Product Description: International investment law is in transition. Whereas the prevailing mindset has always been the protection of the economic interests of individual investors, new developments in international investment law have brought about a paradigm shift...read more

Product Description: Das Völkerrecht unterliegt einem permanenten Wandel; klar strukturierte und verständliche Darstellungen sind selten. Das neue Lehrbuch orientiert sich an einer modernen Didaktik des Völkerrechts und greift neuere Entwicklungen etwa zur Staatenverantwortlichkeit, zu Privaten im Völkerrecht, die neuere Rechtsquellendogmatik und die wachsende Bedeutung des Umweltrechts auf...read more

Product Description: This is the first book ever to assess comprehensively the impact of EU international agreements on services of general interest.Services of general interest remain high on the political and legal agenda of the European Union. However, the debates about the impact of EU law on services of general interest usually focus on internal market law such as the free movement of services, competition law, state aid rules and the law of public procurement...read more

Product Description: The aim of the present volume is to explore the consequences of the impact of the EU rules for the internal market (including the proposed Directive on patients’ rights) and competition on national health care systems. It will also address how related areas, such as EU public procurement law and WTO law, influence national healthcare organisation and Member State autonomy...read more

Product Description: Part one of Volume 4 (2013) of the European Yearbook of International Economic Law offers a special focus on recent developments in international competition policy and law. International competition law has only begun to emerge as a distinct subfield of international economic law in recent years, even though international agreements on competition co-operation date back to the 1970s...read more

Product Description: The EU has limited legislative competence in the field of social law. However, the Member States are increasingly modernizing social services and social (welfare) protection, attempting to make social services more efficient by increasingly looking to the market for the provision of such services...read more

Product Description: Acceding to the World Trade Organization (WTO) entails enormous challenges for developing countries - in particular, the least-developed countries. The challenges include the effects of market opening and international competition on the local economy, as well as fundamental aspects of law and regulatory reform...read more

Product Description: In dem Band wird der Wandel der rechtlichen Strukturen für die Erbringung, Organisation und Finanzierung von öffentlichen Dienstleistungen erläutert. Durch die Verzahnung europarechtlicher Überlegungen mit Untersuchungen des Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsrechts der Mitgliedstaaten wird aufgezeigt, dass europäische und mitgliedsstaatliche Rechtsordnungen zusammenwirken...read more

Product Description: Like tariffs and other border measures, national regulatory barriers impede international trade. Unlike tariffs, however, such barriers usually indicate an important domestic policy choice. This 'conflict of interest' has emerged as a crucial issue in international law, particularly with regard to services, such as telecommunications and health services...read more