Comparative family law… Marriage, Property and Solidarity in Europe: Applying the Numerical Comparative Method in Family Law 1 May 2026 Introduction How is patrimonial solidarity between spouses conceived and operationalised in continental European jurisdictions? In most systems, the property relations between spouses are governed by a matrimonial property regime. The…
Comparative Obligations… The Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability (Routledge 2024), presented by Marta Santos Silva 14 Mar 202520 Feb 2025 The Routledge Handbook of Private Law and Sustainability, edited by Marta Santos Silva, Andrea Nicolussi, Christiane Wendehorst, Pablo Salvador Coderch, Marc Clément and Fryderyk Zoll, explores how private law can…
Comparative constitutional law… Parliamentary practices: a study of comparative constitutional law in France and the United Kingdom, by ME BOGGIO – MOTHERON 7 Mar 2025 A comparison of the incomparable : developing a theory of unwritten parliamentary sources The use of comparison in the study of parliamentary law is not an uncommon occurrence. Indeed, several studies…
Comparison in Europe… Can a non-discrimination law lens enrich our understanding of consumer vulnerability? – Comparative insights considering the regulation of sexist advertisement may provide some answers, by Jule Mulder 14 Feb 202513 Feb 2025 Vulnerability within EU Consumer Law How to protect vulnerable consumers is one of the key issues of our time. The European ideal of a well-informed, observant and circumspect consumer that…
Comparison in Europe… Low-income energy consumers in France, Germany and the UK – Protection of vulnerable customers versus self-responsibility,By Prof. Dr. Peter Rott 25 Oct 202414 Nov 2024 Vulnerability of consumers can have many causes. One is poverty, or low income. One of the most tangible problems of low-income consumers is energy poverty, which the EU Commission has…
Comparative constitutional law… ‘Federally Trapped’? Comparing and Contrasting Local Government in Multi-Layered Systems, by Matteo Nicolini and Alice Valdesalici 2 Feb 2024 A problem of collocation ‘What is the place of local government in federal studies?’ This is the question that we asked ourselves when we decided to venture forth into the…