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Human Rights and the Protection of Privacy in Tort Law
A Comparison between English and German Law
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
In its case law, the European Court of Human Rights has acknowledged that national courts are bound to give effect to Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) which sets out the right to private and family life, when they rule on controversies between private individuals. Article...
Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
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The Integration of European Financial Markets
The Regulation of Monetary Obligations
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
The last decade has seen the increasing integration of European financial markets due to a number of factors including the creation of a common regulatory framework, the liberalisation of international capital movements, financial deregulation, advances in technology and the introduction of the...
Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
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Introduction to Spanish Private Law
Facing the Social and Economic Challenges
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
The topics addressed in this book have traditionally been covered in separate publications on civil and commercial law. This dualism of regimes has made it difficult for students and professionals alike to comprehend Spanish private law as a whole. In the past this has led to inefficient...
Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Pure Economic Loss
New Horizons in Comparative Law
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
Pure economic loss is one of the most-discussed problems in the fields of tort and contract. How do we understand the various differences and similarities between these systems and what is the extent to which there is a common-core of agreement on this question? This book takes a comparative...
Published December 7th 2009 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Freedom of Expression
A critical and comparative analysis
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the issues surrounding freedom of expression, looking at the current legal position in a number of European countries as well as engaging with the wider debates on the topic amongst sociologists, political scientists and economists. In the book...
Published August 14th 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Human Rights and the Private Sphere
A Comparative Study
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
Particularly valuable for both academics and practitioners, Human Rights and the Private Sphere: A Comparative Study, focusing primarily on civil and political rights, analyzes the interaction between constitutional rights and freedoms and private law....
Published June 30th 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Civil Disobedience and the German Courts
The Pershing Missile Protests in Comparative Perspective
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
In the 1980s the West German Peace Movement -- fearing that the stationing of NATO nuclear missiles in Germany threatened an imminent nuclear war in Europe -- engaged in massive protests, including sustained civil disobedience in the form of sit-down demonstrations. Civil Disobedience and the...
Published April 14th 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish
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International Negotiation in the Twenty-First Century
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
Never have international relations between nations been so complex as in the current political climate. In this contemporary world international negotiation has become a combination of traditional diplomacy and the modern framework of conferences, multi-party institutions and organizations such as...
Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish
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PB Direct Italian Private Law
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
The volume offers both a general overview and selected details of Italian private law and its transition from early 20th century legal tradition to a modern legal system based on constitutional values and geared towards European integration. Among the areas presented are family law, succession,...
Published June 20th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish
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Judicial Recourse to Foreign Law
A New Source of Inspiration?
Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law
Accessible and clearly structured, this is the first book to include examinations of public and private law in the discussion about access to foreign laws. With commentaries by an international collection of leading judges in the field, it looks at the practice in a range of countries spread across...
Published April 30th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish
Forthcoming Books
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Dynamics in the French Constitution: Decoding French Republican Ideas
To Be Published May 14th 2012 -
Human Rights and the Private Sphere Volume 3: A Comparative Study
To Be Published October 14th 2012
