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Rethinking Expropriation Law IV
Takings for Climate Justice and Resilience
2024 || Paperback || M. Habdas e.a. || Eleven international publishing
The latest IPCC report makes it abundantly clear that we are failing to reach the target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C compared to the pre-industrial era. If we are to reach this target, we need to take measures to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases, to move away from fossil fuels as energy sources and to adopt renewable energy sources. Particularly high-income countries need to reduce consumption and the exploitation of nature. Enforcement is in order when incentives such as subs...
The Intoxication of Force
when enforcement undermines compliance
2017 || Paperback || Sharon Oded || Eleven international publishing
White-collar crime is globally shattering in its effect, and there is no doubt enforcement is a necessity in rooting it out. In his inaugural lecture, Sharon Oded raises the question of whether enforcement policies currently emerging in the U.S. and other jurisdictions are suitable to serve this purpose. He is particularly concerned with the intoxication of force - that is, the very real situation where the main goal of the enforcement system is to sanctify harsh enforcement, rather than to e...
Stability and Differentiation in the European Union
search for a balance
|| Paperback || Jaap de Zwaan || Eleven international publishing
In this publication it is analysed how the European Union (EU) can best react to the threats and challenges Europe is faced with these days.
The external problems concern first of all the geopolitical threats at the external borders, such as the Russia/Ukraine crisis, the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, the anti-democratic tendencies in Turkey and the unrest in Northern Africa. Other references are migration, combat of terrorism, climate change and -since Donald Trump took office- the r...
The Value of the Oath
2020 || Hardcover || Jonathan E. Soeharno || Eleven international publishing
Embedding the Principles of Life Time Contracts
A Research Agenda for Contract Law
|| Hardcover || Luca Ratti || Eleven international publishing
Following the success of EuSoCo's book, Life Time Contracts: Social Long-term Contracts in Labour, Tenancy and Consumer Credit Law (Eleven, 2014), in which EuSoCo laid out sixteen Principles of Life Time Contracts to apply whenever individuals seek to form or continue such social long-term relationships, in this book, we expand thereon, making the Principles more accessible and useful to practitioners, judges, and even policy makers.
As society depends on individuals being able to meet certai...
Essays on Private and Business Law
a Tribute to Professor Adriaan Dorresteijn
2017 || Hardcover || Harold Koster e.a. || Eleven international publishing
Many companies today face international influences, and many more will follow suit. A scenario that was recognised early on by Prof. Adriaan Dorresteijn (Utrecht University). To honour his innovative research, teachings, and administration work, this Liber Amicorum includes capita selecta of recent business and private law publications. These articles discuss, inter alia, the relationship between mother and daughter companies, the protection ofactors working for companies, cross-border compan...
The Last Sharia Court in Europe
A Jurist's Travelogue
2021 || Paperback || Maurits Berger || Eleven international publishing
The only Sharia court that exists in Europe is located at the eastern tip of Greece. In this travelogue of his fieldtrips to the region, professor Maurits Berger gives a unique insight into the workings of that court. His encounters with Muftis, Muslims and Christians are interspersed with background information and personal reflections on the larger issues, such as religious courts, Islamic law, Turkish-Greek politics, Islam in Europe, minorities and human rights. This book is intended for a...
Liability for Damage Caused by Autonomous Vehicles
2018 || Paperback || E.F.D. Engelhard e.a. || Eleven international publishing
Increasingly, new automation technology is built into motor vehicles, taking over part or even all of the drivers' tasks. Who bears the risk when this new technology causes damage to individuals? Is it the owner or user of the autonomous vehicle itself or other traffic members?
Liability for Damage Caused by Autonomous Vehicles contains an assessment of how the current rules for product liability, traffic liability and fault liability could be applied to autonomous vehicles within six EU mem...
Directors liability in the twilight zone
2018 || Paperback || Loes Lennarts e.a. || Eleven international publishing
The legislative efforts of the European Union with respect to insolvency were, for a long time, limited to providing uniform rules of international private law on the competent court, applicable law and recognition by means of the European Insolvency Regulation. In recent years, the legislative efforts have shifted towards harmonization of substantive insolvency law at a European level. The most defining characteristic of this harmonization attempt is the focus on reorganization instead of li...
Remedies for Human Rights Violations by the European Union
2022 || Paperback || Alexis Antoniades || Eleven international publishing
Where EU action affects the legal or factual situation of an individual, guarantees for the affected person’s rights must exist. If rights have been violated, a remedy must be provided. This book examines how the EU may be held accountable for violations of human rights through procedures and remedies available to the individual applicant, within the EU’s legal system and beyond.
The first Part of the book highlights the significant challenges in the process of claiming remedies for human...