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The book explores, from a comparative and inter-disciplinary
perspective, the relationship between fundamental rights and
private law in Europe, a debate usually referred to as Drittwirkung
or 'horizontal effect of fundamental rights'. It discusses the
different models of 'horizontal effect' and the impact that
fundamental rights may have in shaping tort law, especially the
position of child tortfeasors. The book concentrates on several
European jurisdictions, namely France, Italy, Germany, Portugal,
Sweden, Finland, and England and Wales. At a crossroad between
human rights and European private law, this study draws insights
from several legal fields (international, European, tort,
constitutional and child law), sociology, psychology, and feminist
studies. It also considers policy implications and advances
proposals which would ensure the optimisation of the effect, and
maximisation of the effectiveness, of fundamental rights in tort
law, and more generally in private law. This book departs from
traditional legal doctrines and offers a more pragmatic,
comprehensive and just legal analysis of the role of fundamental
rights in private law. It will be of interest to undergraduate and
postgraduate students, academics, practitioners, policy-makers and
activists with an interest in human rights, tort law, comparative
law, children's rights and European private law.
The book explores, from a comparative and inter-disciplinary
perspective, the relationship between fundamental rights and
private law in Europe, a debate usually referred to as Drittwirkung
or 'horizontal effect of fundamental rights'. It discusses the
different models of 'horizontal effect' and the impact that
fundamental rights may have in shaping tort law, especially the
position of child tortfeasors. The book concentrates on several
European jurisdictions, namely France, Italy, Germany, Portugal,
Sweden, Finland, and England and Wales. At a crossroad between
human rights and European private law, this study draws insights
from several legal fields (international, European, tort,
constitutional and child law), sociology, psychology, and feminist
studies. It also considers policy implications and advances
proposals which would ensure the optimisation of the effect, and
maximisation of the effectiveness, of fundamental rights in tort
law, and more generally in private law. This book departs from
traditional legal doctrines and offers a more pragmatic,
comprehensive and just legal analysis of the role of fundamental
rights in private law. It will be of interest to undergraduate and
postgraduate students, academics, practitioners, policy-makers and
activists with an interest in human rights, tort law, comparative
law, children's rights and European private law.
An overriding value of European legislation on waste management is
the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle. For example,
all economic operators placing packaging onto the EU market are
responsible for its proper management and recovery. However, in
general, the collection and treatment of urban waste is the
responsibility of local authorities. It has therefore been
necessary to establish a system of financial compensations between
producers and waste management operators. Analysing the legal and
institutional schemes of several member states and accounting for
all the costs and benefits to their local authorities due to
selective collection and sorting, this book provides an accurate
illustration of how the EPR principle has be translated into
practice. Firstly the authors examine whether the industry is
paying for the net financial cost of 'preparation for recycling'
activities or if the extra-costs of recycling are being recovered
via the sale of sorted materials, by the consumer through higher
prices or by citizens in general through higher taxes. Secondly, by
monetizing the net environmental benefits attained with the
recycling system, the book discusses the success and
Value-for-Money (VfM) of the EU's recycling policy. In other words:
what is the economic rate of return of the enhanced environmental
protection achieved due to the fulfilment of recovery and recycling
targets?
An overriding value of European legislation on waste management is
the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle. For example,
all economic operators placing packaging onto the EU market are
responsible for its proper management and recovery. However, in
general, the collection and treatment of urban waste is the
responsibility of local authorities. It has therefore been
necessary to establish a system of financial compensations between
producers and waste management operators. Analysing the legal and
institutional schemes of several member states and accounting for
all the costs and benefits to their local authorities due to
selective collection and sorting, this book provides an accurate
illustration of how the EPR principle has be translated into
practice. Firstly the authors examine whether the industry is
paying for the net financial cost of 'preparation for recycling'
activities or if the extra-costs of recycling are being recovered
via the sale of sorted materials, by the consumer through higher
prices or by citizens in general through higher taxes. Secondly, by
monetizing the net environmental benefits attained with the
recycling system, the book discusses the success and
Value-for-Money (VfM) of the EU's recycling policy. In other words:
what is the economic rate of return of the enhanced environmental
protection achieved due to the fulfilment of recovery and recycling
targets?
This interdisciplinary edited collection will challenge the idea of
the static family that can be 'broken', and instead think of family
as always 'on the move', both conceptually and in practice. This
dual approach to family is the unique contribution of the book,
which offers new perspectives on the sociology and geography of the
family, drawn together by the shared lens of family mobilities. As
such it brings together insights from the diverse work of
interdisciplinary academics working alone and collaboratively on
different aspects of family lives and relationships. The central
argument of the book is that the concept of family is always in
motion: a disruption in one aspect of family relations, for
example, the ending of the intimate relationship between parents,
is part of the ongoing project of family. In addition, families are
made through mobility and immobility in relation to people,
communications, objects and ideas. Contributions from a range of
academics across disciplines consider changes in family practices
and the ways in which they are produced through motion. This book
seeks to understand families as always in motion; changing,
adapting and re-routed. Integral to this discussion is the
spatiality and temporality of family, that families are produced in
different times and spaces. Families are also made through
interactions with material things, including non-human living
things and through the emotional ties and responses that determine
their form and practices.
