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Beyond the Death Penalty
Reflections on PunishmentBook | 1st edition 2012 | United Kingdom | Hans Nelen, Jacques ClaessenAs the title suggests, the scope of this volume moves beyond the death penalty. It reflects on punishment from a variety of angles and, additionally, gives some food for thought to the contemporary debate on crime and punishment.€80.00 incl. VAT -
Bills of Rights
A Comparative PerspectiveBook | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Ronagh McQuiggBills of rights are currently a much debated topic in various jurisdictions throughout the world. Almost all democratic nations now have a bill of rights. These take a variety of forms. This book provides a comparative analysis of the bills of rights of a number of jurisdictions which have chosen to adopt bills of rights based on interpretative obligations, whereby duties are placed upon courts to interpret national legislation in accordance with human rights standards.€79.00 incl. VAT -
Blurred Lines of Responsibility and Accountability
Human Rights Abuses at Mega-Sporting EventsBook | 1st edition 2021 | World | Daniela HeerdtThis book discusses how delivering a Mega-Sporting Event (MSE) can impact human rights and highlights the challenges of dealing with cases of MSE-related human rights abuses and establishing legal responsibility.€86.00 incl. VAT -
Boundaries of European Private International Law
Les frontières du droit international privé européen / Las fronteras del derecho internacional privado europeoBook | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Jean-Sylvestre Bergé, Stéphanie Francq, Miguel Gardenes SantiagoL’existence d’un droit international privé européen n’est plus à démontrer. Les développements considérables auxquels il donne lieu aujourd’hui soulèvent la question de ses frontières. Où commence et où s’arrête le DIP européen ?€133.00 incl. VAT -
Boundaries of Information Property
Book | 1st edition 2022 | Europe | Christine Godt, Geertrui Van Overwalle, Lucie Guibault, Deryck BeyleveldThis book is the result of a long-term comparative research project on intellectual property. It unearths the thought patterns which are culturally, morally and historically imprinted across Europe and questions the common narratives of the distinctiveness of private and public law, contracts and property, and morality and the law.€159.00 incl. VAT -
Brexit, what does it imply for financial law?
Under editorial coordination of Droit bancaire et financier / Bank- en Financieel RechtBook | 1st edition 2019 | Belgium | Guillaume Couvert, Guillaume Croisant, Inez De Meuleneere, Michèle Grégoire, Oonagh Harrison, Kirsty Taylor, Andzrej Wieckowski, Jean Cattaruzza, Helga Van Peer, Alexander Pirard, Sylvia Kierszenbaum, Niels De Waele, Willem Van de Wiele, Rachid El Abr, Jef SwinnenA set of legal analyses which give an insight into the radical changes to the legal relationships between financial services providers and clients or counterparties, in which one of the two contract parties is no longer part of the European legal system€86.00 incl. VAT -
Bridging Divides in Transitional Justice
The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of CambodiaBook | 1st edition 2017 | World | Cheryl S. WhiteThis book focuses on the radical communist revolution in Cambodia and the culture of impunity and silence imposed on the society under successive national governments. Dialogue on the suppressed past began in 2006 as key figures of the regime were brought before the in situ internationalised criminal court, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.€80.00 incl. VAT -
Brussels II bis
Its Impact and Application in the Member StatesBook | 1st edition 2007 | Europe | Katharina Boele-Woelki, Cristina González Beilfuss, Cristina González-BeilfussThe Brussels II bis Regulation contains uniform rules for jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility. This book addresses the impact and application of the new rules in the form of national reports.€77.00 incl. VAT -
Brussels II-ter
Cross-border Marriage Dissolution, Parental Responsibility Disputes and Child Abduction in the EUBook | 1st edition 2024 | Europe | Nigel Lowe, Costanza Honorati, Michael HellnerThe book provides an in-depth discussion of Council Regulation No 2019/1111 (‘Brussels II-ter’) (in force from August 2022), which lays down rules on jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement which EU Member States must apply when dealing with matrimonial matters, matters of parental responsibility and child abduction.
