Het mededingingsrecht behoort tot de kern van het beleid van de Europese Unie. Europese integratie is voor een groot gedeelte marktintegratie. Rivaliteit tussen onderneming in de Europese arena moet leiden tot meer consumentenwelvaart op de interne markt van de EU. De toepassing en handhaving van het EU-mededingingsrecht zijn krachtig ter hand genomen door de Europese Commissie in de loop van de jaren. Toch staan de Europese regels voor de concurrentie niet op zichzelf. Ook de lidstaten hebbe...

This compilation consists of key treaties, secondary legislation and case law in the area of international and European institutional and constitutional law, selected by the Department of international and European Union law of the Erasmus University Rotterdam to use in their bachelor education. The compilation uniquely combines these two areas of law in one single compilation, making it ideal for introductory courses in these fields.

What makes this book furthermore unique and of added value...

Jurisprudentie en documentatie Internationaal publiekrecht bevat een ruime selectie verdragen, resoluties en commentaren van internationale organisaties en internationale en nationale gerechtelijke uitspraken die zien op de toepassing van het internationaal publiekrecht.

De bundel is samengesteld ten behoeve van het onderwijs in het Internationaal Publiekrecht aan de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, waar hij wordt gebruikt in combinatie met het boek Kern van...

This compilation consists of key cases and materials in the area of European Union law, selected by the Department of International and European Union law of the Erasmus University Rotterdam to use in their bachelor education. Core areas of importance covered by this compilation are the four fundamental freedoms (goods, persons, services and capital), fundamental rights and competition law (cartel prohibition, the prohibition to abuse a dominant position and the prohibition of state aid).

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The field of consumer online dispute resolution is going through important developments throughout Europe. New ODR providers are entering the field and a growing number of ADR bodies are relying on digital technologies to resolve consumer complaints. Also, consumers are increasingly resorting to online platforms to achieve redress. ODR has the potential to increase consumers’ access to redress by taking the procedure online. At the same time, the quality of cODR procedures remains a challen...

Diplomacy is a series of crises, and the navigational beacon for a nation is international law. This book is a collection of articles on six selected international legal issues concerning Japan. It addresses various issues, including self-defence, post-war legal issues, chemical weapons, the law of the sea, consular immunities, and hijacking. It is a legal documentary through which the reader can look into the minds of Japanese officials challenged by one crisis after another.

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Integrating Technology into Your Dispute Resolution Practice: Making Friends with the Fourth Party is intended to offer accessible and useful advice for practitioners on how to choose and use information and communication technology in the most effective and ethical manner in the pursuit of mediation, arbitration, facilitation, and other dispute engagement modes. It is the first book to address the practice of online dispute resolution (ODR) from the point of view of the private practitioner....

Robert Spano’s career at the Strasbourg Court is exceptional, as only three and a half years after his arrival, he was elected Section President, then Vice-President of the Court before taking up the post of President on 18 May 2020.

In his role, he has put his untiring energy at the service of the protection of human rights in Europe. While his qualities as a judge were known and appreciated by all his colleagues, as was his inexhaustible knowledge of case-law, during his term as Preside...

Brigid Laffan on her lecture 'Can Collective Power Europe Emerge from Putin’s War?':

‘On 24 February 2022, the post-war international order ended, as did the 1989 peace dividend. A major nuclear power, Russia, invaded its neighbour Ukraine, targeting civilians, reducing urban centres to a rubble and triggering a major displacement of people in Europe. For the European Union (EU) and the wider community of democracies, this is a critical juncture with implications for the security and poli...