Critically evaluate the impact upon EC jurisprudence and legislation of the judgement of the European Court of Justice in REWE Zentral AG Bundesmonopolverwaltung fur Branntwein "Cassis de Dijon"
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit européen
Article 28 (ex-30) of the EC Treaty is one of the major principles governing the achievement in establishing the common market. It lays out a strong principle that imposes quantitative restrictions on imports and that all measures having equivalent effect will be prohibited between...
Competition law - publié le 08/03/2007
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit européen
The area of EC Competition Law has experienced major structural and substantial changes over the past two decades. The last decade of reforms of EC Competition Law is often cited as the « modernisation process » . Since competition rules always apply to a...
Finnish administrative law: the administrative procedure in Finland from a French perspective
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit administratif
Finland has its own administrative judicial system. After the first decision by an administrative authority, the citizens can appeal to an administrative court system. It is composed of nine provincial administrative authorities, representing the first level of jurisdiction. Then,...
The differences between English case law and the French concept of « jurisprudence »
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit autres branches
To begin, we can notice two concepts concerning the value granted to the decisions delivered by the jurisdictions of a state: indeed, states which use Common law (like the Great Britain or the United States of America), the concept of case law is preferred...
The clash of universalisms, Corporate abuses of human rights and international corporate responsibility
Dissertation - 14 pages - Droit international
Economic History is a discipline not so distant from Law when it comes to understanding the complexity of relations mingling with the power of National States expressed by their faculty of producing law within a territory, and that of commercial...
The protection of women under human rights law, international criminal law and international humanitarian law
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit international
International Women's Day is on the 8th of March. It is a day for women to remember "nine decades of struggle for equality, justice, peace and development?. It is also an opportunity to look at the advances made in the protection of women. Women are all different but the...
Corporate governance under English common law : the respective roles of executive and non executive directors
Dissertation - 15 pages - Droit des affaires
The role of boards and its relationship to management must be clearly identified. The Companies Act provides that companies must have directors but does not define their functions. This is left to the articles of association, where the most undertaken practice consists of...
The role of domestic courts as guardians of the European Convention on Human Rights and the role of the European Court of Human Rights as "ultimate guardian of the Convention"
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit autres branches
As the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said, the European Convention on Human Rights has a fundamental role. It assures the protection of individuals and creates positive obligations for States to ensure such a protection on behalf of common values...
Critically discuss the contributions of the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement to international legal scholarship
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit international
After the World War II and its atrocities, a new international institution, the United Nations (UN) was created in 1945 to focus on the new challenges faced by the international community. One of the major challenges was the wave of decolonization which started between the two World...
Implementation of European Law in a federal state: The Belgian case between coherence and autonomy
Fiche - 9 pages - Droit européen
‘Ultimately the impact of EU rules depends on the willingness and capacity of Member States authorities to ensure that they are transposed and enforced effectively and fully and on time' (Graver) . This statement from the European Commission in its White Paper on...
Co ownership in Land Law
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit civil
In the year 2000, there were three sisters Hermione, Iris and Jocasta, who inherited their mother's house property. The house was transferred in their joint names and they simultaneously gladly occupied their respective portions. A squabble broke out between Hermione and Iris which resulted...
The relationship between investment law and the human right: present provisions and proposals for the future
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit international
Since 1945, the investment law became more and more important with the development of the transnational corporations and the direct investments abroad within the framework of the globalization of flows of capital. The relationship with the countries of...
Customary International Law and FDI
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit des affaires
The notions of expropriation and of its compensation are at the heart of every discussion pertaining to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In fact, one might argue that these notions, among others, reflect the complex nature inherent to the FDI mechanism. The complexity lies in...
The Constitutionalisation of the treaties by the ECJ: The theories of direct effect and supremacy from the perspective of the French courts
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit européen
The Community has developed with an inexorable dynamism of enhanced supranationalism. As a result, it has first been ruled by general principles of public international law to become an interstate governmental structure "per se " ruled by a "Constitutional Charter? . The...
The Supreme Court of the United States : a single institution in its kind
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit autres branches
The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judiciary. Established in 1789 by the Constitution of the United States, the Supreme Court is at the same time, the...
