Caroline Heide-Jørgensen : Commercial speech and its limits : fundamental rights and comparative constitutional aspects -- Frauke Henning-Bodewig : Ethics, taste, and decency considerations in advertising -- Jules Stuyck : The unfair commercial practices directive : full harmonisation, scope...

The financial crisis has brought about a revival of state protectionism across the globe. Most Western leaders have made a virtue of big government and state intervention; bail-outs and Sovereign Wealth Funds have been among the first responses to the economic contraction. Company law rules are...

The growing use of private labels in recent years has affected significantly the landscape of retail competition, with major retailers no longer being confined to their traditional role as purchasers and distributors of branded goods. By selling their own-label products within their outlets they...