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15-05-2013: Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law Martha A. Fineman will receive an honorary juris doctor degree from Sweden’s University of Lund, in recognition of exemplary work in the study of feminist and family law.
 The degree will be presented at the university’s May 31 doctoral promotion ceremony.
"Fineman's work during her long scholarship has been of great importance for jurisprudence at the international level, particularly in feminist legal theory. Within this discipline, she is world renowned," according to the law faculty’s statement in support of the award.
Martha A. Fineman in editor of the book Feminist Perspectives on Transitional Justice
28-03-2013: Intersentia signs new distribution agreements for the UK, Ireland and China.
Effective 1 April 2013, Intersentia publications will be distributed in the United Kingdom and Ireland by NBN International and by Inspirees in China, Hong Kong and Macau.
For more information, please click here.
30-01-2013: Fifth conference of the Commission on European Family Law (CEFL)
The CEFL will hold its fifth conference from August 29 to August 31 in Bonn Germany.
The conference focuses on family law and culture in Europe:developments, challenges and opportunities.
More information can be found on the CEFL's website.
17-01-2013: EJSS Best Paper Prize
The Foundation for International Studies on Social Security (FISS), together with the European Journal of Social Security (EJSS) and Intersentia awarded the 2012 EJSS Best Paper Prize to
- W. Van Lancker for the paper Is a child-centred investment strategy bound to fail? Evidence for the EU 27 and
- D. de Vaus, M. Gray, L. Qu and D. Stanton The economic of divorce and implications for the Australian social protection system.
Both papers willl be published in the 2013 volume of EJSS.
For more information on the journal, please click here.
Calendar
Each year, Intersentia attends several international conferences and seminars. Calendar and more information....
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 | | The Constitutional Relevance of the ECHR in Domestic and European Law
Giorgio Repetto (ed.)
In recent years the European Convention on Human Rights gained unexpected relevance in the European constitutional culture. On the one hand its increasing importance is closely linked to institutional reforms that strengthened the European Court of Human Rights� reputation vis-�-vis the Member States. On the other hand, and even more importantly, the ECHR�s significance arises from a changing perception of its constitutional potential. This volume examines the different facets of the ECHR�s constitutional relevance by separating the ECHR�s role as a �factor of Europeanisation� for national constitutional systems from its role as a veritable European transnational constitution in the field of human rights.
Read more | |  | | Rethinking the New York Convention
Shen Wei
The New York Convention is regarded as one of the most successful treaties in the past fifty-five years in the field of transnational business law, more specifically, international commercial arbitration. Its simplicity and brevity in wording but complexity and diversity in application have triggered endless discussions, debates and writings. Rethinking the New York Convention – A Law and Economics Approach for the first time offers a unique jurisprudence-oriented analysis by applying two major analytic approaches, namely, Darwinian legal theory and game theory.
Read more | |  | | Preventive Detention: Asking the Fundamental Questions
Patrick Keyzer (ed.)
In any society some people pose a risk to others. For hundreds of years preventive detention has been authorised by governments to ensure people are available for criminal proceedings (e.g. remand), in the mental health area, for quarantine, for inebriates, enemy aliens and sexual predators. This book asks and answers some of the fundamental questions about these regimes.
Read more | |  | | Feminist Perspectives on Transitional Justice
Martha Albertson Fineman (ed.), Estelle Zinsstag (ed.)
This book offers some insights into women’s perspectives and feminist views on the topic of transitional justice or ‘justice in transition’. Bringing feminism into the conversation, expands the possibilities for a transformative justice approach after a period of conflict or insecurity, not by replacing it with feminist theory, but by broadening the scope and vision of the potential responses.
Read more | |  | | Actus Reus and Participation in European Criminal Law
Johannes Keiler
With the coming into force of the Treaty of Lisbon the competences of the European Union in the realm of criminal law have greatly expanded. The Union, in a multitude of legislative instruments, requires its Member States to criminalize a big variety of harmful conducts. Although the Union frequently refers to conduct, attempt and participation in its legislation, it fails to determine what these concepts should denote to. This book fills this lacuna by establishing what actus reus and rules on participation should look like in European criminal law.
Read more | |  | | Remedial Secession
Simone van den Driest
It is increasingly suggested in literature that a right to unilateral secession, stemming from the right to self-determination of peoples, may arise as ultimum remedium in case of serious injustices suffered by a people. This book examines the conventional content and meaning of the right to self-determination and scrutinizes whether the various sources of international law disclose (traces of) a right to remedial secession.
