International law Books

As a result of globalization, the barriers between countries are coming down. There is more interaction between countries than ever and mutual understanding and communication have become essential considerations. In such an atmosphere, the Korea...

The classification of services in the digital economy proves critical for doing business, but it appears to be a particularly complex regulatory matter that is based upon a manifold set of issues. In the context of the General Agreement on Trade in...

Like all industrialized countries, China has encountered increasing problems with land contamination in recent years. Abandoned mining and manufacturing sites and obsolete industrial complexes, while also creating new polluting industrial enterprises,...

This book is about privacy interests in English tort law. Despite the recent recognition of a misuse of private information tort, English law remains underdeveloped. The presence of gaps in the law can be explained, to some extent, by a failure on the...

Projektverträge regeln das Rechtsverhältnis zwischen dem Investor als Auftraggeber und dem Unternehmer als Auftragnehmer. Sie sind bei der Realisierung komplexer Projekte weit verbreitet, vor allem im Anlagenbau, aber auch bei der Beschaffung von Gütern...

"Patenting Nanomedicines: Legal Aspects, Intellectual Property and Grant Opportunities" focusses on the fundamental aspects of Patenting Nanomedicines applied in different "Drug Delivery and Targeting Systems". The promoters of new findings in this field...

This book embarks on a contemporary analysis of the interaction of economics and law relating to air transport, delving into the major issues that plague the industry. It shows how some of the thorny and frustrating issues could be approached sensibly...

This book critically examines the response of the United Nations (UN) to the problem of sexual exploitation in UN Peace Support Operations. It assesses the Secretary-General's Bulletin on Special Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse...

The study conducted by the Centre of European Economic Research (ZEW), the University of Mannheim and Ernst & Young contributes to the ongoing evaluation of the proposal for a Draft Council Directive on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base...

This book examines the rapid development of the fundamental concept of a crime in international criminal law from a comparative law perspective. In this context, particular thought has been given to the catalyzing impact of the criminal law theory that...

Derivative criminal liability includes inchoate offenses (criminal attempt, conspiracy, preparatory offenses, etc.), complicity (joint perpetration, perpetration through another, incitement, solicitation, accessoryship, etc.), organized crime, natural...

After having ignored victims, only recently both domestic and international law have begun to pay attention to them. As a consequence, different international norms related to victims have progressively been introduced. These are norms generally...

New rules on distance contracts provided for the Consumer Rights Directive of 25 October 2011 do not apply to package holidays or contracts falling within the scope of the Timeshare Directive. Moreover, contracts for passenger transport services and...

This paper looks at the current status and role of specific commercial contract law both national and international in view of recent European contract law reform. It reviews the value and necessity of a special and separate contract law for merchants in...

In 2007, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs together with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), both based in Hamburg, decided to establish an annual lecture series, the "Hamburg Lectures on Maritime...

We live in a world of science. Yet this is impossible without a legally guaranteed freedom to practise it. Findings with regard to the elements of such freedom can be deduced from an analysis of international and domestic provisions and principles. There...

Part one of Vol. 2 (2011) of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law adresses two major topics of current academic debate and public interest: firstly, it focuses on the State and the Global Economy, secondly, on Climate Change and...

The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty entails sweeping changes with respect to foreigninvestment regulation. Most prominently, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union(TFEU) now contains in its Article 207 an explicit competence for the...

The Meaning and Structure of the Principle of Legality in Criminal Law.- The Legitimate Sources of the Criminal Norm.- Applicability of the Criminal Norm in Time.- The Applicability of the Criminal Norm in Place.- Interpretation of the Criminal Norm.-...

Divorce has long been viewed as a single phenomenon affecting two individuals without considering the framework conditions in which it occurs. Due to the increase of divorce rates in the past decades researchers have changed their perspective and have...

The four 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea, which codi?ed and progressively developed this sector of our legislation, were rather ephemeral despite the fact that they were constituent Conventions. In fact, the 1982 United Nations Convention...

Is the procedural autonomy of EU Member State a myth or a reality? What should this concept be taken to mean? Starting from the analysis of requirements and principles regulating, generally speaking, the relationships between Member States' and EU law,...

The Asian-Pacific countries as well as India and Russia offer multinational companies all the benefits of booming economies in a world of recession. However, the investor must be aware of the tax regime under which he will operate. This survey presents...

This publication compares for the first time how the regions in seven different countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) are involved in EU governance. It is also the first book which tackles this matter from two different...

