Wissenschaftliche Literatur European Union

Joanna Krzeminska-Vamvaka

Freedom of Commercial Speech in Europe

Studien zum Völker- und Europarecht

Due to the politicisation of commercial life and the commercialisation of political life the freedom of expression enters new territories and triggers conflicts in areas to which fundamental rights considerations have been rather unusual so far. The companies participate in public debates or advertise with reference to social or environmental problems. In Germany the civil courts adopted a very strict approach to this type of advertising and held that it contravened the…

Frank Diedrich (Ed.)

The Status Quo of Mediation in Europe and Overseas

Options for Countries in Transition

Schriftenreihe Außergerichtliche Konfliktbeilegung

Mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) are universal.

This book focuses on the status quo of mediation in a general sense in selected Member States of the EuropeanUnion (Germany, Italy, Latvia) and overseas countries (South Africa, Australia). Also inherent problems of international mediation in the EU are highlighted.

Additionally, various methods for dealing with past conflicts in countries in transition (retributive…

Dominic John Patrick Porta

The UCC’s “perfect tender rule” and cancellation of contracts in the CISG

Studien zum Internationalen Privat- und Zivilprozessrecht sowie zum UN-Kaufrecht

The importance of international trade has increased immensely within the last decades and will not decrease in the future. With developing markets around the world, such as those of the EuropeanUnion, Asia or Latin America, new trade opportunities are emerging. This development is not least due to the new technologies available to us, which present us lawyers with ever new challenges, which arise for us from the fact that the markets and the technologies develop faster…

Burcu Erdogan

Analyzing Convergence/Divergence in European Financial Markets

Schriftenreihe volkswirtschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

The EuropeanUnion implemented significant financial reforms in order to facilitate financial integration since the beginning of the 1980s. With the introduction of the euro, the process of integrating financial markets accelerated. All the restructuring efforts reflect an expectation of positive effects from a single financial market in the EuropeanUnion. However, an interconnected financial system creates challenges as well. It is crucial to investigate the process of…

Rostam J. Neuwirth

The Cultural Industries in International Trade Law

Insights from the NAFTA, the WTO and the EU

Studien zum Völker- und Europarecht

The present book evaluates the present regulatory situation of various cultural goods and services, known as the cultural industries, under international trade law. Particularly, it looks at the experiences of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the EuropeanUnion (EU) in order to critically evaluate the efficiency and legitimacy of the current multilateral trading regime established under the aegis of the World Trade Organization (WTO). [...]

Chrysi Cherouveim

A Proposal for an Effective Design for the Domestic Fiscal Frameworks of the EMU Member States Under the Fiscal Compact

EURO-Wirtschaft – Studien zur ökonomischen Entwicklung Europas

This book deals with current issues on fiscal policy frameworks at the national level and provides new insights to them. The main purposes is to examine the role of domestic numerical fiscal rules with special reference to the role of the design characteristics of the rules, the social and economic factors and to associate their role with the development of the EuropeanUnion’s fiscal regulatory frameworks.

The main conclusion could be summarized as follows.…

Dmytro Palekhov

Potential for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) as a Regional Planning Instrument in Ukraine

Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is a tool for integrating environmental concerns into policies, plans and programmes at the earlier stages of decision-making. It stimulates socio-economic development that causes minimal harm to the environment. Consequently, SEA is internationally recognised as one of the most important and direct methods for implementing the concept of sustainability.

This study explores the potential of SEA as a regional planning…

Irmela Gorges / Linda A. Winkler (Eds.)

Economy and Social Conditions in Transition

Probleme und Chancen der Globalisierung

This book is interdisciplinary in scope, written for economists, educators, and for individuals working on the fields of globalization, and its impacts on societal development. The book analyzes the current economic and social development in selected countries with different economic conditions relative to the impact of globalization and infrastructure development. The volume contains six selected papers presented at the annual conference of the Congress of Political…

Ioana Andreea Tiriteu

The EU Member States` Iraq Policy of 2002-3 at the United Nations Security Council

Schriften zur internationalen Politik

To what extent was the EuropeanUnion Common Foreign and Security Policy affected by the member states’ approaches to the Iraq disarmament at the United Nations Security Council, and how have the EU states’ positions on the matter impacted on the authority enjoyed by the UNSC? This research topic opens the door to an in-depth analysis of the functioning and performance of peculiar actors, such as the EU with its CFSP and the UNSC, which are observed all through the…

Anca-Diana Barbu

Investing in Renewable Energy Sources

An Assessment of Non-Technological Issues in Central and Eastern Europe

Wirtschaftspolitik in Forschung und Praxis

On May 1st 2004, the EuropeanUnion has seen the most ambitious enlargement in its history in terms of expansion scale as well as political and economic challenges. With the accession process, the new Member States (NMS) assumed a double responsibility. On one hand, these countries will have to continue making efforts to catch up with Western Europe (EU-15) while, at the same time, taking on-board new responsibilities as fully fledged Members of the EuropeanUnion. The…