Read more | |  | | National Human Rights Institutions and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Eva Brems (ed.), Gauthier de Beco (ed.), Wouter Vandenhole (ed.)
This volume brings together insights and experiences from across the world on the actual and potential role of national human rights institutions with respect to economic, social and cultural rights.
Read more | |  | | A Commitment to Private International Law
Permanent Bureau of the HccH (ed.)
Since joining the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1978, Hans van Loon has been at the forefront of private international law for well over a quarter of a century. This Liber Amicorum is a collection of contributions from friends and colleagues.
Read more | |  | | Of Bills and Rights
Gijsbert ter Kuile
This books asks the question how consideration is given to the human rights compatibility of parliamentary legislation? It concentrates on the institutional legislative processes of the UK and the Netherlands , with their formal procedures and formal institutions.
Read more | |  | | EU Sanctions: Law and Policy Issues Concerning Restrictive Measures
Iain Cameron (ed.)
The famous "Kadi" cases have generated a wealth of articles dealing with the legal problems involved in EU implementation of UN Security Council sanctions. Less attention has been devoted to the numerous legal problems involved in the EU’s own “autonomous” sanctions system. The subject is nevertheless topical since there is a growing use of sanctions and the legal basis for sanctions has been changed with the Lisbon treaty. The essays in this book, written by distinguished scholars in their respective fields, deal with some of these issues.
Read more | |  | | Law and Security in Europe: Reconsidering the Security Constitution
Massimo Fichera (ed.), Jens Kremer (ed.)
In this book, the authors analyse the ambiguity of the notion of security and its tendency to expand and affect simultaneously different fields of law. More specifically, they address the militarisation of the fight against terrorism, the distinction between administrative and penal sanctions, the limits of intelligence activities and the scope of criminalisation.
Read more | |  | | Moral Foundations of American Law
Geoffrey C. Hazard Jr., Douglas W. Pinto Jr.
This excellent book is about Western morality as it interacts with law. The authors examine the history and great diversity of Western thought, the substance of moral ideas, ranging from the ancients to the new old order of the New World. Hazard and Pinto see the various voices articulating moral, political and legal thought as “pregnant with future relevance” for practical decision-making.
Read more | |  | | The Justiciability of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the African Regional Human Rights System
Sisay Alemahu Yeshanew
Underscoring the generally poor socio-economic conditions in most African states, this book argues that the justiciability of ESC rights in the African regional human rights system plays a subsidiary role in ensuring social justice and the accountability of public authorities in the states of the continent. It marries theory and practice relating to the normative, institutional and procedural aspects of the justiciability of ESC rights in exploring the actual and potential relevance of the African human rights system to the amelioration of impoverishment, disease, illiteracy, homelessness, starvation, marginalization and other related problems that may be framed in terms of violation of ESC rights.
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 | Andrews on Civil Processes (vol.1&2)
Neil H. Andrews
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Andrews on Civil Processes is a fresh and stimulating examination of Civil Justice, embracing court proceedings, mediation, and arbitration. The ... Read more | |
 | National Human Rights Institutions in Europe
Jan Wouters (ed.), Katrien Meuwissen (ed.)
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Over the past twenty years, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) have moved from the periphery to the centre of the human rights debate. The ... Read more | |
 | National Constitutional Identity and European Integration
Alejandro Saiz Arnaiz (ed.), Carina Alcoberro Llivina (ed.)
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‘National constitutional identity’ has become the new ‘buzz word’ in European constitutionalism over the past few years. ... Read more | |
 | EU Law and the Development of a Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy Policy
Bram Delvaux
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The energy and climate change challenge is one of the greatest tests which the EU and its Member States are facing. The need to deliver the triple ... Read more | |
 | Civil and Commercial Mediation in Europe, vol. II
Carlos Esplugues Mota (ed.)
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Mediation is becoming an increasingly important tool for resolving civil and commercial disputes. The European Directive 2008/52/EC of the European ... Read more | |
 | Principles of European Family Law Regarding Property Relations Between Spouses
Katharina Boele-Woelki, Frédérique Ferrand, Cristina González-Beilfuss, Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg, Nigel Lowe, Dieter Martiny, Walter Pintens
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This book contains the Principles of European Family Law regarding Property Relations between Spouses. In these Principles, the CEFL has developed ... Read more | |
 | Family Law and Culture in Europe: Developments, Challenges and Opportunities
Katharina Boele-Woelki (ed.), Nina Dethloff (ed.)
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This volume focuses on comparative and international family law in Europe in their respective cultural contexts. The interventions address the new ... Read more | |
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