Book | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Bram Akkermans, Jaap Hage, Nicole Kornet, Jan Smits
There is an increasing debate on the way in which the EU has developed and what it must look like in the future. This debate includes a discussion on one of the core aspects of European integration: at which level should the rules be set and who decides where the authority to do so should lie? Private law has an important role to play in this discussion. Many private law rules touch on the core of the internal market as they serve to foster trade or to offer protection to market participants, such as consumers.
Les frontières du droit international privé européen / Las fronteras del derecho internacional privado europeo
Book | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Jean-Sylvestre Bergé, Stéphanie Francq, Miguel Gardenes Santiago
L’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 ?
Book | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad, Hélène Michel
This work offers two original added values to the current publications, the first one being its focus on actors rather than on institutions, the second one linked to the fact it covers both Europe, the Europe of the Council of Europe and the EU.
Book | 2nd edition 2015 | World | Frederic Eggermont, Stefaan Smis
This Research Guide to Instruments of European Regional Organizations focuses on how to find and use instruments of European regional organizations. It is mainly intended to be a practical instrument for students of an advanced level, lawyers and public servants who work in the field of European law.
The influence of CJEU case law on national legal systems
Book | 1st edition 2015 | Europe | Advocatenkantoor Wauters bv
One of the main objectives of this research is to examine this influence and more specifically the influence of EU law on cooperation between public authorities.
The Interlaw book on Renewable Energy is a comprehensive overview of renewable energy policies and developments in the major countries active in the field.
Book | 1st edition 2015 | World | Enrico Adriano Raffaelli
This work contains the papers of the Eleventh Conference on “Antitrust between EU Law and national law”, held in Treviso on May 15 and 16, 2014. Some of the papers have been extensively reviewed and updated by the authors prior to publication.
UE, USA, Chine et les BRICS / EU, USA, China and the BRICS
Book | 1st edition 2014 | World | Yi Lu, Francis Snyder
Overview of transnational law in trade relations between the EU, the USA, China, Brazil , etc. Tour d'horizon du droit transnational dans les relations commerciales entre l'UE, les USA, la Chine, le Brésil, etc.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Philipp Kiiver, Jakub Kodym
When buying goods or services on behalf of a public authority, procurement officers must translate the buyer’s needs into tender documents that are clear, lawful, and well-designed. This guide helps them in this task. Rich in practical examples, it is written for procurement practitioners at all levels of government – from the local to the international – including drafters of calls for tenders, controllers, tender evaluators, managers who authorize public expenditure, risk managers and auditors, as well as for students of public procurement law and public administration.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Sarah Schoenmaekers, Wouter Devroe, Niels Philipsen
This book aims to provide stakeholders – students, but also academics, practitioners, civil servants, and consumers - with a better knowledge of the EU rules on public procurement and State aid. By treating these two legal fields in one volume, the book also intends to draw attention to the largely unexplored links and interfaces between public procurement and State aid rules.
Situation en Belgique et dans l'Union européenne / Situation in Belgium and in the European Union
Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Charles-Hubert Born, Francis Haumont
The book focuses on the legal issues arising from the implementation by the national courts of the provisions relating to Natura 2000, in order to assess the contribution of the judge to the effectiveness of this regime.
Comparative-Historical Essays on Developments in Civil Law
Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Michaël Milo, Jan Lokin, Jan M. Smits
200 years ago many civil law jurisdictions adhered to exclusive national codifications of private law, and abandoned the old Ius Commune. In our contemporary days the shades of national law slowly melt away, and we imagine a future where new common laws will continue to take shape.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Miroslawa Myszke-Nowakowska
This book responds to the current intriguing questions concerning the impact of the choice of law rules on the free movement of companies by analyzing the most recent ECJ decisions, EU legislature and doctrine in that field. It addresses vigorous discussions and a multitude of legal issues concerning European Company Law, Comparative Law as well as Private International Law in a desirable way both for the legal practitioners and academics.
Droit de propriété, économie et environnement/Property rights, economics and environment
Book | 1st edition 2014 | World | Max Falque, Henri Lamotte
Analyse de la contribution des droits de propriété ou d’usage et des instruments économiques comme alternative et/ou complément à la réglementation afin d’assurer la gestion durable des ressources agricoles et forestières.
A Review from the Perspective of University-Industry R&D Cooperation
Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Mario Cisneros
State funding constitutes an important tool to promote innovation by creating links between industry, universities and R&D institutions. In this context, the development of a legal framework that promotes an efficient use of State aid in R&D cooperation represents an important challenge for the EU.
Book | 2nd edition 2014 | Europe | Norbert Reich, Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz, Peter Rott, Klaus Tonner
In recent years, EU consumer law has been subject to spectacular decisions by the European Court of Justice, with important consequences for the private law of Member States. Currently, it is under scrutiny by the EC Commission, which has just published a proposal for the revision of important aspects of the EU consumer law acquis. The authors have taken a broad horizontal approach at the European acquis, thereby reflecting on the history, the achievements and also the shortcomings of EC law.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Marc De Vos, Philippe Culliford
Gender quotas for company boards are becoming a totemic issue of gender diversity policy in today’s labour market. This book analyses the EU proposal to make such quotas obligatory and brings together the experiences of countries that have, to various degrees, taken the road towards formalising gender balance in the board room.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | United Kingdom | Carlos Esplugues, José Luis Iglesias Buhigues, Guillermo Palao Moreno
Mediation is becoming an increasingly important tool for resolving civil and commercial disputes. The European Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21.5.2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters prescribes a set of minimum common rules on mediation for all EU Member States with the exception of Denmark.
Book | 1st edition 2014 | Europe | Marco Loos, Marco B.M. Loos, Ilse Samoy
Differences in contract law and the additional transaction costs and complexity they generate in cross-border transactions dissuade a considerable number SMEs from expanding into markets of other Member States. These differences are also said to limit competition in the internal market.