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N e w s l e t t e r

 
 
 
     
 
N. 4 - April 2009
 
 
 
     
 
 
 

FROM THE IEL EDITORIAL BOARD

Dear Colleagues,

The IELs on Constitutional Law, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property, Labour Law and Industrial Relations, Social Security are already online at http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/index.php?area=Looseleafs.

Civil Procedure will be online in May, Contracts and Family and Succession Law in June, Intergovernmental Organisations and Medical Law in July 2009.

Corporations and Partnerships, Criminal Law, Cyber Law, Private International Law, Sports Law, Tort Law are scheduled for 2010. The remaining IELs will follow later on.

If you would like to share with the IEL Community some legal news, events, or publications, please just send us an email at iel@cer-leuven.be.


Welcome to the new IEL authors:

Civil Procedure: Ramón Escovar Leon (Venezuela); Competition Law: Liliana Bertoni (Mercosur), Carlos Patron (Peru), Georgeta Harapcea, Radu Tufescu and Adraina Ster (Romania), Rafael Allendesalazar (Spain); Corporations and Partnerships: Tekla Papp (Hungary); Environmental Law: Julio Villano (Argentina); Intellectual Property: Olivier Vrins (EU Council Regulation 1383/2003), Bashar Malkawi (Rome Convention); Labour Law and Industrial Relations: David Sargsyan (Armenia), Christophoros Christophi (Cyprus), Salam Abdullah (Iraq), Achim Seifert (Luxembourg); Media Law: Emmanuel Derieux and Agnès Granchet (France), Roberto Mastroianni (Italy), Robert Brand (South Africa); Private International Law: Maciej Szpunar and Maksymilian Pazdan (Poland); Transport Law: Dieter Schwampe (Germany).

IEL Just Published

Civil Procedure: 50 USA; Commercial and Economic Law: 36 Ireland; Constitutional Law: 78 Hellas & Hellas TXT, 79 Uruguay, 80 Finland; Contracts: 57 Macau & Spain; Corporations and Partnerships: 48 India; Criminal Law: 34 Portugal; Environmental Law: 67 Finland, 68 Serbia; Family and Succession Law: 43 Estonia, 44 Mexico; Intellectual Property: 50 Brazil, 51 South Pacific; Intergovernmental Organisations: 33 Organisation of the Islamic Conference, 34 African Union; Labour Law and Industrial Relations: 348 NAFTA & Lithuania & Zambia, 349 USA, 350 Israel & Belarus legislation; Medical Law: 56 Czech Republic; Property and Trust Law: 9 South Pacific; Social Security Law: 67 United Kingdom; Sports Law: 13 The Netherlands.

Forthcoming volumes

Civil Procedure: Kenya; Commercial and Economic Law: Uruguay, Case Law; Constitutional Law: Brazil TXT, Argentina; Contracts: Czech Republic, India, USA; Corporations and Partnerhships: China, Sweden, Romania, Italy; Criminal Law: Spain; Cyber Law: Portugal, South Africa; Energy Law: Hellas; Environmental Law: Malta, Mexico; Insurance Law: Codex, Argentina, Portugal; Intellectual Property: Argentina, Egypt, Poland, Ireland, Denmark, Berne Convention, Jordan; Intergovernmental Organisations: NATO, SADC; Labour Law and Industrial Relations: Belarus, Codex material, case law ECJ, case law ECSR, case law ILOAT, USA legislation, Spain, Romania, Nepal, Czech Republic, Uruguay, Serbia, Sweden, Denmark; Medical Law: Japan, Quebec, Belgium; Private International Law: Greece; Property and Trust Law: Italy, Norway; Tort Law: Ireland.


LEGAL NEWS

24 April 2009
European Commission :
  • Culture : Brand-new Culture in Motion Newsletter available!
  • Economic and Financial Affairs : EU finances in good shape: Parliament approves Commission's management of the EU budget
  • Environment : Environment: Major conference on future EU biodiversity policy opens in Athens

    23 April 2009
    European Commission :
  • Education : How European students see higher education in Europe
  • Energy and Transport : European Parliament votes to support new rules strengthening the EU internal energy market
  • Energy and Transport : The European Helicopter Safety Team (EHEST) releases preliminary analysis results
  • Internal Market and Servises : 'Solvency II': European Parliament approval of proposed Directive brings modern insurance regulation nearer


    DOCUMENTS

    COURT OF JUSTICE
    Nº 35/2009 : 23 April 2009
  • Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-59/08 Copad
    Approximation of laws
    THE PROPRIETOR OF A TRADE MARK CAN OPPOSE THE RESALE OF HIS LUXURY GOODS BY DISCOUNT STORES

    Nº 34/2009 : 23 April 2009
  • Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-544/07 Rüffler
    Freedom of movement for persons
    COMMUNITY LAW PRECLUDES THE REFUSAL TO REDUCE INCOME TAX BY THE AMOUNT OF HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS PAID IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE

    Nº 33/2009 : 23 April 2009
  • Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-509/07 Scarpelli
    Environment and consumers
    WHERE A SUPPLIER FAILS TO PERFORM ITS OBLIGATIONS, CONSUMERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO TERMINATION OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND TO REIMBURSEMENT OF SUMS ALREADY PAID TO THE GRANTOR OF CREDIT

    Nº 32/2009 : 23 April 2009
  • Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-357/07 TNT Post UK
    Taxation
    THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL SERVICE PROVIDED BY THE ROYAL MAIL IS EXEMPT FROM VAT

    Nº 31/2009 : 23 April 2009
  • Judgment of the Court of Justice in Joined Cases C-261/07 & C-299/07 VTB-VAB
    Approximation of laws
    COMMUNITY LAW PRECLUDES NATIONAL LEGISLATION WHICH, WITHOUT TAKING ACCOUNT OF THE SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES, PROHIBITS ANY COMBINED OFFER MADE BY A VENDOR TO A CONSUMER
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    THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA



    Civil Procedure

    Commercial and Economic Law

    Competition Law

    Constitutional Law

    Contracts

    Corporations and Partnerships

    Criminal Law

    Cyber Law

    Energy Law

    Environmental Law

    Family and Succession Law

    Insurance Law

    Intellectual Property

    Intergovernmental
    Organisations


    Labour Law and Industrial Relations

    Media Law

    Medical Law

    Migration Law

    Private International Law

    Property and Trust Law

    Religion Law

    Social Security Law

    Sports Law

    Tort Law

    Transport Law

     

     
     
     
       
     
     
     

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