Composed of 25 distinct reference works, and regrouping more than 1200 prominent authors of various legal expertise, the IEL provides practical information and valuable insight into both national and international legal frameworks.

The IEL aims to respond to the growing need for comprehensive, up-to-date and readily available information on the most important legal disciplines in leading countries.

The IEL covers each legal discipline with penetrating country-by-country monographs, which describe how each national legal system governs specific fields of law.

These national monographs are supplemented, where relevant, with international or regional monographs which detail how supranational organisations may affect the field of law in question, or with monographs including an overview of the field from a comparative perspective.

These monographs are drafted by experts in each relevant field. The choice of authors is conducted by the general editor, the associate general editor and the editors with the help of an International Advisory Board, composed of eminent legal scholars from around the world.

The IELs on Labour Law, Intellectual Property, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, are already on line on Kluwer dedicated website. The IELs on Social Security Law, Energy Law, Civil Procedure Law, Family and Succession Law, Contracts, Intergovernmental Organizations, and Medical Law will follow soon. The remaining ones will be available on line next year.

                  Roger Blanpain, General editor                             Michele Colucci, Associate General Editor

In the spotlight

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LEGAL NEWS

European Commission :

8 February 2010

• Eu in the world : External relations : Declaration by the High Representative, Catherine Ashton, on behalf of the European Union on the ratification of Protocol 14 to the European Convention on Human Rights by the Russian Federation
• Eu in the world : External relations : Commission launches public consultation on a future EU-US data protection and information sharing agreement

5 February 2010

• Enterprise and Industry : From Lisbon strategy to EU 2020
• Energy and Transport : Agreement reached on Integrated Safeguards in the European Union
• Energy and Transport : Antitrust: Commission welcomes ENI's structural remedies proposal to increase competition in the Italian gas market

4 February 2010

• Economic and Financial Affairs : Commission assesses Stability Programme of Greece; makes recommendations to correct the excessive budget deficit, improve competitiveness through structural reforms and provide reliable statistics
• EU in the world : Enlargement : UN Secretary-General visits Cyprus
• Eu in the world : External relations : Deployment of an EU Election Assessment Team to Iraq

3 February 2010

• Agriculture and Rural Development : Negotiations between the EU and Norway on agricultural products: initialling of Agreed Minutes
• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities : Results of the public consultation on Europe 2020 and an evaluation of the Lisbon Strategy

2 February 2010

• Competition : Antitrust: Commission confirms assessment of proposed commitments from Oneworld airline alliance
• Environment : Dedicated EU body needed to ensure enforcement of European waste law, says Commission study

1 February 2010

• Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities : European Globalisation Fund set to help workers in the furniture manufacturing and clothing industries in Lithuania
• Energy and Transport : Tajani urges for more action on lost luggage
• Taxation and Customs Union : ASEM joint customs operation "Diabolo II"

EVENTS

22-26 February 2010

• The "Brussels Seminar" in European Labour Law - Facing the Challenges of Social Europe (Programme)

17 March 2010

• Invitation of the Interdisciplinary Association of Comparative and Private International Law (Programme)