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Sanctions By and Against International Organizations
Common Issues and Current DevelopmentsBook | 1st edition 2024 | World | Giovanna Adinolfi, Alessandra Lang, Chiara RagniThis book engages with the use of sanctions by and against international organizations from the perspective of international and European Union law. It explores the rationale, legal status and implications of sanctions, untangling the complex relationship between international organizations, member States and non-member States.
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Scarcity and the State
The Allocation of Limited Rights by the AdministrationBook | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Paul Adriaanse, Frank van Ommeren, Willemien den Ouden, Johan WolswinkelManaging scarcity to serve the public interest is a classic government task. An important way to execute this task is by allocating individual rights that are only available in limited quantities, such as CO2 emission allowances, gambling licences, subsidies, radio frequencies, public contracts and parking permits.€113.00 incl. VAT -
Scattered Families
Transnational Family Life of Afghan Refugees in The Netherlands in the Light of the Human Rights-Based Protection of the FamilyBook | 1st edition 2010 | United Kingdom | Paulien MullerWhen people are forced to flee their country, their families fall apart. This also applies to the 37,000 Afghans who found refuge in the Netherlands. The qualitative research in this book among 37 Afghans in the Netherlands and their families gives insight in how these refugees (re)construct and perceive their family life within and across borders; at the nuclear family level, within the Western diaspora, and with family members who stayed behind in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iran.€77.00 incl. VAT -
Security and Law
Legal and Ethical Aspects of Public Security, Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure SecurityBook | 1st edition 2019 | World | Anton Vedder, Jessica Schroers, Charlotte Ducuing, Peggy ValckeThis book combines theoretical discussions of the concepts at stake and case studies following the relevant developments of ICT and data-driven technologies. Part I sets the scene by considering definitions of security. Part II questions whether and, if so, to what extent the law has been able to regulate the use of ICT and datadriven technologies as a means to maintain, protect or raise security, in search of a balance between security and other public values, such as privacy and equality. Part III investigates the regulatory means that can be leveraged by the law-maker in attempts to secure products, organizations or entities in a technological and multiactor environment. Lastly, Part IV, discusses typical international and national aspects of ICT, security and the law.€120.00 incl. VAT -
Security Rights and the European Insolvency Regulation
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Gerard McCormack, Reinhard BorkA comparative analysis of security rights in insolvency proceedings under the main legal traditions of the European Union (common law, Germanic, ‘Napoleonic Code’ and ‘East’ European) in the context of Articles 5 and 13 of the European Insolvency Regulation – Regulation 1346/2000.€149.00 incl. VAT -
Selective Enforcement and International Criminal Law
The International Criminal Court and AfricaBook | 1st edition 2017 | World | James NyawoThe dynamics of enforcing international criminal justice through the International Criminal Court (ICC) has become a challenging exercise in Africa. At times the uneasy relationship between the ICC, the African Union and a few influential African states has given rise to concerns about the future of international criminal justice in general, and in Africa in particular€83.00 incl. VAT -
Servitization and circular economy: economic and legal challenges
Book | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Bert Keirsbilck, Evelyne Terryn, Johan Eyckmans, Sandra Rousseau, Denis VoinotThis book identifies economic and behavioral drivers and barriers of servitization as well as the main legal challenges in the servitization process (i.e. using products (‘servitization’, ‘access-based consumption’).€103.00 incl. VAT -
Sexual Violence as an International Crime: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Book | 1st edition 2013 | World | Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Charlotte Ku, Renée Römkens, Larissa Van Den HerikThis edited volume will focus on developments in the prosecution of cases of sexual violence in (post-)conflict situations. The prosecution of those cases raises new and challenging questions as to how to build evidence, but also how to address victims’ concerns in that process. It will address innovations and challenges of empirical and other new kinds of social scientific, archival and medical data collection techniques; the development of evidence in relation to charges ranging from sexual violence as a war crime to genocide; and evidentiary and procedural differences and difficulties involved in prosecuting sexual victimization in domestic versus international courts.€96.00 incl. VAT -
Share Purchase Agreements
Belgian Law and PracticeBook | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Bart BellenThis book analyses share purchase agreements governed by Belgian law used for company acquisitions, whereby a purchaser acquires control over a Belgian target company through the acquisition of a controlling shareholding.€192.00 incl. VATStudent price: €59.00 -
