The recently enacted Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act of 2015 makes sweeping changes to the insolvency framework of the United Kingdom, supplanting much of the 1986 Insolvency Act, which had already undergone substantial amendment since its original passage. These changes illustrate...

The present work aims to highlight how an engaged couple's behavior may be modified pursuant to the doctrine governing engagement gifts. This study is conducted using a two-fold analysis: first, positing that the individuals will react to laws and regulations with behavior that might be deemed...

This article points out that procurement law is likely to have the side effect of hindering the development of IPPP contracts by introducing uncertainties regarding IPPP contracts´ classification for the purpose of its procurement. Keeping in mind the Commission´s policy of promoting IPPP...

Framework agreements have become a very popular procurement tool in the European Union, since their recognition in the 2004 Public Sector Directive. Meanwhile, there has been a lot of discussion regarding the need to balance the benefits that these agreements bring. Such benefits include,...

At the beginning of 2014, the European Parliament and the Council adopted the new directive on public procurement. Inter alia, the new Directive introduces a new procedure called the innovation partnership. The availability of the new provisions maybe valuable particularly from the perspective...

Based on an assumption that in its current shape the EU public procurement framework is a highly regulated and rigid system, in which delivery of successful PPP contracts may be hindered, in this paper it will be considered, whether there could be a different, more beneficial way in which to...

Spanish Abstract: A finales de los 80s, Ian Ayres y Robert Gertner propusieron una controversial teoría suplementaria sobre cómo integrar el contenido de lagunas en contratos incompletos. Específicamente los autores acuñaron la noción de “penalty default rule” (regla supletiva...

Spanish abstract: El presente trabajo posee dos objetivos complementarios: Por un lado (i) basados en una lectura de la doctrina jurídica civilista en general, se evidencia la existencia de un criterio normativo al que debiera responder las reglas predeterminadas (reglas supletivas) en el...

What does it mean to consent? Consent is an essential component of contracts, yet its part in contract law is obscure. Despite its importance, there is no independent doctrine of consent; rather, it plays a key, but ill-defined role in assessing doctrines such as assent or duress. This Article...

Dit artikel is een noot onder het arrest van het Hof van Cassatie van 8 April 1994, met betrekking tot de vergoeding wegens arbeidsongeschiktheid in stelsels van gemeenschap van goederen. Het Hof handhaaft haar weinig genuanceerde zienswijze door te stellen dat dergelijke vergoedingen als eigen...