French Abstract: Face à la mobilité croissante des entreprises, les développements de la jurisprudence européenne et les initiatives de la Commission européenne visant à une codification des activités économiques interrogent sur la finalité économique du droit et sur la nécessité...

This article presents an extensive and global survey on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the COVID-19 epidemic and a comprehensive discussion of the ethical and human rights implications of AI's deployment during the pandemic. AI applications contributed to the COVID-19...

The 1980 Hague Convention must be read today in light of the 2011 Istanbul Convention that brings to full light that violence against women is a world-wide phenomenon, and “one of the most serious forms of gender-based violations of human rights in Europe that is still shrouded in silence”....

The bibliography aims to give readers an overview on articles in academic journals, contributions to edited volumes, monographs and textbooks published in English or German in the field of Chinese law published in 2020. Writings in other western languages could only partly be considered....

Spanish abstract: El artículo desvirtúa inicialmente la imposibilidad de conciliar la perspectiva jurídica tradicional y la del análisis económico del derecho (AED) respecto de las justificaciones de las normas imperativas en el derecho de contratos, se defiende que la existencia de dichas...

The United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has repeatedly taken the position that, because the IRS does not ask taxpayers to identify their race or ethnicity on submitted tax returns, IRS enforcement actions are not affected by taxpayers' race or ethnicity. This claim, which I call...

Background: Assisted dying (AD) is increasingly becoming lawful internationally. While all AD models have oversight mechanisms, Victoria, Australia is rare in requiring formal approval before AD is permitted. Other jurisdictions are now enacting or implementing prospective approval models yet...

Master agreements typically include a range of different types of default and termination events. Given the numerous ways that a counterparty could become insolvent, it is important that market participants understand what would constitute an Insolvency Event with respect to theircounterparty...

Research Question: What is the purpose of the modern corporation? How is the rule of law related to the purpose of the modern corporation?Research Insights: We study the role of rule of law in enabling corporations to enhance economic prosperity and diminish income inequality across the...

Portuguese Abstract: Sistemas de inteligência artificial vêm sendo cada vez mais utilizados para produção de obras artísticas, como músicas, textos, pinturas e filmes, dentre outras. Nesse contexto, o conceito de autoria sofre grandes desafios. Partiu-se da hipótese de que esse conceito...