Layered Global Player offers a concise but thorough overview of the principles of EU external relations law. By closely examining the role of the European Union on the global scene, it aims to provide a systematic overview of the relevant rules and competences, reflecting the le…
This study focuses on territorial autonomy, which is often used in different conflict-resolution and minority situations. Four typical elements are identified on the basis of the historical example of the Memel Territory and the so-called Memel case of the PCIJ; distribution of …
Politically sensitive and economically important, welfare services such as health care, health insurance and education have opened up a heated debate in the EU. The application of EU law to welfare services raises discontent from the part of the Member States who perceive their …
Today, privacy is one of the most hotly debated topics worldwide. The book aims to balance the development of personal rights in a country that has historically valued collective rights over those of the individual. The protection of privacy is not an issue that has been emphasi…
The Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law is the world's only annual publication devoted to the study of the laws governing armed conflict. It provides a truly international forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed academic articles focusing on this crucial branch of internati…
"The EU has only limited competence to regulate national health-care systems but recent developments have shown that health care is not immune from the effects of EU law. As Member States have increasingly experimented with new forms of funding and the delivery of health-care an…
Mobile phones are the most ubiquitous communications technology in the world. Besides transforming the way in which we communicate, they can also be used as a powerful tool for conflict prevention and management. This book presents innovative uses of mobile technologies in the a…
The European Court of Human Rights is faced with an enormous and ever-increasing caseload, which poses a considerable threat to the effectiveness of the protection of the rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights and its Protocols. Compiling the contributions …
Whereas the past few years have repeatedly been referred to as the?era of biotechnology?, most recently the impression has emerged that at least the same degree of attention is being paid to the latest developments in the field of neurosciences. It has now become nearly impossib…
The present volume compiles the German National Reports on Public Law that are to be presented at the XVIIth Congress of the Inter- tional Academy of Comparative Law, which will take place from 16 - 22 July 2006 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. By publishing the conference report be…
The unity of the European constitution
by Dann, Philipp, German-Polish Seminar on the Constitutional Law of the European Union, Wrocław, Poland), Rynkowski, Michał, Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländisches Öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht
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The book contains the contributions to a conference of young Polish and German public law scholars on the Constitutional Law of the European Union. The articles explore from different angles and in different fields the concept of the unity and its (limited) realization in the pr…
1. Introduction; Kenneth D. Pimple -- 2. Three Case Studies; Donald R. Searing and Elizabeth A.M. Searing -- 3. Health information in the background; Lisa M. Lee -- 4. Surveillance in the Big Data Era; Mark Andrejevic -- 5. We know where you are. And we're more and more sure wha…
Small States and the New Security Environment
This book examines the security, defence and foreign policy choices and challenges of small states in NATO and its small partner states in the new security environment. The main aim of the book is to analyse how these states are dealing with current and emerging security challen…