Salir de la oscuridad

perdón, Derecho y política en los procesos de justicia transnacional

En el ámbito de los procesos de transición política hacia la democracia, abandonando regímenes totalitarios o sistemas dictatoriales, en muchas ocasiones se ponen en juego aspectos relevantes para la Filosofía jurídica y la Filosofía política. Se trata de momentos históricos donde el Derecho da la ...

Religión y Derecho internacional

El presente libro constituye una de las principales actividades desarrolladas por el Grupo de Investigación «Culturas, religiones y derechos humanos en la sociedad actual» ?instituido por la Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR) en junio de 2012? durante su primer año de actividad. El Grupo ...

El contrato de trabajo internacional

En la presente obra, se acomete un completo estudio del tratamiento jurídico laboral del contrato de trabajo internacional, que comprende, como núcleo más típico de la materia, el análisis de las normas de determinación de la competencia judicial internacional y de las leyes aplicables en ...

Modern treaty Law and practice

This new edition of a textbook first published in 2000 provides a comprehensive account of the law of treaties from the viewpoint of an experienced practitioner. As such, it is the first, and only, book of its kind. Aust provides a wealth of examples of ...

Alimentación y Derecho internacional. Normas, instituciones y procesos

La satisfacción de las necesidades alimentarias de los seres humanos constituye un objetivo crucial que depende de múltiples variables de carácter económico, social y político, que operan tanto a nivel estatal como internacional. En tanto que objetivo crucial de clara dimensión internacional, la lucha contra ...

Droit européen des successions internationales

le Règlement du 4 juillet 2012

Le règlement du 4 juillet 2012 introduit de profondes innovations dans le droit des successions internationales. L’unité des compétences judiciaire et législative représente l’innovation majeure accompagnée de la professio juris et de la mise en place du certificat successoral européen. Il est entré ...

Arbitration in China

a legal and cultural analysis

In the context of harmonisation of arbitration law and practice worldwide, to what extent do local legal traditions still influence local arbitration practices, especially at a time when non-Western countries are playing an increasingly important role in international commercial and financial markets? How are the ...

Das internationale zivilprozessrecht erbrechtlicher streitigkeiten

Streitige Erbverfahren mit internationalen Bezügen bereiten in prozessualer Hinsicht zwei besondere Schwierigkeiten: Zum einen müssen im Rahmen des deutschen Verfahrensrechts die Wertungen eines fremden materiellen Erbrechts angemessen umgesetzt werden, zum anderen kann die Bestimmung der richtigen Rechtsquelle problematisch sein. Sophie Maria Weber untersucht, wie diese ...

The international legal framework against corruption

state's obligations to prevent and repress corruption

It is now unquestionable that corruption has become an issue of international concern. A complex set of substantive and procedural rules has emerged concerning the prevention and repression of corruption which represent the international legal framework against corruption. This study begins by tracing the emergence ...

International economic Law in the 21st Century

constitutional pluralism and multilevel governance of interdependent public goods

The state-centred 'Westphalian model' of international law has failed to protect human rights and other international public goods effectively. Most international trade, financial and environmental agreements do not even refer to human rights, consumer welfare, democratic citizen participation and transnational rule of law for the ...

Intellectual property and private international Law

comparative perspectives

'Intellectual property and private international law' was one of the subjects discussed at the 18th International Congress of Comparative Law held in Washington (July 2010). This volume contains the General Report and 20 National Reports covering Canada, US, Japan, Korea, India and a number of ...

La Loi du pays d'origine en Droit de l'Union Européenne

analyse sous l'angle du Droit international privé

La référence à la « loi du pays d’origine » est apparue dans le contexte des libertés européennes de circulation et, avec elle, l’affirmation selon laquelle les personnes, les biens et les services pourraient circuler au sein des États membres aux seules conditions de leur ...

Mixed jurisdictions Worldwide

the third legal family

This examination of the mixed jurisdiction experience makes use of an innovative cross-comparative methodology to provide a wealth of detail on each of the nine countries studied. It identifies the deep resemblances and salient traits of this legal family and the broad analytical overview highlights ...

Pueblos y democracia en Derecho internacional

Esta monografía da respuesta a preguntas tan actuales y controvertidas como: ¿qué es un pueblo?, ¿existe un derecho a la democracia?, ¿existe un derecho de secesión de los pueblos respecto del Estado? El autor combina la experiencia práctica al servicio de las Organizaciones Internacionales con ...

Conflicto interno e internacional en materia hereditaria

Los conflictos de leyes en materia sucesoria, tanto en su dimensión interregional como internacional, encuentran una solución común en el artículo 9.8º del Código civil. No obstante, esta interconexión a nivel interregional e internacional no está exenta de matices, pues la variedad legislativa no ...

EU Private International Law

an ECJ casebook

This book provides an easy access to and an overview of the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) pertaining to private international law. The book contains edited extracts from all ECJ decisions of immediate private international law relevance, made ...

Europe and extraterritorial asylum

Increasingly, European and other Western states have sought to control the movement of refugees outside their borders. To do this, states have adopted a variety of measures - including carrier sanctions, interception of migrants at sea, posting of immigration officers in foreign countries and external processing ...

International antitrust litigation

conflict of laws and coordination

The decentralisation of competition law enforcement and the stimulation of private damages actions in the European Union go hand in hand with the increasingly international character of antitrust proceedings. As a consequence, there is an ever-growing need for clear and workable rules to co-ordinate cross-border ...

State liability in investment treaty arbitration

global constitutional and administrative Law in the BIT Generation

Today there are more than 2,500 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) around the world. Most of these investment protection treaties offer foreign investors a direct cause of action to claim damages against host-states before international arbitral tribunals. This procedure, together with the requirement of compensation ...

Advanced topics in revenue Law

corporation tax; international and european tax; savings; charities

The last several years have seen fundamental changes to the UK tax system. Nearly the entirety of the UK corporation tax and international tax rules have been rewritten by three new statutes the Corporation Tax Acts 2009 and 2010 and the Taxation (International and Other ...