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Building Responsive and Responsible Financial Regulators Following the Global Financial Crisis
Book | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Pablo Iglesias-RodriguezThe global financial crisis that started in 2007 sparked several academic debates about the role that financial sector regulators played in the crisis and prompted policy reforms in the financial supervision architectures of several countries. This book focuses on the question of what accountability, independence, transparency and, more generally, governance mechanisms applicable to financial regulators can better contribute to building responsive, responsible and effective regulatory and supervisory frameworks that tackle the weaknesses of the pre-crisis regimes.€86.00 incl. VAT -
Business Government relations and social enterprises
Lessons and Experiences from South-Eastern EuropeBook | 1st edition 2016 | Europe | Bogdan Berceanu, Lucica Matei, Marco Meneguzzo, Cristina MititeluThis book addresses a problem of great scientific and practical interest for South-Eastern European countries, related to the relationship of “business-government” and the role of social enterprises.€88.00 incl. VAT -
Cases and Concepts on Extraterritorial Obligations related to Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Book | 1st edition 2012 | United Kingdom | Fons Coomans, Rolf KünnemannThis book presents a range of cases in which the actions or omissions of States have impact on the enjoyment of human rights outside their national territory, raising the question of whether, and under which conditions, such conduct may engage the international responsibility of the States concerned. When the Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights were adopted on 28 September 2011, it is these cases, among others, that the experts who developed these principles had in mind.€74.00 incl. VAT -
Changing Families, Changing Family Law in Europe
Book | 1st edition 2024 | World | Konrad Duden, Denise WiedemannWhat constitutes a “family” in Europe? The answer to this question is constantly changing and increasingly varied. This book addresses areas of family law where developments have been particularly salient and have, at times, created fissures between European States. It also suggests ways of addressing and overcoming these divergences.
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Child Soldiers and Transitional Justice
Protecting the Rights of Children Involved in Armed ConflictsBook | 1st edition 2016 | World | Bo Viktor NylundIn a political climate that holds limited promise for addressing the issue of child recruitment, Child Soldiers and Transitional Justice: Protecting the Rights of Children Involved in Armed Conflicts challenges the trend towards a narrow focus on recruitment and use of the child, and seeks to contribute to more effective prevention and responses that offer the child a chance of recovery, reconciliation and reintegration.€80.00 incl. VAT -
Children and Justice: Overcoming Language Barriers
Cooperation in interpreter-mediated questioning of minorsBook | 1st edition 2015 | United Kingdom | Heidi Salaets, Katalin BaloghInterpreter-mediated child interviews, by their nature, involve communication with vulnerable interviewees who need extra support.€80.00 incl. VAT -
Children and the International Criminal Court
Analysis of the Rome Statute through a Children's Rights PerspectiveBook | 1st edition 2015 | World | Cynthia ChamberlainThis book offers a comprehensive analysis of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its core legal texts from a children’s rights perspective. It examines the ICC provisions and its case law, evaluating whether these meet international children’s rights standards.€74.00 incl. VAT -
Children's Access to Justice
A Critical AssessmentBook | 1st edition 2022 | United Kingdom | Mona Paré, Marielle Bruning, Thierry Moreau, Caroline Siffrein-BlancThis book is a collection of contributions examining children's access to justice within selected jurisdictions and various areas of law. It explores children's participation in judicial and non-judicial procedures in practice and discusses various obstacles to participation.€113.00 incl. VAT -
Children's Rights and Commercial Communication in the Digital Era
Towards an empowering regulatory framework for commercial communicationBook | 1st edition 2020 | Belgium | Valerie VerdoodtThis book presents an original and timely fundamental rethinking of the regulatory framework of commercial communication from a children’s rights perspective. Offering a carefully considered, well-documented overview and in-depth evaluation of several legislative frameworks, policy documents, self- and co-regulatory initiatives and literature from a variety of disciplines, it works towards the development of children’s rights-inspired recommendations for an empowering regulatory framework for online commercial communication aimed at children.€84.00 incl. VAT -
Children's Rights and Food Marketing
State Duties in Obesity PreventionBook | 1st edition 2022 | United Kingdom | Katharina O CathaoirThis book provides a thorough account of states' obligations to prevent childhood obesity under the Convention on the Rights of the Child, focusing on restricting unhealthy food marketing to children. It also examines state obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and EU law.€102.00 incl. VAT -
Children's Rights and Human Development
A Multidisciplinary ReaderBook | 1st edition 2010 | United Kingdom | Jan C.M. WillemsChildren’s rights and Human development is a new and uncharted domain in human rights and psychology research. This multidisciplinary book is the first to introduce this domain to students and researchers of children’s rights, child development, child maltreatment, family and child studies and related fields. The texts in this book may be used both as background readings and as tasks for group discussion in problem based learning or other educational settings in child rights law and psychology courses. The book also aims at a broader academic and public audience interested in the many aspects and ramifications of Children’s rights and Human development.€155.00 incl. VATStudent price: €54.00