In this book, which is part of the book series of the Common Core of European Private Law, reporters consider legal institutions that allow persons who have occupied private or public land of others to acquire that land through mere long-term use.

The book deals with topical issues in the ongoing process of harmonisation in the fields of environmental and energy law. Applying critical perspectives, the contributors address a broad array of issues ranging from more general concepts and processes of harmonisation to more specific applications with regard to the domains of environmental and energy law.

This volume covers the complete scope of European employment law: its foundations in EU primary law and its various sources in EU secondary legislation, as well as the growing body of case law of the European Court of Justice.

Bailiffs play an important role in the enforcement of court orders. They are part of the state machinery for the transfer of assets from debtors to creditors and for evictions. This book investigates the surprising differences in bailiff regulation across Europe and questions how far governments take adequate responsibility for enforcement action.

Het boek is een eerbetoon aan prof. dr. Anne-Marie Van den Bossche vanuit de Onderzoeksgroep Onderneming & Recht (Universiteit Antwerpen), waarvan zij meerdere jaren woordvoerder was. Het bundelt bijdragen over actuele mededingingsrechtelijke thema’s. Naar aanleiding van de publicatie van dit boek organiseert de rechtsfaculteit van de Universiteit Antwerpen een academische zitting op donderdag 18 november 2021. Voorafgaand aan deze academis...

This book deals with the subject of treaty making in federations. First, a theoretical framework is developed, addressing the question of which level(s) of government should possess treaty making power. Second, the current legal framework is analyzed from three perspectives: international, European and comparative domestic. Third, the theory developed is put to the practical test and an assessment is made regarding the making of tax treaties i...

The book deals with the phenomenon of platform work and contains national reports (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom), other more transversal reports dealing with the issue of fundamental (collective) workers' rights, as well as the applicable European legal framework. The idea of the book is to underline differences and similarities between the Member States' Systems and the UK System and to under...

This fourth edition explains European criminal law as a multi-level field of law, in which the EU has a normative influence on all criminal proceedings, but also on aspects of substantive criminal law and on the co-operation between Member States. It analyses the contours of the emerging criminal justice system of the EU and presents a coherent picture of the legislation enacted, the case law on EU level and its influence on the national crimi...

The book deals with the impact of EU law on private relations. While EU law has principally developed through vertical relations of the Union and its Member States with private persons, its foundations, principles and enforcement mechanisms are increasingly affecting the growing body of EU law governing horizontal relations between individuals and undertakings. The results are sometimes unexpected and sometimes inappropriate.