The International Criminal Court as the new paradigm to close impunity gaps -- The complimentarity regime of the Rome Statute: An analysis of its components -- National implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court: Obligations and challenges for states parties -- Domestic prosecutions in Africa under the complementarity regime of the Rome Statute: A practical approach …
Part I – Introduction to the Research: 1. Preliminary issues -- Part II – Audi Alteram Partem in National Criminal Justice. The Perspective of Domestic Law: 2. Participatory Rights in Italian Criminal Justice and the Developments Towards a Contradictoire-based Model of Criminal Proceedings -- 3. Participatory Rights in Brazilian Law and the Requirements of Contradictoire and Full Defence in…
Introduction -- 1. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: The Interpretation and Application of the New York Convention by National Courts -- 2. Interpretation and application of the New York Convention in Argentina -- 3. Interpretation and application of the New York Convention in Australia -- 4. Interpretation and application of the New York Convention in Austria -- 5. Interp…
Part I The Institutions: The tax power in the tradition of the European legal systems -- The role of taxation in the EU legal system -- The sources of the European taxation law -- The role of the jurisprudence of the court of justice within the EU taxation law -- Part II The Principles: The Customs Union -- The European freedoms and the principle of non-restriction for tax purposes -- The princ…
The Challenges Presented by the Assessment of Legal Capacity -- Therapeutic Jurisprudence -- Legal Capacity -- Testamentary Capacity -- Substitute Decision-Making -- Capacity Assessment – An International Problem -- Some Proposed Suggestions.This book discusses theoretical issues, standards, and professional considerations arising when legal and health practitioners undertake legal capacity a…
1. Introduction -- 2. Business Aspects of the Spare Parts Industry -- 3. Design Protection Relating to Component Parts of Complex Products (Spare Parts) in the EU and the U.S. -- 4. Legislative Efforts Relating to Design Law in the Context of Spare Parts -- 5 Jurisprudence Relating to Design Law in the Context of Spare Parts -- 6. Considerations Towards a Compromise -- 7. Future Outlook: The Sp…
Part I – Comparative Case Study: Country Reports: Introduction: Comparing the Criminal Liability of Political Decision Makers on the Basis of a Concrete Case by Frank Zimmermann -- The Case to Be Analysed by Frank Zimmermann -- Belgium by Wendy De Bondt -- Finland by Dan Helenius -- France by Guillaume Chetard -- Germany by Frank Zimmermann -- Greece by Willem Geelhoed -- Norway by Annika Suo…
This book, written by an expert in the field, covers some of the following issues, namely high-profile WADA cases such as that of Maria Sharapova, the Bosman ruling, decisions by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), and footballers’ employment contracts and transfers for enormous amounts. These issues have led to sport no longer being confined to the back pages of traditional media such …
From Invisible Citizens to Agents of Change: A Short History of the Struggle for the Recognition of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations, Theresia Degener and Andrew Begg -- A New Human Rights Model of Disability, Theresia Degener -- The European Union and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Complexities, Challenges and Opportunities, Anna Lawson …
Introduction -- Political background to PCP adoption – an institutional approach -- The economic rationale for PCP -- The US model of R&D procurement – lessons for PCP -- Placing PCP within the legislative framework -- The realities of public R&D procurement in the EU –trials and tribulations -- Legal barriers and conceptual pitfalls -- Concluding remarks – the case for a EU coordinated…