Title:Lex Mercatoria in International Arbitration Theory and Practice
Author(s):ELCIN, MertDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:This dissertation suggests a new theory of lex mercatoria that takes into account the complex and spontaneous order of international commerce. Since the emphasis is put on the nature of this order, the concept of lex ...
Title:Liability for Environmental Harm: Towards the mutual supportiveness of international law and European Union law
Author(s):ORLANDO, EmanuelaDate:2010Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The present study examines how the question of reparation for environmental damage that occurred during the operation of economic and industrial activities has been dealt with in international law and within the European ...
Title:Liberalisation of the Electricity Markets and the Public Service Obligation in the Energy Community
Author(s):KAROVA, RozetaDate:2011Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:The focus of the thesis is the liberalisation of the electricity markets in South East Europe (SEE) and the establishment of the Energy Community in 2005 between the European Union and the countries from the SEE. It analyses ...
Title:Listen carefully: democracy brokers at the European social forums
Author(s):DÖRR, NicoleDate:2009Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Interested in activists’ practices of translation as a potentially innovatory method of participatory democracy in a multilingual polity like the EU, my Dissertation explores the European Social Forum (ESF) process, a ...
Title:A Living Tradition: The Holy See, catholic social doctrine, and global politics, 1965-2000
Author(s):STUMMVOLL, A. AlexanderDate:2012Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:In this thesis I explore the question of how the Holy See translates its own normative vision into concrete diplomatic practice. Drawing upon Alasdair MacIntyre’s concept of a ‘living tradition’, I argue that Catholic ...