European Health Law is the most authoritative guide to the subject. Written by leading experts in health law, this book offers an in depth review of the main themes in European health law, from patients' rights and duties, the role of health professionals, and health care financing and rationing, to public health and health related issues, such as occupational health and environmental health. An unparalleled resource for students and practitioners, this is the book you need on European health...

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...

Het Internationaal Verdrag inzake de Rechten van het Kind (IVRK) is in Nederland in werking getreden op 8 maart 1995, 17 jaar geleden. Op basis van artikel 44 IVRK bestaat daarmee voor Nederland de verplichting om iedere vijf jaar verslag uit te brengen over de genomen maatregelen 'die uitvoering geven aan de in het Verdrag erkende rechten, alsmede over de vooruitgang die is geboekt ten aan zien van het genot van die rechten'. De ontwikkelingen in jurisprudentie maken tevens deel uit van deze...

In the multi-level legal order, it is not unusual for a legal relationship between private parties to be governed by multiple Union rules on, for instance, non-discrimination, free movement, competition and the internal market more broadly. Nor is it uncommon that, on the face of it, national private law creates rights and duties as well. In such situations of concurrence, the question that arises is whether the interested party may elect the rule of his choice. Is he entitled to choose the r...

EU Member States must continually review their anti-corruption policy and regulation to ensure that they provide effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal penalties to protect the financial interests of the EU. Best practices from other countries can provide guidance. The US practice of negotiated settlements for corruption offences has proven to be of growing importance and the spread of such settlements as a mechanism for anti-corruption enforcement in other countries raises the ques...

Money laundering is criminalised virtually all around the world and has been a law enforcement priority since the early 1990s. The international nature of money laundering, combined with estimations on the scope and the distorting effects it may bring about, make it a grave danger to society due to its strong interaction with organised drugs and white-collar crime. Over the years a 'twin-track approach'has been developed, aiming at the prevention of money laundering on the one hand, and punis...

By drawing from her research on ethnic profiling, crimmigration and counterterrorism legislation, Van der Woude illustrates the key role that discretion has in various criminal justice matters, as well as emphasizing the need to view and research discretion as an interdisciplinary concept.

Whereas discretion is considered necessary for the proper and efficient functioning of the criminal justice system, it is more often seen as a problem for legal and public policy due to its potential for in...