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Transitional Justice in Brazil
Walking the TightropeBook | 1st edition 2023 | World | Lucia Elena Arantes Ferreira BastosThis book offers a Transitional Justice framework in the Brazilian case by assessing the mechanisms associated with truth, memory, and justice, but also including a holistic approach covering the role of civil society, reparations for indigenous people, initiatives on gender, and complicit corporations.€131.00 incl. VAT -
Transitional Justice, Impunity and the Judicialization of Politics
Book | 1st edition 2025 | Europe, United Kingdom | Michael Humphrey, Estela ValverdeA unique approach of this book is to use comparative case studies of political transitions in Uruguay, Lebanon, Spain, Kenya and Colombia to illustrate the historical development of transitional justice which gradually extended the reach of international human rights law to manage political transitions, thereby limiting impunity. Through these case studies, the book shows how transitional justice intervention has been shaped by distinct histories of conflict, elite pactism and transitional jurisprudence.
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Transnational Law of Public Contracts
Book | 1st edition 2016 | World | Mathias Audit, Stephan W. SchillThis book maps the different processes, actors and instruments involved in the transnationalization of public contracts law.€114.00 incl. VAT -
Transnationalisation of Social Rights
Book | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Andreas Fischer-Lescano, Kolja MöllerMigration crisis, food crisis, economic crisis – the most alarming tendencies in our contemporary world are related to the transnational social question. But what role does transnational law play in this context: Does it exacerbate the asymmetries by shielding the rich and exploiting the poor? Or is the emerging regime of international social human rights a promising candidate for countering the crisis of world society?€90.00 incl. VAT -
Trapped in a Religious Marriage
A human rights perspective on the phenomenon of marital captivityBook | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Benedicta DeogratiasThis book offers a human rights perspective of the phenomenon of marital captivity within Christian, Jewish, Hindu and Muslim communities in both secular and non-secular States.€107.00 incl. VAT -
Treaty-Making in Federations
Democratic Legitimacy Tried and Tested in Matters of TaxationBook | 1st edition 2021 | World | Rik SmetThis book deals with the subject of treaty making in federations. First, a theoretical framework is developed, addressing the question of which level(s) of government should possess treaty making power. Second, the current legal framework is analyzed from three perspectives: international, European and comparative domestic. Third, the theory developed is put to the practical test and an assessment is made regarding the making of tax treaties in the most peculiar federation in this regard, namely Belgium.€150.00 incl. VAT -
Truth and Efficiency in Civil Litigation
Fundamental Aspects of Fact-finding and Evidence-taking in a Comparative ContextBook | 1st edition 2012 | United Kingdom | C.H. van Rhee, Alan UzelacIn the pursuit of justice, truth always plays a prominent role. In most legal systems, elaborate rules on the taking of evidence try to guarantee that an accurate, factual basis is used for the application of the law. Such rules are the core of most methods of adjudication and they are the main theme of the present volume, which focuses specifically on the rules of evidence within the context of efficiency in civil proceedings.€96.00 incl. VAT -
Uber & Taxis
Comparative Law StudiesBook | 1st edition 2018 | World | Rozen Noguellou, David RendersThe Uber phenomenon is the perfect case for a comparative law study: a global phenomenon, impacting almost every country. This book explains how various legal systems react and adapt to the disruption caused by the emergence of this new economic model.€157.00 incl. VAT -
Understanding EU Internal Market Law
Book | 3rd edition 2015 | Europe | Norbert Reich, Annette Nordhausen Scholes, Jeremy ScholesThis 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.€150.00 incl. VATStudent price: €37.00 -
Understanding Joint Operating Agreements
Book | 1st edition 2016 | United Kingdom | Eduardo PereiraThis book focusses on key practical issues faced by oil and gas companies in different parts of the world in negotiating and implementing Joint Operating Agreements.€179.00 incl. VAT -
Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain
Implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/663 in the EU-27Book | 1st edition 2024 | Europe | Elisa Paredis, Bert Keirsbilck, Evelyne Terryn, Tom VerdonkThe EU's Directive (EU) 2019/633 aims to combat unfair trading practices in the agricultural sector. Through the Third UTP Roundtable (2023), experts assessed the Directive's implementation across Member States. Variations in enforcement approaches and legislative adjustments were scrutinized. This book includes preface, questionnaires, country reports, and conclusions on the UTP Directive's impact.
