Boom Uitgevers Den Haag: 52 books
by Helen Gubby
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2012
For centuries, courts of law have been faced with the problem of determining what type of innovation is an appropriate subject matter for a patent. With each technical advance, the question of what is, and what is not, patentable must once again be determined by the courts. This book traces the development...
by Thilo Marauhn, Steiger Heinhard
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
This is a fine collection of articles by outstanding scholars from various disciplines (law, history, theology and philosophy) and various continents (Asia, America and Europe). This work deals with interesting topics about universality and continuity in international law, ranging from universal validity...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Africa and the Future of International Criminal Justice examines critical issues concerning Africa as a place in which international criminal accountability mechanisms have played, and still continue to play a prominent role in the efforts to deal with and to tackle impunity for atrocity crimes. It interrogates...
by Leonard Hammer, Frank Emmert
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
Much has been written about the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the case-law of the Court of Human Rights from a variety of perspectives; yet there seems to be a gap in the literature when it comes to the impact of the Convention in different countries and the question why this impact...
by Sanne Taekema
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
The book can be used as a introduction to Dutch law for foreign students and others who are interested in the legal system of the Netherlands. Previous knowledge of law is useful but not necessary. Each legal system has its peculiarities and Dutch law is no exception. To understand a legal system profoundly,...
Arguments that work
strategies, contexts and limits in contexts and limits in constitutional law
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2013
This volume contains the updated papers of the 3rd Annual MAA Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference, which was held on 14 April 2011 in Vienna. The contributions cover a variety of topics. Subjects discussed include the trends in the relative importance of physical and non-physical attributes of goods...
After the Spring
probation, justice reform and democratization from the Baltics to Beirut
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The protests that have sparked a generational revolution in Tunisia and Egypt have spread far and wide and renewed past efforts to replace authoritarian regimes with democratic institutions in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This book argues a central aspect of democratization includes reforming...
by Marietta Benko, Engelbert Plescher
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2013
This book deals with the `definition/delimitation question with special regard to the passage of spacecraft through foreign airspace for reaching the orbit and returning to Earth. This is particularly important for space transportation systems like the US Space Shuttle or the Soviet BURAN, which were...
Centralizing forces?
comparative perspectives on contemporary police reform in Northern and Western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2013
Police organizations in several Northern and Western European countries have recently witnessed fundamental reforms to their structures as well as to their relationships with governments. Many (but not all) of these macro-level reforms can be understood as forms of centralization. New or strengthened...
by Ion Diaconu
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
Racial discrimination is a topical subject, given the increased migration and movement of people of different ethnic origins and cultural backgrounds throughout the world, when most of the countries are multiethnic and multicultural. This book deals with racial discrimination and covers a myriad of aspects,...
State of Play
the 3rd annual maa schlechtriem cisg conference
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
This book contains the updated papers of the 3rd Annual MAA Peter Schlechtriem CISG Conference, which was held on 14 April 2011 in Vienna. The contributions cover a variety of topics. Subjects discussed include the trends in the relative importance of physical and non-physical attributes of goods...
Agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligation
rethinking penalty and liquidated damages clauses
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2012
This book undertakes a comparative analysis of the ways in which legal systems in all regions of the world deal with agreed sums payable upon breach of an obligation which is unique in its breadth. It shows divergences and convergences and indicates trends as to the future development of the law....
Shareholder democracy
an analysis of shareholder involvement in corporate policies
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2012
This book deals with the topic of shareholder democracy from a comparative point of view. Shareholders have important rights which they can exercise democratically at the general meeting. They have the power to control and supervise management of the company. The term shareholder democracy relates to...
Climate change remedies
injunctive relief and criminal law responses
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Climate change poses very serious risks to mankind. Adaptation and damages are emphasized more and more. Although adaptation is important, priority should be given to prevention (mitigation). The contributions in this second volume in the series Legal Perspectives of Global Challenges emanate from...