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Selected Issues in Equal Treatment Law: A multilayered comparison of European, English and Dutch Law
Book | 1st edition 2006 | United Kingdom | Marianne GijzenThis book examines the emerging principle of equality in EC law on the basis of a multi-layered comparison.€102.00 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€80.00 incl. VAT -
Sentencing and Sanctioning in Supranational Criminal Law
Book | 1st edition 2006 | World | Roelof Haveman, Olaoluwa OlusanyaThe supranational system is still under construction and will be so for at least some decades before it can be called a consistent system with an intrinsic logic. Sentencing and sanctioning is one of the issues in which this becomes clear.€54.00 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’).€99.00 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.€92.00 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.€183.00 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.€33.00 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.€172.00 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.€56.00 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.€109.00 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.€199.00 incl. VAT -
Social Federalism: The Creation of a Layered Welfare State
The Belgian caseBook | 1st edition 2011 | Europe | Bea Cantillon, Ninke Mussche, Patricia PopelierThe authors of this book critically assess the current stage of social federalism in Belgium and ask how against the background of the major challenge of an ageing population an effective social policy can be shaped. The book considers at which level the bulk of an effective social policy is best situated, what the role of the sub-national entities can be, and which limitations are imposed by the constitutional and European framework. The various forms of power allocation are considered for social federalism in Belgium.€85.00 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?€63.00 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.€52.00 incl. VAT -
Social Protection in an Ageing World
Book | 1st edition 2008 | Europe | Peter Kemp, Karel Van den Bosch, Lindsey SmithPopulation ageing is one of the most difficult challenges facing social protection in the advanced welfare states. It also has important implications for middle and low income economies. Increasing longevity has threatened to undermine the financial viability of pension systems, but pension reform is politically hazardous.€82.00 incl. VAT -
Social Security as a Public Interest
A multidisciplinary inquiry into the foundations of the regulatory welfare stateBook | 1st edition 2010 | World | Gijsbert Vonk, Albertjan TollenaarOur social security systems face many challenges. Economic crises, the ageing of the population and changing employment patterns call for a reorientation of policies. In the last few decades the introduction of private elements has often been advocated as a way forward. This book addresses the questions to which this privatisation gives rise.€64.00 incl. VAT -
Social Security, Happiness and Well-Being
Book | 1st edition 2008 | Europe | Jonathan BradshawThis book addresses the following questions:• Does welfare state effort enhance happiness?• Why might social security enhance happiness?• How might it be reformed to make more impact on well-being?• How does income and health impact on well-being?• How does income improve the well-being of widows?• Does well-being influence employment probabilities?• How is the well-being of children related to other factors in society?€55.00 incl. VAT -
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.€150.00 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