The Maastricht Collection comprises a broad selection of legal instruments and provisions that have proven to be particularly relevant and useful to students and practitioners of international, European, and comparative law. The compilation is based on the long-standing expertise in teaching and researching European, international, and comparative national law at Maastricht University’s Faculty of Law. It includes codes and statutory legislation from France, Germany, the Netherlands, and th...

Many of the contemporary global environmental problems are rooted in overexploitation of natural resources. This research looks at over-exploitation and a lack of circularity in the context of the agricultural food system. Despite biotechnological methods being available for the recovery of nutrients and organic matter from waste streams, many of these have not yet been applied to their full potential in the EU. The research identifies legislative gaps and analyses how these may be hampering ...

In deze Boom Basics staat het internationaal recht centraal.

De Boom Basics geven je snel inzicht in een rechtsgebied. Door de duidelijke schema’s, de puntsgewijze uitleg en de sprekende voorbeelden kom je direct tot de kern van de zaak. Perfect voor tentamenvoorbereiding of een snelle opfrissing van je kennis!

De Boom Basics zijn bestemd voor studenten die een juridische opleiding volgen aan een universiteit of hogeschool.

In deze Boom Basics staat het Europees recht centraal.

De Boom Basics geven je snel inzicht in een rechtsgebied. Door de duidelijke schema’s, de puntsgewijze uitleg en de sprekende voorbeelden kom je direct tot de kern van de zaak. Perfect voor tentamenvoorbereiding of een snelle opfrissing van je kennis!

De Boom Basics zijn bestemd voor studenten die een juridische opleiding volgen aan een universiteit of hogeschool.

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In Recht door de wolken wordt de interactie tussen internationaal, Europees en nationaal recht geïllustreerd aan de hand van enkele actuele thema’s.

De manieren waarop hoger recht doorwerkt in nationale rechtsordes hangt af van het specifieke rechtssysteem van een land en de aard van de internationale of Europese regelgeving. In rechtsstelsels van EU-lidstaten heeft het Europees recht voorrang op nationaal recht. Dit betekent dat nationale wetten die in strijd zijn met Europees recht niet...

Andrew Murray on his lecture ‘Almost Human: Law and Human Agency in the Time of Artificial Intelligence’:

‘Law is about agency – the human capacity to act independently and to make our own free choices. As Jeremy Webber observes, “Law is consciously created” and is the distillation of the collective agency of a society, group, or culture. The rule of law is the ultimate distillation of this principle: the clear spirit of human choice in the purest form.

However, the process of dat...

All legal texts tell us stories, in many ways. What stories, what narratives, can be found in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union? This book invites the reader to think of the world of EU law as a creative process. From such a perspective, the adjudicative praxis of the Court is an intellectual, cultural, literary activity, in which the reader can imagine him- or herself participating.

The author develops a novel hermeneutic methodology to examine the textual performanc...

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...

An eight-year-old girl goes on a playdate with a school friend on a spring afternoon, and the two children decide to play football in the garden. Unfortunately, the girl accidentally kicks the ball across the hedge, towards the patio of the neighbour, where it hits and breaks a porcelain vase. Should the girl’s parents compensate the neighbour for the repair of the vase? According to French law, they should – parents in France are strictly liable for damage caused by their young children....

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...