Title:National, European and Community Patent Protection: Time for Reconsideration
Author(s):ULLRICH, HannsDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The completion of a Community system of unitary intellectual property protection has come to a halt when the Commission’s proposal for a Community Patent Regulation was shelved by the Council on political grounds in late ...
Title:Natural Law: Alive and Kicking? A Look at the Constitutional Morality of Sexual Privacy in Ireland
Author(s):O'CONNELL, RoryDate:1996-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article discusses the role of moral argument in the Constitutional case law of the Irish courts. It looks at the debate on the constitutional morality of sexuality in four major cases: a 1973 case protecting the right ...
Title:The Nature of Legal Concepts: Inferential Nodes or Ontological Categories?
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:I shall compare two views of legal concepts: as nodes in inferential nets and as categories in an ontology
(a conceptual architecture). Firstly, I shall introduce the inferential approach, consider its implications,
and ...
Title:New Challenges for the Assessment of Fairness in a Common Market
Author(s):MICKLITZ, Hans-Wolfgang; SMITH, Viktor; OHM RØRDAM, Mette; CLEMENT, Jesper; GABRIELSEN, Gorm; GLÖCKNER, Jochen; MØGELVANGHANSEN, Peter; ROGOWSKI, Marcin; SORENSEN, Henrik Selsoe; SMITH, Viktor; TRZASKOWSKI, JanDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAW
Title:The New European Legislative Framework for the Marketing of Goods
Author(s):GORYWODA, LukaszDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:As a result of the review of the New Approach, a modernized regulatory framework for the marketing of goods and market surveillance will be applicable in the European Community beginning on January 1, 2010. The new ...
Title:New Frontiers in the Legal Structure and Legislation of Social Enterprises in Europe: A Comparative Analysis
Author(s):CAFAGGI, Fabrizio; IAMICELI, PaolaDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper aims at presenting and discussing policy issues regarding the legal structure
and legislation of the social enterprise through the lenses of recent law reforms in
Europe. The legislation of seven countries is ...
Title:New Frontiers of Consumer Protection: The Interplay Between Private and Public Enforcement
Author(s):CAFAGGI, Fabrizio; MICKLITZ, Hans-WolfgangDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Collective redress has gained momentum in Europe and North America. Legal reforms are driven by different institutional conditions but show a limited degree of convergence. The seventeen contributions from the US, Canada ...
Title:The New Global Trading Order. The Evolving State and the Future of Trade
Author(s):PATTERSON, Dennis; AFILALO, AriDate:2010Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The international institutions that have governed global trade since the end of World War II have lost their effectiveness, and global trade governance is fractured. The need for new institutions is obvious, and yet, few ...