This are the concluding remarks to an edited volume on climate change liability. The introduction sketches the reasons for writing a book on climate change liability as well as the problem definition, methodology and structure of the book. The concluding remarks show that from the contributions...

This is the introduction to an edited volume on climate change liability. The introduction sketches the reasons for writing a book on climate change liability as well as the problem definition, methodology and structure of the book. The concluding remarks show that from the contributions in the...

The U.S. legal system has multiple and complex regulatory regimes for insurance which combine statutes, administrative regulations and common law rules. Regulation of insurance is predominantly done by the fifty states, and this increases the system's complexity. The regulatory regimes generally...

Finally, an analysis of the present situation in EU gambling and sport betting after the recent ECJ decisions will be attempted, via scenarios from primary (national MS practices, policies, and case law) and secondary (Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, 2006; European Gaming and Betting...

The concept of margin squeeze has recently emerged into a stand-alone abuse of dominance under EU competition law. It is no coincidence that this development was triggered by a series of high-profile cases involving former statutory monopolists in newly liberalized telecommunication markets. As...

La présente note revient sur l'arrêt CJUE, 12 mai 2011, aff. C-144/10, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) c. JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, Frankfurt Branch. Au terme de cet arrêt, la solution suivante est posée: "une interprétation large de l'article 22, point 2, du règlement n° 44/2001, en vertu...

This paper reviews the European Courts' jurisprudence since Altmark. In this judgment the Court had to decide on the status of public financing of services of general economic interest. Such financing could be seen as a state aid within the meaning of Article 107 TFEU or rather as a compensation...

This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the role of the EU in the global production of transnational law of risk regulation (TNLRR). TNLRR is defined as a harmonious, cross-jurisdictional regulatory environment that results from the circulation of risk regulatory models among...

The Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) is widely acknowledged as being a milestone towards the creation of an effective transnational supervision in the Euro Area. Yet the SSM is far from being perfect. The European Central Bank (ECB), which is tasked with the supervision of all significant...

In this paper, we analyze the impact of the Rome II Regulation regarding the law applicable to non-contractual obligations on cases of cross border liability regarding banking and financial services. In view of the current state of harmonization of substantive law in the European Union, which...