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Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law 2025

&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;Part I Digital Platforms and Ethical Considerations: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"&gt;Discrimination in Online Housing Advertising: The Intersection of Anti-Discrimination Law and Platform Regulation &lt;em&gt;by Matija Damjan and Lucija Strojan&lt;/em&gt;.- The Ethical and Legal Implications of the "Pay-or-Consent" Model in Digital Markets &lt;em&gt;by Arletta Gorecka&lt;/em&gt;.- The Impact of Withdrawing Consent for the Processing of Personal Data on the Fate of Contract for the Supply of Digital Content and Digital Services &lt;em&gt;by Nikolina Mi&amp;scaron;čević and Slobodan Midorović&lt;/em&gt;.- &lt;strong&gt;Part II European Law: &lt;/strong&gt;Modified Acceptance of an Offer in International and European Contract Law: Restating the &amp;lsquo;Mirror-Image&amp;rsquo; Doctrine &lt;em&gt;by Nenad Gavrilović&lt;/em&gt;.- The Limits of Regulatory Protection under UTP Directive: Reframing Enforcement to Ensure Compensatory Commercial Justice and Contract Enforcement &lt;em&gt;by Iva Grgić&lt;/em&gt;.- Construing Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure in EU Law: Normative and Institutional Implications for Cybersecurity Governance &lt;em&gt;by Marija Vlajković and Jelisaveta Tasev&lt;/em&gt;.- The Notion of Agricultural Enterprise and the Application of the Italian Insolvency and Over-Indebtedness Framework in Light of the EU Insolvency Directive &lt;em&gt;by Beatrice La Porta&lt;/em&gt;.- Sustainability in EU Geographical Indications Law: Assessing the Impact of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 as amended by Regulation (EU) No 2021/2117 &lt;em&gt;by Harun Lozo&lt;/em&gt;.- &lt;strong&gt;Part III International Law: &lt;/strong&gt;Class Action Versus Representative Action: Are We Facing the Gradual Harmonisation Between American and European Model of Collective Consumer Actions? &lt;em&gt;by Slobodan Vukadinović and Jovana Popović&lt;/em&gt;.- A Comparative Analysis of the Limitations of Appeal in Civil Procedure: Reflections of the De Minimis Principle &lt;em&gt;by Marko S. Knežević&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

This book offers a comprehensive reconstruction of proportionality in constitutional law, tracing its trajectory from its origins in Prussian administrative law and German constitutional adjudication to its contemporary application across diverse legal systems. Against the conventional approaches that equate proportionality with the weighing of competing values, it argues that this test was originally conceived as a dogmatic instrument for the protection of rights, not as a balancing technique. Through a detailed comparative analysis of the German and Brazilian experiences, the book reconstructs how proportionality gradually shifted from a strict limit on state power to an open formula of judicial discretion, and proposes a coherent model to restore its normative function. The book critically re-examines the philosophical and theoretical assumptions that transformed proportionality into an indeterminate balancing exercise and reconstructs it as a structured dogmatic test defined by constitutional parameters of protection. Engaging with authors such as Robert Alexy, Bernhard Schlink and Ralf Poscher, it maps how proportionality became the dominant method of constitutional adjudication and how that dominance produced both methodological uncertainty and jurisprudential uniformity. Finally, it proposes a theoretical framework that distinguishes proportionality in the singular, as a general abstraction, from proportionalities in the plural, calibrated to the specificities of each right, context and mode of judicial review. This plural and context-sensitive approach restores the analytical precision that contemporary constitutional law often lacks. By combining historical analysis, comparative dogmatics and legal theory, the study contributes to current debates on the legitimacy and limits of judicial review, the boundaries of fundamental rights and the crisis of constitutional interpretation in modern democracies.

