"The Interpretation of International Law by Domestic Courts : Uniformity, Diversity, Convergence assesses the increasingly important role of domestic courts in the interpretation of international law. It asks whether and, if so, to what extent domestic courts make use of the int…
1. The thorny issue of balancing rights -- 2. Copyright and file-sharing regulation in the US, Canada and Italy -- 3. Personal data protection legislation -- 4. Copyright vs. data protection : case studies -- 5. Conclusions : conceptual balancing Federica Giovanella examines th…
"Questions of legal extraterritoriality figure prominently in scholarship on legal pluralism, transnational legal studies, international investment law, international human rights law, state responsibility under international law, and a large number of other areas. Yet many acco…
Introduction -- Selection of the applicable law by contract -- The scope of party autonomy -- Independence of the choice of law contract -- Regulating the choice of law contract -- Agreement to choose the applicable law -- Formation of the choice of law contract -- Validity of t…