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La prelazione legale e volontaria

Lineamenti del processo civile di cognizione

Il volume è una trattazione istituzionale ed organica del processo civile ordinario di cognizione aggiornata dagli ultimi interventi del legislatore processuale da un lato con la L. 14 maggio 2005, n. 80 e con la successiva L. 28 dicembre 2005, n. 263, dall'altro ad ...

Law without nations?

why constitutional government requires soveregn states

What authority does international law really have for the United States? When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This forcefully argued book by legal scholar Jeremy Rabkin provides an insightful new look at this important and much-debated ...

Containment

rebuilding a strategy against global terror

In this powerfully argued book, Ian Shapiro shows that the idea of containment offers the best hope for protecting Americans and their democracy into the future. His bold vision for American security in the post-September 11 world is reminiscent of George Kennan's historic "Long ...

The europeanization of national policies and politics of immigration

between autonomy and the European Union

What does the developing European immigration policy truly mean for its member states and how does it affect its neighbouring countries? "The Europeanization of National Policies and Politics of Immigration" is the first cutting-edge volume presenting a comparative empirical investigation on the impact of the ...

Democracy's empire

sovereignty, Law, and violence

The essays in this volume take on the challenge of explaining the current formation of the relation between sovereignty, law and violence in what is termed "Democracy's Empire". "Democracy's Empire" attempts to capture the co-appearance of the proliferation of democracy as the political ...

Dishonest dollars

the dynamics of white-collar crime

In an environment where corporate scandals fill the headlines and ethics courses have suddenly become standard fare in business schools, Terry Leap offers welcome insights into and useful ways of thinking about a critical problem that permeates our society. His main contribution is an integrative ...

Sovereignty and interpretation of international norms

In an International Community characterized by the weight of state sovereignty the interpretation of international norms (by states, International Organizations and judicial and arbitral bodies) is one of the key points of this legal order. State sovereignty conditions the creation and application of International Law ...

The principle of indemnity in marine insurance contracts

a comparative approach

With the global expansion of the maritime sector, marine insurance is on the forefront nowadays, more than ever before. Notwithstanding this growth, a vast number of legal disputes continues to emerge, with indemnity being, inter alia, amidst their focal points. Accordingly, the author discusses legal ...

The transformation of administrative Law in Europe= La mutation du Droit administratif en Europe

The thorough transformation of administrative law is a process of utmost importance in many European jurisdictions. Nevertheless, there appears to be no common European debate about that development. It is the general idea of a new transnational project, bringing together scholars from some pertinent European ...

Insider dealing and money laundering in the EU

Law and regulation

This work presents a comparative study of the provisions relating to insider dealing under the EC Insider Dealing Directive. The volume begins with a discussion of the rationale for regulating financial services in general and controlling insider dealing and money-laundering in particular. It then goes ...

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 ...

La conciliación judicial en el proceso laboral

El presente libro analiza la conciliación judicial en el ámbito del proceso laboral, como expresión relevante que es dentro de las instituciones que previene el ordenamiento jurídico para resolver las controversias jurídicas en clave de alternativa a la solución judicial. Y ello, en el marco ...

El establecimiento permanente

análisis de sus definiciones y supuestos constitutivos en Derecho español

La constitución de una sociedad filial en otro Estado ha dejado, en gran medida, de ser una necesidad. En la actualidad, las empresas no consideran imprescindible disponer de entidad jurídica propia en otro Estado cuando abordan la planificación empresarial en él. Las empresas abren lugares ...

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 ...

Using the MMP-2 in criminal justice and correctional settings

Provides an empirical approach to using the MMPI-2 in correctional settings. The MMPI-2 is the most widely used and thoroughly researched personality assessment instrument in criminal justice and correctional settings. Based on empirical research with prisoners and other offenders, this is the first work that ...

A Foucauldian approach to international Law

descriptive thoughts for normative issues

Foucault's challenging view of power and knowledge as the basis for interpreting the international system forms the central themes of this book. As the application of international law expands and develops, this book considers how Foucault's approach may create a viable framework that ...

Civil justice in the Age of Human Rights

The end of the last century witnessed two major events in the field of civil justice: the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) came into force and the Human Rights Act (HRA) gave effect to the European Convention on Human Rights. This volume assesses the effect of ...

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 ...