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06-01-2012: Two Intersentia publications received a special mention from the Jury of the Max van der Stoel Human Rights Award 2011
On December 9, 2011, the annual Max van der Stoel Human Rights Awards were presented. Both Christophe Paulussen and Steven Dewulf received a special mention for their book.
For more information and an excerpt from the Jury report of Male Captus, Bene Detentus? by Christophe Paulussen, please click here.
For more information and an excerpt from the Jury report of The Signature of Evil by Steven Dewulf, please click here.
18-11-2011: Intersentia author awarded prestigious research prize
On November 17, it was announced that professor Katharina Boele-Woelki is one of the seven international scholars to receive the first Anneliese Maier Research Prize. Read on….
Together with the Commission on European Family Law she is the driving force behind our much appraised European Family Law series.
01-09-2011: Rodrigo Momberg Uribe has been awarded the first prize in the Clive M. Schmitthoff Essay Competition. The competition is a joint organisation of The Pace Institute of International Commercial Law (USA) and the Centre for Commercial Law Studies of Queen Mary University of London (UK).
Dr. Momberg Uribe was awarded the prize for his essay based on his PhD The effect of a change of circumstances on the binding force of contracts - Comparative perspectives published by Intersentia.
For more information on the book, please click here.
Calendar
Each year, Intersentia attends several international conferences and seminars. Calendar and more information....
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 | | The Draft Common Frame of Reference: national and comparative perspectives
Vincent Sagaert (ed.), Matthias E. Storme (ed.), Evelyne Terryn (ed.)
The Draft Common Frame of Reference is the result of more than 25 years of academic research on European private law, and was published in October 2009. Against this background, this book presents and critically analyses the DCFR, and situates it in relation to current Belgian and European private law.
Read more | | |  | | Public Forgiveness in Post-Conflict Contexts
Bas van Stokkom (ed.), Neelke Doorn (ed.), Paul van Tongeren (ed.)
There seems to be a pervasive trend towards public apologies, forms of national introspection and appeals to grant forgiveness. This book discusses the role of forgiveness within processes of peace building and transitional justice. Does ‘forgiveness’ enable a public or political use of the term? Is it possible to forgive on behalf of others, and if so, under what conditions? These conceptual questions are related to reflections on the cultural and religious contexts of expressing forgiveness.
Read more | | |  | | Critical Perspectives in Transitional Justice
Nicola Palmer (ed.), Phil Clark (ed.), Danielle Granville (ed.)
In the last twenty years, the field of transitional justice has gone from being a peripheral concern to an ubiquitous feature of societies recovering from mass conflict or repressive rule. The sprawl of transitional justice, however, has not always produced concepts and practices that are theoretically sound and grounded in the empirical realities of the societies in question. Critical Perspectives in Transitional Justice takes stock of this burgeoning field and, in gathering the views of scholars and practitioners from a wide range of national and methodological backgrounds, explores the key concerns with current trends in transitional justice:
Read more | | |  | | The Power of Punitive Damages
Lotte Meurkens (ed.), Emily Nordin (ed.)
In their search for better ways to enforce private and public legal rules, prevent damage, and compensate victims of grave wrongdoing, European legal scholars and policy makers show increased interest in this particular private law remedy. The twenty-two authors of this book reflect on the pros and cons, applicability, aims, and limitations of punitive damages in terms of different legal themes.
Read more | | |  | | The European Court of Justice and the Autonomy of the Member States
Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz (ed.), Bruno De Witte (ed.)
Recently the ECJ has been criticized by leading politicians, national judges and legal academics for unduly extending the scope of EU law and overstepping its own jurisdiction, to the detriment of the reserved competences or (more broadly) the political autonomy of the member states. This volume seeks to address this question from a scholarly perspective, by collecting and confronting the views of leading specialists of EU law examining the ECJ’s recent role.
Read more | | |  | | The Changing Role of the European Council in the Institutional Framework of the European Union
Frederic Eggermont
This book answers two questions: what is the relationship between the European Council and the other EU institutions and what are the various roles of the European Council in the EU decision-making process?
