The paper aims to analyse and compare the interpretative function of legislative history in the judicial activity of the European Court of Justice and Polish courts. The authors
have analysed judgments of the respective courts, focusing on the role of legislative history in their argumentation. [...]
The study begins by discussing the present state of affairs involving Romanian cases submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, to which Romania is a party, especially
considering the overwhelming number of requests submitted, the position adopted by the Court in its relevant pilot judgments, the relative state of delay with which [...]
The dignity owed to every person should not cease with death.1 The processes by which individuals and societies across cultures and religions care for, honour and mourn their
dead provide the necessary closure to families and their communities. When this is disrupted through improper protection and/or disrespectful treatment of the dead, [...]
Background The Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC) provides a basis for nation states to limit the political effects of tobacco industry philanthropy, yet progress
in this area is limited. This paper aims to integrate the findings of previous studies on tobacco industry philanthropy with a new analysis of British American Tobacco's [...]
Article considers whether a new tort of inducing a breach of trust would be a welcome development in English law. Such a new tort would inevitably have similar characteristics
to the existing tort of inducing a breach of contract namely, that the defendant (1) acted with the requisite knowledge of the existence of a trust and (2) deliberately [...]
This chapter will address the social and legal problems of transmission of digital assets on death. It questions whether existing well-known systems of laws and norms for transmission
of property and assets on death are fit for the purpose of bequeathing the new “digital assets”. [...]
Sport is a strategic asset in fostering national integration and strengthening social capital due to its inherently democratic nature, prioritizing brotherhood even amidst
intense competition on the field. The fundamental values that often save a nation from disunity are deliberation and consensus, and problems in sport are ideally [...]
There are many problems found in the civil aspect these days, which are diverse and complex, so comprehensive arrangements are needed to fulfil all civil rights in humans as
one of the subjects of civil law. This research will specifically discuss the state of Afwezigheid as a shareholder of a limited liability company where the assets [...]
The United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) is both a relatively new institution, established in 2009, and an old institution, inheriting many of the practices of the Appellate
Committee of the House of Lords. The creation of the Court was accompanied by a debate – which has continued since the Court's creation – about the extent to [...]
We welcome the prospect of Guidelines on Article 102 TFEU and endorse the stated aims of the Draft Guidelines (ie, enhancing legal certainty, helping undertakings to self-assess,
and guiding the National Courts and National Competition Authorities). From an economics perspective, we also welcome the possible use of rebuttable presumptions [...]
