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This book analyzes the new and emerging role of the electricity distribution system operator (DSO) in the energy transition. Another major contribution of this book is to advance the concept of private energy law. It thus proposes a different analytical lens than is usually used. Starting from an analysis of EU energy law, this book examines national implementation in Belgium and the Netherlands. It describes and compares the solutions adopted by each of the Belgian regions (Flanders, Wallonia, Brussels-Capital) and the Netherlands.

This book comprises an in-depth comparative law study on the meaning of tort law and procedural law in mass harm cases in Europe, examining this phenomenon in the context of 12 different case studies in 12 European jurisdictions and including four general contributions on mass harm cases.

Traditionally European law is important for public law. However, it is also increasingly important for private law, that is to say, the legal relationships between individuals.European Law and National Private Law addresses and analyses the various sources of European law in (hierarchical) order, namely the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the general principles of EU law, EU Directives and EU Regulations, as well as the influence of fundamental rights (both the ECHR and the EU Charter) on private law.The nature of each source of law and its significance for and influence on the general part of national private law is discussed. Particular attention is devoted to the review of national private law legislation in the light of European legislation that has direct effect, direct and indirect effect of European law on legal relationships between individuals, ex officio application of European law by the national courts, and interpretation issues arising as a result of the interaction between European law and national law. Further, comparisons are drawn between the different sources of law. The book then concludes with a detailed overview of European Directives that are of particular relevance for general private law.European Law and National Private Law provides a concise introduction to the influence of EU law and the ECHR on legal relationships between individuals - a must read for every lawyer.

The International Survey of Family Law is the annual review of the International Society of Family Law. It brings together reliable and clearly structured insights into the latest and most notable developments in family law from all around the globe.

This book brings together specialists from more than 20 countries and focuses on the institutional, political, economic and social factors which determine the crisis of liberal democracies.

What constitutes a ôfamilyö in Europe? The answer to this question is constantly changing and increasingly varied. This book addresses areas of family law where developments have been particularly salient and have, at times, created fissures between European States. It also suggests ways of addressing and overcoming these divergences.

This book provides an understanding of how States around the world, whether in the Global North or the Global South, deal with and organize the religious, ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity within them and how, in the same vein, they deal with the plurality of opinions and legal systems.

This book concerns equality in personal status - absolute, anti-discrimination - and how formal protection was superseded by material, fuller protection. It discusses history - Latin America, then the French Revolution - and disciplines - philosophy, ethics, economics, sociology, systems theory - with their diverse views and moves into modern phenomena like digitalization.

This book explores how the public's right of access to environmental information is being used in practice and how far these uses, and the motives behind them, align with the aspiration of furthering environmental protection that lies behind the creation of this legal right.

¿^SThis book is a groundbreaking comparative law analysis of the world's largest and most mature compensation funds, impacting nearly 22 million people in the four jurisdictions of Victoria (Australia), Quebec and Manitoba (Canada), and New Zealand. These funds operate in a way that turns tort law on its head, are financially stable and sustainable, and represent a true revolution in private law. The book takes important steps to further scientific knowledge of large alternative liability systems and goes beyond existing literature in the field.