Kluwer Law International

This important new volume contains an extensive collection of Russian legal texts translated by the eminent Russian scholar William E. Butler and edited by Professor Butler and Professor Jane E...

One of the great transitions as the Soviet Union dissolved involved the transformation of state broadcasting in Russia and the Newly Independent States. This book deals with the turmoil associated...

Among restrictions on imports, safeguard measures are particularly controversial in that they are invoked in the absence of any unfair trade practice. Safeguards interfere substantially with the...

The use of auction-styled' procedures in the mergers and acquisitions field is gaining increased prominence. The term auction' is possibly misleading as, in most cases, there is no formal auction...

Author: Ben J. M. TerraPublisher: Kluwer Law InternationalPublication Date: Jan 01, 1997Number of Pages: 172 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased BookISBN-10: 9065443819ISBN-13: 9789065443816

This volume is about the sweeping technical and regulatory changes which have moulded the new regulatory framework of space communications. WARC-92 introduced the LEO systems, WRC-5 confirmed the...

This first comprehensive study of the interaction between technology and taxation approaches the subject along four main avenues: insight and analysis gained from empirical legal studies conducted in...

The enormous technological, financial, and structural changes of recent decades have revolutionized the international shipping industry, bringing about lower freight rates, shorter time in port and...

In this book, the author explores how search media can be incorporated into freedom of expression doctrine, as well as media and communications law and policy more generally. And the book develops a...

Amsterdam securities exchanges are among the busiest in the world, and know no national boundaries. Yet is has not been easy for investors and their advisors to find a clear, straightforward guide to...

Securitisation has survived the threats that emerged in the aftermath of the collapses of Enron, WorldCom, and Parmalat. Today, global securitisation markets continue to go from strength to strength,...

Securitization is the process of financing assets by the issuance of asset-backed securities, as opposed to traditional secured financings. Asset securitization has developed and expanded in the last...

Securitization--once a fairly straightforward means of offering collateral for investment--has mushroomed into a massively complex area of financial practice. The central role occupied by such...

The 2005 Special Issue of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business addresses issues relating to security in immovables. Each Chapter contains an overview of the security in immovables...

This publication provides an overview of the legal practice of seizure and over-indebtedness in 12 countries of the European Union. Separate country reports for each country systematically address...

This collection brings together six expert papers on two fundamental issues in European fiscal law. The first issue concerns the legal character of VAT and focuses on the basic principles underlying...

At a time when there are still a number of voices calling for the Internet to remain a law-free zone, a whole bundle of conflicts have already emerged, many of which have found their way to lawyers...

The Canadian Council on International Law was founded in 1972, with the aim of encouraging the study and analysis of international law issues in Canada. One of the Council's main activities is the...

Présentation de l'éditeur : "Selectivity in State Aid Law and the Methods for the Allocation of the Corporate Tax Base analyses the theoretical issues that arise when applying the selectivity test in...

Every day, societal demand grows for some form of control or supervision over something that appears inherently beyond governance: the Internet. The gulf between community aspiration and the...

Bringing proceedings and obtaining and enforcing judgements is not an easy process under any circumstances, but this is further complicated if the defendant is a foreign national or resides abroad...

In a world of tight legal and economic networks, tax disputes are on the increase. Until recently, mutual agreement procedures have virtually been the only means of settling such tax disputes...

Sexual harassment is the fastest-growing category of employment litigation in the United States. At the root of recent class actions against several major corporations and the subject of three...

The first part of the book offers a unique reflection on enduring themes in public procurement law such as the following and concludes with some thoughts on some of the salient aspects of this recent...

With the increasing interest of foreign investors, particularly institutional investors, in European companies, there is a growing need for information on the different regimes affecting the legal...

Sixty Years of EU State Aid Law and Policy: Analysis and Assessment' provides a critical review of State aid, from its evolution to the practical implementation of current rules. If an EU industrial...

Tobacco is a pressure point of globalisation. It is both an enormously profitable international business, providing work for millions, and a universally targeted health hazard. If we admit its...

This volume represents the outcome of two years of intensive debate about the future of Europe. It aims to provide the European Union with a vision: one that will unite all of its citizens and help...

It is well known that migration law often imposes restrictions which severely influence entitlement and access to social security benefits for migrant workers. However, in the wake of new social...

There was a time when it was clear what risks social security policy was meant to protect: unemployment, sickness, and occupational disability. For many decades, although true equity remained...