A Security Culture.- Principles of Responsibility.- Initiatives of the Early Twenty-first Century.- Narco-terrorism.- The Unlawful Interference Conventions.- Aviation Security Audits.- Conclusion.

Striking a balance between peace and justice has long been debated by scholars and practitioners. There has been definite progress in a world in which blanket amnesties were at times granted with little hesitation. There is a growing understanding that...

Introductory Remarks on the Perspective and Intent of the Author in Writing This Monograph The European Court of Human Rights comments in the judgment Korbely v. Hungary that: However, clearly drafted a legal provision may be, in any system of law,...

Arbitration is an essential component in business. In an age when transparency is a maxim, important issues which the laws governing arbitration currently fail to address are the extent to which disclosure of information can be constrained by private...

Jurisdiction and arbitration clauses are two different mechanisms that help to ensure impartiality and predictability in international dispute resolution. Despite their benefits, these clauses can be inconvenient for parties...

Regions, Integration and Regional Integration Agreements.- Regional Integration in the Framework of the Entire Post-Soviet Area.- RIAs Pursuing Advanced Forms of Integration in the Post-Soviet Area.- Regional Integration Agreements Created Outside of the...

The New Order.- Developments of the Securities Markets.- The Use of Collateral in the Securities Markets.- Property Rights in Securities and the Doctrine of Specificity under English Law.- Property Rights in Securities and the Doctrine of Specificity...

Transitional Justice: The Legal Perspective.- Message from Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, for the Meeting on "Building a Future on Peace and Justice".- Opening Speech by Federal Foreign Minister Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier...

General.- Germane Considerations.- Selected Pertinent Issues.- The Joint Criminal Enterprise Doctrine: A "Monster Theory of Liability" or a Legitimate and Satisfactory Tool in the Prosecution of the Perpetrators of Core International Crimes?.- The...

After World War II, states transformed into 'collective fortresses' in order to protect competing ideological systems. The debate on post-modern statehood heavily built on ideological disputes between liberalism and communism,...

The adoption of the Kyoto Protocol in December 1997 was a major achievement in the endeavour to tackle the problem of global climate change at the dawn of the 21st century. After many years of involvement in the negotiation...

The volume at hand contains invited papers addressing the normative is­ sues of democracy and the European Union. Most papers were fIrst discussed at the conference "Democracy and the European Union", held in Oslo on Au­ gust...

Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, grade: 1,3, Leiden University (Europäisches Rechtsinstitut), language: English, abstract: This thesis looks at the EU ne bis in idem...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Jura - Europarecht, Völkerrecht, Internationales Privatrecht, Note: 11,5 Punkte, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Historisch gesehen waren die polizeiliche...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Jura - Europarecht, Völkerrecht, Internationales Privatrecht, Note: 1,7, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, Veranstaltung: Internationale Rechtsdurchsetzung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In den...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Jura - Europarecht, Völkerrecht, Internationales Privatrecht, Note: 13 Punkte (gut), Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Das Völkerstrafrecht hat in den letzten...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Jura - Europarecht, Völkerrecht, Internationales Privatrecht, Universität Kassel (Hochschule Fulda), Veranstaltung: Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Europäisches Sozialrecht, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Eine...

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Jura - Europarecht, Völkerrecht, Internationales Privatrecht, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (Institut für Völkerrecht und Internationale Beziehungen), Veranstaltung: Vortrag im Rahmen eines...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Jura - Europarecht, Völkerrecht, Internationales Privatrecht, Note: sehr gut, Donau-Universität Krems - Universität für Weiterbildung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wie dem Titel der vorliegenden Master-These -...

Doctoral Thesis / Dissertation from the year 2001 in the subject Law - Comparative Legal Systems, Comparative Law, grade: Sehr Gut, University of Vienna, language: English, abstract: This work intends to show how civil and political rights in Israel and...

Ausgehend vom „IS-Fall" des BGH befasst sich die Autorin mit der Frage, ob Vermögen verbotener Vereine betrugsstrafrechtlich schutzwürdig ist. Sie analysiert einen Wertungswiderspruch zwischen vereins- und strafrechtlichen Wertungen. Das Werk erarbeitet...

World politics has been surprised recently by two sudden developments. The first took place around the beginning of 2007, when the question of global warming rose abruptly to the top of the agenda, after having been a factor in...

All of these flag States have the right to sail ships flying their flag on the high seas (LOSC Article 90) ; and those ships enjo y the freedom of navigation upon the high seas (LOSC Article 87) . W ith this freedom comes a...