The development of Human Rights Law by the judges of the International Court of Justice

The jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice generally demonstrates that no rule of international law can be interpreted and applied without regard to its innate values and the basic principles of human rights. Through its case-law the ICJ has made immense contributions to the ...

Globalization and labour rights

the conflict between core labour rights and international economic Law

In a world of work that has changed dramatically over the last few years, states see themselves confronted with new actors and conflicting international legal obligations. This book examines the tensions between core labour rights as defined by the International Labour Organisation, and the interests ...

Consent in the Law

Consent features pervasively in both moral and legal discourse as a justifying reason: stated simply, where there is consent, there can be no complaint. However, without a clear appreciation of the nature of a consent-based justification, its integrity, both in principle and in practice, is ...

The regulation of unfair commercial practices under EC Directive 2005/29

new rules and new techniques

This book represents the fruit of a conference held in Oxford on March 3rd, 2006 under the auspices of the Institute of European and Comparative Law in the Oxford University Law Faculty. Directive 2005/29 is an important new measure in the construction of a ...

The Law of merger control in the EC and the UK

This text introduces the reader to the principles and practice of merger control in the EC and the UK. It deals clearly with both of the new regimes, providing a discussion of the policy, and the relevant legislation, clarified through an analysis of pertinent cases ...

Legal responses to trafficking in women for sexual exploitation in the European Union

The phenomenon of trafficking in women for sexual exploitation, which in the last decade has changed from a marginal 'non-issue' to a legitimate concern in many parts of the world, has become familiar through newspaper coverage, and now, finally, legislators and law enforcement agencies have ...

The foundations of restitution for wrongs

'Restitution for wrongs', or 'restitutionary damages', is the judicial award which compels the wrongdoer to give up to the victim the benefit obtained through the perpetration of the wrong, independently of any loss suffered by the victim. The establishment of a civil trial in Roman ...

European competition Law

the interaction between competition Law and intelectuall property Law

This is the tenth in a series of volumes based on the annual workshops on EU Competition Law and Policy held at the Robert Schuman Centre of the European University Institute in Florence. The volume reproduces the materials of the roundtable debate, which examined the ...

The language question in Europe and diverse societies

political, legal, and social perspectives

Recent developments in the European integration process have raised, amongst many other things, the issue of linguistic diversity. This is regarded by some as a stumbling block to the creation and sustainability of a European democratic polity and to the fair working of its legal ...

EU food Law

protecting consumers and health in a common market

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the European Union law of food regulation. It details the way in which EU law impacts upon the production and sale of food throughout the Union. It examines the legal protection accorded to the free movement of food ...

Biotecnologies and international Human Rights

This book follows and complements the previous volume "Biotechnology and International Law" (Hart, 2006) with its specific focus being human rights. It is the result of a collaborative effort which brings together a select group of experts from academia and from international organisations with the ...

The cost of Democracy

party funding in modern british politics

Party funding has given rise to great controversy since 1997, and continues to do so. In recent years, scandal has followed scandal - from million pound donations, to the so-called 'loans for peerages' affair. The question is now the subject of official investigation by Sir Hayden ...

Global competition Law and economics

Modern antitrust law is global antitrust law. Markets are becoming increasingly global, or at least multinational. Mergers between large corporations must typically get approval in both the United States and in the EU, for their activities often affect both markets. Cartels in one nation affect ...

Parallel trade in Europe

intellectual property, competition and regulatory Law

Are parallel importers the key to unlocking the single European market, breaking down long-established national barriers for the benefit of all? Or do they instead just operate in a dubious "grey market", free-loading on the investment of innovators and brand owners to the ultimate detriment ...

Bewigged and bewildered?

a guide to becoming a barrister in England and Wales

Misunderstandings and jargon prevent many from seriously considering a career as a barrister in the belief that such a career is not for them or that they are not for it. Others know that they might want to become barristers but not how to go ...

Conceptualising home

theories, Laws and policies

It is difficult to overstate the everyday importance of home in law. Home provides the backdrop for our lives, and is often the scene or the subject of legal disputes. In addition, in recent decades there has been growing academic interest in the meaning of ...

Rediscovering the Law of negligence

"Rediscovering the Law of Negligence" offers a systematic and theoretical exploration of the law of negligence. Its aim is to re- establish the notion that thinking about the law ought to and can proceed on the basis of principle. As such, it is opposed to ...

Constitunionalism and the role of parliaments

Modern constitutionalism has put a lot of hopes in parliaments but there is some consensus that these hopes have not been entirely fulfilled. At the same time, the role of parliaments in contemporary democracies continues to evolve as parliaments are faced with new challenges. How ...

Better regulation

The discourse of 'Better Regulation' is a hot topic, intimately associated with the drive for cost savings and a more efficient economy. In the UK and in the EU, rule-makers have lately endeavoured to achieve a more satisfactory balance between the demands of proper protection ...

Shipping conferences under EC antitrust Law

criticism of a legal paradox

Liner conferences are among the oldest surviving cartels in the world. Created in the 1870s they have existed since on all the world's shipping routes. With the approval or tacit acquiescence of governments everywhere, they fix freight rates, control capacity and share markets. The ...

Whose freedom, security and justice?

EU inmigration and asylum Law and policy. Essays in european Law

This book brings together contributions from some of the leading authorities in the field of EU immigration and asylum law to reflect upon developments since the Amsterdam Treaty and, particularly, the Tampere European Council in 1999. At Tampere, Heads of State and Government met to ...

Our knowledge of the Law

objectivity and practice in legal theory

In the long-standing debate between positivism and non-positivism, legal validity has always been a subject of controversy. While positivists deny that moral values play any role in the determination of legal validity, non-positivists affirm the opposite thesis. In departing from this narrow point of view ...