Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Desislava Stoitchkova
Seeking to address the problem of corporate involvement in grave human rights abuse, i.e. genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, this study explores the desirability and feasibility of subjecting business enterprises to regulation through international criminal law.
All-Source Threat Assessments in the Fight Against Terrorism
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Vast Comité I
This book collects contributions from European countries that have created ‘fusion centres’ or that have attributed the ‘all-source threat assessment’ assignment to an existing body. The result paints a specific and valuable picture and gives a unique insight into the way integrated analyses are produced, not in the least because all contributions were written by people from within the fusion centres; not by outsiders.
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Jane Mair, Esin Örücü
This edited volume tests the Principles of European Family Law on Parental Responsibilities in a range of legal systems, and in so doing assesses these legal systems in view of the Principles, and the Principles in view of these legal systems.
With a Particular Focus on the Law of Armed Conflict
Book | 1st edition 2010 | World | Frederik Naert
This book combines an insight into the legal aspects of operations conducted as part of the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) of the EU with an analysis of the status and obligations of international organizations under international law and applies the findings thereof to the law of armed conflict and human rights in relation to ESDP operations.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 2004
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Fabián O. Raimondo, Zsuzsanna Deen-Racsmány, Erik Kok, Wouter Werner, Celso Eduardo F. Coracini, Michael Moesenthin, Christopher M. Rassi, Dawn L. Rothe, Dimcho Dimov, Paul de Hert, Gentian Zyberi and Göran Sluiter
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | Christoph Castelein, Rene Foqué, Alain-Laurent Verbeke
This volume in the EFL-Series aims at enabling a larger and more contextualised view on succession law, by studying the issue of imperative inheritance law from five different perspectives: legal anthropology, legal history, sociology of law, law and economics, and comparative law. All perspectives are introduced by eminent scholars.
A Comparison of Counter-Terrorism Legislation and Its Implications on Human Rights in the Legal Systems of the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany and Fran
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | Anna Oehmichen
The present volume deals with terrorism, both the legislative reactions to it and its impact on human rights. It is argued that the preservation of human rights is vital for the prevention of terrorism, encompassing state and non-state terrorism alike.
Timor Leste - The Special Panels for Serious Crimes 2003-2006
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Peter Bal, Pedro Caeiro, James Cockayne, Celso Eduardo Faria Coracini, Rob Cryer, André de Hoogh, Masha Fedorova, Leena Grover, André Klip, Claus Kreß, Miguel Ângelo Lemos, Anne-Sophie Massa, Avril McDonald, Gregory S. McNeal, Fabián O. Raimondo, Göran Sluiter, Sergey Vasiliev and Gentian Zyberi.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 2003
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
This volume contains the most important decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia for the period 14 October 2003 - 5 December 2003. All decisions are commented on by distinguished international scholars and academics.Contributors:Denis Abels, Rogier Bartels, Megan Fairlie, Steven Freeland, Maria Kalafa-Gbandi, Maartje Krabbe, Mark McKarel, Yannis Naziris, Daniel Ntanda-Nsereko, Olaoluwa Olusanya and Natalie Wagner
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 2005-2006
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Isidoro Blanco Cordero, Wendy de Bondt, Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Els de Busser, Michele Caianiello, Menno Dolman, Micaela Frulli, Eric Iverson, Dov Jacobs, Gerhard Kemp, Marloes Kleijn Hesselink, Goreth Kyakuwa, Ousman Njikam, Jens David Ohlin, Helmut Satzger, Joanna Spanoudis, Ignaz Stegmiller, Heikelina Verrijn Stuart and Edith Weemaels
This edited volume ascertains the added value of international criminal tribunals in fighting impunity for crimes against international law and fostering political reconciliation in affected States. It aims to identify best practices which may inform the choice between the establishment of international criminal tribunals and recourse to other mechanisms, and which may render existing or future tribunals more effective institutions.
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | Hague Conference on Private International Law
This eighth edition of the Collection of Conventions of the Hague Conference contains the most important multilateral treaties entered into under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law, which has been working on the progressive unification of private international law since 1893, and doing so as an intergovernmental organisation since 1955. This new edition, made necessary by a revision of the Hague Conference Statute and the adoption since 2003 of three new Conventions, reproduces the texts of the Hague Conventions in authentic versions as deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | Katharina Boele-Woelki, Bente Braat, Ian Curry-Sumner
This volume contains detailed information concerning the law on property relations between spouses (matrimonial property law) in twenty-six European jurisdictions.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 2005
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors: Michael Bohlander, Astrid Reisinger Coracini, Masha Fedorova, Caroline Fournet, Steven Freeland, Dov Jacobs, Florian Jessberger, Maria Kaiafa-Gbandi, Katalin Ligeti, Suzannah Linton, Susana Assis Martins, Anne Pieter van der Mei, Yannis Naziris, Ousman Njikam, Oliver Schüttpelz, Desislava Stoitchkova and Shamiso Zinzombe.
Book | 1st edition 2009 | World | Katharina Boele-Woelki
This volume contains articles on three issues that at the dawn of the 21st century have provoked passionate discussion: (compulsory) arrangements regarding children; registration schemes for same-sex couples: new jurisdictions ; and the effectiveness of the pater est rule.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia 2003
Book | 1st edition 2008 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
This fourteenth volume of annotated leading case law of international criminal tribunals contains decisions taken by the ICTY from 1 April 2003 until 13 October 2003. It provides the reader with the full text of the most important decisions, identical to the original version and including concurring, separate and dissenting opinions. Distinguished experts in the field of international criminal law have commented the decisions. An index is included.
Timor Leste - The Special Panels for Serious Crimes 2001-2003
Book | 1st edition 2008 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
Contributors:Kai Ambos, Pedro Caeiro, Steven Freeland, Goreth Kyakuwa, André Klip, Brianne McGonigle, Ousman Njikam, Maria Fernanda Palma Pereira, Göran Sluiter, Alexander Zahar, and Salvatore Zappalà
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 2003 ã 2004
Book | 1st edition 2008 | World | André Klip, Göran Sluiter
This seventeenth volume of Annotated Leading Cases of International Criminal Tribunals contains decisions taken by the ICTR in the years 2003-2004. It provides the reader with the full text of the most important decisions, identical to the original version and including concurring, separate and dissenting opinions. Distinguished experts in the field of international criminal law have commented the decisions. An index is included.Contributors: Caroline Fournet, Daniel Ntanda-Nsereko, William Shabas and Shamiso Zinzombe.
Book | 1st edition 2008 | World | Alette Smeulers, Roelof Haveman
The study of international crimes, like war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, deserves to grow into a separate and fully fledged specialization within criminology: supranational criminology. This book aims to repair the fundamental and historical neglect of criminology and to break out of a state of denial by putting international crimes on the criminological agenda.
This book analyzes whether, and to what extent, the exercise of extraterritorial jurisdiction in cartel and merger matters is in fact lawful under international law. It does so from a transatlantic perspective, with an emphasis on practice in the United States and the European Community. The book mainly focuses on the use of the controversial effects and implementation doctrines of jurisdiction.
