Introduction and Research Questions -- General Background -- Competition Law Enforcement -- Transparency -- Regulatory Enforcement.This book examines the issue of capacity withdrawals in the electricity wholesale market. Electricity generators can exercise market power in the wholesale market either by withdrawing generation capacity, or by pricing above competitive levels in order to achieve a…
Introduction -- Perspectives from the International law of responsibility on the joint responsibility regime of the EU and its member states -- International responsibility in mixed agreements: the case of the WTO Agreement -- The responsibility of the Union Polity in the WTO in light of the constitutional framework of principles -- A model for participation of the Union Polity in the DSP and t…
Interdisciplinary introduction to money and currencies -- Monetary sovereignty and history of international monetary law -- Fundamental legal problems of international monetary relations -- The international monetary constitution: the IMF articles of agreement - institutional design and decision-making -- The international monetary constitution: the IMF articles of agreement - substantive legal…
Part I International Protection of Consumers: trends and challenges: Dan Wei, Consumer Protection in the Global Context: the Present Status and Some New Trends -- Ana Candida Muniz and Hector Santana, The UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection: review and next -- Gail Pearson, The UNGCP Guidelines – Some Comments -- Fabiana D´Andrea Ramos and Vitor Hugo do Amaral Ferreira, Common Law and Inte…
Preface -- Introduction -- I. General Report -- Taxation and Development - Overview; Karen Brown -- II. National Reports -- Australia’s Hybrid International System: Limited Focus on Tax and Development; Miranda Stewart -- Recent Trends In Belgium’s International Tax Policy (In French); Edoardo Traversa and Gaëtan Zeyen - Translated to Englush by Karen B. Brown -- Income Taxation in Brazil …
Introduction -- The evolution of free movement of civil judgments in the European Union -- Protection of fundamental rights by EU instruments on cross-border recognition and enforcement -- The right to a fair trial in civil cases -- Free movement of judgments and the European Convention on Human Rights -- Free movement of civil judgments and European Union fundamental rights law -- Towards an â…
Part I: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Tax Discrimination and Global Trade in Services -- Part II: Non-Discrimination Obligations in Tax and Trade Agreements -- Chapter 2: Setting the Stage: Non-Discrimination Obligations in Trade and Tax Agreements -- Chapter 3: Non-Discrimination Obligations in Free Trade Agreements and Bilateral Tax Treaties in Regional Trade Blocks -- Chapter 4: Non-Discriminat…
Introduction -- Collective redress mechanisms in the EU -- German KapMuG procedure -- Dutch collective action -- Dutch WCAM procedure -- Jurisdiction in cross-border mass disputes 76 -- Jurisdiction and the KapMuG -- Jurisdiction and the Dutch collective action 127 -- Jurisdiction and the WCAM -- Parallel proceedings -- Goals of the Brussels Regulation regarding jurisdiction -- Recognition and …
Part I - The equitable and sustainable exploitation of marine environment and of its resources: Serra Sefrioui, Adapting to Sea Level Rise: A Law of the Sea Perspective -- Josè Manuel Sobrino and Marta Sobrido, The Common Fisheries Policy: A Difficult Compromise between Relative Stability and the Discard Ban -- Gabriela A. Oanta, Some recent questions regarding the European Union’s public ac…
Introduction -- On the conventional nature of money -- The debate about the ethics of money pursuit -- Building stones for a new monetary world order -- Some further institutional and other practical aspects of the organization of the new monetary world order -- Concluding reflections.This book presents a thorough and critical evaluation of the monetary and financial system prevalent in Western…