Shared Pedagogical Responsibility
Book | 1st edition 2008 | United Kingdom | Hans Van Crombrugge, Wouter Vandenhole, Jan C.M. WillemsHuman rights tend to focus on the relationship between individual and state: the individual is rights-holder, the state is duty-holder. Children’s rights bring a third player much more in the picture, namely parents. In this volume, child-rearing responsibilities are examined in the light of children’s rights and (other) human rights. All contributions focus in particular on the proposal to introduce an upbringing (or parenting) pledge.€34.00 incl. VAT -
Shareholder Activism in Belgium
Boon or curse for sustainable value creation?Book | 1st edition 2023 | Belgium | Hans De Wulf, Louise Van Marcke, Deborah Janssens, Sigrid Ververken, Marijke Spooren, Ruben Foriers, Jean-Sébastien Rombouts, Anna Christie, Karel Schulpen, Marieke Wyckaert, Marleen OchThe 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.€180.00 incl. VAT -
Siracusa Guidelines for International, Regional and National Fact-Finding Bodies
Book | 1st edition 2013 | World | The The Siracusa Intl. InstituteThose keen to promote accountability in conflicts around the world are increasingly relying on fact finding bodies to provide necessary documentation which will ensure that those responsible for human rights abuses are brought to justice. The ‘Guidelines’, developed from inputs by more than 80 experts, provide a thorough and welcome framework to ensure clarity and consistency throughout the processes of creating, investigating, reporting and follow-up for these various bodies.€58.00 incl. VAT -
Situation Selection Regime at the International Criminal Court
Law, Policy, PracticeBook | 1st edition 2017 | World | Mohammad Hadi ZakerhosseinThe International Criminal Court is neither able nor intended to investigate all situations of crisis across the world. Selectivity is unavoidable for the operation of this international organization. However, the authority of the Prosecutor of the Court to select and prioritize a situation over other situations is not unfettered.€114.00 incl. VAT -
Social and Scientific Uncertainties in Environmental Law
Book | 1st edition 2024 | Europe | Tilak Ginige, Iain Green, Patrick Van Calster, Alain Simons, Joseph McMullenThis book explores the impact of uncertainties and the interplay between environmental law and science.
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Social Enterprise Law
A Multijurisdictional Comparative ReviewBook | 1st edition 2023 | World | Dana Brakman Reiser, Steven A. Dean, Giedre Lideikyte HuberThis volume examines the broad range of ventures that pursue business goals that straddle the boundaries between pure altruism and the self-interest of their owners. Reports from legal experts on a diverse array of countries detail their significance in the starkly different legal contexts in which these social enterprises exist.€208.00 incl. VAT -
Social Inclusion and Social Protection in the EU: Interactions between Law and Policy
Book | 1st edition 2012 | United Kingdom | Bea Cantillon, Herwig Verschueren, Paula PloscarThe interaction between legal instruments and policy coordination in the field of social inclusion and social protection constitutes the theme of this book. The contributions essentially inquire whether there is any interaction at all, or if the two realms of law and policy of the EU function in parallel. If there is any sort of interchange between the two, in what areas is it taking place, and what does it result into?€66.00 incl. VAT -
Social Protection for a Post-Industrial World
Book | 1st edition 2010 | Europe | Peter KempIn recent years, many academics and policymakers have argued that the welfare state needs to be modernized. It is claimed that social protection systems still largely reflect the ‘old social risks’ created under industrial capitalism and that they need to be adapted to the ‘new social risks’ that have developed with the transition to post-industrial society. This book addresses some of the challenges for social protection posed by these demographic, social and economic transformations. -
Solvency Requirements for EU Insurers
Solvency II is good for youBook | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Karel Van HulleSolvency Requirements for EU Insurers provides a unique insight into the complex world of insurance and will be useful to risk managers, actuaries, accountants, lawyers, board members of (re) insurance companies, insurance intermediaries, consultants, regulators, supervisors, academics, students and, more generally, all those involved with or interested in insurance and in the operation of the insurance market.€157.00 incl. VATStudent price: €54.00 -
Sourcebook on EU Competition Law
2015-2016Book | 5th edition 2015 | Anne-Marie Van den Bossche, Jacques Derenne, Paul Nihoul, Christophe VerdureThe Sourcebook on EU Competition Law covers in a one-volume overview all areas of competition law: restrictive practices, abuse of dominant position, merger control, state aid and services of general economic interest, with an extensive bibliography.€104.00 incl. VAT -
Sources of Constitutional Law
Constitutions and Fundamental Legislative Procedures from the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom ECHR and CharterBook | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Sascha Hardt, Aalt Heringa, Aalt Willem HeringaSources of Constitutional Law contains a selection of constitutions and fundamental legislative instruments from five Western democracies: the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.€33.00 incl. VAT