Copyright, limitations and the Three-Steps Test

an analysis of the Three-Steps Test in international and Ec Copyright Law

Unification of Tort Law

contributory negligence

Competition Law sanctioning in the European Union

the EU-Law influence on the national Law system of sanctions in the European area

As of May 2004, national competition authorities in EU Members States are empowered to enforce sanctions on infringement of the competition rules laid down in Articles 81 and 82 EC Treaty. As a result, it is crucially important for practitioners to be conversant with the ...

The forthcoming EC directive on unfair commercial practices

Corruption in International trade and commercial arbitration

International succession

This text provides a practical reference tool for practitioners to use in order to understand the complicated differences and conflicts arising where cross-border transaction occur. Academic material has been kept to a minimum. The work is aimed at legal personnel such as judges, notaries, lawyers ...

European aviation Law

Once a byword for the economic power of national government - with competition strictly regulated - European commercial aviation has now virtually become a market without state-imposed anticompetitive restrictions. Although intended to enhance competition, this situation has in fact driven airlines to form massive global alliances cartels ...

Introduction to the law of South Africa

This title is part of an establisehd series which introduces varius legal systems of the world. It provides an authoritative and accessible overview of the main branches of South African public, private and commercial law. Offeing insght into the rich system of South African law ...

A practical guide to national competition rules across Europe

The anti-trust environment in Europe is undergoing major changes as the so called process of modernisation gathers pace. >From May 2004, the European Commission lost its exclusive jurisdiction to deal with restrictive agreements and dominance. As a result EU Member States' national competition authorities acquired ...

US and EC oligopoly control

When major suppliers independently (or otherwise) perceive that they can collectively control the market price of a product, is it collusion? Not necessarily. Yet for consumers this interdependent pricing variously called tacit collusion, or conscious parallellism is experienced precisely as collusion would be experienced. This ...

Anti-dumping and other trade protections laws of the EC

Here in a fully updated fourth edition is the definitive treatment of EC trade protection laws. Always comprehensive in its coverage, in its new edition the book provides incisive analysis and critical commentary on the numerous cases decided under the Anti-Dumping, Countervailing, Safeguard and Trade ...

The globalisation of labour standards

the soft law track

Do core labour standards exist in today s global economy? If so, what are they? And most importantly, how effective are they? In this book two outstanding labour law scholars answer these questions in a definitive manner. In deep and convincing detail they demonstrate that ...

Introduction to Swiss Law

This handy volume offers practitioners and students an introduction to the law of Switzerland. Encompassing all the major fields of legal practice, Introduction to Swiss Law provides an essential understanding of Swiss legal system, with special emphasis on some contemporary issues, so that users can ...

The Law of evidence in the European Union = Das Beweisrech in der Europäischen Union = Le droit de la preuve dans l'Union Européenne

This important book, the fifth in the Civil Procedure in Europe series, provides a comparative overview, of 13 EU countries and Switzerland, on the law of evidence. Each country s practice in this area is described and analysed by a national expert distinguished in the ...

Eco-Finance

the legal design and regulation of market-based environmental instruments

Market-based environmental instruments are the most creative of the many initiatives devised to combat air and water pollution and promote biodiversity. Among these, none has attracted more attention than the burgeoning trade in environmental allowances and credits. Originally developed in the United States around 1990 ...

The legal elements of european identity

EU citizenship and migration Law

The individual has become visible throughout Europe and within its institutions as a potential or actual rights holder. He or she is no longer defined as visible or invisible in law by the nation state alone. In today s Europe, he or she establishes identity ...

European banking and financial services law

The initiative to harmonise banking and financial services law within the European Communities, ongoing since 1977, has been largely successful. Practitioners in every EU State today use pertinent EC directives and regulations on a daily basis. Yet, surprisingly, this new resource is a practical guide ...

The future development of competition framework

In the march of economic globalization it has become increasingly apparent that divergence in competition policy from one country to another is a major stumbling block. More than any other factor, an international consensus of competition laws is sure to facilitate the clear working interaction ...

German environmental Law for practitioners

Environmental Law for Practitioners is an invaluable, practice-related introduction to environmental law in Germany, written by specialist legal advisers with extensive experience in the practical application of environmental law. This wholly revised second edition takes account of recent developments in rapidly changing environmental legislation and ...

Unification of tort law

multiple tortfeasors

The foundations of tort law differ considerably in the various European legal systems. For a number of years a group of tort law experts, the European Group on Tort Law, has been engaged in a systematic examination of the fundamental questions of tort law with ...