"Few legal concepts in international arbitration are more indefinite in nature, dubious in scope and uncertain in inexistence than confidentiality," which lacks "conceptual uniformity and shows clear
The Contract is the core tool of governance in a free market economy. An EU Contract Law Code is now on the political agenda because all three legislative bodies in the EU and most member states favou
Prized by practitioners since the first edition appeared in 1998, Dispute Resolution in Asia provides a much wider spectrum of Asian laws and approaches to dispute resolution than is traditional in co
The rule of law, peace, disarmament, human rights: these are no longer empty words, but legal concepts steadily gaining force among nations. If the slow but sure codification of international law that
For decades it seemed clear that EC competition law was enforceable effectively at the national level, and ECJ case law has continued to bear this out. In recent years, however, the Commission has b
This volume takes a law and economics approach towards assessing the extent the October 2003 Directive 2003/87/EC governing the European Emissions Trading System (and the April 2007 amendment on aucti
More and more social security systems influence each other. Governments, policy makers and academics have become very interested in the way various social security systems approach particular problems
There can be little doubt that a group of prominent and influential organizations lie at the heart of international economic law (IEL). These include the Bretton Woods institutions, regional developme
Focusing on the rules safeguarding procedural due process in the administrative procedures of the Commission, this fully updated edition of a widely used handbook covers the four principal fields that
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
Fully informed by the crucial cultural values underlying Chinese law, this authoritative book provides an in-depth examination of how copyright, patents, trademarks, and other forms of intellectual pr
This volume consists of a survey conducted by the universities of Goettingen, Mannheim, and Erlangen-Nuremberg and individuals at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. It details the tax computations for corporatio
Construction and design contracts increasingly contain provisions giving one or both parties the power to terminate the contract. Given that contracts are not always clear on the interrelationship b
In a volume based on a workshop at the lead editor's campus, Devetzi (social law, U. of Applied Sciences, Fulda, Germany) and Stendahl (public law, U. of Gothenburg) introduce ten chapters that discus
Long regarded as a powerful means to seek individual damages against a corporate defendant, class actions have become a staple of the U.S. litigation system. In recent years, however, several highly s
This volume is the fifth of the published deliberations of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law and contains the work of solicitors, barristers, notaires , judges and law professors in a
There is unrelenting pressure, particularly on taxation authorities in developing and transition countries, to design tax incentives to attract foreign investment. Although experience shows that just
Addresses innovations in heart failure treatment and management, dealing with issues such as quality of life, treatment compliance, patient and family education, nonpharmacologic therapy, and new heal
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 rule
The third in Dr Hebly’s remarkable series of legislative histories of European law concerning the procurement procedures of contracting authorities in the classical sectors and entities operating in t
