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Embedding the Principles of Life Time Contracts
A Research Agenda for Contract Law
Hardcover || Luca Ratti || Eleven international publishing
Following the success of EuSoCo's book, Life Time Contracts: Social Long-term Contracts in Labour, Tenancy and Consumer Credit Law (Eleven, 2014), in which EuSoCo laid out sixteen Principles of Life Time Contracts to apply whenever individuals seek to form or continue such social long-term relationships, in this book, we expand thereon, making the Principles more accessible and useful to practitioners, judges, and even policy makers.
As society depends on individuals being able to meet certai...
Essays on Private and Business Law
a Tribute to Professor Adriaan Dorresteijn
2017 || Hardcover || Harold Koster e.a. || Eleven international publishing
Many companies today face international influences, and many more will follow suit. A scenario that was recognised early on by Prof. Adriaan Dorresteijn (Utrecht University). To honour his innovative research, teachings, and administration work, this Liber Amicorum includes capita selecta of recent business and private law publications. These articles discuss, inter alia, the relationship between mother and daughter companies, the protection ofactors working for companies, cross-border compan...
Discrimination and the Foundation of Justice
Hate Speech, Affirmative Action, Institutional Opinions
2023 || Hardcover || E. Dijkstra || Eleven international publishing
Discrimination is still not sufficiently addressed within liberal democracies. Often only some groups are protected against discrimination and merely in certain situations. This leaves many who suffer because of discrimination without recourse. And that is only one of the dilemmas with group-based approaches to the protection against discrimination. So why are these approaches so common? And can we find a viable alternative?
In this new book, legal scholar Erwin Dijkstra answers these questio...
Marital Captivity
Divorce, Religion and Human Rights
2019 || Hardcover || Susan Rutten e.a. || Eleven international publishing
This collected edition by experts from all over the world, reflects a multidisciplinary approach to marital captivity and shows a multifaceted view of this widespread phenomenon. Marital captivity is a social and human rights problem that occurs within religions or religious communities worldwide. It is defined as a situation in which one or both spouses, but predominantly the wife, is unable to terminate a religious marriage, consequently trapping that spouse within the marriage against her ...
International Business Courts
A European and Global Perspective
2019 || Hardcover || Xandra Kramer e.a. || Eleven international publishing
n recent years there has been significant growth in international business courts in Europe and across the world. They have been established as expert dispute resolution forums offering procedures in English for international commercial parties. Governments have promoted their development as an integral aspect of broader public policy agendas with the aim to enhance the rule of law and the attractiveness of their jurisdictions as legal and economic hubs. While these courts can be lauded for f...
Raising Moral Barriers
An empirical study on the Dutch approach to outlaw motorcycle gangs
Hardcover || Teun van Ruitenburg || Eleven international publishing
This book is about the concerns and unremitting attempts of Dutch state authorities to control and raise barriers against outlaw motorcycle gangs. It discusses how Dutch mayors go to great lengths to prevent the settlement of outlaw motorcycle gangs in clubhouses and bars; how state authorities look for ways to divert members away from civil service and private security companies; how the Dutch National Police attempts to frustrate the internal cohesiveness of outlaw motorcycle gangs through ...
Media Framing of Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation
A Study of British, Dutch and Serbian Media
Hardcover || Elena Krsmanović || Eleven international publishing
This books critically explores media framing of human trafficking for sexual exploitation in UK, Dutch and Serbian media. It draws upon data from content analysis of online news reports and interviews with journalists and anti-trafficking professionals in order to further explore the framing of trafficking, its production and consequences. Through a combination of quantitative, qualitative and visual research methods, this book offers a comprehensive insight into the mediated representation o...
Japan in Space
National Architecture, Policy, Legislation and Business in the 21st Century
2021 || Hardcover || Masataka Ogasawara e.a. || Eleven international publishing
This book provides a comprehensive account of Japan’s space program, including the history of its space organizations, laws, and policies. The two main laws covering space activities are the Act on Launching of Spacecraft, etc. and Control of Spacecraft, and the Act on Ensuring Appropriate Handling of Satellite Remote Sensing Data, both of which are discussed in detail. Also closely examined is the 2020 Basic Plan on Space Policy, which deals with the broad policy goals and specific program...
Independence and Impartiality in International Commercial Arbitration
An Analysis with Comparative References to English, French, German, Swiss, and United States Law
Hardcover || Ilka Hanna Beimel || Eleven international publishing
Independence and impartiality are key to any judicial process. The dualistic nature of arbitration, i.e., being judicial and contractual, raises the question of how to set the standard of independence and impartiality in arbitration. On the one hand, arbitrators are decision makers similar to judges. On the other hand, they solve disputes outside the courtroom and are (often) appointed by the parties due to their individual expertise.
Against this backdrop, this book analyses the state of pla...
Being consequential about restorative justice
Hardcover || Lode Walgrave || Eleven international publishing
In this anthology, Professor Emeritus Lode Walgrave, a pioneer in the field of juvenile justice and restorative justice, revisits a selection of his publications, going back to the late 1990s to the late 2010s, on
restorative justice as a response to offending. These include reflections on why restorative justice is valuable as well as on how it can and should be implemented. Can reparation be imposed and how would that relate to retribution? Is there room for punishment? The broader field i...