T M C Asser Press imprint: 138 books

The Implementation of the EU Services Directive

Transposition, Problems and Strategies

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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

by Annemieke van Verseveld
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

by Stella Margariti
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

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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

by Sergey Sayapin
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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

by Denis Abels
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

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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?

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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...
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