The book focuses on the development of marriage law in Ireland from 1937 to the present day, raising broader questions about the appropriate role of law in establishing, preserving and developing inclusive social understandings of marriage.

This volume investigates how the post-crisis supervisory regime of the EU and the Eurozone impacts on bank managers’ duties and on market transactions: in their relationship to the large range of stakeholders, including the public as such, in current lending and investment transactions, in the phase of recovery and resolution (with bail-ins triggering changes of contractual rights), but also in adjudication, namely in banking related ADR schemes.

This book deals with the current trend in investor-state arbitration, with a focus on the African continent. It looks more specifically at the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and discusses how it can reshape the investor-state dispute system on the continent.

One of the greatest contributions of the twentieth century was undoubtedly the expansion of the concept of culture. One of the consequences of the amplification of the notion of culture was that it permeated all social disciplines, and law was evidently no exception. Research into law and culture was somewhat belated but has recently yielded a multitude of interesting literature and relevant inquiries. This important volume brings together med...

Het derde boek in de reeks Handboek Estate Planning* behandelt het onderwerp Rechtspersoon en levensverzekering.
*Bijzondere reeksprijs:
bestel tegelijk met dit deel III ook deel I (Relatievermogensrecht) + deel II (Erfrecht...

Dit proefschrift zet uitgebreid uiteen hoe het ideaalbeeld van het duaal federalisme (autonomie, nevenschikking en exclusiviteit) botst op de toegenomen complexiteit en verwevenheid van de hedendaagse overheidsbeleid. In verschillende beleidsdomeinen wordt het exclusiviteitsbeginsel niet strikt toegepast, waardoor een zekere mate van de facto bevoegdheidssamenloop ontstaat. Om die samenloop theoretisch te omkaderen stelt dit proefschrift ee...

The book explores the present and future of shareholder activism in Belgium. Old and new forms of activism will be presented and situated in their financial and legal context. This will help readers understand whether shareholder activism can be a boon or a curse for sustainable value creation.

As contemporary legal regulation becomes more and more complex, the law becomes more fragmented. This book puts forward recommendations to promote the systemic nature of law. In addition to pro-systemic legal arguments, the book focuses on the foundations of law formed by underlying principles and values.

This book provides an understanding of how States around the world, whether in the Global North or the Global South, deal with and organize the religious, ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity within them and how, in the same vein, they deal with the plurality of opinions and legal systems.