Title:A Self-Sufficient European Private Law – A Viable Concept?
Author(s):MICKLITZ, Hans-Wolfgang; SVETIEV, YaneDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This working paper collects the contributions to the first external workshop within the ERPL project that took place on 4 and 5 May 2012 at the EUI. The workshop aimed to clarify the key parameters to be used for analysing ...
Title:Protecting European law from international law
Author(s):LAVRANOS, NikolaosDate:2010Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This contribution analyses the relationship between international law and Community law in the light of two recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) cases on Article 307 EC, that is, the Kadi and bilateral investment treaties ...
Title:Inter-firm Networks in the European Wine Industry
Author(s):CAFAGGI, Fabrizio; IAMICELI, PaolaDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:Following the current European policy framework, this research aims to study the role of inter-firm collaboration as a tool for enhancing competitiveness and innovation in the European market. In particular, it analyses ...
Title:Private Regulation in European Private Law
Author(s):CAFAGGI, FabrizioDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI RSCASAbstract:European private regulation pre-existed European Community law and co-exists with it today, giving rise to different forms of complementarity with European legislation. While in the initial stage of jus commune, a stronger ...
Title:EU Operations and Private Military Contractors: Issues of Corporate and Institutional Responsibility
Author(s):WHITE, Nigel D.; MACLEOD, SorchaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:The European Union has developed its security competence since 1992, thus putting pressure on its Member States to provide troops for the increasing number of EU peace operations being deployed to different areas of the ...
Title:Litigating Abuses Committed by Private Military Companies
Author(s):RYNGAERT, CedricDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:One of the main tools for 'socializing' private military contractors (PMCs) is litigation. The threat of litigation may encourage contractors to set up their own corporate social responsibility and accountability mechanisms ...
Title:Status of PMSC Personnel in the Laws of War: The Question of Direct Participation in Hostilities
Author(s):SOSSAI, MirkoDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:The legal status of private military and security company personnel under the law of international armed conflicts determines the rights and the privileges afforded by the law and the legal consequences deriving from the ...
Title:Individual Liability of Private Military Personnel under International Criminal Law
Author(s):LEHNARDT, ChiaDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:The article examines the present status of private military personnel under international criminal law.
Perpetrators of international crimes are frequently integrated into a hierarchically structured collective,
such as ...
Title:Passing the Buck: State Responsibility for Private Military Companies
Author(s):HOPPE, CarstenDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI AELAbstract:States hire Private Military or Security Companies [PMSCs/contractors] in armed conflict and occupation to fulfil tasks formerly exclusively handled by soldiers, including combat, guarding and protection, and detention and ...
Title:Narrowing the gap? Law and new approaches to governance in the European Union
Author(s):WALKER, Neil; DE BURCA, Grainne; TRUBEK, David M.; SCOTT, Joanne; STURM, Susan; SMISMANS, Stijn; HERVEY, Tamara K.; TRUBEK, Louise; ARMSTRONG, Kenneth; KILPATRICK, Claire; MAHER, Imelda; SCHELKLE, WaltraudDate:2007Type of Publication:Article
Title:Reconceiving Law and New Governance
Author(s):WALKER, Neil; DE BURCA, GrainneDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This essay re-examines the concepts of Law and New Governance with a view to
pursuing three cumulative objectives. First, it emphasizes that both law and new
governance are deeply contested concepts whose meaning and ...
Title:Mini-symposium on the consultative board's report on the future of the WTO
Author(s):COTTIER, Thomas; MCRAE, Donald; TRACHTMAN, Joel P.; MATSUSHITA, Mitsuo; WOLFE, Robert; PETERSMANN, Ernst-Ulrich; VAN DEN BOSSCHE, Peter; ALEXOVICOVA, Iveta; BARTELS, Lorand; ZEITLER, Helge Elisabeth; VAN DAMME, IsabelleDate:2005Type of Publication:Article
Title:National measures on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing: the case of the Philippines
Author(s):SMAGADI, AphroditeDate:2005Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity stipulated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio de Janeiro, 1992) was not merely to promote the conservation and sustainable use of ...