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Unfair Trading Practices In The Food Supply Chain
Implications of directive (EU) 2019/633Book | 1st edition 2020 | Europe | Bert Keirsbilck, Evelyne TerrynThis book compiles the various papers presented at the ''2nd UTP Roundtable'' organized by the Consumer Market Competition (CCM) institute of the KU Leuven on 28 June 2018. It entails a critical analysis of the final text of the EU Directive, the current state of play and the different regulatory options at national level by 2021.€86.00 incl. VAT -
Universal Jurisdiction in Modern International Law
Expansion of National Jurisdiction for Prosecuting Serious Crimes under International LawBook | 1st edition 2005 | United Kingdom | Mitsue InazumiThis study is based on the following questions: Which jurisdiction can and should be exercised for the prosecution of individuals responsible for gross and serious violations of human rights? And especially, in this regard, what is the role of universal jurisdiction?€66.00 incl. VAT -
VAT Neutrality
Book | 1st edition 2015 | France, Luxembourg | Charlène Adline HerbainMost major economies around the world use a Value Added Tax (VAT). The apparition in France and the spread around the world of VAT have been driven by economic reasons. This book focuses on the neutrality of VAT towards the functioning of the economy.€79.00 incl. VAT -
Videoconference and Remote Interpreting in Criminal Proceedings
Book | 1st edition 2012 | United Kingdom | Sabine Braun, Judith L. TaylorWith regard to interpreting, the use of videoconference technology is now being widely considered as a potential solution for gaining cost-effective and timely access to qualified legal interpreters. This book addresses the many questions related to this technological mediation.€83.00 incl. VAT -
Virtual currencies: a legal framework
Book | 1st edition 2018 | Belgium | Niels VandezandeThis book focuses on the legal aspects of virtual currencies from the perspective of financial and economic law. It establishes a typology of virtual currencies and assesses whether they can be considered as money. The author analyzes whether the EU legal frameworks on electronic money, payment services, anti-money laundering, and markets in financial instruments can be applied to virtual currencies.€171.00 incl. VAT -
Waves in Contract and Liability Law in Three Decades of Ius Commune
Book | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Anne L.M. Keirse, Marco Loos, Marco B.M. LoosThis book revolves around major legal developments in the fields of European contract law and tort law from 1981 to today and examines whether similarities or divergences can be observed.€94.00 incl. VAT -
What Counsel in Arbitration can do, must do or must not do?
Book | 1st edition 2015 | Belgium | Hakim Boularbah, Filip De Ly, Pascal Hollander, Luc Imbrechts, Joachim Knoll, Françoise Lefèvre, Maxi Scherer, Emma Van CampenhoudtThis book regroups the presentations rendered at the CEPANI40 conference on 20 October 2015 putting the spotlight on counsel as one of the crucial actors in arbitration.€92.00 incl. VAT -
What Family Law for Europe?
Book | 1st edition 2025 | United Kingdom, Europe | Katharina Boele-Woelki, Maarit Jänterä-JareborgThe two-day conference brings together leading family law researchers from across Europe to Stockholm. In addition, in an unprecedented move, experts in the field of family law from all Nordic governments will participate throughout the conference. The aim is to bring together the imaginative and knowledgeable academic research in Europe with legislative and advisory activities.
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When an Original Is Not Original
The originality requirement in Belgian lawBook | 1st edition 2019 | Belgium | Niels VandezandeThis book analyses a select number of incarnations of the originality requirement in different branches of Belgian law in order to establish whether common elements or a common root can be found. These findings will subsequently be applied to the practice of digitalization in law in order to gain a better understanding of how the concept of originality should be interpreted in this matter.€81.00 incl. VAT