Restorative justice is a way of doing justice in which the focus is on restoring the damage caused by a crime. This involves not only restoring mate rial and immaterial damage, but also restoring relational and moral damage. This is best achieved through processes that enable all stakeholders to engage in a dialogue and reach agreements on restora tion. This could include victim-offender-mediation as well as conference models that also involve the community.

In his inaugural address, Jacques ...

This book contains the presentations given at the conference 35 Years CISG and Beyond, hosted by the University of Basel, SVIR/SSDI (Swiss Association for International Law) and UNCITRAL on 29 and 30 January 2015.

The Conference focused on open issues in regard to the CISG's application and on any possible further harmonization and unification of contract law. The following topics are covered: economic analysis of CISG; the decline of reservations; extending the CISG; CISG, state action and r...

The EU Return Directive lays down minimum standards and procedures concerning the return of third-country nationals (non-EU nationals) illegally residing in a member state. To actually effectuate their return, the Return Directive provides for several instruments, such as the return decision, the entry ban and the possibility of detention.

In this study, the author has researched the merger of criminal law with immigration law, known as the crimmigration phenomenon, in relation to the EU Retu...

The qualitative interview resembles a good conversation. What makes somebody a good discussion partner? That he listens attentively, thinks along, empathizes with what has just been said and does not interrupt. In short, someone who is empathetic and interested. Is such a person a good interviewer by nature? No, as these characteristics form only the basis for a part of the Art referred to in the title of this book. However, the interviewer also needs additional knowledge and Skills that are ...

“This book is an enrichment for the standing debate about Europe and should be published and widely read and discussed.” – Boudewijn R.A. Bouckaert

Reflections on Democracy in de European Union, with a foreword by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, is a unique volume that offers an interdisciplinary approach on EU democracy, law and politics from economic, juridical and philosophical perspectives. It is divided in three parts and deals with EU’s contemporary challenges, its historical d...

This volume is the eighth instalment in the Property Law Perspectives Series. Produced by the Young Property Lawyers' Forum (www.yplf.net), a global network of early career property law scholars, this volume presents the carefully curated highlights of two consecutive conferences held virtually in 2021 and 2022. A broad range of property law topics are covered in this book within the three themes of `Property and Sustainability', `Property and Society in Extraordinary Times', and `Property La...

In 2019, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the Preventive Restructuring Directive (2019/1023), providing for minimum harmonisation of, among others, preventive restructuring frameworks (PRF). This book provides in-depth analyses of its implementation in seven European countries: Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, The Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. Whereas Member States of the European Union were under a duty to complete implementation by July 2022, the United Kingd...

This volume contains the proceedings of the 66th Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space held in October 2023 in Baku, Azerbaijan, as well as the report of the IISL Standing Committee on the Status of International Agreements Relating to Activities in Outer Space.

Project management is characterised by systematic and integral control of the development process, from creative idea to concrete product. This book concentrates on the management of event projects. Events such as festivals, exhibitions, conferences, arts productions, sports events and company events draw a lot of attention. An initiative frequently ends in failure, because the funding cannot be finalised, deadlines are not met or budgets are exceeded. The professional approach of a project c...

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...