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The African Continental Free Trade Area and the Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement in Africa
Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Mouhamed KebeThis book deals with the current trend in investor-state arbitration, with a focus on the African continent.It looks more specifically at the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and discusses how it can reshape the investor-state dispute system on the continent.€99.00 incl. VAT -
Defragmentation of Law
Reconstruction of Contemporary Law as a SystemBook | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Pavel OndrejekAs contemporary legal regulation becomes more and more complex, the law becomes more fragmented. This book puts forward recommendations to promote the systemic nature of law. In addition to pro-systemic legal arguments, the book focuses on the foundations of law formed by underlying principles and values.€89.00 incl. VAT -
Towards a New European Impetus Post-Brexit
A View Behind the ScenesBook | 1st edition 2023 | Rudy AernoudtEurope is under attack. Populism and nationalism are rampant, the United Kingdom has left the European Union and public confidence in Europe is waning. How should it move forward? With that question, the author takes the reader behind the scenes, offering unique, personal insights and positive solutions to address these issues, whilst also encouraging readers to develop their own vision of Europe and its future.€69.00 incl. VAT -
Dealing with food law in Europe
A practical approach, including a Belgian perspectiveBook | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Aude MahyFor the first time in Belgium, a book that addresses the subject of food law in its entirety. It aims to decipher European food law and illustrate it with concrete applications. A special perspective on how the regulations is implemented and enforced in Belgium is also included.
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Compliance Monumental Goals
Book | 1st edition 2023 | World | Marie–Anne Frison–RocheThe notion of “Compliance Monumental Goals” is becoming more explicit in regulations and case law to fight climate change or hate in the digital space, to prevent the collapse of economic systems and democracies, to make human beings effectively equal, to compel firms to be vigilant.
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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 -
Enterprise Foundation Law in a Comparative Perspective
Book | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Anne Sanders, Steen ThomsenMany large companies - like Bosch, Ikea and Novo-Nordisk - are owned by enterprise foundations. This book provides an overview of enterprise foundation law in six European countries and the US. The book explores enterprise foundation law in the seven aforementioned nations and analyzes how the law influences the prevalence and governance of enterprise foundations around the world.€79.00 incl. VAT -
Profiling through Big Data Analytics
The Interplay between the General Data Protection Regulation and Unfair Commercial Practices DirectiveBook | 1st edition 2023 | Europe | Maja NiševicThis book investigates the practice of profiling using Big Data Analytics, with the main focus on the interplay between the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the European Union Unfair Commercial Practice Directive (UCPD). This book is an interdisciplinary study of profiling as a technological tool, and of its legal framework, including comparative analysis of the case law on personal data processing.€130.00 incl. VAT -
Business Intelligence with Power BI
Book | 1st edition 2023 | Belgium, World | Sylvio Rodriguez, Jo SwinnenThe authors not only write an accessible guide to Power BI, the Microsoft self service reporting software, they also explain the importance of business intelligence for diverse business processes. This book is the ideal introduction for all who want to become familiar with Power BI. No prior knowledge needed!* Learn how to present Big Data en KPI’s attractively and flexibly.* Use the online files to complete the exercises.* Genuine cases illustrate how PowerBI works in the real world.****Invitation webinar Business Intelligence met/with Power BI (19 April 2023 - 7PM-8PM). Register free: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4667309641061479510****€54.00 incl. VATStudent price: €37.00 -
Between Sexuality, Gender and Reproduction
On the Pluralisation of Family FormsBook | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | 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 -
Corporate finance (second edition)
Book | 2nd edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Marc Deloof, Sophie Manigart, Hubert Ooghe, Cynthia Van HulleThis textbook discusses the sources of funding and capital structure of corporations (excluding financial institutions). After an introduction on the objectives and functions of corporate finance, the following topics are covered: investment analysis and minimum investment return requirement, capital structure and dividend policy, long- and medium-term financing, working capital valuation, international financial policy and other specific financial topics.- The authors link theoretical insight to practical cases. - Written for financial professionals and (post)university students.€119.00 incl. VATStudent price: €59.00 -
A Comparative Law Analysis of No-Fault Comprehensive Compensation Funds
International Best Practice and Contemporary ApplicationsBook | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | 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 -
From Formal to Material Equality
Comparative Perspectives from History, Plurality of Disciplines and TheoryBook | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Stefan Grundmann, Jan ThiessenThis book concerns equality in personal status - absolute, anti-discrimination - and how formal protection was superseded by material, fuller protection. It discusses history - Latin America, then the French Revolution - and disciplines - philosophy, ethics, economics, sociology, systems theory - with their diverse views and moves into modern phenomena like digitalization.€102.00 incl. VAT -
Freedom of Environmental Information
Aspirations and PracticeBook | 1st edition 2023 | United Kingdom | Sean Whittaker, Colin T. Reid, Jonathan MendelThis book explores how the public's right of access to environmental information is being used in practice and how far these uses, and the motives behind them, align with the aspiration of furthering environmental protection that lies behind the creation of this legal right.€102.00 incl. VAT -
Artificial Intelligence and the Law (2nd edition)
Book | 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