T M C Asser Press imprint: 138 books
The Implementation of the EU Services Directive
Transposition, Problems and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2012
The Services Directive is one of the cornerstones for the realization of the EU internal market and is fundamental to economic and legal experts, as well as to the general public. This book analyses in detail the different steps taken by each of the 27 EU Member States in the implementation process...
Mistake of Law
Excusing Perpetrators of International Crimes
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2012
When a perpetrator of an international crime argues in his defence that he did not realise that he had violated the law, is this a reason not to punish him? International crimes constitute serious offences and it could be argued that he who commits such an offence must know his act is punishable....
Defining International Terrorism
Between State Sovereignty and Cosmopolitanism
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
This book is an attempt to approach the issue of defining international terrorism, proposing that the most workable way to do so is to achieve due balance between the two principal driving forces of international law developments: State sovereignty interests and cosmopolitan ideals.
All those...
Is There a Court for Gaza?
A Test Bench for International Justice
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
The 'Goldstone Report' of September 2009 started a critical debate at the international level. The Report raised serious allegations of grave violations of international law with regard to the Israeli attack on Gaza of 27 December 2008 - 18 January 2009, amounting to possible war crimes and crimes...
The Crime of Aggression in International Criminal Law
Historical Development, Comparative Analysis and Present State
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Since after the Second World War, the crime of aggression is – along with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes – a “core crime” under international law. However, despite a formal recognition of aggression as a matter of international criminal law and the reinforcement of the international...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2014
This volume contains several articles on the topic ‘Detention in non-international armed conflict’, including the Copenhagen Process, and moreover features contributions on autonomous weapons systems, Apartheid and the second Turkel Report. It also contains an elaborate Year in Review and a special...
by Jeremy B. Bierbach
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
This book provides a framework for comparing EU citizenship and US citizenship as standards of equality. If we wish to understand the legal development of the citizenship of the European Union and its relationship to the nationalities of the member states, it is helpful to examine the history of United...
The Future of Drone Use
Opportunities and Threats from Ethical and Legal Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Given the popularity of drones and the fact that they are easy and cheap to buy, it is generally expected that the ubiquity of drones will significantly increase within the next few years. This raises questions as to what is technologically feasible (now and in the future), what is acceptable from...
by David Haljan
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
The more international law, taken as a global answer to global problems, intrudes into domestic legal systems, the more it takes on the role and function of domestic law. This raises a separation of powers question regarding law–making powers. This book considers that specific issue. In contrast...
by Simona Ţuţuianu
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2012
With Forewords by Geoffrey Robertson QC, Doughty Street Chambers, London, UK and Professor Mihail E. Ionescu, Bucharest, Romania
Simona Ţuţuianu describes a new model of sovereignty which is fast replacing the traditional Westphalian model embodied in Article 2 of the UN Charter...
by Robin Ramcharan
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
This book examines how intellectual property rights (IPR) affect the daily lives of individuals worldwide and how that may in turn impact the health and wealth of nations. While the protection of the intellectual endeavours of authors and inventors is vital for a fair and just society it is important...
Prisoners of the International Community
The Legal Position of Persons Detained at International Criminal Tribunals
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Little has been written about the legal position and conditions of detention of persons detained by international criminal tribunals, particularly as regards their internal legal position (their rights and duties inside the remand facility). The primary purpose of this book is to set out the law governing...
National Legal Systems and Globalization
New Role, Continuing Relevance
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
This book presents the results of research project financed by the Hague Institute for the Internationalization of Law (HiiL) and carried out at the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) of Tilburg University. The project team shows that globalization, instead of threatening national legal systems,...
Netherlands Yearbook of International Law 2013
Crisis and International Law: Decoy or Catalyst?
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
The combination of the words ‘international law’ and ‘crisis’ is intriguing and leads to a number of questions. How does international law react to crises and what are the typical conditions under which the term ‘crisis’ is invoked? Is international law a vivid field of law due to and...