"[This book examines] the European Banking Union's (EBU) impact on existing legal disciplines and assesses the role of law in shaping the EBU framework. [Contributors provide] different perspectives on the single supervisory mechanism (SSM) and the single resolution mechanism (S…
Law and Policy of the European Gas Market examines the regulatory and competitive choices of institutions and bodies operating within the EU gas market, with a view to achieving a higher level of market integration. Offering an in-depth analysis of the design, structure and func…
"Compared to the US, European data and privacy protection rules seem Draconian. The European rules apply to any enterprise doing business in the EU. The new rules are far more stringent than the last set. This book is a quick guide to the directives for companies, particularly U…
The legal order created by the European Community has become a permanent feature of political reality in the 15 Member States of the European Union. On the basis of the European Treaties, thousands of decisions are taken each year which have a major impact on the running of the …
The global reach of European refugee law
Examination of the worldwide emulation of key norms of European refugee protection through transnational processes and actors.
This book addresses the impact of EU law beyond its own borders, the use of law as a powerful instrument of EU external action, and some of the normative challenges this poses. The phenomenon of EU law operating beyond its borders, which may be termed its 'global reach', include…
European capital markets law
This timely book invites the reader to explore the lexicon of 'subjects' and 'objects' of EU law as a platform from which several dilemmas and omissions of EU law can be researched. It includes a number of case studies from different fields of law that deploy this lexicon, struc…
When direct elections for the European Parliament were first organized in 1979, the idea was that they would increase the democratic legitimacy and accountability of the parliament. Moreover, the elections were expected to raise public interest, engagement and support for the EU…
Labour law: text and materials
by Ewing, K. D., (Keith D.), McColgan, Aileen, Collins, Hugh
Provides an examination of the law relating to employment, industrial relations, and labour market regulation in the law of the United Kingdom, including relevant dimensions of EC law and policy. Comprises selected extracts from cases, statutes, reports, official statistics, and…
Women's employment is one of the most widely-discussed and widely-misunderstood issues of modern society. Are women today oppressed, or do they have the best of both worlds? Do women have to go out to work to gain equality with men? Or do they already do more than their share of…
"Electronic Commerce and International Private Law examines the maximization of consumer protection via the consumer's jurisdiction and law. It discusses the proposition that a new connecting factor be used to improve the efficiency of juridical protection for consumers who cont…
"Behavioural sciences help refine our understanding of human decision-making. Their insights are immensely relevant for policy-making since public intervention works much better when it targets real people rather than imaginary beings assumed to be perfectly rational. Increasing…