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
The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation
Book
Piegzik, M. (2024)
The Civil Code Controversy in Meiji Japan: The Struggle to Modernize the Nation. Netherlands: Leiden University Press
The book outlines a dramatic history of the failed liberalization of Japanese private law during the Meiji era. Once Japan overthrew the shogunate and fully opened up to conta...
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...
Re-evaluating the East-West divide in the European Union
Journal Article
Volintiru, C., Surubaru, N., Epstein, R. A., & Fagan, A. (2024)
Re-evaluating the East-West divide in the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy, 31(3), 782-800. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2024.2313694
This introduction argues that the East-West divide in Europe continues to be politically salient since the fall of the Berlin Wall and two decades since the accession of most ...
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...
Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises
Book
Ghio, E., & Perlingeiro, R. (Eds.)
(2024). Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5
This edited volume investigates legal convergence. It takes an international and thematical approach where chapters focus on how selected legal areas in selected jurisdictions...
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...
Married Couples’ Same Surname Issue in Japanese Family Law
Journal Article
Despite the traditional postulates of jurisprudence regarding the necessity to introduce flawless bills, each legal system struggles with issues which arouse controversy and b...
Early Marriage: any need for action?
Journal Article
Clucas, R. (2023)
Early Marriage: any need for action?. The Journal of the Law Society of Scotland, 68(11),
Better information is needed on whether marriage of those aged under 18 is a cause of harm, before any moves to ban the practice in Scotland