Title:Macau business law and legal system
Author(s):GODINHO, Jorge Alexandre FernandesDate:2007Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book brings together the law in Macau relating to business activities. The reader will find a wide variety of topics covered, with solid introductions to the conceptual frameworks and concise expositions of their ...
Title:Making European Private Law. Governance Design
Author(s):CAFAGGI, Fabrizio; MUIR WATT, HoratiaDate:2008Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The debate concerning the desirability and modes of harmonisation of European Private Law (EPL) has, until now, been mainly concerned with substantive rules. The link between rules and institutions suggests that governance ...
Title:Mandating Identity : Citizenship, Kinship Laws and Plural Nationality in the European Union
Author(s):HORVATH, EnikoDate:2007Type of Publication:BookAbstract:For over a century it has been the case that a person exists, at least for legal purposes, only after she has been recognized by the state. As a unique element of this acknowledgement, nationality has also been an essential ...
Title:The Many Concepts of Social Justice in European Private Law
Author(s):MICKLITZ, Hans-WolfgangDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This insightful book, with contributions from leading international scholars, examines the European model of social justice in private law that has developed over the 20th century. The first set of articles is devoted to ...
Title:Market Integration and Public Services in the European Union
Author(s):CREMONA, MariseDate:2011Type of Publication:BookSeries/Report no.:Collected Courses of the Academy of European LawAbstract:In a period when the nature and scope of the European internal market is hotly contested, this collection offers a topical analysis of the most pressing issues relating to market integration and public services in the EU. ...
Title:Medicinal Bioprospecting: Policy options for access and benefit-sharing
Author(s):SMAGADI, AphroditeDate:2009Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The production of medicines, pharmaceutical and herbal, involves the sourcing of both genetic resources in the natural environment, and local knowledge. Sourcing substances for medicines in the natural environment is known ...
Title:Merger Control Regimes in Emerging Economies. A Case Study on Brazil and Argentina
Author(s):BOTTA, MarcoDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:When emerging economies draft competition law and begin to enforce it, they usually draw on the EU and US competition law systems. However, significant country-specific legal and practical variations tend to arise quickly, ...
Title:Modernising Consumer Law: The experience of the Western Balkan
Author(s):KARANIKIC, Marija; MICKLITZ, Hans-Wolfgang; REICH, NorbertDate:2012Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This study reports on the state of consumer law and practice in 6 Western Balkan countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Montenegro, Serbia). It pays particular attention to how these countries have adapted ...
Title:The Multilanguage Complexity of European Law
Author(s):AJANI, Gianmaria; PERUGINELLI, Ginevra; SARTOR, Giovanni; TISCORNIA, DanielaDate:2007Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The contributions presented at the Conference 'Approaching the Multilanguage Complexity of European Law: Methodologies in Comparison' (European University Institute of Florence, 17th November 2006) offer a wide spectrum ...
Title:Multinational Enterprises and Human Rights Obligations under EU Law and International Law
Author(s):GATTO, AlexandraDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:This book examines how the European Union could do more to ensure that EU-based multinational enterprises (MNEs) respect human rights when operating in third world countries. Alexandra Gatto identifies the primary obligations ...
Title:National Sovereignty and International Organizations
Author(s):MARTIN MARTINEZ, Magdalena MDate:1996Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Examines the reactions of domestic legal systems to the exigencies of international institutional cooperation, looking at to what extant states accept limitations of sovereignty for participation in international organizations, ...
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 ...