Read more | | |  | | Reconstructing Marriage
Caroline Sörgjerd
In Reconstructing Marriage - The Legal Status of Relationships in a Changing Society Caroline Sörgjerd explores the essence of the institution of marriage: what is the meaning of marriage today, how has marriage been influenced by the legal recognition of new cohabitation models and what should be the role of the institution of marriage in the future?
Read more | | |  | | European Criminal Law, 2nd edition
André Klip
European criminal law is explained as a multi-level field of law, in which the European Union has a normative influence on substantive criminal law, criminal procedure and on the co-operation between Member States. This book aims to describe the contours of the emerging criminal justice system of the European Union and to present a coherent picture of the legislation enacted and the case law on European Union level and its influence on national criminal law and criminal procedure.
Read more | | |  | | Materials on European Criminal Law
André Klip (ed.)
Materials on European Criminal Law is a collection of legal instruments including all legal materials that are relevant for the practice of the Member States of the European Union in one concise volume. It is useful for practitioners, academics and students alike.
Read more | | |  | | Economic Criteria for Criminalization
Katarina Svatikova
This book examines the question why – from an economic perspective – society should enforce certain violations through criminal law, while others through private or administrative law.
Read more | | |  | | Reconciling Privatization with Human Rights
Antenor Hallo de Wolf
Under the influence of globalization many countries have been compelled to privatize the provision of a number of State and public services. This trend has been met with skepticism from the human rights world. In this study, the privatization phenomenon is analyzed with the aim of establishing whether it can be reconciled with the human rights obligations of States..
Read more | | |  | | A Disrupted Balance?
Karin Veegens
Since the 9/11 attacks combating terrorism has gained top priority within Dutch politics. This book discusses the scope of the preventive-oriented Dutch anti-terrorism legislation and its impact on fundamental legal rights and principles of law as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. It analyses criminal liability for terrorist offences and discuses in particular the level of suspicion that is required to apply state powers to prevent acts of terrorism in light of the relevant fundamental legal rights.
Read more | | |  | | Hate Speech Revisited
Marloes van Noorloos
Criminal law on hate speech has become a hotly debated topic in the past decade. How to deal with hate speech in an increasingly pluralist society has become a pressing question. This comparative study deals with how ideas behind the law on hate speech and extreme speech in the Netherlands and England and Wales – including the influence of European and international law – have developed since 2001 and how this can be explained by reference to their historical origins.
Read more | | |  | | Business Valuation
Guy Parmentier, Bart Cuypers
What determines a company’s financial health and what drives company value? This book enables non-specialists to grasp all relevant financial information using tools that allow efficient financial analyses.
Read more | | |  | | New Challenges for the UN Human Rights Machinery
M. Cherif Bassiouni (ed.), William A. Schabas (ed.)
In 2009, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights gave a new impetus to the ongoing discussions on the reform of the UN treaty bodies and the modernization of the UN human rights system. This impressive collection of essays is a response to the High Commissioner’s call, which joins initiatives by other stakeholders, from an academic perspective. The book has two parts: one presents reflections on the Treaty Body System and the second on the Human Rights Council Procedures.
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 | Research Guide to Instruments of European Regional Organizations
Frederic Eggermont, Stefaan Smis
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This research guide focuses on how to find and use instruments of European regional organizations. It is mainly intended to be a practical instrument ... Read more | |
 | The Pursuit of International Criminal Justice
M. Cherif Bassiouni (ed.)
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This publication includes a survey of world conflicts that occurred between 1945 and 2008, the level of victimization they produced, and the subsequent ... Read more | |
 | European Migration Law
Pieter Boeles, Maarten den Heijer, Gerrie Lodder, Kees Wouters
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At present, there is no such thing as a single corpus of binding rules within the European legal order which could be said to embody European migration ... Read more | |
 | Development as a Human Right
Bård A. Andreassen (ed.), Stephen P. Marks (ed.)
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This book explores the meaning and practical implications of the right to development and the related term of human rights-based approaches to development ... Read more | |
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