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UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

Series Editor: Basil Markesinis, Jörg Fedtke

The UT Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law series aims to publish books covering various aspects of foreign, private, criminal and public law, as well as transnational law. This broad ambition of the series underlines the editorsí belief that in a shrinking world there is a growing need to expand our knowledge of other legal orders ñ national or supernational ñ and to publish books discussing comparative methodology and not merely describing foreign systems.

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Human Rights and the Protection of Privacy in Tort Law

A Comparison between English and German Law

By Hans-Joachim Cremer

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

In its case law, the European Court of Human Rights has acknowledged that national courts are bound to give effect to Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) which sets out the right to private and family life, when they rule on controversies between private individuals. Article...

Published May 7th 2012 by Routledge
Introduction to Spanish Private Law

Facing the Social and Economic Challenges

By Teresa Rodriguez de las Heras Ballell

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

The topics addressed in this book have traditionally been covered in separate publications on civil and commercial law. This dualism of regimes has made it difficult for students and professionals alike to comprehend Spanish private law as a whole. In the past this has led to inefficient...

Published October 5th 2011 by Routledge-Cavendish
The Integration of European Financial Markets

The Regulation of Monetary Obligations

By Noah Vardi

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

The last decade has seen the increasing integration of European financial markets due to a number of factors including the creation of a common regulatory framework, the liberalisation of international capital movements, financial deregulation, advances in technology and the introduction of the...

Published August 16th 2011 by Routledge
Pure Economic Loss

New Horizons in Comparative Law

By Vernon Valentine Palmer, Mauro Bussani

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

Pure economic loss is one of the most-discussed problems in the fields of tort and contract. How do we understand the various differences and similarities between these systems and what is the extent to which there is a common-core of agreement on this question? This book takes a comparative...

Published December 7th 2009 by Routledge-Cavendish
Freedom of Expression

A critical and comparative analysis

By Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

This book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the issues surrounding freedom of expression, looking at the current legal position in a number of European countries as well as engaging with the wider debates on the topic amongst sociologists, political scientists and economists. In the book...

Published August 14th 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish
Human Rights and the Private Sphere

A Comparative Study

Edited by Jorg Fedtke, Dawn Oliver

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

Particularly valuable for both academics and practitioners, Human Rights and the Private Sphere: A Comparative Study, focusing primarily on civil and political rights, analyzes the interaction between constitutional rights and freedoms and private law....

Published June 30th 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish
Civil Disobedience and the German Courts

The Pershing Missile Protests in Comparative Perspective

By Peter E. Quint

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

In the 1980s the West German Peace Movement -- fearing that the stationing of NATO nuclear missiles in Germany threatened an imminent nuclear war in Europe -- engaged in massive protests, including sustained civil disobedience in the form of sit-down demonstrations. Civil Disobedience and the...

Published April 14th 2008 by Routledge-Cavendish
International Negotiation in the Twenty-First Century

By Alain Plantey

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

Never have international relations between nations been so complex as in the current political climate. In this contemporary world international negotiation has become a combination of traditional diplomacy and the modern framework of conferences, multi-party institutions and organizations such as...

Published October 31st 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish
PB Direct Italian Private Law

By Guido Alpa, Vincenzo Zeno-Zencovich

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

The volume offers both a general overview and selected details of Italian private law and its transition from early 20th century legal tradition to a modern legal system based on constitutional values and geared towards European integration. Among the areas presented are family law, succession,...

Published June 20th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish
Judicial Recourse to Foreign Law

A New Source of Inspiration?

By Basil Markesinis, Jorg Fedtke

Series: UT Austin Studies in Foreign and Transnational Law

Accessible and clearly structured, this is the first book to include examinations of public and private law in the discussion about access to foreign laws. With commentaries by an international collection of leading judges in the field, it looks at the practice in a range of countries spread across...

Published April 30th 2007 by Routledge-Cavendish