The e-COURT project is European project that involves academic, government and industrial partners. The project aims at developing an integrated system for the acquisition of audio/video depositions within courtrooms, the archiving of legal documents, information retrieval and synchronized audio/video/ text consultation. The University of Amsterdam is mainly responsible for the development and ...

Meanings of pluralism in different disciplines – Meaning in jurisprudence, esp. European Court of Human Rights – Feature of society and idea of society – Individual freedom v. group existence – Politics, religion, education – Pluralism as expression of rights and as guarantee of rights – Rejection of legal pluralism – Contradiction of elitist theory – State protection of pluralism and its limits

Lord Slynn of Hadley is probably not primarily known as an environmental lawyer. His contributions to the development of European environmental law are, however, considerable. On May 24, 1988, Slynn delivered his famous opinion in the so-called “Danish Bottles” case. In that case, the European Court of Justice (”ECJ”) held that a system requiring manufacturers and importers to market beer and s...

the emergence of the internet severely affected the social life. cyberspace, regardless of geographical constraints, has provided the possiblity of fast and affordable communication for all people around the world. the increase of international electronic contracts has caused the courts to confront the challenge of determining jurisdiction in cases involving such contracts. traditional rules of...

As a result both of the way in which the external relations powers of the European Community (“EC” or “Community”) have been organized by the Treaty establishing the European Community (“EC Treaty”) and of the interpretation by the Court of Justice of the European Communities (“ECJ”), an analysis of the evolution of the external relations powers requires distinguishing between powers relating t...