Is the procedural autonomy of EU Member State a myth or a reality? What should this concept be taken to mean?
Starting from the analysis of requirements and principles regulating, generally speaking, the relationships between Member States’ and EU law, this book provides a definition of procedural autonomy able to account for the concept’s inherent limits. Meer
Volume 7 of the EYIEL focusses on critical
perspectives of international economic law. Recent protests against free trade
agreements such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
remind us that international economic law has always been a politically and
legally contested field. Meer
This book embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and elucidates the three foundational aspects of its jurisdiction as laid out in the Rome Statute: the preconditions for exercising jurisdiction (Article 12 ICCRSt), its substantive competence regarding core crimes (Articles 5-8bis ICCRSt), and the principle of complementarity (Article 17§1(a) ICCRSt). Meer
This book addresses the technological evolution of modern warfare due to unmanned systems and the growing capacity for cyberwarfare. The increasing involvement of unmanned means and methods of warfare can lead to a total removal of humans from the navigation, command and decision-making processes in the control of unmanned systems, and as such away from participation in hostilities – the “dehumanization of warfare. Meer
This edited volume looks at supreme courts in China and the West. It examines the differences and similarities between the Supreme People’s Court of Mainland China and those that follow Western models. Meer
This book describes the energy-law situation in Brazil. It focuses on three specific energy sectors: oil, natural gas and biofuel. The decision to concentrate on these areas takes into account the role that these energy sectors play in the economic, political and legal systems in Brazil, as well as the fact that they are the primary subjects of current discussions surrounding economic regulation in the country. Meer
This work focuses on the EU’s participation in the Dispute Settlement Proceedings (DSP) of the WTO for matters of non-conferred competences. The underlying thesis is that the joint membership of the EU and its Member States is fallacious, in that it could cause the EU to become responsible for violations of the WTO regulations on the part of the Member States. Meer
The book analyses the development of international standards for countering terrorist financing from the perspective of international criminal law. It is likely to find its value for readers not only as a monograph on the financing of terrorism but also as a reference book on the operational and theoretical development of anti-money laundering strategy following 9/11. Meer
Der Band spiegelt die Ergebnisse einer wissenschaftlichen Konferenz in Poznan wider. Beginnend mit der Völkerbundära wird die friedenssichernde Potenz des Minderheitenschutzes, aber auch die mögliche destabilisierende Wirkung der mißbräuchlichen, unzureichenden Behandlung der Minderheitenproblematik untersucht. Meer
This book approaches the question of whether or not the court procedure at the ICC can be regarded as fair from two angles: First, does the ICC provide a fair trial according to the accepted standards of international human rights law? Meer
Entwicklung und Charakter des Europäischen Gemeinschaftsrechts sind wesentlich durch die Gerichtsverfassung der Gemeinschaft und die Tätigkeit der Gerichte mitgeprägt worden. Meer
Aus Anlass des 60sten Jahrestages der Genfer Konventionen wird aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln in dem Sammelband die Frage untersucht, ob diese Normen noch auf heutige Konflikte anwendbar sind und in wieweit sie einer Weiterentwicklung bedürfen. Meer
Das Sozialversicherungsrecht ist durch eine beispiellose Vielzahl und Vielfalt untergesetzlicher Regelwerke geprägt. Die Untersuchung bietet eine weit ausgreifende Bestandsaufnahme und erstmals eine systematische Ordnung der untergesetzlichen Rechtsquellen des Rechts der gesetzlichen Kranken-, Renten- und Unfallversicherung, der sozialen Pflegeversicherung sowie der Arbeitslosenversicherung und Arbeitsförderung. Meer
This book discusses legal issues related to the principle of indemnity in marine insurance contracts as well as disputes that may arise in a representative sample of common and continental law jurisdictions. Meer
Das Werk setzt sich mit dem Verhältnis des Internationalen Strafgerichtshofs (IStGH) zum VN-Sicherheitsrat (SR) auseinander. Dabei werden u.a. die sog. Meer
This book explores the theoretical origins, historical foundation, political meaning, and legal development of western constitutionalism, as well as the structure and transformation of constitutional law in the Western World. Meer