At the head of a small but comparatively isolated community, traversing airspaces with various jurisdictions, the aircraft commander must have a defined legal status relating to rights, powers and duties to cope with all issues in international air navigation. This leading personality is responsible for maintaining good order and discipline on board but above all must protect the safety of the aircraft and its occupants during the flight.

His or her rights and responsibilities are dealt with ...

Tweejaarlijks geactualiseerde collegebundel met de belangrijkste wetgeving, verdragen, VN-resoluties en Nederlandse en internationale jurisprudentie op het gebied van het internationaal (publiek) recht. Geschikt voor zowel bachelor- als masteropleidingen. Het merendeel van de opgenomen teksten is in de Engelse taal. De bundel is samengesteld door het T.M.C. Asser Instituut in samenwerking met docenten van rechtenfaculteiten in Nederland.

Biennially updated collection of the most important leg...

De UvA-studenteneditie Internationaal en Europees recht bestaat uit een aantal geselecteerde hoofdstukken uit Kern van het internationaal publiekrecht (negende druk, ISBN 978-94-6290-912-0) en Kern van het Europees recht (tweede druk, ISBN 978-94-6290-913-7) en wordt gebruikt in het onderwijs aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam.

De hoofdstuknummering en verwijzingen zijn ongewijzigd gebleven. Dit betekent dat er verwijzingen zijn naar hoofdstukken uit de boeken die niet in deze uitgave zijn opg...

This book acts as a guide to companies doing business with parties in the European Union. It provides the reader with answers to key questions of private international law. When and under which conditions can the court(s) of an EU Member State assume jurisdiction and which law will be applied? Will the resulting judgment be recognised and enforced in other EU Member States?

In addition to a general explanation of the system of private international law in the EU Member States, the book provid...

Dit boek behandelt in extenso alle juridische aspecten verbonden met het gebruik van binnenwateren voor scheepvaartdoeleinden, met name door binnenschepen. Zowel publiekrechtelijke als privaatrechtelijke vraagstukken komen daarbij aan de orde.“Het voorliggende werk is monumentaal, niet enkel in omvang maar vooral naar inhoud. Mij is geen andere wetenschappelijke bijdrage bekend die op een zodanig alomvattende wijze het rivierenrecht situeert en analyseert en er eveneens in slaagt om het op ...

Saskia Sassen on her lecture 'A Third Emergent Migrant Subject Unrecognized in Law: Refugees from ‘Development’':

‘There is an emergent type of migrant not formally recognised in law. She is a kind of refugee, but not of war. Rather this is a refugee from particular forms of economic development that not only cause environmental destruction but also have expelled millions of rural smallholders from their land over the last few years.

They include mining, plantations, land grabs to expan...

Martti Koskenniemi on his lecture 'International Law and the Far Right: Reflections on Law and Cynicism':

‘Since the emergence of the profession in the 1870s, international lawyers have lent themselves to supporting various political projects, from ruling of empire to decolonisation, from supporting national self-determination to arguing in favour of global governance of the transnational economy. They have celebrated sovereignty and supported human rights.

The recent backlash against glob...

Anne Orford on her lecture 'International Law and the Social Question':

‘While international law has played a central role in creating the conditions for market liberalization on a global scale, many international lawyers have paid less attention to the social question - that is, the question of who is able to participate in political decision-making about economic relations and property rights.

The current moment of perceived backlash to international law and institutions offers an opport...

The Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law comprises a collection of articles written mainly by Hungarian authors, covering developments in the field of international law and EU law, and progress in the domestic implementation and application of these fields of law. The thematic chapter of Vol. 11 (2023) deals with the past, present, and future of Union citizenship, while the Anniversary section is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the International Law...