This book offers a comprehensive reconstruction of proportionality in constitutional law, tracing its trajectory from its origins in Prussian administrative law and German constitutional adjudication to its contemporary application across diverse legal systems. Against the conventional approaches that equate proportionality with the weighing of competing values, it argues that this test was originally conceived as a dogmatic instrument for the protection of rights, not as a balancing technique. Through a detailed comparative analysis of the German and Brazilian experiences, the book reconstructs how proportionality gradually shifted from a strict limit on state power to an open formula of judicial discretion, and proposes a coherent model to restore its normative function. The book critically re-examines the philosophical and theoretical assumptions that transformed proportionality into an indeterminate balancing exercise and reconstructs it as a structured dogmatic test defined by constitutional parameters of protection. Engaging with authors such as Robert Alexy, Bernhard Schlink and Ralf Poscher, it maps how proportionality became the dominant method of constitutional adjudication and how that dominance produced both methodological uncertainty and jurisprudential uniformity. Finally, it proposes a theoretical framework that distinguishes proportionality in the singular, as a general abstraction, from proportionalities in the plural, calibrated to the specificities of each right, context and mode of judicial review. This plural and context-sensitive approach restores the analytical precision that contemporary constitutional law often lacks. By combining historical analysis, comparative dogmatics and legal theory, the study contributes to current debates on the legitimacy and limits of judicial review, the boundaries of fundamental rights and the crisis of constitutional interpretation in modern democracies.

Origins, Models, and Dogmatic Reconstruction

Proportionality in Constitutional Law

Understanding China

This book systematically covers the environmental law issues of China. It starts with the challenges to traditional law and the emergence of environmental law, introduces the basic issues of environmental law and calls for the restructuring of the law, proposes environmental rights and reviews the practice of environmental rights. Then, this book discusses international environmental law developments, the change of notions of Chinese environmental law and the restructuring of Chinese environmental regulatory tools. It points out the insufficiency of traditional private law and public law and proposes that innovation of private law and public law is needed to address environmental issues in China. It addresses issues of Chinese environmental law as well as issues of international environmental law.This book pays attention to the special issues of Chinese environmental governance. Unlike many books introducing foreign environmental legislation into China, this book focuses on Chinese issues, Chinese environmental issues, and Chinese environmental law issues. This focus on the special issues of Chinese environmental governance makes it more revealing the real situations of China. From this book, readers may understand the history of Chinese environmental law as well as the future of Chinese environmental law, blackletter law, living law, achievements and insufficiency.&nbsp;Zhongmei Lyu, Vice Chairperson of China Law Society and Chairperson of China Society of Environmental and Resources Law.Prof. Lyu won the awards of China National Distinguished Young Jurists, Chinese Renowned Jurists, and many other awards. Prof. Lyu is a top scholar of environmental law in China. She authored a large number of books and articles on environmental law and also has rich experience in practical legislative, judicial, and law enforcement work. She actively participates in the drafting and deliberation of environmental legislation. She played a major role in the drafting of the Eco-Environmental Code of the People’s Republic of China, which was adopted by the National People’s Congress on March 12, 2026. As to judicial work, she was an associate justice of the Higher People’s Court of Hubei Province for five years.

This book systematically covers the environmental law issues of China. It starts with the challenges to traditional law and the emergence of environmental law, introduces the basic issues of environmental law and calls for the restructuring of the law, proposes environmental rights and reviews the practice of environmental rights. Then, this book discusses international environmental law developments, the change of notions of Chinese environmental law and the restructuring of Chinese environmental regulatory tools. It points out the insufficiency of traditional private law and public law and proposes that innovation of private law and public law is needed to address environmental issues in China. It addresses issues of Chinese environmental law as well as issues of international environmental law.This book pays attention to the special issues of Chinese environmental governance. Unlike many books introducing foreign environmental legislation into China, this book focuses on Chinese issues, Chinese environmental issues, and Chinese environmental law issues. This focus on the special issues of Chinese environmental governance makes it more revealing the real situations of China. From this book, readers may understand the history of Chinese environmental law as well as the future of Chinese environmental law, blackletter law, living law, achievements and insufficiency.

