Title:Three-dimensional Conflict of Laws in Europe
Author(s):KJAER, PoulDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:ZERP - Discussion PapersAbstract:The EU is a structure which is positioned 'in-between' hierarchically organized nation-state governing structures and heterarchically structured global governance structures. Thus, the EU is a hybrid which partly relies ...
Title:To Strike or not to Strike : Assessing the Legality of a Potential Strike against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities
Author(s):HOFMEISTER, HannesDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This working paper deals with a highly topical issue in public international law:
the legality of a preemptive military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities. It analyses
whether such a strike would violate the ...
Title:Towards Social Environmental Justice?
Author(s):DUVAL, Antoine; MOREAU, Marie-Ange; DESJARDINS, Marie-Claude; FRANCIONI, Francesco; LAVALLÉE, Sophie; MOREAU, Marie-Ange; ORLANDO, Emmanuela; ROUX, Dominic; STAATH, Claire; WRAY, Benedict S.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This Working Paper is the result of a workshop held at the European University Institute in November 2010. At the heart of it lies a reflection on the potentialities of a new legal concept: social environmental justice. ...
Title:Trade Unions in the EU Facing Global Companies: Legal Obstacles and Innovations
Author(s):MOREAU, Marie-Ange; BLAS-LOPEZ, Maria EstherDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:In the European Union, a set of legal instruments was developed to enhance social
partners’ actions. Here, we consider whether these instruments encourage, at
Community level, efficient trade union actions in response ...
Title:Two Concepts of Religious Freedom in the European Court of Human Rights
Author(s):BHUTA, NehalDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper considers the way in which recent historical work on the history of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience opens up a new interpretation of the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in the ...
Title:Two Concepts of Social Equality: What Luck Has Got To Do With It?
Author(s):SADURSKI, WojciechDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:A conventional distinction – that between an “individualized” and a “collective” concept of
social equality – is misleading and unhelpful. This can be best shown by reflecting upon
one, particularly interesting, and these ...