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Dilemmas beyond Bars
A realist evaluation of an ethics training program for prison officers in two Belgian prisons
2023 || Paperback || Milou Van Dijk || Eleven international publishing
Prison officers have been described as key determinants of the prison experience for prisoners, yet up until recently this occupational group was largely ignored in academic research. Although society often sees prison officers simply as ‘keepers of the keys’, the existing research has shown the job to be much more complex.
In this book, the author explores an element of the prison officer’s job that is still understudied: the existence of ethical dilemmas. In doing so, this book highli...
Effective Cross-Border Pension Information in the Face of Multi-Level Legal Systems
2023 || Paperback || S.P.M. Kramer || Eleven international publishing
A growing number of mobile individuals, who take advantage of their European freedoms of movement, face a lack of comprehensive pension information. This obstacle can hinder those who need pension information the most in making well-informed retirement decisions, which are crucial given the ongoing importance of a sufficient pension across Europe. This book investigates the fitness of regulatory frameworks at national (Netherlands and Germany), European, and international levels governing the...
Implementation of the EU Preventive Restructuring Directive
2023 || Paperback || G.J. Boon e.a. || Eleven international publishing
In 2019, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Preventive Restructuring Directive (2019/1023), providing for minimum harmonisation of, among others, preventive restructuring frameworks (PRF). This book provides in-depth analyses of its implementation in seven European countries: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Whereas Member States of the European Union were under a duty to complete implementation by July 2022, the United Kingd...
Constitutions Compared / 7th edition
An Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law
2023 || Paperback || Aalt Willem Heringa || Eleven international publishing
The seventh edition of this widely utilized handbook provides a user-friendly and original and innovative introduction to comparative constitutional law, with specific reference to liberal democracies and states under the rule of law. For each area of constitutional law of such systems, a general introduction and a comparative overview is provided, followed by more detailed country chapters on that specific area. Though the book focusses extensively on selected countries, references to other ...
Rule of Law: Sustainability and Mutual Trust in a Transforming Europe
2023 || Paperback || Petra Bárd || Eleven international publishing
The book is the extended version of the inaugural lecture given by Professor Petra Bárd on 21 September 2023 on the occasion of her taking up the Chair in Sustainable Rule of Law at the Research Centre for State and Law (SteR) in the Faculty of Law at Radboud University, Nijmegen.
Professor Bárd places the specific manifestation of rule of law deficiencies in the evolution of European criminal justice within a broader constitutional context. She has led the way in reframing the academic and...
Child-friendly Justice in Child Custody and Contact Cases after Parental Separation
An empirical-evaluative study of Belgian law and Flemish practice
2023 || Hardcover || Evelyn Merckx || Eleven international publishing
Nowadays, many children have to live with the repercussions of their parents’ decision to separate. Following that decision, arrangements on the children’s residence and visitation rights with a parent become necessary. These arrangements are often made during a time of emotional tribulation, when children are struggling to find a new balance. Generally, parents turn to the legal system to handle their separation or to manage conflicts that arise. However, these legal proceedings can beco...
EU youth justice
The personal scope of EU criminal law and the diversity of youth justice systems
2023 || Hardcover || Jantien Leenknecht || Eleven international publishing
Minors can be involved in judicial proceedings of a different Member State when they have – allegedly – committed an offence within the EU. Whereas the EU has developed instruments to facilitate cooperation between Member States in criminal matters, no specific instruments exist to deal with cross-border youth justice cases. This book assesses to what extent it is possible and feasible to develop EU cooperation in youth justice matters.
In EU youth justice: The personal scope of EU crimin...
Legality and Other Requirements for Sentencing / Légalité et autres exigences en matière de condamnation
2023 || Hardcover || Piet Hein van Kempen e.a. || Eleven international publishing
All over the world, governments impose punishments on their citizens for transgressions of the criminal law. Consensus exists that this sanctioning should be in accordance with the principle of legality and the rule of law. However, governments around the world struggle with providing foreseeability and non-arbitrariness in their sentencing systems. This continuous struggle raises the question how - and to what extent - foreseeability and non-arbitrariness must be guaranteed. Not only in rela...
Teaching for Impact
Critical thinking, Creative thinking and ACT Responsibility as defining features of contemporary Bildung in Academic Law Schools
2023 || Hardcover || Hedwig van Rossum || Eleven international publishing
Today’s global society – with its fast technological developments, unlimited choice, uncertainty and complexity – requires new knowledge, dispositions and abilities from academically educated legal professionals. This challenges academic legal education to reconsider its theoretical foundations, aims, curriculum and pedagogy.
This research explores how educators in legal education can contribute to the academic development of law students in contemporary times. A reinterpretation of the...
Hungarian Yearbook of International Law and European Law 2023
2023 || Hardcover || Marcel Szabó e.a. || Eleven international publishing
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...