New Horizons of Environmental Law

Great Debates in Law

This textbook introduces students to key questions and debates of advanced legal concepts and encourages deeper thought and understanding.

This textbook introduces students to key questions and debates of advanced legal concepts and encourages deeper thought and understanding.

Great Debates in Public Law

Focusing on legal science and its application, this book comprehensively examines the knowledge system, methodology, and values of judgment formation from theoretical jurisprudence to practical application. Tracing the development of legal science, the book analyzes the core connotations of legal rationality, emphasizing the certainty, scientific nature, and ethical aspects of judgments. Through a profound analysis of legal rationality, evidentiary methods, and judicial procedures in the context of adjudication, the book demonstrates how to achieve "good law and good governance" in judicial practice, providing theoretical guidance and practical direction for legal professionals.

Formation of Adjudication: Legal Science as Knowledge, Methodology and Value, and Its Application

This book presents a curated overview of the literature that encompasses legal, economic, business, technological, and public policy debates around patented technologies in globally standardized technologies of the future, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB and 5G. They are a result of a collaborative process, complex engineering, and sustained R&amp;D investment. These technologies and many more require common global technical standards that make them accessible, interconnected, and interoperable. The patents that are essential to the functioning of these standardized technologies, or standard essential patents (SEPs), are at the front and centre of all industries, governance methods, and interaction of citizens with the market and the state.&nbsp;
The extensive literature review presented in this book helps us understand how patents drive rapid advances in technology and diverse applications in healthcare, wearable devices, automobiles, quantum tech, appliances, finance, defence, energy, computing, advanced research, and several allied areas. It provides an overview of the role of technical standards and how standard development bodies shape technology diffusion. This book maintains a balance between the interests of all crucial stakeholders — innovators &amp; patent holders, developers &amp; implementers of technical standards, licensors &amp; licensees of essential patents, patent offices &amp; regulatory bodies, downstream consumers &amp; end-users, and the scientific community.&nbsp;
This book will help understand the new challenges faced by people, organizations, and the planet in this decade and the way we pivot towards technologies of the future, and the way we blend perspectives from different disciplines and domains. It will ultimately determine how and when innovation in fast-emerging technologies like 6G, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Quantum Computing, and Internet of Things is realized and deployed for the greater good.&nbsp;

This book presents a curated overview of the literature that encompasses legal, economic, business, technological, and public policy debates around patented technologies in globally standardized technologies of the future, such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB and 5G. They are a result of a collaborative process, complex engineering, and sustained R&amp;D investment. These technologies and many more require common global technical standards that make them accessible, interconnected, and interoperable. The patents that are essential to the functioning of these standardized technologies, or standard essential patents (SEPs), are at the front and centre of all industries, governance methods, and interaction of citizens with the market and the state.&nbsp;The extensive literature review presented in this book helps us understand how patents drive rapid advances in technology and diverse applications in healthcare, wearable devices, automobiles, quantum tech, appliances, finance, defence, energy, computing, advanced research, and several allied areas. It provides an overview of the role of technical standards and how standard development bodies shape technology diffusion. This book maintains a balance between the interests of all crucial stakeholders — innovators &amp; patent holders, developers &amp; implementers of technical standards, licensors &amp; licensees of essential patents, patent offices &amp; regulatory bodies, downstream consumers &amp; end-users, and the scientific community.&nbsp;This book will help understand the new challenges faced by people, organizations, and the planet in this decade and the way we pivot towards technologies of the future, and the way we blend perspectives from different disciplines and domains. It will ultimately determine how and when innovation in fast-emerging technologies like 6G, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, Quantum Computing, and Internet of Things is realized and deployed for the greater good.&nbsp;

