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"Forum Shopping" in der Insolvenz
Mohr Siebeck 2011; US$ 79.80Hauptbeschreibung Einflussnahmen auf die internationale gerichtliche Zuständigkeit (forum shopping) durch Schuldner erfreuen sich im Rahmen der Europäischen Insolvenzverordnung (EuInsVO) reger Beliebtheit. Nicht selten ist bei diesen Manövern aber fraglich, ob dem Ziel der EuInsVO, ein für die von der Insolvenz des Schuldners betroffenen Dritten... more...
'Ökonomischer Patriotismus' in Zeiten regionaler und internationaler Integration
Mohr Siebeck 2011; US$ 36.66Hauptbeschreibung Immer mehr Staaten gehen dazu über, die Übernahme heimischer Unternehmen durch ausländische Investoren einer besonderen Kontrolle zu unterstellen. Dies erscheint legitim, solange die staatliche Aufsicht den Schutz der nationalen Sicherheit bezweckt. Nicht selten gehen Regierungseingriffe aber hierüber hinaus und schreiben sich in... more...
The 'War on Terror' and the Framework of International Law
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 65.00The acts of lawlessness committed on September 11 were followed by a 'war on terror'. This book sets out the essential features of the international legal framework against which the 9/11 attacks and the lawfulness of measures taken in response thereto fall to be assessed. more...
The 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 129.00This book provides a detailed discussion of the Hague Convention's provisions with a focus on the text as viewed against its diplomatic background. more...
2011
De Gruyter 2012; US$ 237.00The current volume of the "Yearbook of Private International Law" includes three special sections: The first one is devoted to the recent European developments in the area of family law like the proposal on the matrimonial property régimes in its relation with other EU instruments, such as Brussels IIbis or Rome III. Another special section deals with... more...
50 Years of the European Treaties
Hart Publishing Limited 2009; US$ 70.20A collection of essays which reflect critically upon some of the EU's core characteristics and speculate imaginatively on the diverse challenges facing the EU. It draws out links with, and threats to, the historical achievements of European integration. more...
Abkehr vom Verschuldensprinzip?
Mohr Siebeck 2007; US$ 85.20Hauptbeschreibung Winfried-Thomas Schneider untersucht das Verschulden als Voraussetzung der Vertragshaftung, dessen Bedeutung im internationalen und europäischen Vertragsrecht zunehmend schwindet. Das moderne Einheitsrecht geht, dem common law folgend, überwiegend vom Grundsatz der objektiven Vertragshaftung aus. Das französische Recht, das nach... more...
The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 66.00This extensively revised third edition considers capital punishment in UN human rights system, international humanitarian law, European human rights law and Inter-American human rights law. New chapters address capital punishment in African human rights law and international criminal law. Includes extensive appendices and introduction by the president... more...
Aboriginal Child Welfare, Self-Government and the Rights of Indigenous Children
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 134.95This volume addresses the contentious and topical issue of aboriginal self-government over child welfare. It focuses on Canada and Australia to examine the fundamental changes in the design, management and delivery of child welfare and protection services within aboriginal communities. The role of international law as a potentially more sensitive solution... more...
Absent Environments
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95Offering a novel, transdisciplinary approach to environmental law, its principles, mechanics and context, as tested in its application to the urban environment, this book traces the conceptual and material absence of communication between the human and the natural and controversially includes such an absence within a system of law and a system of... more...









