In this conference paper I argue that English and Belgian marital property and succession law, although conceptually very different, are much more similar from a practical point of view. The paradox is that they seem different at first glance, yet appear more similar in close up view. I conclude...

This article concludes the author's three-part series that underscores the importance of context in analyzing risk allocation in the construction industry. See Carl J. Circo, When Specialty Designs Cause Building Disasters: Responsibility for Shared Architectural and Engineering Services, 84...

In the fifty-sixth series of the Hamlyn Lectures (2004), Sir Bob Hepple applied his mind to particular structural problems facing UK employment law in the 21st century. One of the challenges which he identified was "the absence of a general principle that one may not derogate from certain core...

In this article the author analyses if actual family property law still translate the common sense and values of today's society, by giving a rough sketch of some important issues that have pointed out in the last decades, first in matrimonial property law, then in inheritance and gift law, all...

This paper on defence offsets reform was presented at "Global Revolution VI", an international conference on public procurement organised by the Public Procurement Research Group, School of Law at the University of Nottingham in June 2013. The paper looks at design aspects of offset regulations...

This paper attempts to analyse some of the factors which may increase the pressure to refer to EU law and EU jurisdictions when drafting contracts, particularly if no agreement is reached between the EU and UK on jurisdictional matters such that there is an absence of an adequate enforcement...

The growth of the quality of digital content market is intrinsically linked to consumer confidence, and the confidence of consumers is rooted in the awareness consumers have regarding their rights in the purchase of digital content. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 recently enacted in the United...

This paper consists in the “Lens of London” documentary which is created by Queen Mary students of Intellectual Property Law under the US jurisdiction. The focus of this paper are the issues such as: what is a performer, who owns the copyright of the work, credit and pre-existing work...

Globalization challenges our understanding of the state as the main source of legitimate law. This article will take this claim one step further. Today, we may also see the decline of the state, in its modern sense, from within. Evidence for this may be found in the rising importance of...