Featuring more than 50 contributions from academics and practitioners, this volume surveys mineral law and policy occurring at international, regional, cross-border, and (in selected cases) national l
Pardo (U. of Extremadura, Spain) addresses a host of legal questions related to the authorship of web pages, computer programs, databases, and other multimedia work, including whether such technologie
The safety obligation in any employment relationship, enshrined in numerous laws and regulations, must necessarily absorb advances in medicine and technology. The law of health and safety at work is p
The thirty-second edition of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business comprises two volumes, each dealing broadly with issues relating to cross-border mergers and acquisitions. Volume A
Whether the Constitutional Treaty will enter into effectand#191;or the prospect of the EU having a constitutional text is pushed back to a much more distant future the ratification of an EU Constituti
This first comprehensive study of the interaction between technology and taxation approaches the subject along four main avenues: insight and analysis gained from empirical legal studies conducted in
Adding a second volume to the peerless country-by-country guide first published in February 2009, this book brings lessors, financiers, and operators valuable assistance in the management of aircraft
Herself embodying the international world she describes, Alexander (City U., Hong Kong; Murdoch U., Australia; and U. of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) had planned to devote one chapter to legal iss
In this material from the July 2004 conference on the subject in Rust, Austria, contributors describe the role of the WTO Agreements in direct taxation in member states and elsewhere with a general re
Each state is treated with discussion of contract clauses, causes of action, limitations of actions, damages, and operation of judgments. The approach and the writing are practical and accessible to l
Edited by Lewinski (Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law Munich, Germany), this volume analyzes the potential of existing intellectual property rights law to protect
Declaring that the fundamental objective of the patent system is to promote technical development for the benefit of society as a whole, Westerlund, an attorney specializing in intellectual property a
Lawyers engaged in the MandA practice will inevitably be confronted with cross-border transactions and will have to appropriately counsel their clients in the variable aspects of the law. This book,
This is Special Issue, 2011 Volume B of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, published under the auspices of the Center for International Legal Studies, Austria, where editor Dennis
For more than a decade Microsoft Corporation has faced legal challenges, including anti-trust litigation, to its practice of tying products together to increase and extend market dominance. One result
This volume is part of a series issued in conjunction with EUCOTAX (European Universities Cooperating on TAXes), a network involving 11 universities dedicated to furthering comparative education in ta
There can no longer be any doubt that promoting green innovations is essential if we are to meet the challenges of sustainable development, climate change, and intergenerational equity. With the matur
This volume analyzes the current European regulatory framework of media pluralism and diversity (with particular focus on broadcasting), covering the law the European Union, the case law of the Europe
Among the areas of incompatibility between EU law and national tax law, one of the more troublesome is the repayment obligation that can burden enterprises that have received advantages from State Aid
In today’s political and economic climate, broad and easy agreement with the basic premise of labor law – to stimulate the economy by putting more money into the pockets of working people – is not lik
This book focuses on the convergent roles of competition law and regulation of IPRs in the context of the European Single Market. The perspectives of the expert authors – judges, academics, and lawyer
This volume offers twelve chapters on select topics in international and European Union aviation law. The section on international aviation law discusses the genesis and main characteristics of the Ch
More and more, the agenda of corporate governance reform has been calling for a dramatic change in the composition and structure of boards of publicly traded companies, with particular criticism reser
What began in 2006 as a much more circumscribed project evolved over five years into a two-volume reference comprising 48 contributed chapters and occupying more than 2,000 pages. The editors didn't j
"Given a US discovery model that expressly recognizes the importance of the preservation, collection, and production of ESI [electronically stored information], multinational corporations are more and
Since the 1980s, there has been an alarming increase in the prevalence of obesity in virtually every country in the world. As obesity is known to lead to both chronic and severe medical problems, it i
Dalian Maritime University in China celebrated its 100th anniversary in June 2009, and the occasion was marked with a conference organized jointly with the Maastrich European Institute for Transnation
Unlike patents and copyrights, there is very little in the way of international standards or harmonization in trade secrets law. Nonetheless there is a growing realization that variable rules concerni
Each year, the New York University Annual Conference on Labor calls on outstanding scholars and practitioners in the field to come together to survey and analyse new developments and trends in U.S. la
This new volume updates the groundbreaking analysis of its first edition in 2002, when the EC common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services had just entered into forc
The formulation of airline regulations, believes the author (a former air transport negotiator for the US government), must be premised on the following premises: a functioning aviation system is a vi
Today, every international transaction has potential antitrust implications. Before you risk anything in foreign trade, consult the Fifth Edition of Wilbur L. Fugate's Foreign Commerce and the Antit
In doctoral dissertation-based "defensive research," Castleman traces the history of awareness of the health risks of asbestosis, industry cover-ups, and efforts at regulation. He includes a list of a
To all appearances, Europe is at present undergoing a crisis of consumer confidence with respect to the food industry. Recent food scares, the genetically-modified food controversy, a growing public
This essential text and reference offers a complete guide to winemaking. The authors, all well-known experts in their field, concentrate on the process of wine production, stressing the chemistry,
There can be little doubt that a group of prominent and influential organizations lie at the heart of international economic law (IEL). These include the Bretton Woods institutions, regional developme
In Japan and most of the continental European economies, we are presently observing a shift from what has been labeled a "corporatist" system to more market-oriented structures. Regulatory competition
