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ECJ renders judgment in Case C-18/18 (Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook Ireland Limited)
On October 3rd 2019, the ECJ rendered its judgment in Case C-18/18 (Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek v Facebook Ireland Limited). The Court found that EU law does not preclude a host provider such as Facebook from being ordered to remove identical and, in certain...
read moreFrench Court finds the French State has committed a fault because of insufficient measures taken in terms of air quality
On 25th June 2019, the court of Montreuil found that "the [French] State has committed a fault because of insufficient measures taken in terms of air quality to remedy the overrun, between 2012 and 2016, in the region Ile -de-France, of the treshold values for the...
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Canada and EU agree on interim alternative to WTO Appellate Body
Canada and the EU have agreed a new trade dispute resolution system as a temporary substitute to the WTO's Appellate Body, which is edging towards collapse. Over the past 2 years, US president Donald Trump has consistently blocked replacements for retiring judges....
read moreTaiwan passes same-sex marriage legislation
On 17 May 2019, the Taiwanese Parliament has approved a bill legalizing same-sex marriage, a landmark decision making the island the first place in Asia to pass same-sex marriage legislation More information can be found via this link : CNN Le Monde
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STUDIES
Droit et animaux – Rencontres de la Société de législation comparée : Dialogue franco-italien 21 et 22 septembre 2018
The summary is reproduced hereafter : "Droit et animaux a été choisi avec enthousiasme comme sujet du dialogue franco-italien entre la Société de législation comparée et la Société italienne pour la recherche en droit comparé. Cet ouvrage envisage le thème sous trois...
read moreDROIT EUROPÉEN ET COMPARÉ DES CONTRATS – BÉNÉDICTE FAUVARQUE-COSSON, DIANE GALBOIS-LEHALLE, HEIN KÖTZ, CARINE SIGNAT
More information Hachette, 2019. Cet ouvrage, à jour de la réforme française, met en perspective le droit des contrats des pays de droit civil (droits français, allemand, néerlandais, suisse) et de common law (droit anglais). Il reprend, complète et met à jour...
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