The Veterans Treatment Court Movement provides a comprehensive, empirical analysis of the burgeoning veteran's court movement from genesis through to operation, and concluding with comments on its societal relevance.
This revised edition of The History of ICSID details the history and development of the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and its constituent treaty, the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States.
Governments are rightly discussing reform of investment treaties, and of the incredibly powerful system of 'investor-state dispute settlement' (ISDS) upon which they rest.
The transatlantic dispute over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has brought into conflict the United States and the European Union, two long-time allies and economically interdependent democracies with a long record of successful cooperation.
Caribbean Integration Law offers a comprehensive legal analysis of the current treaties and rules governing the two main regional organisations in the Caribbean, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
Für eine unionsweite und unionseinheitliche Konkretisierung und Fortentwicklung des Datenschutzrechts kommt praktisch nur der Europäische Gerichtshof in Frage.
This book investigates how international adjudicators defer to State decision-making authority, and what that reveals about the domestic-international interface.
The persistent objector rule is said to provide states with an 'escape hatch' from the otherwise universal binding force of customary international law.
Die Arbeit untersucht, inwieweit die reformierte Europäische Insolvenzrechtsverordnung (EuInsVO) die selbstgesteckten Ziele, einen klareren Rahmen für die Bestimmung der internationalen Zuständigkeit von Insolvenzverfahren zu schaffen und das Phänomen des insolvenzbezogenen forum shopping angemessen zu regeln, erreicht hat.
The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) establishes an independent international monitoring committee (SPT) which itself will visit states and places where persons are deprived of their liberty.
Litigating War offers an in-depth examination of the law and procedure of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, which was tasked with deciding, through binding arbitration, claims for losses, damages, and injuries resulting from the 1998-2000 Eritrean-Ethiopian war.
The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) establishes an independent international monitoring committee (SPT) which itself will visit states and places where persons are deprived of their liberty.
When the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance drafts its own procedural rules, and when it makes decisions on procedural matters, it turns to the highly regarded Lasok's European Court Practice and Procedure for confirmation and guidance.
After successive waves of EU enlargement, and pursuant to the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, the European Court of Justice finds itself on the brink of a new era.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses plays a crucial role in protecting and managing international watercourses and other sources of fresh water.
This masterful work brings together the cr me de la cr me of EU law academics and practitioners in celebration of the life and work of Eleanor Sharpston, KC.
Der vorliegende Band, in seiner Mischung konsequent zur Vielfalt der ELPIS-Netzwerkmitglieder, folgt der Tradition seiner Vorganger hinsichtlich der Auseinandersetzung mit verschiedenen Fragen des europaischen Rechts (inkl.
Article 38 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice defines "e;international law"e; to include not only "e;custom"e; and "e;convention"e; between States but also "e;the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations"e; within their municipal legal systems.
Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses, giving one party a right to choose the forum for litigation after a dispute has already arisen, are widespread in international commercial contracting.
In Defense of Politicization of Human Rights: The UN Special Procedures constitutes the first comprehensive study of the United Nations Special Procedures, covering their history, methods of work, institutional status, relationship with other politically driven organs, and processes affecting their development.