Kluwer Law International

The Place of Supply in European VAT is an ordered, comprehensive survey of rules and practice regarding taxable transactions in European value added tax (VAT). Relevant theories and principles are...

The cultural diversity characterizing international arbitration today is as much a source of enrichment as it is sometimes a source of practical difficulties affecting both the arbitration procedure...

Here is a remarkable collection of essays on the ideologies and power struggles that inform the effort to Europeanize private law. In addition to a manifesto emphasising the role of social and...

The powers and duties of an arbitrator' focuses on powers and duties of arbitrators in arbitration proceedings, a topic which has been widely discussed in recent years, but remains understudied...

This timely guide will be a welcome resource for Americans at home and abroad, as well as those who defend American interests throughout Europe. Prepared by an American public affairs spcialist with...

It has been clear for some time that commercial law has been undergoing a transnationalization' process, with various sets of rules (often referred to collectively as Lex mercatoria or the New Law...

The precautionary concept has become intrinsic to international environmental policy, especially with the adoption, in 1992, of the Rio Declaration at UNCED. Principle 15 of that Declaration provides...

The principles of equality and non-discrimination are a cornerstone of constitutional law and of international and European human rights law, and there is increasing recognition of the fact that any...

The main objective of this study is to present a comparative legal analysis of proportionality. It provides a close examination of the key areas in which this principle has been applied, both at the...

The Principles of European Contract Law, prepared by the so-called Lando Commission, today constitute the most advanced project on the harmonisation of European private law. As well as providing a...

The topic of harmonisation of European private law, and European contract law in particular, is rapidly gaining in importance. The topic is not only widely studied by academics and students all over...

An arbitrator has to decide a case under a contract to be governed by internationally accepted principles of law' A business person is negotiating a contract with a company in another EU state, but...

The role of state or the function of labor law during industrialization in Asian countries is of utmost importance when examining how Asian labor laws differ from European or American labor law...

This detailed work is based on more than ten years experience in conducting tenders for the licensing of petroleum prospective acreage on behalf of a number of sovereign governments in Europe, Africa...

For business investors in China, the legal handling of trade secrets is often crucial. However, initiatives are often complicated by a patchwork trade secrets protection system - pieced together...

Trade mark law has become an increasingly important field of law in the context of a rapidly globalizing economy. The promotion and protection of marks is widely viewed as the most important tool for...

In recent years it has become clear that many businesses, motivated by avoiding the rigidity and the price tag associated with labour law and social security, have succeeded in eroding the protection...

This book orientates tax practitioners to the public international law aspects of taxation. Equally it provides a framework from which public international lawyers may probe more deeply into the...

It is a commonplace that pollution knows no borders, and that environmental law must allow for cross-border implementation. The European Union specifies this principle in EC directives on integrated...

Nothing serves to remind us of the instability of the "globalised" order as much as the continuing power of territorial boundaries to spawn political and humanitarian crises. Although it might seem...

This outstanding compilation of papers addresses current, diverse issues in company law. Topics of discussion include governance of enterprises, rights and responsibilities of management, protection...

The current institutional framework for economic co-operation was designed in the 1940s, in the context of war, to promote the peaceful coexistence of nations. Many of the institutions, such as the...

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of services subsidies under the General Agreement on Trade in Services. It starts with a description of services and trade in services and of the salient...

Any policy aimed at resolution of a banking crisis determines which constituents - depositors, creditors, shareholders, the banking industry, and society as a whole - eventually bear the costs...

Due to the ongoing recent expansion of public interest issues worldwide, the state's right to regulate has been recaptured as a prominent concept in international investment law. The fair and...

This is the first book to present an in-depth discussion of the right of individuals to receive damages in European law. Analyzing relevant ECJ cases, the authors detail the substantive and...

Among the rights conferred on the citizens of Europe by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms is the right to and#8216;good administration.and#8217; It is anticipated that the new Reform...

The right to health care is changing over time and its content varies from country to country. Considering the right to health care on a singular plane fails to take account of the many differing...

ForewordList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsCHAPTER 1 General IntroductionCHAPTER 2 Financial Stability in ContextCHAPTER 3 Financial Stability as a New Supranational Foundational Objective in EU...

The Role of the State and Industrial Relations', using a comparative approach (the European Union, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, the United States, Brazil, South Africa and India),...