This book is designed to act as a readily accessible guide to
different methods and techniques of use-wear and residue analysis
and therefore includes a wide range of different and complementary
essential topics: experimental tests, observation and record
methods and techniques and the interpretation of a diversity of
tool types and worked raw materials. The onset of use-wear
studies was marked by the development of theory, method and
techniques in order to infer prehistoric tools functionality and,
therefore, understand human technological, social and cultural
behavior. The last decade of functional studies, use-wear and
residue analysis have been aimed at the observation, recording and
interpretation of different activities and worked materials found
on archaeological tools made on different types of organic and
non-organic materials. This international group of contributions
will be fundamental for all researchers and students of the
discipline.
This book is designed to act as a readily accessible guide to
different methods and techniques of use-wear and residue analysis
and therefore includes a wide range of different and complementary
essential topics: experimental tests, observation and record
methods and techniques and the interpretation of a diversity of
tool types and worked raw materials.The onset of use-wear studies
was marked by the development of theory, method and techniques in
order to infer prehistoric tools functionality and, therefore,
understand human technological, social and cultural behavior. The
last decade of functional studies, use-wear and residue analysis
have been aimed at the observation, recording and interpretation of
different activities and worked materials found on archaeological
tools made on different types of organic and non-organic materials.
This international group of contributions will be fundamental for
all researchers and students of the discipline."
This collection examines the opportunities and challenges, rights
and wrongs, and prospects and risks of Brexit from the perspectives
of gender and sexuality. While much has been written about Brexit
from legal, political, social and economic perspectives, there has
been little analysis of the effects of Brexit on women and
gender/sexual minorities who have historically been marginalised
and whose voices have been less audible in political debates - both
nationally and at the European level. The collection explores how
Brexit might change the equality, human rights and social justice
landscape, but from the viewpoint of women and gender/sexual
minorities. The contributions gathered in it demonstrate the
variety of ways that Brexit will make a difference to the lives of
women and individuals marginalised because of gender or sexual
identity.
This two-volume open-access book offers a theoretically and
empirically-grounded portrayal of the experiences of people
claiming international protection in Europe on the basis of their
sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI). It shows how European
asylum systems might and should treat asylum claims based on
people's SOGI in a fairer, more humane way. Through a combined
comparative, interdisciplinary (socio-legal), human rights,
feminist, queer and intersectional approach, this book examines not
only the legal experiences of people claiming asylum on grounds of
their SOGI, but also their social experiences outside the asylum
decision-making framework. The authors analyse how SOGI-related
claims are adjudicated in different European frameworks (European
Union, Council of Europe, Germany, Italy and UK) and offer detailed
recommendations to adequately address the intersectional
experiences of individuals seeking asylum. This unique approach
ensures that the book is of interest not only to researchers in
migration and refugee studies, law and wider academic communities,
but also to policy makers and practitioners in the field of SOGI
asylum.
This collection asks a direct but complex question: is the EU
humane enough? The implementation of EU law and policy and its
balance between economic and social values continues to provoke
debate. Providing fresh insight, Nuno Ferreira and Dora
Kostakopoulou present a novel analytical framework, centred on the
notion of humaneness, for assessing EU law and policy. This
innovative approach leads to recommendations for policy change
towards a more humanistic philosophy for the EU. Broad in its
scope, this remarkable volume draws together interdisciplinary
perspectives from contributors who examine key EU law and policy
fields, including economic integration, asylum and free movement,
citizenship and development, and security. This book is essential
reading for scholars, students and policy-makers seeking new ways
of exploring the economic versus social values debate in EU law.
This collection asks a direct but complex question: is the EU
humane enough? The implementation of EU law and policy and its
balance between economic and social values continues to provoke
debate. Providing fresh insight, Nuno Ferreira and Dora
Kostakopoulou present a novel analytical framework, centred on the
notion of humaneness, for assessing EU law and policy. This
innovative approach leads to recommendations for policy change
towards a more humanistic philosophy for the EU. Broad in its
scope, this remarkable volume draws together interdisciplinary
perspectives from contributors who examine key EU law and policy
fields, including economic integration, asylum and free movement,
citizenship and development, and security. This book is essential
reading for scholars, students and policy-makers seeking new ways
of exploring the economic versus social values debate in EU law.
Living With IBS uses the principles of Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy (ACT) to help people overcome the distress associated with
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and to live a more vital and
fulfilling life.
This two-volume open-access book offers a theoretically and
empirically-grounded portrayal of the experiences of people
claiming international protection in Europe on the basis of their
sexual orientation or gender identity (SOGI). It shows how European
asylum systems might and should treat asylum claims based on
people's SOGI in a fairer, more humane way. Through a combined
comparative, interdisciplinary (socio-legal), human rights,
feminist, queer and intersectional approach, this book examines not
only the legal experiences of people claiming asylum on grounds of
their SOGI, but also their social experiences outside the asylum
decision-making framework. The authors analyse how SOGI-related
claims are adjudicated in different European frameworks (European
Union, Council of Europe, Germany, Italy and UK) and offer detailed
recommendations to adequately address the intersectional
experiences of individuals seeking asylum. This unique approach
ensures that the book is of interest not only to researchers in
migration and refugee studies, law and wider academic communities,
but also to policy makers and practitioners in the field of SOGI
asylum.
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