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  1. The European Convention on Human Rights and its Impact on National Private Law

    The European Convention on Human Rights and its Impact on National Private Law

    A Comparative Perspective
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Matteo Fornasier, Maria Gabriella Stanzione
    The book explores, from a comparative perspective, the impact of the European Convention of Human Rights on a wide range of private law issues, including family law, data protection law, media law, copyright law, labour law as well as private international law and procedural law.
    €99.00 incl. VAT
    Available from June 2023
  2. Surrogacy in Latin America

    Surrogacy in Latin America

    Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Nicolás Espejo Yaksic, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Jens M. Scherpe
    This book canvasses the laws regarding surrogacy in Latin American jurisdictions, putting the legal developments into their historical and social contexts. It also categorises the approaches taken and compares them to developments around the globe.
    €99.00 incl. VAT
    Available from May 2023
  3. Retention of title in secured transactions law from a creditor's perspective

    Retention of title in secured transactions law from a creditor's perspective

    A comparative analysis of selected (non-)functional approaches
    Book | 1st edition 2023 | Belgium, Europe | Inge Van de Plas
    This doctoral research compares the retention of title in Belgium with the retention of title in the United States, Germany and two international instruments (the UNCITRAL legislative guide and model law on secured transactions and Book IX of the Draft Common Frame of Reference. It evaluates the application of the functional approach to retention of title and formulates recommendations concerning the regulation of retention of title in Belgian law.
    €175.00 incl. VAT
    Available from May 2023
  4. Artificial Intelligence and the Law (2nd edition)

    Artificial Intelligence and the Law (2nd edition)

    Book | 2nd edition 2023 | Belgium | Jan De Bruyne, Cedric Vanleenhove
    In this comprehensive book, scholars critically examine how AI systems may impact Belgian law. While specific topics of Belgian private and public law are thoroughly addressed, the book also provides a general overview of a number of regulatory and ethical AI evolutions and tendencies in the European Union. In this second edition various chapters have been updated to reflect recent developments in the field. Two chapters covering media law and competition law have also been added.
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  5. Cross-Border Recognition of Formalized Same-Sex Relationships

    Cross-Border Recognition of Formalized Same-Sex Relationships

    The Role of Ordre Public
    Book | 1st edition 2022 | World | Laima Vaige
    This book focuses on the civil status validity of formalized relationships of same-sex couples when such couples move across borders between EU Member States. The Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland, are used as examples of States that are less accommodating of same-sex relationships concluded abroad.
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  6. Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction

    Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction

    The Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings
    Book | 1st edition 2022 | World | Katarina Trimmings, Anatol Dutta, Costanza Honorati, Mirela Zupan
    This book addresses the issue of mothers who, fleeing from domestic violence, take their children with them and thus become liable for international child abduction. It examines how protection measures can help the abducting mother in this context, with a special focus on the utility of Regulation 606/2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters and Directive 2011/99/EU on the European Protection Order, which allow cross-border circulation of protection measures.
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  7. Standard Business Contracts

    Standard Business Contracts

    Book | 4th edition 2021 | Belgium | Dirk Deschrijver, Marc Taeymans, Olivier Vanden Berghe
    This reference book brings together a number of contracts that are governed by Belgian law but drafted in English. Each model is preceded by a short introduction summarizing the most salient provisions of Belgian law relevant to that particular contract Also, in most models, different options and alternative wording are included.
    €223.00 incl. VAT
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  8. Legal Systems of the Pacific

    Legal Systems of the Pacific

    Introducing Sixteen Gems
    Book | 1st edition 2021 | World | Jennifer Corrin, Tony Angelo
    With no new books written on these legal systems for nearly 30 years, this book fills a gap in the literature and offers a true 'insider' perspective with the majority of authors being indigenous or long-term residents of the countries in question.
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  9. European Contract Law and the Creation of Norms

    European Contract Law and the Creation of Norms

    Book | 1st edition 2021 | Europe | Stefan Grundmann, Mateusz Grochowski
    The book sketches a broad landscape of sources of modern contract law, with particular regard to EU private law rules. It provides for a better understanding of the identity of present-day contract law by analysing the multitude of social and economic dynamics that shape its normative landscape.
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  10. Immoral Contracts in Europe

    Immoral Contracts in Europe

    Book | 1st edition 2020 | Europe | Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi, Chantal Mak, Zeeshan Mansoor
    This book brings together a group of renowned contract lawyers to analyse how their own legal systems deal with twelve cases of morally dubious agreements. It explores questions of validity, enforceability and the availability of remedies, while offering crucial insights into the divergences and converges between different European legal systems.
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  11. Enforcing Consumer and Capital Markets Law

    Enforcing Consumer and Capital Markets Law

    The Diesel Emissions Scandal
    Book | 1st edition 2020 | Europe | Beate Gsell, Thomas Möllers
    This book critically analyses the various approaches of public and private law enforcement and their effectiveness across several jurisdictions on the example of one topical and global collective damage event with far reaching consequences for both, consumers and investors: the Dieselgate.
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  12. Interpretation of Commercial Contracts in European Private Law

    Interpretation of Commercial Contracts in European Private Law

    Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | C.J.W. Baaij, David Cabrelli, Laura Macgregor
    This book is a unique and extensive comparative study of commercial contract interpretation across 14 selected jurisdictions, namely Croatia, England and Wales, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, South Africa, Spain and Sweden. Using a dynamic comparative case method, the focus is centered on the discussion of key legal problems, further examined in a detailed and comprehensive comparative analysis. Contributions written from a law and economics, and European private law perspectives place the key legal issues into context and make Interpretation of Commercial Contracts in European Private Law a coherent and valuable resource for academics and practitioners with a European or International focus.
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  13. Prescription in Tort Law

    Prescription in Tort Law

    Analytical and Comparative Perspectives
    Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Israel Gilead, Bjarte Askeland
    Prescription is a major legal defence that bars civil actions after the expiry of the prescription period on the claim. This book thoroughly examines the law of 16 selected jurisdictions and extensively analyses in comparative perspective the elements of prescription, their interrelations, and the policy considerations (including economic analysis). While the book focuses on prescription of tort claims the analysis, comparisons and conclusions are most pertinent to most civil actions.
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  14. Contract and Property with an Environmental Perspective

    Contract and Property with an Environmental Perspective

    Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Siel Demeyere, Vincent Sagaert
    This book includes the conference proceedings of a conference in September 2019. The Institute for Property Law of the University of Leuven had the opportunity to welcome numerous authoritative legal scholars to debate on the impact of sustainability challenges on the crossroads between contract and property. The contributions in this book are on the one hand, careful analyses of national laws, and on the other hand, more general views on the interplay between property law and sustainability.
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  15. Real Obligations at the Edge of Contract and Property

    Real Obligations at the Edge of Contract and Property

    Book | 1st edition 2020 | Belgium | Siel Demeyere
    This book extensively analyses obligations connected to property rights, or 'real obligations', in a comparative perspective through a study of Belgian, French, Dutch and Scots law. Examples of real obligations are the periodical payment obligation of a long lease holder, the maintenance of the property subject to a servitude and the financial contributions by apartment owners.
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  16. Elderly Care and Upwards Solidarity

    Elderly Care and Upwards Solidarity

    Historical, Sociological and Legal Perspectives
    Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Elisabeth Alofs, Wendy Schrama
    This book examines the legal and societal challenges facing ageing nations in Europe. With a focus on informal care, it poses the question of how, in light of historical and socio-demographic changes, we can take care of our elderly.
    €89.00 incl. VAT
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