Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies. Volume 08, 2005-2006

Half Title Page......Page 1
Half Title verso......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of Contributors......Page 7
Table of Cases......Page 9
Table of European Legislation......Page 23
Table of International Legislation......Page 33
1. Constitutional Developments in Europe......Page 35
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 43
II. DEMOCRACY AND TRANSPARENCY IN NATIONAL FEDERATIONS......Page 47
III. RELEVANCE FOR EUROPE......Page 55
IV. A (SELECTIVE) EVALUATION OF THE TREATY FOR A CONSTITUTION......Page 60
V. CONCLUSIONS......Page 68
3. The Constitution, The State and the European Union......Page 71
I. THE CHARACTERISTIC CLAIMS OF STATES......Page 72
II. FEDERATIONS AND CONFEDERATIONS......Page 76
III. THE CLAIMS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 79
IV. THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE......Page 86
V. A NOTE ON CONSTITUTIONAL PLURALISM AND LEGAL PLURALISM......Page 90
VI. CONCLUSION......Page 92
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 93
II. PRIVATE LAW MAKING IN EUROPEAN UNION LAW......Page 95
III. GAUGING PRIVATE LAW MAKING IN EUROPEAN UNION LAW......Page 107
IV. THE GOODS PURSUED BY PRIVATE LAW MAKING......Page 111
V. TOWARDS A STANDARD FOR PRIVATE LAW MAKING REGIMES......Page 117
VI. CONCLUSION......Page 127
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 129
II. ‘WRESTLING AN INFLATABLE MAN’: THE MEANING OF NEW SOCIAL DEMOCRACY......Page 130
III. ‘NEW’ SOCIAL DEMOCRACY BEFORE THE COURT......Page 136
IV. CONCLUSION......Page 146
6. English Law and the European Ius Commune 1450-1650......Page 149
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 167
II. KOJÈVE’S LIFE AND INFLUENCE......Page 169
III. THE FATE OF THE NATION STATE......Page 174
IV. EUROPE AND PHILOSOPHY......Page 182
V. CONCLUSION......Page 185
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 187
II. THE MISLEADING CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY RIGHTS ANALOGY: THE INTERVENTION OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES IN THE DEFINITION OF IP RIGHTS......Page 190
III. THE EVOLUTION OF THE ‘MONOPOLY’ CONCEPT AND THE USE OF THE ‘PROPERTY RIGHTS’ RHETORIC......Page 192
IV. COMPETITION LAW AND REFUSALS TO GRANT ACCESS TO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: TOWARDS THE RECOGNITION OF THE SPECIFIC NATURE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY......Page 193
IV. THE INTEGRATION OF COMPETITION LAW CONCERNS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW......Page 211
V. IP AS A FORM OF REGULATION......Page 213
VI. CONCLUSION......Page 219
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 221
II. THE EXPRESS DEROGATIONS: EVOLUTION......Page 222
III. THE CONTOURS OF DISCRETION: SOME THEMATIC CHALLENGES......Page 227
IV. A NEW ‘DEROGATION’? (UN-)REASONABLE SUFFICIENCY......Page 242
V. CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 260
10. The Language or Languages of Consumer Contracts......Page 263
I. THE UNFAIR TERMS IN CONSUMER CONTRACTS DIRECTIVE 1993, THE UNFAIR COMMERCIAL PRACTICES DIRECTIVE 2005, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP......Page 265
II. EC COMPETENCE AND THE LANGUAGE TYPES OF CONSUMER CONTRACTS......Page 270
III. THE UNFAIR COMMERCIAL PRACTICES DIRECTIVE 2005......Page 275
IV. THE UNFAIR TERMS IN CONSUMER CONTRACTS DIRECTIVE 1993......Page 280
V. CONCLUSION......Page 290
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 293
II. ‘BODIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW’ IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW......Page 294
III. ‘BODIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW’ IN THE SIXTH VAT DIRECTIVE......Page 301
IV. CONCLUSION......Page 305
Index......Page 307