Civil law 115 results
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La famille dans l'ordre juridique de l'Union européenne/Family within the Legal Order of the EU
Book | 1st edition 2020 | Europe | Elsa Bernard, Marie Cresp, Marion Ho-DacNombreuses sont les incursions de l'UE dans la définition et le régime juridique des familles qui circulent entre les États membres. L'ouvrage fait le point sur l’acquis et le devenir d’un modèle familial européen.
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Immoral Contracts in Europe
Book | 1st edition 2020 | Europe | Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi, Chantal Mak, Zeeshan MansoorThis 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.€182.00 incl. VAT -
Enforcing Consumer and Capital Markets Law
The Diesel Emissions ScandalBook | 1st edition 2020 | Europe | Beate Gsell, Thomas MöllersThis 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.€162.00 incl. VAT -
Interpretation of Commercial Contracts in European Private Law
Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | C.J.W. Baaij, David Cabrelli, Laura MacgregorThis 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.€161.00 incl. VAT -
Prescription in Tort Law
Analytical and Comparative PerspectivesBook | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Israel Gilead, Bjarte AskelandPrescription 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.€156.00 incl. VAT -
Contract and Property with an Environmental Perspective
Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Siel Demeyere, Vincent SagaertThis 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.€84.00 incl. VAT -
Real Obligations at the Edge of Contract and Property
Book | 1st edition 2020 | Belgium | Siel DemeyereThis 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.€216.00 incl. VAT -
Elderly Care and Upwards Solidarity
Historical, Sociological and Legal PerspectivesBook | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Elisabeth Alofs, Wendy SchramaThis 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.€97.00 incl. VAT -
Die Familienschiedsgerichtsbarkeit in Recht und Praxis
Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung des deutschen und englischen RechtsBook | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Saskia Constanze ZellerhoffErgründet die Verfasserin die aktuellen rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen für eine schiedsgerichtliche Beilegung familienrechtlicher Streitigkeiten im deutschen und englischen Recht und deren Bedeutung in der Praxis.€178.00 incl. VAT -
Proprietary Consequences in Defective Transfers of Ownership
Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Samuel ZoggThis book analyses proprietary restitution, at law and in equity, and inquires whether proprietary relief is available in defective transfers of property. It particularly covers the law of rescission, resulting and constructive trusts, tracing and unjust enrichment.€189.00 incl. VAT -
Compensation Funds in Comparative Perspective
Book | 1st edition 2020 | United Kingdom | Thierry Vansweevelt, Britt WeytsCompensation funds are redress structures that compensate victims of accidents and other misfortune where tort, insurance and social security frameworks are unavailable or inapplicable. Their undefined nature raises important legal questions that have not yet been fully answered. This book contrasts and analyses both well-known and lesser known compensation funds in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom.€90.00 incl. VAT -
Reliance in the Breaking-Off of Contractual Negotiations
Trust and Expectation in a Comparative PerspectiveBook | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Isabel ZuloagaThis book explores the theoretical basis of precontractual liability for the breaking-off of contractual negotiations and after a comparative analysis of common law (England) and civil law jurisdictions (Germany, France and Chile), argues in favour of a shift from good faith to the notion of reliance.€90.00 incl. VAT -
A Short History of Legal Validity and Invalidity
Foundations of Private and Public LawBook | 1st edition 2019 | Europe | Maris KöpckeThis book traces the uncharted history of validity and invalidity, two central categories of legal thought ubiquitous in contemporary private and public law. It shows how they emerged in response to social needs that remain pressing today.€63.00 incl. VAT -
Plurality and Diversity of Family Relations in Europe
Book | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Katharina Boele-Woelki, Dieter MartinyThis volume contains the contributions delivered at CEFL's sixth international conference, which focused on comparative and international family law in Europe in their respective cultural contexts.€103.00 incl. VAT -
The Borderlines of Tort Law
Interactions with Contract LawBook | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Miquel Martin-CasalsThis volume explores how differences between tort and contract affect the foundations of liability, the nature and amount of the compensation, the extent of liability and whether defences and limitation periods corresponding to the distinct causes of action give rise to substantially different outcomes.€111.00 incl. VAT -
Principles of European Family Law
The Property, Maintenance and Succession Rights of Couples in de facto UnionsBook | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Katharina Boele-Woelki, Frédérique Ferrand, Cristina González Beilfuss, Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg, Nigel Lowe, Dieter Martiny, Velina TodorovaThe CEFL has developed a comprehensive and original set of rules which may be a source of inspiration for legislating the rights and duties of couples who have not formalised their relationship. In their provisions on specific issues, the Principles opt for workable solutions which aim to avoid unnecessary hardship and disputes.€92.00 incl. VAT -
Adults and Children in Postmodern Societies
A Comparative Law and Multidisciplinary HandbookBook | 1st edition 2019 | United Kingdom | Jehanne Sosson, Geoffrey Willems, Gwendoline MotteAdults and Children in Postmodern Societies provides a critical analysis of the different ways in which the law can recognise and protect relationships between adults and children in postmodern societies which are characterised by increasingly diverse family configurations.€182.00 incl. VAT -
The Platform Economy
Unravelling the Legal Status of Online IntermediariesBook | 1st edition 2019 | Europe | Bram DevolderIn this book, a panel of international legal experts unravel the legal status of online intermediaries - a thorny knot that legislators, judges and lawyers across the globe are facing.€125.00 incl. VAT -
Responsibility, Restoration and Fault
Book | 1st edition 2018 | United Kingdom | Bénédict WinigerModern technology has not only multiplied the risks and degree of damage, it has also created long causal chains that often make it difficult to see a connection between action and damage, particularly when the damaging effects on individuals or society only emerge decades after the action. How can we ensure that we act responsibly today? What criteria do we have to measure our behaviour against?€63.00 incl. VAT -
Law and Policy in Modern Family Finance
Property Division in the 21st CenturyBook | 1st edition 2017 | United Kingdom | Jessica Palmer, Nicola Peart, Margaret Briggs, Mark HenaghanThis book addresses key questions about the division of property when a marriage, civil union, de facto relationship, or other close personal relationship ends. The book adopts a conceptual approach to property division, using New Zealand’s current law as a basis for critical analysis and drawing on international and comparative perspectives.€99.00 incl. VATStudent price: €45.00