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International Journal of Procedural Law
Journal | Subscription 2024 - 2 issues per year | United KingdomThe International Journal of Procedural Law provides an international research platform for scholars and practitioners in the field of procedural law, especially in civil matters. -
Changing Families, Changing Family Law in Europe
Book | 1st edition 2024 | 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.€129.00 incl. VAT -
International Survey of Family Law 2023
Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Robin Fretwell Wilson, June CarboneThe International Survey of Family Law is the annual review of the International Society of Family Law. It brings together reliable and clearly structured insights into the latest and most notable developments in family law from all around the globe.€115.00 incl. VAT -
Mass Harm in Europe
Compensation and Civil ProceduresBook | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Tomas Arons, Rianka RijnhoutThis book comprises an in-depth comparative law study on the meaning of tort law and procedural law in mass harm cases in Europe, examining this phenomenon in the context of 12 different case studies in 12 European jurisdictions and including four general contributions on mass harm cases.€169.00 incl. VAT -
European Sales Law
Challenges in the 21st CenturyBook | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Stefan Grundmann, Yesim M. Atamer20 years after the 1999 EU sales law harmonization an extensive and future oriented reform has occurred with the 2019 Sale of Goods Directive. The reform infused features of durability, sustainability and digitalisation into classical sales law, transforming the contract into a long-term relationship, also forcing an adaptation of distribution networks.€185.00 incl. VAT -
Legal Capacity, Disability and Human Rights
Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Michael Bach, Nicolás Espejo-YaksicThis book comprises chapters by key legal scholars and practitioners from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. It examines the evolution, theoretical constructs and institutional features of legal capacity, as well as the specific ways in which evolving principles, rights and standards derived from disability law and human rights are impacting and transforming the law. The book also explores emerging and persistent legal questions, as well as the challenges in conceiving, designing and implementing more comprehensive reforms in legal capacity regimes.€99.00 incl. VAT -
Luxembourg Law of Security Interests over Movable Assets
Book | 1st edition 2023 | Luxembourg | Hannes WestendorfThe book is divided into 2 parts. The first part treats the civil and commercial law pledges, as well as the pledge as financial collateral arrangement and the pledge over a business. The second part examines payment guarantees conferring an exclusive right upon the creditor, which include the right of retention and title-based security such as retention of title techniques as well as title transfer for security purposes.
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The European Convention on Human Rights and its Impact on National Private Law
A Comparative PerspectiveBook | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Matteo Fornasier, Maria Gabriella StanzioneThe 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 -
Surrogacy in Latin America
Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Nicolás Espejo-Yaksic, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Jens M. ScherpeThis 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 -
Retention of title in secured transactions law from a creditor's perspective
A comparative analysis of selected (non-)functional approachesBook | 1st edition 2023 | Belgium, Europe | Inge Van de PlasThis 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 -
Plurality and Diversity in Law: Family Forms and Family's Functions
Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Jacqueline Heaton, Aida KemelmajerThis book presents comparative perspectives based on findings presented in National Reports on the theme 'Plurality and Diversity in Law: Family Forms and Family's Functions'. The contributions focus on whether, and if so, how, family law recognises that a child can have multiple parents, and which family functions are recognised and favoured by the law.€159.00 incl. VAT -
Between Sexuality, Gender and Reproduction
On the Pluralisation of Family FormsBook | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom, Europe, World | Nina Dethloff, Katharina KaeslingThis book addresses the pluralisation of family forms as an expression of the transformation of society and its normative foundations. Against a legal background, the development of diverse family concepts and practices is examined and the (severed) links between sexuality, gender and reproduction are explored.€113.00 incl. VAT -
A Comparative Law Analysis of No-Fault Comprehensive Compensation Funds
International Best Practice and Contemporary ApplicationsBook | 1st edition 2023 | World | Kim WattsThis book is a groundbreaking comparative law analysis of the world's largest and most mature compensation funds, impacting nearly 22 million people in the four jurisdictions of Victoria (Australia), Quebec and Manitoba (Canada), and New Zealand. These funds operate in a way that turns tort law on its head, are financially stable and sustainable, and represent a true revolution in private law. The book takes important steps to further scientific knowledge of large alternative liability systems and goes beyond existing literature in the field.€148.00 incl. VAT -
Artificial Intelligence and the Law (2nd edition)
Second revised editionBook | 2nd edition 2023 | Belgium | Jan De Bruyne, Cedric VanleenhoveIn 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.€165.00 incl. VAT -
Cross-Border Recognition of Formalized Same-Sex Relationships
The Role of Ordre PublicBook | 1st edition 2022 | World | Laima VaigeThis 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.€166.00 incl. VAT -
Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction
The Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return ProceedingsBook | 1st edition 2022 | World | Katarina Trimmings, Anatol Dutta, Costanza Honorati, Mirela ZupanThis 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.€79.00 incl. VAT -
The Acquisition of Immovables through Long-Term Use
Book | 1st edition 2022 | Europe | Björn Hoops, Ernst MaraisIn this book, which is part of the book series of the Common Core of European Private Law, reporters consider legal institutions that allow persons who have occupied private or public land of others to acquire that land through mere long-term use.€171.00 incl. VAT -
Standard Business Contracts
Book | 4th edition 2021 | Belgium | Dirk Deschrijver, Marc Taeymans, Olivier Vanden BergheThis 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 -
Legal Systems of the Pacific
Introducing Sixteen GemsBook | 1st edition 2021 | World | Jennifer Corrin, Tony AngeloWith 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.€113.00 incl. VAT -
International Handbook on Child Participation in Family Law
Book | 1st edition 2021 | World | Wendy Schrama, Marilyn Freeman, Nicola Taylor, Marielle BruningThis topical and timely handbook provides a rich source of information for everyone with an interest in the application of children’s rights in practice.€113.00 incl. VAT