €79.10 incl. VAT -
Private Military and Security Companies in International Law
A Challenge for Non-binding Norms: The Montreux Document and the International Code of Conduct for Private Security ProvidersBook | 1st edition 2013 | World | Corinna SeiberthMany states view Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) as crucial to implement their security policy. However, reoccurring incidents of human rights violations have led the international community, private sector and civil society to acknowledge the need for more control. This book examines the promises and dangers of emerging non-binding PMSC regulation alongside more traditional forms of law-making such as plans for an international convention on the use of PMSCs.€101.00 incl. VAT -
Procedural Environmental Rights
Principle X in Theory and PracticeBook | 1st edition 2018 | United Kingdom | Jerzy Jendroska, Magdalena Bar'Procedural Environmental Rights: Principle X in Theory and Practice' provides an overview of various aspects of the current status, development and practice of rights of access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters following their codification as non-binding principles in Principle X of the Rio Declaration.€107.00 incl. VAT -
Procedural Justice?
Victim Participation in International Criminal ProceedingsBook | 1st edition 2011 | World | Brianne McGonigle LeyhIn early 2006, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights called for more detailed research into the relevant international standards and national and international practices concerning the role of victims in criminal proceedings. In response to this call and the increased attention paid to victims at international criminal institutions, this study explores the role of victims in international criminal proceedings.€83.00 incl. VAT -
Process-based Fundamental Rights Review
Practice, Concept, and TheoryBook | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Leonie HuijbersCourts often rely on process-based fundamental rights review. This means that they examine the diligence, fairness, and quality of legislative, administrative, and judicial procedures to determine whether fundamental rights have been violated. This book offers an in-depth and nuanced understanding of process-based fundamental rights review which will support courts in developing well-balanced procedural approaches, and will assist scholars in studying procedural reasoning more systematically.€120.00 incl. VAT -
Professional Football and Anti-Money Laundering
Assessment of the Application of the Belgian Anti-Money Laundering Legal Framework to Professional FootballBook | 1st edition 2022 | Europe | Niels Appermont, William BullThis book maps the newly-amended Belgian 'Preventative Anti-Money Laundering Law' (PAML) and its application to the professional football sector in Belgium. This publication is the first to provide an in depth overview of the content, requirements and obligations of the PAML as well as an initial appraisal of this extension of the PAML from both a doctrinal and theoretical perspective.€77.00 incl. VAT -
Profiling through Big Data Analytics
The Interplay between the General Data Protection Regulation and Unfair Commercial Practices DirectiveBook | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Maja NiševicThis 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.€136.00 incl. VAT -
Property Law Perspectives IV
Book | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Dorothy Gruyaert, Eveline Ramaekers, Luke RostillProperty Law Perspectives IV shows that attention is still being paid to the roots of property law.€54.00 incl. VAT -
Property Law Reform, Sustainability and the Commons
Book | 1st edition 2024 | Europe, United Kingdom | Vincent Sagaert, Dorothy Gruyaert, Marie-Laure Degroote, Kato De Schepper, Vincent Janssen, Flore VavourakisThis book is the outcome of the international conference ‘Property law reform, sustainability and the commons’, which was hosted by the Institute for Property Law at the Faculty of Law and Criminology of KU Leuven in March 2023. The occasion of this conference was the holistic and innovative Belgian property law reform, which is part of the larger establishment of a brand new Belgian Civil Code. The goal of the conference, and hence of the book, was to engage with (both junior and more senior) property law experts from different legal systems to critically assess this Belgian property law reform from an international perspective by comparing it to other, recent and not so recent, property law reforms.
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Proprietary Consequences in Defective Transfers of Ownership
Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Samuel ZoggThis book analyses proprietary restitution, at law and in equity, and inquires whether proprietary relief is available in defective transfers of property. It particularly covers the law of rescission, resulting and constructive trusts, tracing and unjust enrichment.€182.00 incl. VAT -
Protecting Community Interests through International Law
Book | 1st edition 2021 | World | Gentian ZyberiThis book analyzes the function and role of international law in a framework of increased global governance by focusing on how 'community interests' are articulated and protected in various areas, including the global commons, and human rights and security related issues.
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Protecting the human body: legal and bioethical perspectives form around the world
Book | 1st edition 2016 | World | Brigitte Feuillet–Liger, Kristina Orfali, Geneviève SchampsBiomedicine has generated many benefits but it can also bring its share of risks. How do different countries ensure the legal and/or ethical protection of their citizens in this context? This book analyzes the nature and scope of such a protection.€74.00 incl. VAT -
Protecting the Rights of Refugees Beyond European Borders
Establishing Extraterritorial Legal ResponsibilitiesBook | 1st edition 2018 | United Kingdom | Lisa HeschlIn times of the proclaimed 'refugee crisis' this book aims to shed light on human rights and refugee law responsibilities of EU member states and other relevant actors when engaging in border control measures beyond the territory of the EU.€99.00 incl. VAT -
Protecting Trans Rights in the Age of Gender Self-Determination
Book | 1st edition 2020 | World | Eva Brems, Pieter Cannoot, Toon MoonenThis book brings together international experts to discuss questions and challenges relating to the legal articulation of the emerging right to gender self-determination and its consequences for law and society, such as the future of sex/gender registration and the protection of trans persons against discrimination.€69.00 incl. VAT -
Public Forgiveness in Post-Conflict Contexts
Book | 1st edition 2012 | World | Bas van Stokkom, Neelke Doorn, Paul van TongerenThere seems to be a pervasive trend towards public apologies, forms of national introspection and appeals to grant forgiveness. This book discusses the role of forgiveness within processes of peace building and transitional justice. Does ‘forgiveness’ enable a public or political use of the term? Is it possible to forgive on behalf of others, and if so, under what conditions? These conceptual questions are related to reflections on the cultural and religious contexts of expressing forgiveness.€74.00 incl. VAT -
Punitive Damages in Private International Law
Lessons for the European UnionBook | 1st edition 2016 | World | Cedric VanleenhoveThis book examines the private international law treatment of American punitive damages in the European Union. It poses the crucial question whether U.S. punitive damages (should) penetrate the borders of the European Union through the backdoor of private international law.€72.00 incl. VAT