Various studies have been written about human rights and freedoms. Addressing this issue appears to be within everyone’s reach and everyone seems to be good at launching discussions about human rights and freedoms. When we are given the opportunity of collecting information about these...

In this study, we have decided to do an analysis of consciousness, thought and religion through the prism of the concept of freedom. The authors of the European Convention on Human Rights agreed to protect not only the private and family life of the individual, his/her correspondence and...

English Abstract: Benedikt Walesch analyses the provisional measures under the UPC Rules of Procedure (RoP) and compares them with preliminary injunctions in German patent litigation.He examines the requirements for provisional measures. In doing so, he discusses how the procedure can be...

This paper outlines a framework for evaluating the effect of traded options on aggregate damages in class action litigation brought under The Securities and Exchange Commission's rule 10b-5. Although buyers of call options and sellers of put options are sometimes included in the class, it is far...

This paper examines the relationship between the quality of disclosure in companies' 10-K filings and the risk of securities class action litigation. I use a dataset containing 10-K documents filed electronically with the SEC in the period 1996-2005. Using two content analysis software programs...

The Article is devoted to analyse general principles of EC law that are pertinent in state aid proceedings. Particular emphasis is placed to investigate the clash of public and private interests in the field of state aid law. The author modestly considers the possibility of the improvement of...

Many federal programs in such areas as welfare, housing, and education have as their sole purpose the protection and assistance of the poor. Yet often times inaction by federal officials or misconduct by state administrators result in the wrongful denial to the poor of benefits specifically...

Ambiguity-aversion is a person's rational attitude towards the indeterminacy of the probability that attaches to his future prospects, both favorable and unfavorable. An ambiguity-averse person increases the probability of the unfavorable prospect, which is what criminal defendants typically do...

How and when do courts determine that corporate disclosures are actionable under the federal securities laws? The applicable standard is materiality: would a (mythical) reasonable investor have considered a given disclosure important. As I establish through empirical and statistical testing of...

This paper examines Delaware's judicial treatment of deal protection measures, particularly termination fee provisions. The paper explores the tension between the economic function of these provisions in inducing bidders and potentially compensating them for opportunity and transaction costs in...