International business law: the "Peach International Inc" case
Étude de cas - 10 pages - Droit international
The Peach International Company is a start-up specialized in the "high tech communications" domain. The firm deals with the ?higher level of technology' and specializes in the domain of "standard mobiles". The company provides phones that contain all the advantages of an...
Contracts and tort law - Causation and loss of chance
Dissertation - 10 pages - Droit des obligations
When it comes to tort or contract litigation in the aim of obtaining damages, the most important aspect to take into account is the issue of causation. Indeed, without proving a causal link between the defendant's action and the claimant's harm, no liability can be held. This rigor...
Discuss the analysis and significance of the abduction and trial of Eichmann from an international law perspective, with reference to legal writing
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit international
First, we will discuss whether the principle known as "the fruit of the poisonous tree? in the United States must be applied to the abduction of Adolf Eichmann or not. The violation of International law was "clear? according to Louis Henkin in 1968 but one cannot...
Three Case Studies of Business Law
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit des affaires
In the first situation, we can identify three main issues. First of all, the order arrived a few days late. Then the Buyer asserts that the MP3 Players were damaged by moisture by the ship's hull. These two problems are linked to each other: the Buyers wants us to cut the sell price...
The common law jury through the example of England and the United States
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit autres branches
In the common law countries, the jury takes a more prominent part in the judicial process than in the romano-civilist countries. The roots of the common law jury are archaic, but it has managed to survive, and to a considerable extent to thrive. In many common law...
From Russia with Love: Lessons of the Noga arbitration case
Mémoire - 20 pages - Droit international
Globalization is the new buzz word and the lingua franca of international business. With the numerous advantages flowing through globalization, this new process is taking a new shape by getting more critical and unyielding. To elucidate further on its uphill spin, an onlooker can observe...
International business law, allied tows, inc. in utopia
Dissertation - 15 pages - Droit des affaires
As a potential multinational firm, Allied Toys wants to implement a business development strategy in a predetermined country, in order to see if this model could be applicable as a 'worldwide development strategy'. The fact is that the Republic of Utopia is a country where setting...
A critical analysis of the provisions made in family law for homosexual couples in Scotland and France with particular reference to adult relationships
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit pénal
The Homosexuality is not anymore a painful problem and in our days people speak easily about their homosexuality. The Homosexuality is severely condemned in sacred texts that approach questions link to procreation, the family model, filiations and for which, homosexuality is against nature. For...
Has the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Saadi v UK struck the right balance between the protection of human rights and the control of irregular migration?
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit européen
The objective of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) may be defined to ensure the rights and fundamental liberties of any individual who enters the European territory and give remedies against unlawful actions by the States. However, it has in some cases had troubles to...
Fundamental freedom of EU: Free movement of persons from associate countries.
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit européen
Free movement of goods, workers (human capital), services and capital constitute as the fundamental elements of the European Community and the European Union (EU). The above elements play a major role in achieving the objectives of the European Union as mentioned in the...
Importance of the implied terms of the 'Sale of Goods Act 1979'
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit des affaires
The sale of goods is the most common commercial transaction and the quality and utility of goods in contracts of sale is an important issue to anyone who is involved in sale or purchase of goods on a regular basis. The Common Law decisions which originally...
Women's difference in Law : essay on gender discrimination and Legal Equality
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit autres branches
In this document I will try to define the so-called differences between men and women, and see how they have been used to justify the discrimination against women. Secondly, I will analyze cases where gender differences are denied or not considered as strong enough to legitimate discrimination...
The reality of Germany's fiscal federalism
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit fiscal
After the Second World War, the Allies set up a federal system in Germany, in order to prevent a Third World War from happening. They thought that a federation would divide Germany and reduce the influence of Prussia over the other constituents of the former Confederation of...
Consistence between the English Criminal Justice and Article 6 of the European Convention of Human Rights
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit pénal
The United Kingdom was one of the original parties to the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR). States which contract into the ECHR are obliged to secure the enjoyment of Convention rights for their citizens. Sometimes positive actions may be...
International business laws, fictive case
Étude de cas - 22 pages - Droit des affaires
In the report, we should keep in mind the future international development of PI and its necessary entry in stock exchange. Considering the data, we could say that PI has to penetrate the international market by considering different laws and juridictions. Even if the KU is a...
