International Labour Law under the Rome Conventions offers a full academic examination of the conflict-of-laws questions in Labour Law, as far as they are standardised in Europe (Rome I and for indust
Trade and commerce are central to the wealth of nations. International and cross-border by nature, they require international rules. In response, a complex framework of rules have been developed to re
This book fills a major gap in the literature on fundamental rights: lawyers can draw on a wealth of secondary sources on fundamental rights in EU competition law but there is a dearth of literature o
Based on comparative analyses and country-specific reports (featuring EU member countries as well as non-EU countries), this book develops a structured approach for future action, be it by modificatio
What road should procedural innovation take? More than 20 experts from practice and academia discuss the future of EU civil procedure, ranging from cross-border enforcement to mutual trust, from E-COD
The European integration project has been one of the success stories of the last century. The predominant Zeitgeist during this period was to advance this project by deepening mutual cooperation, enca
Contracts for the supply of digital content are fraught with legal issues extending beyond contract law. The contributions to this volume analyze the challenges and gaps in European Commission's propo
Written by a group of prominent international authors from academia and law, Ownership of Satellites deals with one of the imminent problems of the law of outer space-the ownership of satellites and i
The global shift from the direct holding of securities by investors to the current intermediated holding system raises many important legal issues. These include the impact of the intermediated holdin
As India begins its second generation reforms and further opens up its economy and integrates it with the rest of the world, it has changed and overhauled many of its laws and regulations. For any for
The most profound reform of social policy in Germany during the last decade was the labour market reforms 2003/4. It was initiated by a reform commission chaired by Peter Hartz (Volkswagen) and its mo
In recent years, the European Union has been beset by a series of profound crises, including the financial crisis, the challenge of increased immigration, and the growth of Euroscepticism. The EU is n
This casebook studies the law governing judicial review of administrative action. It examines the foundations and the organisation of judicial review, the types of administrative action and correspond
"Clearly written and bursting with interesting and novel ideas, this lively book will be a great resource for anyone interested in Contract Law."--Prof. Paul S. Davies, U. College London ** "Key Ideas
Northeast Asia is one of the most important regions of the world both economically and in terms of its historical heritage. The region poses significant challenges for international law whilst interna
"This book argues that there is an inherent relationship between EU fundamental rights and EU citizenship; namely they both have the same aim of protecting the individual. This is underpinned by the d
This book covers the pressing issues of cross-border cases involving admiralty and bankruptcy law. For example, what should happen when a shipowner files an insolvency proceeding in one country, while
Fascism was one of the twentieth century's principal political forces, and one of the most violent and problematic. Brutal, repressive and in some cases totalitarian, the fascist and authoritarian reg
This book makes an original and significant contribution to the literature on jurisprudence and theology by arguing for the role of a theoretically robust Christian theology in a legal community domin
The purpose of the book is twofold: First, to publish previously unpublished legal materials principally in three important cases in the 18th century on the issue of slavery in England, and specifical