La unificación convencional y regional del Derecho internacional privado

La progresiva comunitarización de la cooperación judicial en materia civil, iniciada como consecuencia del Tratado de Ámsterdam e incrementada a partir del Tratado de Lisboa, ha alterado el status quo de la codificación internacional del Derecho internacional privado. En efecto, la consecuencia de esta nueva ...

Cross-border class actions

the european way

Whether with regard to mass torts, civil-rights claims, or as a means of private enforcement of antitrust and other regulatory policies, collective redress of civil claims has been gaining in importance in Europe, as well as worldwide. Long associated with the US model of class ...

Domestic Law goes global

legal traditions and International Courts

International courts have proliferated in the international system, with over one hundred judicial or quasi-judicial bodies in existence today. This book develops a rational legal design theory of international adjudication in order to explain the variation in state support for international courts. Initial negotiators of ...

The Hague Child Abduction Convention

a critical analysis

International child abduction is one of the most emotionally charged and fascinating areas of family law practice. The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction was the response of the international community to the increase in the phenomenon of parental child ...

Socializing States

promoting Human Rights through international Law

The role of international law in global politics is as poorly understood as it is important. But how can the international legal regime encourage states to respect human rights? Given that international law lacks a centralized enforcement mechanism, it is not obvious how this law ...

Judicial decision-making in a globalised world

a comparative snalysis of the changing practices of Western Highest Courts

Why do judges study legal sources that originated outside their own national legal system, and how do they use arguments from these sources in deciding domestic cases? Based on interviews with judges, this book presents the inside story of how judges engage with international and ...

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 ...