Law, Rights and Childhood: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Implementation in Bhutan
Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. W. (2024)
Law, Rights and Childhood: United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and Its Implementation in Bhutan. In S. Kumagai, M. Álvarez Ortega, F. Pommaret, & A. Balikci Denjongpa (Eds.), Traditional Neighbours, Different Modernities (461-481). Kyoto, Japan: Trans Pacific Press
Vulnerability and Private International Law: Mapping a Normative Approach Towards Asymmetrical Substantive Equality
Book Chapter
Gillies, L. (2024)
Vulnerability and Private International Law: Mapping a Normative Approach Towards Asymmetrical Substantive Equality. In J. Borg-Barthet, K. Trimmings, B. Yüksel Ripley, & P. Živkovic (Eds.), From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen. London: Bloomsbury Publishing
The first two decades of this century have already witnessed an increasing range of inequalities between individuals across borders. These inequalities are socio-legal or soc...
Introduction: Convergence and Divergence in Times of Crisis
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024)
Introduction: Convergence and Divergence in Times of Crisis. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (1-11). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_1
While legal harmonisation/convergence is considered to be one of the most influential theses in the discipline of law, the law of harmonisation is full of paradoxes. On the on...
Harmonisation and European Integration in Times of Crisis
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024)
Harmonisation and European Integration in Times of Crisis. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (255-276). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_14
Globalisation, generally, and European integration, more specifically, have led to calls for the minimisation of legal diversity which can result in transaction costs and the ...
Terminology
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2024)
Terminology. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (15-25). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_2
This chapter presents the background and framework of the book. It defines key terms, concepts and phenomena relating to the discussions in this volume, such as crisis, global...
The Vita Cragii of James Baillie
Book Chapter
Dodd, L. (2020)
The Vita Cragii of James Baillie. In A. M. Godfrey (Ed.), Miscellany VIII (265-283). Edinburgh: Stair Society. https://doi.org/10.36098/stairsoc/misc8.7
A Latin edition and annotated English translation of the advocate James Baillie's 1732 biography of Thomas Craig.
National Report for France
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2019)
National Report for France. In J. Chuah, & E. Vaccari (Eds.), Executory Contracts in Insolvency Law: A Global Guide (226-247). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788115520.00018
In France, companies encountering financial difficulties are offered two paths to deal with their distress: liquidation or restructuring. The French insolvency test is a pure ...
Thrims khang and the Setting of Justice: the spatial evolution of the Bhutanese Court of Justice
Book Chapter
Whitecross, R. (2018)
Thrims khang and the Setting of Justice: the spatial evolution of the Bhutanese Court of Justice. In S. Kumagai (Ed.), Buddhism, Culture and Society in BhutanNepal: Vajra Books/ Vajra Publications
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Realizing the objectives of public international environmental law through private contracts: the need for a dialogue with private international law scholars
Book Chapter
Morgera, E., & Gillies, L. (2018)
Realizing the objectives of public international environmental law through private contracts: the need for a dialogue with private international law scholars. In V. Ruiz Abou-Nigm, K. McCall-Smith, & D. French (Eds.), Linkages and Boundaries in Public and Private International Law (175-198). London: Hart: Bloomsbury. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509918652.ch-008
This chapter maps little-studied interactions between public and private international law by comparing experiences in using private contracts to specify the meaning of intern...
Time to Renew the Debate on Cross-Border Insolvency Law: Out with Theoretical Ideals, In With Pragmatism
Book Chapter
Ghio, E. (2017)
Time to Renew the Debate on Cross-Border Insolvency Law: Out with Theoretical Ideals, In With Pragmatism. In Harmonisation of European Insolvency Law: Papers from the INSOL Europe Academic Forum Annual Conference, Cascais, Portugal, 21-23 Sep 2016 (173-183). Nottingham: INSOL Europe
Over the last couple of decades, academics have vigorously debated which approach to cross-border insolvency is best. The debate usually centers on questions of predictability...