Title:Consumer Bankruptcy in Europe Different Paths for Debtors and Creditors
Author(s):ANDERSON, Robert; DUBOIS, Hans; KOARK, Anne; LECHNER, Götz; RAMSAY, Iain; ROETHE, ThomasDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The economic crisis has fuelled the debate on regulated state insolvencies. And while debt relief is
being considered for nations, in some European countries consumers live their whole lives in debt as
there is no consumer ...
Title:Consumer Citizenship in Postnational Constellations?
Author(s):EVERSON, Michelle; JOERGES, ChristianDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:It is perhaps a truism to note that ‘the consumer’ is but a role that is played by human subjects. This insight leaves us, as lawyers, with one vital question: how can or does the legal system meaningfully rationalise its ...
Title:Contractual Formalization and Governance of Long-Term Relationships
Author(s):GOBBATO, MarcoDate:2011-01-01Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In this paper I discuss the relationship between contractual formalization, contractual incompleteness and the governance of long-term relationships. I analyze data on contracts for the production and distribution of goods ...
Title:Contractual Networks and the Access of Small and Medium Enterprises to Global Value Chains
Author(s):JOPPERT SWENSSON, Luana F.Date:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In the last three decades, the organisation of production has undergone major transformations, characterised by the movement from vertical integration towards de-verticalisation, with the increasing of outsourcing and ...
Title:Contractual Networks and the Small Business Act: Towards European Principles?
Author(s):CAFAGGI, FabrizioDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:In this paper, I address the issue of contractual networks in the European context. The
term “contractual networks” encompasses both multilateral contracts and networks of
linked bilateral contracts. Contractual networks ...
Title:Copyright and Educational Uses: The unbearable case of Italian law from a European and comparative perspective
Author(s):MAZZIOTTI, GiuseppeDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This study focuses on the legal treatment of educational uses of copyrighted works under Italian law. Considering the very narrow room for free, unauthorized educational uses under Article 70 of the Italian Copyright Act, ...
Title:Corporate Restructuring and Employment Protection: Towards a New Territorial Social Dialogue?
Author(s):BONI, GuidoDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:The aim of this study is to discuss the involvement of the social partners at territorial level in the event of business restructuring processes. In the first part, the phenomenon is framed, its relevance is explained, and ...
Title:Creditor’s Fault: In Search of a Comparative Frame
Author(s):CAFAGGI, FabrizioDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:In this chapter, I compare the role of the creditor’s (promisee’s) conduct in contractual relationships in
US and European legal systems. Different approaches to comparative negligence and mitigation are
first considered, ...
Title:Crime sans châtiment ou mission accomplie?"
Author(s):DUPUY, Pierre-MarieDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:On 26 February 2007, the International Court of Justice delivered a judgment without
any precedent. For the first time in the history of international adjudication, a sovereign
State was condemned on the basis of the ...
Title:Current Legal Issues in the External Relations of the European Union
Author(s):PETITE, MichelDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper is based on a lecture delivered during the Academy of European Law Summer School 2006. It
provides an examination from a legal perspective of three current themes in the external relations of the
European ...
Title:Data Protection and the Prevention of Cybercrime: The EU as an area of security?
Author(s):PORCEDDA, Maria GraziaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:Cybercrime and cyber-security are attracting increasing attention, both for the relevance of Critical Information Infrastructure to the national economy and security, and the interplay of the policies tackling them with ...
Title:Deconstructing EU Federalism through Competences
Author(s):AZOULAI, Loic; BOUCON, Lena; ENGEL, Annegret; KOCHAROV, Anna; MANN, Dennis-Jonathan; MILLET, François-Xavier; ÖBERG, Jacob; AZOULAI, Loic; BOUCON, Lena; MILLET, François-XavierDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper is a collective endeavour to depart from the traditional view that a clear-cut separation of powers between the European Union and its Member States is one of the main features and one of the main safeguards of ...