This book analyses in a comprehensive manner the phenomenon of 'public interest' in different areas of law, both public and private. The contributions focus on the definition of public interest and the distinction between public and private interest. Further, they define the relevant 'public' and investigate the weight of public interest in case of conflict with other considerations and the legal consequences of its breach.

This book examines the legal and societal challenges facing ageing nations in Europe. With a focus on informal care, it poses the question of how, in light of historical and socio-demographic changes, we can take care of our elderly.

Compensation funds are redress structures that compensate victims of accidents and other misfortune where tort, insurance and social security frameworks are unavailable or inapplicable. Their undefined nature raises important legal questions that have not yet been fully answered. This book contrasts and analyses both well-known and lesser known compensation funds in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, and the United ...

This book provides for a comprehensive overview of the various areas of European labour law: fundamental rights, free movement of workers and posting, equal treatment, a-typical forms of employment, collective bargaining and collective agreements, restructuring of enterprises and health and safety.

Hoe zit het met kennelijk onredelijk ontslag en rechtsmisbruik in het nieuwe stelsel? Wanneer en hoe moet het ontslag gemotiveerd worden? Heeft een vordering effectief kans op slagen? Hoe gaan de arbeidsrechtbanken om met de “marginale toetsing” en hoe groot zijn de toegekende vergoedingen? De auteurs maken in kort bestek een eerste balans op, waarbij zij de kern van de nieuwe hervorming bespreken aan de hand van meer dan tachtig ongepublicee...

A carefully selected and rigourously peer reviewed set of papers from the ‘Equal is not Enough’ conference hosted at Antwerp University in February 2015.

This book discusses the issue of these links and, more specifically, the question of how EU law defines the link needed to obtain the right to reside in a Member State and the right to social and employment protection in that State.

This book gives an overall picture of the principles of Belgian labour law, i.e. employment law as well as industrial relations law. The authors not only describe and analyse the legal aspects of labour relations, but also indicate developing trends in Belgium.

Deze bundel bevat vijf bijdragen naar aanleiding van presentaties tijdens de Alumnidag nr. 3 van de Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid van de UGent.