A Curated Literature Overview

Global Intellectual Property Licensing in Technologies of the Future

Rechtsgeschichte ist nicht nur ein Orchideenfach für einige wenige Interessierte. Es ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Grundlagenfächer im juristischen Studium, und dies nicht ohne Grund: Die Rechtsgeschichte gehört in den Kanon jener Fächer, die Selbstvergewisserung und Perspektiven einer Disziplin eröffnen. Zu verstehen, woher Rechtsinstitute kommen, welchen ursprünglichen Anwendungsbereich sie hatten und was die Gründe für ihre Entwicklung waren, hilft bei einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit aktuellen Rechtsfragen. Historische Informiertheit kann zu einem tieferen und damit besseren Rechtsverständnis beitragen. Diesem Ziel widmet sich das neue NomosLehrbuch zur Rechtsgeschichte. 
Erörtert wird im Schwerpunkt die deutsche Rechtsgeschichte seit der Vormoderne. Das Lehrbuch nimmt dabei Rechtsentwicklungen insgesamt in den Blick. Vermieden werden anachronistische Rückprojektionen der heutigen Disziplinen Privatrecht, Strafrecht und Öffentliches Recht. Statt Vorgeschichten zu erzählen und Kontinuitäten zu betonen, wird den Lesern ein Gefühl für die Besonderheiten der modernen Rechtsordnungen in Abgrenzung zu älteren Rechtsformen vermittelt. Insbesondere verbindet das Lehrbuch die Rechtsgeschichte mit der Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte und beschreibt Rechtsgeschichte damit in ihrem kulturellen Kontext. Das Lehrbuch vermittelt damit die Fähigkeit zu einer eigenständigen Reflexion über die bestehende Rechtsordnung, indem es unterschiedliche Lösungsansätze für Rechtsprobleme unter verschiedenen sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Bedingungen aufzeigt.
Strukturprägend für das Lehrbuch sind Ereignisse, Institutionen und Thesen und weniger "große Männer" oder "große Werke". Sie werden eingebettet dargestellt in dem für eine Epoche als relevant erachteten thematischen Zusammenhang unter Verwendung möglichst neutraler Begriffe, um einen unvoreingenommenen Zugang zu ermöglichen, und um oft unreflektierte Assoziationen zu überlieferten historischen Deutungsmustern zu vermeiden.
Vertiefungsabschnitte am Ende zahlreicher Kapitel formulieren Forschungsfragen, die jeweils eine Vernetzung mit anderen Teilen des Werkes ermöglichen, sodass ein Verständnis für die größeren Zusammenhänge gefördert wird. Am Ende des Buches finden sich Wiederholungsfragen zur eigenständigen Repetition.

