Free movement of goods and person within the Europe
Dissertation - 12 pages - Droit européen
Since the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957, the euro area is the geographical and economic EUROPE. Since 1957, new treaties such as Schengen and Maastricht were signed. Europe and its laws allow us to develop economic relations between the member states. Thus barriers fall,...
Corporate governance under English common law : the respective roles of executive and non executive directors
Dissertation - 15 pages - Droit des affaires
The role of boards and its relationship to management must be clearly identified. The Companies Act provides that companies must have directors but does not define their functions. This is left to the articles of association, where the most undertaken practice consists of vesting...
Border Regulation, Freedom of Movement and Citizenship in the Third Pillar of the EU: Conflicting legal agendas.
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit européen
Within the United Kingdom (UK) there has been a long proud tradition of strong regulatory and independent oversight with respect to its national border security and integrity. The UK is a confederation of regional states some of which have semi-autonomous devolved legislatures, yet...
Tax havens and companies
Étude de cas - 7 pages - Droit fiscal
This dissertation will deal about Tax Haven in the world. I choose this subject because we recently spoke about tax haven in news, but I think nobody doesn't really realise its impacts on others societies and who are the real culprit. Its fight becomes more important; governments...
Principles and Practices of Consumer's Protection within the European Union
Dissertation - 19 pages - Droit européen
The objective of the European Union is to protect the health, safety and the economic well-being of its citizens. In this regard, it is the responsibility of the EU to promote the right to information, help in safeguarding the interests and encourage the member states to set up...
Should we stick to the stability and growth Pact?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit européen
The Stability and Growth Pact is an essential element of the European Monetary Union and has been often criticized. One of the sharpest and most violent attacks came from the President of the European Commission, which is supposed to be the watchdog of the Treaties and...
La notion de "checks and balances" (poids et contrepoids) dans le système politique américain
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
« Plus un pouvoir est grand, plus les limites à ce pouvoir sont décisives » nous disait Olivier Duhamel à propos de la superpuissance que sont les Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Thomas Jefferson et ses compagnons en avaient bien conscience, d'où l'apparition des « checks and balances » (poids et...
Williams Act and takeover defences in the United States
Étude de cas - 2 pages - Droit international
This statement will be discussed : “Without the process effects generated by the availability of takeover defense in the United States, the Williams Act would not be fit for purpose” The United States is among the countries the most favorable to the use of takeover defenses. A takeover...
?The Council of Ministers: key decision-maker and guardian of national interests' discuss
Dissertation - 8 pages - Droit européen
Before starting discussion of the role of the Council, one should point out the paradox on which the Council is built. The Council aims to be both a key decision-maker and a guardian of national interests. In that view, being a guardian of national interest might affect the credibility of...
Le budget de l'Union européenne
Présentation - 27 pages - Droit européen
Mode de fonctionnement et perspectives futures du budget de l'Union Européenne.
Conditions of detention and "other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatments"
Dissertation - 10 pages - Libertés publiques
On March 6, 2006, Alain Grignard, the deputy head of the Brussels police anti-terrorism unit declared on his return from a visit to Guantanamo-Bay with Anne-Marie Lizin, chair of the Belgian Senate: "At the level of detention facilities, it is a model prison, where people are better treated than...
Influence of media and legal institutions on one another
Dissertation - 6 pages - Droit international
This essay aims at showing the necessary but dangerous interactivity existing between media and legal institutions: each of them need to be independent but in the same time they both need each other. The following pages will answer the subsequent problem: can legal institutions resist the...
Migration Law - A Human Right to Migration in International Law and European Community Law
Dissertation - 11 pages - Libertés publiques
To answer the question of the existence of the human right to migrate, the notion of migration and human right themselves must first be studied. Migration can be defined as a movement of persons from one country or locality to another one. Only international migrations, from one country to...
Duress and undue influence
Mémoire - 25 pages - Droit des affaires
"It is assumed that the parties know their own minds, that they are the best judges of their own needs and circumstances, that they will calculate the risks and future contingencies that are relevant, and that all these enter into the bargain. It follows that unfairness of...
To fight against any sort of discrimination, could and should all workers be treated equally?
Dissertation - 2 pages - Droit du travail
Gender, age, ethnic background, sexual orientation, religion, family life and private matters do play an important part at work although they should not. Recruitment processes, salaries, the daily routine at the work office, are all places where workers should be considered equals...
Introduction to the Challenges of European and French Law in Legal Informatics
Dissertation - 15 pages - Droit européen
The " new technologies " which appeared thirty years ago and are characterized by a considerable development are subject to fundamental legal questions. The definition of new technologies remains vague and includes the information and communication technologies. The...
