Nooit eerder was onze samenleving zo internationaal. Bedrijven werken wereldwijd, winkelrekken zijn gevuld met producten van heinde en verre, mensen reizen als nooit tevoren en onderhouden contacten van Afghanistan tot Zwitserland. Het vreemde was nog nooit zo dichtbij. Ook wie tegenwoordig als jurist werkzaam is, ontsnapt daar niet aan en zal steeds vaker geconfronteerd worden met grens-overschrijdende juridische vraagstukken. Van de jurist van vandaag wordt dan ook verwacht dat hij niet all...

Comparing Law offers you an introduction to comparative law. What iscomparative law? Why do we compare law, and, above all, what methodologydoes comparative law adopt? These and many other questions are discussed ina fi rst part on comparative law as methodology and science. Furthermore, thisbook introduces you to the law of a range of important jurisdictions.

This book covers a selection of European countries, such as the UK, France andGermany. Belgium, the authors' home country, and its nei...

Our society has never been so internationally connected. Companies operate worldwide, retail shelves are filled with products from far and wide, people travel like never before and maintain contacts from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Distant countries have never been so close. Anyone who is practising law today cannot escape this and will increasingly be confronted with cross-border legal issues. Therefore, today’s jurists are expected to have knowledge of their own legal system as well as the l...