Rechtsgeschichte ist nicht nur ein Orchideenfach für einige wenige Interessierte. Es ist nach wie vor eines der zentralen Grundlagenfächer im juristischen Studium, und dies nicht ohne Grund: Die Rechtsgeschichte gehört in den Kanon jener Fächer, die Selbstvergewisserung und Perspektiven einer Disziplin eröffnen. Zu verstehen, woher Rechtsinstitute kommen, welchen ursprünglichen Anwendungsbereich sie hatten und was die Gründe für ihre Entwicklung waren, hilft bei einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit aktuellen Rechtsfragen. Historische Informiertheit kann zu einem tieferen und damit besseren Rechtsverständnis beitragen. Diesem Ziel widmet sich das neue NomosLehrbuch zur Rechtsgeschichte. 
Erörtert wird im Schwerpunkt die deutsche Rechtsgeschichte seit der Vormoderne. Das Lehrbuch nimmt dabei Rechtsentwicklungen insgesamt in den Blick. Vermieden werden anachronistische Rückprojektionen der heutigen Disziplinen Privatrecht, Strafrecht und Öffentliches Recht. Statt Vorgeschichten zu erzählen und Kontinuitäten zu betonen, wird den Lesern ein Gefühl für die Besonderheiten der modernen Rechtsordnungen in Abgrenzung zu älteren Rechtsformen vermittelt. Insbesondere verbindet das Lehrbuch die Rechtsgeschichte mit der Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte und beschreibt Rechtsgeschichte damit in ihrem kulturellen Kontext. Das Lehrbuch vermittelt damit die Fähigkeit zu einer eigenständigen Reflexion über die bestehende Rechtsordnung, indem es unterschiedliche Lösungsansätze für Rechtsprobleme unter verschiedenen sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Bedingungen aufzeigt.
Strukturprägend für das Lehrbuch sind Ereignisse, Institutionen und Thesen und weniger „große Männer“ oder „große Werke“. Sie werden eingebettet dargestellt in dem für eine Epoche als relevant erachteten thematischen Zusammenhang unter Verwendung möglichst neutraler Begriffe, um einen unvoreingenommenen Zugang zu ermöglichen, und um oft unreflektierte Assoziationen zu überlieferten historischen Deutungsmustern zu vermeiden.
Vertiefungsabschnitte am Ende zahlreicher Kapitel formulieren Forschungsfragen, die jeweils eine Vernetzung mit anderen Teilen des Werkes ermöglichen, sodass ein Verständnis für die größeren Zusammenhänge gefördert wird. Am Ende des Buches finden sich Wiederholungsfragen zur eigenständigen Repetition.

Seit der Vormoderne

Rechtsgeschichte

International and Comparative Law in the Asia Pacific

Judicial Systems in Comparative Perspective

Artificial Intelligence and the Rule of Law

This book provides a stinging critique of the regulatory underpinnings of the EU AI Act, delivering a trenchant criticism and asserting that there is no shortage of reasons for enduring skepticism. This book uncovers the multifaceted architecture underlying both the EU AI Act and the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, revealing its technological, social, philosophical, and legal shortcomings. Chapters focusing on doctrinal, social, technological, philosophical, historical, and economic stances are carefully paired with fruitful discussions about bespoke standards for addressing the ever-evolving issue of algorithmic decision-making, such as enhanced safety, protection of fundamental rights, sustainability of the rule of law, and redress of algorithmic wrongs.

Primer and Roadmap

Research Handbook of Regulatory Compliance under the EU AI Act and the Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI Models

An acclaimed New York Times Magazine writer brings us into the world of the controversial technology firm Palantir and its very colorful and outspoken CEO, Alex Karp, tracing the ascent of Big Data, the rise of surveillance technology, and the shifting global balance of power in the 21st century. Palantir builds data integration software: its technology ingests vast quantities of information and quickly identifies patterns, trends, and connections that might elude the human eye. Founded in 2003 to help the US government in the war on terrorism—an early investor was the CIA—Palantir is now a $400 billion global colossus whose software is used by major intelligence services (including the Mossad), the US military, dozens of federal agencies, and corporate giants like Airbus and BP. From AI to counterterrorism to climate change to immigration to financial fraud to the future of warfare, the company is at the nexus of the most critical issues of the 21st century. Its CEO, Alex Karp, is a distinctive figure on the global business scene. A biracial Jew who is also severely dyslexic, Karp has built Palantir into a tech giant despite having no background in either business or computer science. Instead, he’s a trained philosopher who has become known for his strongly held views on a range of issues and for his willingness to grapple with the moral and ethical implications of Palantir’s work. Those questions have taken on added urgency during the Trump era, which has also brought attention to the political activism of Karp’s close friend and Palantir cofounder Peter Thiel. In The Philosopher in the Valley, journalist Michael Steinberger explores the world of Alex Karp, Palantir, and the future that they are leading us toward. It is an urgent and illuminating work about one of Silicon Valley’s most secretive and powerful companies, whose technology is at the leading edge of the surveillance state.

Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State

The Philosopher in the Valley

International Law and the Global South

This book provides comprehensive discussions on the instruments, mechanisms and debates relevant to tackling biopiracy and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in that context.&nbsp;Biopiracy is one of the most controversial issues in the international society and indigenous peoples and local communities have been the main victim of biopiracy because although they have made enormous contributions to the conservation of biological and genetic resources and development of associated traditional knowledge, they have been rarely acknowledged and few benefits have been shared.Against this backdrop, this book surveys biopiracy cases around the world, analyses and discusses the international regimes relevant to biopiracy, and suggests possible ways forward; namely the instruments or mechanisms to tackle biopiracy and protect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities based on the international regimes. It provides a comprehensive picture on the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities in the context of biopiracy by analysing international biodiversity, human rights and intellectual property regimes as a whole. Moreover, unlike others, this book also suggests how to improve domestic laws and institutions to tackle biopiracy and protect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in accordance with the international regimes by, for instance, providing the core elements of the model laws and institutions.For these reasons, the book will be a good guide for students and researchers who are interested in laws and policies on the (sustainable) use of biological and genetic resources. Particularly, given that with the adoption of the Nagoya Protocol, scientists (particularly, biologists) need to understand international biodiversity and intellectual property laws and institutions, this book will be useful for them. Moreover, as indigenous peoples and local communities are the main victim of biopiracy, this book will help indigenous rights activists and organizations working to protect their rights.

Protection of Bio-rights of Indigenous Peoples in International Law

Yearbook of Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy - Technical, Economic and Legal Framework

Integrating CCS, Digital Innovation, Circular Economy and Global Mining Strategies for a Low‑Carbon Future

Yearbook of Sustainable Smart Mining and Energy 2023/24/25

Perspectives in Law, Business and Innovation

Artificial intelligence, large language models, chatbots, extended reality, and other emerging technologies are becoming central to modern healthcare, industry, and society. They offer major benefits, from faster diagnoses and personalized medicine to immersive collaboration and new ways of protecting information. At the same time, they create new risks for privacy, cybersecurity, fairness, and accountability, all of which are important for maintaining public trust in technology.
 
 AI-by-Design: Integrating Privacy, Security, and Ethical Governance in Health, Industry, and Society starts from a simple idea: good governance should be built into technology from the beginning, rather than added later when problems arise. Privacy, security, and ethical safeguards should therefore be part of the design and development of AI systems from their earliest stages. The book explores how privacy-by-design, security-by-design, and ethics-by-design can be brought together into a single approach for developing AI and other technologies that people can trust.
 
 This is particularly important because the rules governing AI are changing quickly. AI governance is not a fixed set of requirements that organizations can follow once and then forget. Laws, technologies, political priorities, and public expectations continue to change. The AI-by-Design approach helps address this challenge because it does not depend on any single law or regulatory framework. Instead, key principles such as data minimization, transparency, security, human oversight, explainability and accountability are built directly into the technology and the way it is developed and used. In this sense, design choices are also governance choices. They shape how data is collected and used, how cybersecurity risks are managed, how individual rights are protected, and how the benefits and risks of new technologies are shared across society.
 
 The book brings together contributions from areas such as healthcare, industry, and society. In healthcare, the authors examine AI-supported diagnostics, mental health chatbots, mobile health applications, and other technologies that are changing how care is provided while raising concerns about transparency, bias, privacy, and cybersecurity. In industry, the book looks at the growing use of AI, data infrastructures, and extended reality and considers how legal requirements can be put into practice through technical standards and concrete safeguards. At the broader societal level, the contributors examine AI reasoning, explainability, accountability, and the need for governance approaches that can respond to rapid technological change.
 
 Throughout the volume, the contributors connect legal and ethical principles with practical solutions. The book shows how privacy, security, fairness, transparency, and accountability can move beyond general principles and become part of the technical, organizational, and legal choices made throughout the design and use of AI systems.

Integrating Privacy, Security, and Ethical Governance in Health, Industry, and Society

AI-by-Design

Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law 2025

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