Law

Does an offender have the right to be punished?

This book explores the central problems underlying the insurance of aviation war and terrorism risks and associated perils.

It is being increasingly realised that water is likely to be one of the most critical resource issues for the first half of the twenty-first century.

This book presents a clear and precise overview of the key aspects of German business law.

This edited book discusses the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on financial innovation.

 Unlike many standard works on compliance, this book focuses not on the goals, but on the means that enable effective compliance.

This book provides insights into the viability of the idea of global constitution.

CISO: Evolution of a Vocation comprises three levels.

 Unlike many standard works on compliance, this book focuses not on the goals, but on the means that enable effective compliance.

Over the past two decades new international courts have entered the scene of international law and existing institutions have started to play more significant roles.

Under the current multilateral trading system, most business entities have turned their attention away from focusing exclusively on their domestic market to the management of international business transactions on the global market.

Traditional notions of security are premised on the primacy of state security.

This book shows that a special bank bankruptcy regime is desirable for the efficient restructuring and/or liquidation of distressed banks.

SpringerBriefs in Biotech Patents present timely reports of intellectual properties (IP) issues and patent aspects in the field of biotechnology.

Natural disasters are increasingly affecting the world, taking lives unexpectedly and leaving many others injured and homeless.

Roman law forms a vital part of the intellectual background of many legal systems currently in force in Continental Europe, Latin America, East Asia and other parts of the world.

The work aims at answering the question as to how far discourses on human security are present in Jordan and Israel, if they converge and if political solutions for the issue of water security could be derived.

Since the end of the Cold War, the Middle East has been the focus of various projects for the establishment of arms control (including CBMs) regimes.

This book provides insights into the viability of the idea of global constitution.

This book examines the rapid development of the fundamental concept of a crime in international criminal law from a comparative law perspective.

In 2007, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs together with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), both based in Hamburg, decided to establish an annual lecture series, the "e;Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs"e; - giving distinguished scholars and practitioners the opportunity to present and discuss recent developments in this field.

This book focuses on maritime employment from a private international law perspective.

This book aims to systematically elaborate how land-use change directly or indirectly exerts impacts on the ability of ecosystems to provide services for human society.

This book deals with the carrier's liability for deck cargo in the Nordic countries and England as state parties of the Hague-Visby Rules.

After having ignored victims, only recently both domestic and international law have begun to pay attention to them.

Derivative criminal liability includes inchoate offenses (criminal attempt, conspiracy, preparatory offenses, etc.

New rules on distance contracts provided for the Consumer Rights Directive of 25 October 2011 do not apply to package holidays or contracts falling within the scope of the Timeshare Directive.

Existing international law is capable to govern the "e;war on terror"e; also in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

Is the dream of EU endangered?

Over the past fifteen years, the optimal enforcement of EU competition law has become a major concern.

Natural disasters such as large-scale flooding are on the increase.

This book charts the historical and current interaction between lawyers and mediation in both the common law and civil law world and analyses a number of issues relevant to lawyers' part in the process.

This book is a comprehensive overview of economic geology for the general geologist and anyone else interested in the minerals industry and the global supply of raw materials.

This book offers a comprehensive, highly informative and interdisciplinary study on territorial integrity and the challenges globalization, self-determination and external interventions present.

This work is a multidisciplinary analysis of the issue of insider dealing from the perspective of the applicability of criminal law to regulate it.

More than just coincidence connects a Tate & Lyle lawsuit and artificial sweetener to Jamaican-born Chemist Bert Fraser-Reid.

This book examines the concept and purpose of joint development agreements of offshore hydrocarbon deposits from the perspective of public international law and the law of the sea, taking into consideration and extensively reviewing State practice concerning seabed activities in disputed maritime areas and when hydrocarbon deposits extend across maritime boundaries.

An overarching question of contemporary constitutionalism is whether equilibriums devised prior to the emergence of the modern administrative-industrial state can be preserved or recreated by means of fundamental law.

There are broadly four strategic issues in aviation: safety; security; environmental protection; and sustainability in air transport.

Today, privacy is one of the most hotly debated topics worldwide.

The main rationale of the conventions on international transport law is to limit the liability of the carrier.

Whereas the past few years have repeatedly been referred to as the "e;era of biotechnology"e;, most recently the impression has emerged that at least the same degree of attention is being paid to the latest developments in the field of neurosciences.

Layered Global Player offers a concise but thorough overview of the principles of EU external relations law.

America's emerging "e;fat war"e; threatens to pit a shrinking population of trim Americans against an expanding population of heavy Americans in raging policy debates over "e;fat taxes"e; and "e;fat bans.

The term "e;hazardous wastes"e; covers a wide range of disused products and production wastes generated not only in industrial sectors, but also in all areas of everyday life.

The central question of this book is whether or not particular cell entities of human origin ought to be considered human beings.

Origin Management describes a holistic approach that allows internationally operating companies to benefit from reduced import duty rates within Free Trade Agreements (FTAs).

The real estate market in Germany has recovered remarkably well from 2008/09 crisis.

Central to the book are questions concerning the existence and the characteristics of justice motives, and concerning the influence that justice motives and justice judgements have on the emergence, but also the solution of social conflicts.

This book gives a concise introduction to the German law of business organizations and is meant to help business practitioners and international students to familiarize themselves with its key concepts and legal issues.