Title:The capabilities approach as a bridge between animals and robots
Author(s):LAUKYTE, MigleDate:2013Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:In this paper I argue that robots, understood as artificially intelligent and autonomous entities, may one day be regarded as subjects of rights. The argument is built by looking at Martha Nussbaum’s capabilities approach, ...
Title:The Challenges of EC Consumer Law
Author(s):PONCIBO', CristinaDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:Following the structure defined in the Review of the Consumer Acquis of 2004, the Commission adopted a Green Paper on 8 February 2007 and launched a consultation on some key issues on the future developments of EC consumer ...
Title:The Charter of Fundamental Rights: History and Prospects in Post-Lisbon Europe
Author(s):ANDERSON Q.C., David; MURPHY, Cian C.Date:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights has been incorporated into European constitutional law ten years after it was adopted by the EU institutions. In that time the Charter developed from a ‘solemn proclamation’ to a ...
Title:Classifications and the Law: Doctrinal Classifications vs. Computational Ontologies
Author(s):FERNÁNDEZ-BARRERA, Meritxell; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper addresses legal classifications by comparing legal doctrine and computational ontologies. In recent years legal ontologies have attracted a growing interest, not only from knowledge engineers but also from legal ...
Title:Cognitive automata and the law
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The legal nature of digital agents is considered, and it is argued that it is possible to attribute
to such artificial entities intentional (mental) states that are legally relevant. Consequently we
may recognise their ...
Title:Cohérence et action extérieure de l’Union européenne
Author(s):HILLION, ChristopheDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper examines the possible contribution of the Treaty of Lisbon to improve the coherence of EU external relations. In particular, it discusses the transformation of the consistency requirement into a structural ...
Title:The Commission Proposal for a "Regulation on a Common European Sales Law (CESL)": Too broad or not broad enough?
Author(s):MICKLITZ, Hans-Wolfgang; REICH, NorbertDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The paper which was commissioned by the Austrian Ministry of Consumer Affairs but written under the exclusive responsibility of the authors consists of three parts: The first part written jointly by the authors gives an ...
Title:Commitment Decisions under Art. 9 of Regulation 1/2003: The Developing EC Practice and Case Law
Author(s):SCHWEITZER, HeikeDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The so-called “commitment decision” procedure, introduced into European competition law with Art. 9 of Regulation 1/2003, was meant to provide the Commission with the possibility to dispose of competition law cases by way ...
Title:Competition Law and Public Policy: Reconsidering an Uneasy Relationship. The Example of Art. 81
Author(s):SCHWEITZER, HeikeDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The EU is currently re-conceptualizing the goals of competition law and their place
within the EC Treaty. Whereas the Draft Reform Treaty is emphasizing the weight of
public policy goals vis-à-vis the goal of undistorted ...
Title:The Concept of State Aid in Liberalised Sectors
Author(s):VON DANWITZ, ThomasDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The author highlights the balancing act both on the regulatory as well as on the
institutional level between state aid control and the liberalization of public services. He
focuses on partially liberalized markets and ...
Title:Conflict of Laws as Constitutional Form: Reflections on International Trade Law and the Biotech Panel Report
Author(s):JOERGES, ChristianDate:2007Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:RECON Online Working PaperAbstract:Hardly anywhere is the trend towards a perfection of transnational governance arrangements and their 'legalization' more visible than in international trade. Governance arrangements established through and alongside WTO ...
Title:A Constitutional Basis for Effective External Action?
Author(s):CREMONA, MariseDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper will appear in Genèse et Destinée de la Constitution Européenne Commentaire du traité établissant une Constitution pour l’Europe à la lumière des travaux préparatoires et perspectives d’ avenir edited by Giuliano ...