Confessing antitrust criminals: The art of juggling with carrots, sticks and transatlantic disturbances
Étude de cas - 15 pages - Droit autres branches
Fighting cartels is not an easy business to be in. Companies operating cartels are of course very much aware of the illegality of their conduct under the antitrust laws. For that reason, cartels are typically operated in secrecy and considerable efforts are devoted by the participants to...
The legal professions in the English legal system: barristers, solicitors and magistrates
Cours - 7 pages - Droit autres branches
First, we must know there is a separation in the legal profession of lawyer, there are: - barristers: (avocat, conseiller juridique) who work exclusively in the bar (à la barre du tribunal) to defend their clients. - and solicitors (notaire, avoué) who work on the administrative aspects...
To what extent have developments in individual rights in Britain delivered family friendly working practices, and with what implications for all relevant stakeholders
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit des affaires
Since New Labour came to power in May 1997 some developments in employments rights have aimed to promote the balancing between work and family life: “Families are the core of our society, but they are under pressure. Women and men struggle with choices over work and...
The european integration process and the institutionalisation of integration
Dissertation - 7 pages - Droit européen
This first lecture deals with the different approaches that can be followed in order to study the European integration. We focus our attention on three different way of studying: 'disciplinary' approach, 'theoretical' approach and finally 'political' approach. The...
Explain and discuss the effectiveness of the EC Treaty provisions concerning state aids in preventing distortions to the operation of the single market
Dissertation - 12 pages - Droit européen
As recognised by the EC Treaty, state aids are important and necessary policy instruments to achieve social and economic goals. However, depending on the way in which they are given, State aids can have a material impact on competition, leading to significant distortions to the...
Criminal law: recklessness and negligence
Dissertation - 4 pages - Droit pénal
Subject: “Risk takers” present problems for the courts. Critically discuss this statement with reference to the courts' management of defendants who claim “I did not think”, “I did foresee a risk and took it but I intended no harm”, “Awareness of...
Judicial Power: A third and co-equal branch, judicial review and independence
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit constitutionnel
In the Constitution, the Supreme Court's specificity finds its origin in the adaptation of the British Common Law's legacy to the American federalism. And, the law's superiority or the 'Rule of Law' implies a strong Judicial System. Indeed, the United States seems to...
Comparative study - sociological and legal perspective over the national and the EU policies in France, Sweden and Spain
Étude de cas - 13 pages - Droit européen
Professional immigration in France is organised in such a manner to complete the needs of companies and to be adapted to France's accommodation and working capacities, while taking into consideration economic situation in the country. France does not formally distinguish immigrants...
Le capitalisme au XXIe siècle, vers quels rapports entre management et capital ?
Fiche - 4 pages - Droit des affaires
La fracture entre propriétaires du capital et détenteurs du pouvoir a perdu de sa netteté, car les dirigeants sont de plus en plus souvent actionnaires et pour des montants importants. Le management des entreprises doit être réorganisé (corporate governance) et doit prendre en compte...
The challenge of financial crisis to economic of development: impact and solutions- the case of Argentina
Étude de cas - 9 pages - Droit des affaires
The Argentine crisis means the great economic and social crisis that took place in Argentina between 1998 and 2002, whose consequences are felt even today. The Argentine authorities in early 1990 had chosen the technique of the currency board to stabilize an economy with inflation...
Le veto : instrument de la théorie des « checks and balances » ?
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Les Etats-Unis sont l'exemple historique du régime présidentiel dans lequel le pouvoir législatif (le Congrès) et le pouvoir gouvernant (la présidence) ont des compétences séparées et en principe indépendantes. L'exemple de ce pays semble être parfait pour illustrer la théorie des « checks...
Le veto : instrument de la théorie des « checks and balances » ? - publié le 11/08/2008
Dissertation - 5 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Les Etats-Unis sont l'exemple historique du régime présidentiel dans lequel le pouvoir législatif (le Congrès) et le pouvoir gouvernant (la présidence) ont des compétences séparées et en principe indépendantes. L'exemple de ce pays semble être parfait pour illustrer la théorie des «...
Bureaucratie, intérêt général et management public
Dissertation - 3 pages - Droit administratif
La bureaucratie est une notion aujourd'hui utilisée dans un sens péjoratif ayant pour but de montrer les lourdeurs et la lenteur dont serait synonyme l'Administration. Au contraire le management public fait, lui, plus référence à quelque chose de moderne, de réactif. Le...
The ninth amendment: origins and controversy
Dissertation - 9 pages - Droit constitutionnel
Select one amendment from the Bill of Rights and research why the Founding Fathers found it necessary to state it, and explain what had happened in England or Europe that brought about that amendment? Remember that we were a colony of England's for over one hundred years before...
