Part I The Setting -- 1 Revisiting the Essence of Treaty Interpretation -- 2 Treaty Interpretation as Opposed to Statutory, Constitutional and Contractual Interpretations -- 3 Meaning of Codification and VCLT as the First Round of Codification of Customary Rules of Treaty Interpretation -- 4 Desirability and Some Principles for a New Round of Codification -- Part II Existing Issues to be Subjec…
Introduction -- Fight with the dragon -- The rise of fan activities -- A comparative examination of fan activities under current legal frameworks of the United States, China, and Japan -- Conclusions and recommendations.This book takes a unique approach to mitigate the problem of massive online copyright infringement and justify fan activities. It argues for a cooperative approach that encourag…
Chapter 1. Trends in outer space activities – legal and policy challenges (by Prof. Sridhara Murthi) -- Chapter 2. Some Tenets of Space Law as Jus Cogen (by Dr. G. S. Sachdeva) -- Chapter 3. International Space Governance: Issues and Challenges for the Global Space Community (by Dr. Eligar Sadeh) -- Chapter 4. New laws for new space: Using law reform to drive commercial space initiatives (by…
Jean J du Plessis, Bernhard Großfeld, Ingo Saenger and Otto Sandrock, An Overview of German Business or Enterprise Law and the One-Tier and Two-Tier Board Systems Contrasted -- Jean J du Plessis and Ingo Saenger, An Overview of the Corporate Governance Debate in Germany.- Jean J du Plessis and Ingo Saenger, The General Meeting and the Management Board as Company Organs -- Jean J du Plessis an…
Acknowledgements -- I Introductory Part -- II What is 'Land Grabbing' -- III International Law Conundrum -- IV Opportunism in LSLI Contracts: An Economic View -- V Tackling Opportunism in LSLIs -- VI Concluding Remarks.This book analyses large-scale land investments for agricultural purposes in Africa’s least developed countries from a law and economics perspective. Focusing on the effects of…
1 Introduction -- 2 United States v. Portrait of Wally -- 3 Altmann v. Republic of Austria -- 4 Westfield v. Federal Republic of Germany -- 5 Orkin v. Taylor -- 6 Von Saher v. Norton Simon Museum of Art -- 7 Cassirer v. Kingdom of Spain and Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation -- 8 Grosz v. Museum of Modern Art -- 9 Bakalar v. Vavra -- 10 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston v. Seger-Thomschitz -- 1…
Agricultural Law from a Global Perspective: An Introduction by Mariagrazia Alabrese -- Part I - Environmental Protection and Food Security at the Cross-roads with Agricultural Law: Sustainable Agricultural Production, Environmental Sustainability and Food Security: How to Frame the Legal Intervention? by Elisa Morgera and Andrea Saba -- The Ecological and Perpetual Dimensions of European Food S…
1 General Introduction -- 2 The Court's Case Law on Direct Effect of International Agreements (Free Trade Associations, Accession Associations, Development Associations and EEA) and Status of WTO Law -- 3 General Issues and Practice on EU International Agreements (CFSP and PJC (by Now FSJ) Agreements) -- 4 Jurisdiction of the Court on EU International Agreements.-5 General Conclusion.This book …
Part I ─ Theoretical Framework and Development of Research Question: 1 Introduction ─ Covenants and Third-party Creditors -- 2 Self-help Devices of Creditor Protection -- 3 Covenants and Bilateral Creditor Protection -- Part II ─ The Systematisation of Third-party Creditor Effects of Covenants: Preliminary Framework: 4 Academic Discussion and the Relevance of Third-party Creditor Protec…
Part I Special focus external economic relations of the European Union -- Part II Regions: Ongoing bi- and multilateral negotiations of the European Union -- Part III The European Union in international organisations/institutions -- Part IV Book reviews.Volume 8 of the EYIEL focuses on the external economic relations of the European Union as one of the most dynamic political fields in the proce…