Title:From a status to a transaction-based approach? : institutional design in European contract law
Author(s):CAFAGGI, FabrizioDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The Common European Sales Law (CESL), currently under examination at the European Parliament, is intended to introduce a regime for cross-border sales that individual Member States can extend to domestic transactions ...
Title:China's sovereignty in international law : from historical grievance to pragmatic tool
Author(s):MULLER, WimDate:2013Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The concept of sovereignty is at the heart of Chinese international legal discourse, as well as Chinese foreign policy. Yet there is no agreement among international lawyers, political scientists and theorists what exactly ...
Title:Fighting Hate Speech through EU Law
Author(s):BELAVUSAU, UladzislauDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article constitutes a chapter from a forthcoming book on EU non-discrimination law (E. Ellis & K. Benediktsdóttir (eds.), Equality into Reality: Action for Diversity & Non-Discrimination). It explores the rise of the ...
Title:Alexy on Necessity in Law and Morals
Author(s):PATTERSON, DennisDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Robert Alexy has built his original theory of law upon pervasive claims for “necessary” features of law. In this article, I show that Alexy's claims suffer from two difficulties. First, Alexy is never clear about what he ...
Title:False Extraterritoriality? Municipal and multinational jurisdiction over transnational corporations
Author(s):WRAY, Benedict S.; RAFFAELLI, RosaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article analyses the tricky question of territoriality in respect of transnational corporations, arguing that there is a need to move away from the confines of traditional legal categories in cases where corporate ...
Title:On Pain and the Privation Theory of Evil
Author(s):SAMET, IritDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The paper argues that pain is not a good counter-example to the privation theory of evil. Objectors to the privation thesis see pain as too real to be accounted for in privative terms. However, the properties for which ...
Title:Copyright in Diagnostic Tests: Not yet the end for fair use
Author(s):ROSATI, Eleonora; ROSATI, Carlo MariaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The authors tackle the issue of copyright protection under US law for diagnostic tests such as the Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The article claims that no copyright vests in such works, these being outside ...
Title:Free Lunches? WTO as public good, and the WTO’s view of public goods
Author(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The WTO can be viewed as a public good in that it provides a forum for negotiations which also produces the necessary legal framework to act as a support for agreed liberalization. To avoid any misunderstandings, in this ...
Title:US Supreme Court Says Public Domain Works May Return to Copyright
Author(s):ROSATI, EleonoraDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Golan et al. v Holder, Attorney General, et al., US Supreme Court, 565 US (2012), 18 January 2012. In a 6-2 ruling, the US Supreme Court held that Section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) of 1994, which ...
Title:Hell Freezes Over: A climate change for assessing exclusionary conduct under article 102 TFEU
Author(s):ROUSSEVA, Ekaterina; MARQUIS, MelDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The ECJ's judgment in Post Danmark A/S v Konkurrencerådet seems to herald new rigour in the application of Article 102 TFEU to exclusionary pricing practices by dominant firms. The judgment clarifies that the core criterion ...
Title:The AOL Huffington Post Merger and Bloggers' Rights
Author(s):DALY, AngelaDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article examines the merger between AOL and the Huffington Post. The broader issues around the merger will be investigated, especially the implication for rights, in particular free expression, and their conditions ...
Title:Recognition of Contracts as Investments in International Investment Arbitration
Author(s):ZIVKOVIC, VelimirDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The issue of recognition of contractual rights as protected investments in international investment arbitration, primarily under the auspices of ICSID, has sparked divergent approaches in case law. Treatment of certain ...
Title:European Union Law as International Law
Author(s):MOORHEAD, TimothyDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:International law principles enable a rationalisation of the values to which the Union order aspires as a collective political and legal commitment amongst the Member States. The doctrine of Union law supremacy, which ...
Title:Delitos Culturalmente Motivados. Diversidad Cultural, Derecho e Inmigración
Author(s):PÉREZ DE LA FUENTE, OscarDate:2012Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article analyses culturally motivated crimes and the use of culture as means of criminal defense. In particular, it studies the relationship between law and cultural diversity with a focus on the judicial application ...