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Sirinya Somching

Liability of the European Union for Lawful Acts

An Analysis of the Impact of the General Principles on EU Liability Regime

Studien zur Rechtswissenschaft

The question of whether European Union law should recognise the liability of the Union in the absence of unlawfulness has been the subject of a significant dispute since the European Economic Community was founded in 1957.

Since the action for damages against the Union was enshrined in the law and parties…

Jebby Romanus Gonza

Examining the Role of Regional Community Courts in Integration

Case Study of the East African Court of Justice with Lessons from the Court of Justice of the European Union

Schriftenreihe zum internationalen Einheitsrecht und zur Rechtsvergleichung

This book examines roles of regional community courts in economic integration. It traces how regional community courts of the EACJ and the CJEU have sought to attune themselves as institutions that can tackle socio-economic and political challenges hampering integration. The study is founded on an observation that…

Nicasia Picciano

The European Union State-Building in Kosovo

Challenges and Lessons Learned: An Assessment of EULEX

Studien zum Völker- und Europarecht

This is the first research ever on an encompassing overview of EU conflict management in Kosovo. It analyses the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) commitment in the judicial field in the youngest Balkan ‘State‘, since its inception up today, by comparing its deeds and missed actions with those of its…

Leyla Aydemir (ed.)

Migration, Politics, Violence and Women‘s Studies

SOCIALIA – Studienreihe soziologische Forschungsergebnisse

The development of science, research and technology depends on international knowledge transfer. Because of that, the studies that technical and natural sciences have done in collaboration with social and human sciences are inevitable in order to find solutions to the current social problems and to meet the…

Victoria Yiwumi Faison

Protecting Victims Within Legal Responses to Trafficking in Women for Sexual Exploitation in the European Union

Schriften zum ausländischen Recht

Over the years, the response of international law to trafficking has witnessed several reforms. The last of these, adopted in 2000, has been quite influential on the reformation and the adoption of trafficking regulations within the EU and its Member States. However, legislating against trafficking within the EU…

Matthias Türck

European Regional Convergence

An Empirical Analysis of the Enlarged European Union

EURO-Wirtschaft – Studien zur ökonomischen Entwicklung Europas

The main focus of this book surrounds the question of whether poor Europan regions catch up to wealthier economies over time. After an overview of the theoretical framework and an extensive literature report we estimate several spatial econometric models. Our analysis is based on ß-convergence models, which are…

Pawel Sobczyk (ed.)

Security and Globalization in the Context of European Integration

Legal Aspects

Studien zum Völker- und Europarecht

The three notions making up the title – security, globalization and European integration – constitute the pivotal point of the academic discourse presented in this publication. Various legal aspects of the issues in question are indicated by the subtitle as the point of departure. A legal approach to the said…

Ilona Steiler

The European Union and China in Africa

Explaining Conflict and Cooperation with International Relations Theory

Regensburger Studien zur Internationalen Politik

The Chinese quest for African resources, market opportunities, and political influence in African countries has caught the attention of Western media and analysts. The depiction of Beijing’s „safari“ into Africa mainly presents a negative image of the Chinese engagement: China is said to risk political stability on…

Markus Tschersich

Privacy by Default in the European Union Proposal for Data Protection Regulation

Studies on the Impact of Restrictive Default Privacy Settings on the Exchange of Personal Information on Social Network Sites

Schriften zum Mobile Commerce und zur Mobilkommunikation

Die Europäische Union plant Onlinedienste zur Implementierung von Privacy by Default zu verpflichten. Privacy by Default schreibt Anbietern von Diensten, die persönliche Informationen verarbeiten, vor die Privacy-Einstellungen maximal privatsphärenfreundlich voreinzustellen. Wo Gesetzgeber in Privacy by Default ein…

Tahar Benmaghnia

EU External Action and the CFSP – Well-Equipped for the Fast-Pacing Geo-Economic World?

Schriften zum Internationalen Wirtschaftsrecht

Across all continents, the EU operates in a wide range of fields. As a unique player on the global stage, the EU, as a supranational organisation, acts in many respects on a par with other states. Particularly in the area of international trade, the EU has developed a strong and recognisable profile. Within the…