Title:International Economic Law, 'Public Reason' and Multilevel Governance of Interdependent Public Goods
Author(s):PETERSMANN, Ernst-UlrichDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Is ineffective protection of international public goods, and thereby also of interrelated national public goods, the inevitable fate of humanity? The negative answer to this question in Section II argues that ineffective ...
Title:Trade Unions and New Member State Workers in Germany and the UK
Author(s):ZAHN, RebeccaDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:This article compares German and British trade union responses in a European context following the European enlargements in 2004 and 2007 that are unprecedented in the history of the European Union (EU). In particular, ...
Title:Regional Electricity Markets in Europe: Focus on the energy community
Author(s):KAROVA, RozetaDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Regional electricity markets (REM) are a natural step towards the creation of a single European electricity market. There are seven Electricity Regional Initiatives (ERI) launched by European Regulators Group for Electricity ...
Title:Embedding Employment Rights in Europe
Author(s):LECOMTE, Franck AlexandreDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The most recent European employment law saga arising from Viking, Laval, and subsequent decisions has commonly been understood as perpetuating the infiltration of economic provisions into labor legislation. It has also ...
Title:Combate à Fraude e Proteção de Dados: Inimigos ou Aliados?
Author(s):VIOLA DE AZEVEDO CUNHA, MarioDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:For fighting fraud, insurance companies use different tools, being a relevant one the use and interconnection of databases containing personal information. There is, indeed, a clear interaction between data protection, ...
Title:Lotta al terrorismo: Da Bush a Obama, passando per la Corte Suprema
Author(s):FABBRINI, FedericoDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The article contextualizes the United States (US) counter-terrorism policies from 2001 to the present in light of the peculiar US constitutional system of separation and balance of powers. It argues that the unprecedented ...
Title:International Nuclear Law and Nuclear Export Controls
Author(s):VISKI, AndreaDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Evaluating the effectiveness of nuclear export controls necessitates a serious analysis of the circumstances in which they function and the elements that give them force, such as the international non-proliferation legal ...
Title:Right Back Where We Started From (or Are We?)
Author(s):MAVROIDIS, Petros C.Date:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the state of the Doha round negotiations. A formula has been found to keep the ball rolling but at this stage it is impossible to predict towards what direction. There is lack of ...
Title:Originality in a Work, or a Work of Originality: The effects of the infopaq decision
Author(s):ROSATI, EleonoraDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:The issue of further harmonisation of copyright at the EU level is currently at the centre of heated debates concerning its desirability and feasibility as such. In the course of 2010 alone, the Wittem Group published its ...
Title:Yahoo! Liable for Contributory Infringement by Display of Links to Infringing Websites
Author(s):ROSATI, EleonoraDate:2011Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Comment to PFA Films S.r.l. v Google Italy, Microsoft S.r.l. and Yahoo! Italia S.r.l., Tribunale di Roma, ordinanza, 20 March 2011. By an ordinanza (interim injunction), the Tribunale di Roma (Rome court of first instance) ...