Title:Peer-to-Peer Privacy Violations and ISP Liability: Data protection in the user-generated web
Author(s):VIOLA DE AZEVEDO CUNHA, Mario; MARIN, Luisa; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2011Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:Since the adoption of the e-Commerce Directive, web hosting has dramatically changed. Usergenerated
content is usually uploaded into platforms that facilitate and support users in preparing
content and making it available. ...
Title:Philosophical Foundations of Law and Neuroscience
Author(s):PARDO, Michael S.; PATTERSON, DennisDate:2010Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:According to a wide variety of scholars, scientists, and policymakers, neuroscience promises to
transform law. Many neurolegalists—those championing the power of neuroscience for law—proceed
from problematic premises ...
Title:Politics and Constitutional Courts A Judge’s Personal Perspective
Author(s):SAFJAN, MarekDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The paper deals with different forms of political impact on the constitutional justice.
The main subject of presentation is the analysis of recent Polish experiences which can
help to identify better the threats to the ...
Title:Portrait of the EU as a Rational Man: Collective reason and democratic deficit
Author(s):PASKALEV, VescoDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:In the present paper I take a critical view on the well-known discursive dilemma which captures the difference between governance by collective reasoning or governance responsive to majoritarian will. Then I suggest the ...
Title:The Post-national Constellation of Industrial Relations Systems in the European Legal Order
Author(s):COMANDÈ, DanielaDate:2012Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI MWPAbstract:This paper develops a new interpretation of the norms of the Treaty of Lisbon to find the juridical basis for an autonomous system of European industrial relations. In particular, the study explores the question of whether ...
Title:Poteri e contropoteri nel nuovo assetto costituzionale della V Repubblica francese
Author(s):FABBRINI, FedericoDate:2008Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:Forum di Quaderni CostituzionaliAbstract:The commentary analyzes the balance of powers in the French constitutional system emerging from the constitutional reform of 2008.
Title:Presumptions and Burdens of Proof
Author(s):PRAKKEN, Henry; SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:This paper studies the logical modelling of presumptions and their effects on the burden of proof.
Presumptions are modelled as default rules and their effect on the burden of proof is defined in
terms of a distinction ...
Title:The Principle of Proportionality in the Viking and Laval Cases: An appropriate standard of judicial review?
Author(s):HÖS, NikolettDate:2009Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The article analyses the application of the proportionality principle in the Viking and Laval judgments. It argues that one of the main reasons why the outcome of these two eminent cases became so controversial was because ...
Title:Privacy, Reputation, and Trust: Some Implications for Data Protection
Author(s):SARTOR, GiovanniDate:2006Type of Publication:Working PaperSeries/Report no.:EUI LAWAbstract:The present contribution analyses the connection between privacy and trust, with regard to data
protection. In particular, it shows how the need to facilitate trust-based relationships may justify
some limitations of ...