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The system of international arbitration is built on private contractual relations, yet has been endorsed by governments around the world as a fair and reliable alternative to litigation in State...

The 2008 UNCITRAL Convention commonly known as the Rotterdam Rules promises to achieve the hitherto elusive goal of a legal unification of international transport contracts. Its innovative set of...

The European Court of Justice once stated that the European Community is governed by the rule of law inasmuch as member states, Community institutions and individuals are bound to the basic...

The threat of water scarcity touches human populations and ecosystems worldwide. This work overviews the various legal responses to conflicts involving water as a resource. It addresses the...

Disputes arising from foreign investment activities are on the increase, and with them a growing awareness among practitioners of a greater variety of settlement methods than most legal analyses have...

This work is based on papers presented at a conference entitled The Sex of Labour Law in Europe/Le Sexe du droit du travail en Europe, which was held at the European University Institute in Florence...

The Singapore Convention on Mediation is just beginning its life as an international legal instrument. How is it likely to fare? In the second edition of this comprehensive, article-by-article...

The Single Economic Entity Doctrine as an Essential Criterion for the Application of Antitrust Law on a Corporate Group --The Implementation of Article 101(1) TFEU on a Corporate Group of Companies:...

The success of computer programs often depends on their ability to interoperate ' or communicate ' with other systems. In proprietary software development, however, the need to protect access to...

Labour law has traditionally aimed to protect the employee under a hierarchy built on constitutional provisions, statutory law, collective agreements at various levels, and the employment contract,...

This is the first in-depth treatment in English of Japanese law and practice governing unfair competition. The author analyzes the interaction of the relevant laws - and the case law derived from...

This book is the first to present a general overview of the tax treatments of various financial instruments in four important EC member states: France, Germany, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom...

Most national taxation regimes afford certain privileges to non-governmental non-profit organisations of public benefit. However, cross-border extension of such privileges has failed to materialise...

This book is a critical study of the issues surrounding the treaty allocation of tax powers between source and residence countries. It discusses the allocation of tax powers between the competing...

Outer space is in constant use. Most obviously, billions of packets' of information travel through it every day, for the infinitely various purposes of countless people and organisations. Space...

Transactions involving intellectual property play an increasingly significant role in economic activity at every level from global to local, with particular challenges for taxation and revenue...

The Transformation of Arbitration in Africa offers an in-depth analysis of the role arbitration centres based in African cities play throughout the continent. Given the dynamic growth of African...

This book explores the evolution of contract law in England, France, Germany and Italy during the last one hundred years from the perspectives of law and its context. Dr Niglia's treatment of...

andquot;The last two decades changed the post-socialist legal orders both quantitatively and qualitatively in such a manner, which can rarely be experienced in history. Though some of its aspects...

In this brilliantly conceived and authoritative work the eminent intellectual property specialist Nuno Pires de Carvalho focuses on the mechanisms, obligations, and opportunities of trade secret...

This book provides practical commentary on the TRIPS agreement related to patents and test data. This fifth edition, in which the author has revised the entire text and updated various arguments,...

This publication is a concise and colourful presentation of the authors' first-hand experience with the remarkable, stormy procedural history of the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal in The Hague. Examining...

About the Authors --Foreword --Introduction --History of the EU Patent Title --Legal Instruments for Unitary Patent Protection --Legal Challenges against the Unitary Patent Regulation and the...

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the structure, competence, and management of United Nations provides substantial and readily...

The US Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax ActAuthor: Angela W. YuPublisher: Kluwer Law InternationalPublication Date: Oct 10, 2017Number of Pages: NA pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

The Us Legal System: A Practice HandbookAuthor: Dennis CampbellPublisher: Kluwer Law InternationalPublication Date: 30437Number of Pages: 330 pagesBinding: LawISBN-10: 9024727820ISBN-13: 9789024727827

This new volume contains fourteen national reports and a General Report on the use of comparative law by courts, which were presented at the XIVth International Congress of Comparative Law in Athens...

Developments in the interrelated industries surrounding air transportation and space exploitation continue to give rise to new and challenging problems in international law. As more and more...

Most VAT systems exclude public bodies from the scope of value added tax (VAT) systems. However, a movement to include public sector bodies within the GST system to some extent or even fully (as in...

This authoritative commentary examines the new Vienna Rules and the Austrian Arbitration Act that both came into effect on 1 July 2006 as the result of a major reform. Following a call for...