The first five volumes of the Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham contain over 1,300 letters written both to and from Bentham over a 50-year period, beginning in 1752 (aged three) with his earliest surviving letter to his grandmother, and ending in 1797 with correspondence concerning his attempts to set up a national scheme for the provision of poor relief. Against the background of the debates on…
The first five volumes of the Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham contain over 1,300 letters written both to and from Bentham over a 50-year period, beginning in 1752 (aged three) with his earliest surviving letter to his grandmother, and ending in 1797 with correspondence concerning his attempts to set up a national scheme for the provision of poor relief. Against the background of the debates on…
Ultrasound of the Male Genitalia presents a comprehensive, evidence based reference as well as a practical guide for the performance and interpretation of the male genital ultrasound examination. The volume begins with the history of male genital ultrasound and includes a discussion of regulations surrounding the performance of ultrasound examinations by urologists. The book provides a comprehe…
Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit explores the current state of evidence supporting use of bedside ultrasound for procedural guidance and for the critical care-focused assessment of a variety of organ systems. This text covers standard practice areas, such as ultrasound guidance for vascular access in the ICU, as well as novel, less well-known applications such as the use of ultrasound for …
This book is the adapted version of the Master thesis written in the summer of 2016 for the completion of the LL. M. program at MIPLC. The thesis is the result of my lasting interest in public international law and intellectual property law. Since its completion in September, 2016, the work has undergone some changes, primarily due to the developments in the case law it touches upon.
It is with great pleasure and honour that I am writing a foreword for this eminent work, which seeks to promote the international rule of law, contribute to durable global peace, avoid conflict, lead to more effective protection of human rights, as well as sustain economic progress and development. The two volumes ofClimate Change: International Law and Global Governancedescribe important to…
Kamerun - die am Golf von Guinea gelegene ehemals deutsche Kolonie - ist ein geostrategisch relevantes, zentralafrikanisches Land reich an natürlichen Ressourcen. Das kamerunische Recht ist ein Faszinosum aus unterschiedlichen Rechtsquellen. Die Einflüsse aus dem englischen und französischen Recht, gepaart mit den Gewohnheitsrechten der zahlreichen ethnischen Bevölkerungsgruppen, sind auch …
In a recent patent infringement case between Servier and Apotex, courts in the UK were asked to look into the validity of a pharmaceutical patent that claimed a particular crystalline form of a compound called perindopril. Perindopril is a pharmaceutical compound essentially used to treat hypertension. Its preparation and use had been disclosed in a prior patent. The patent in the referred …
The greatest possible freedom’ is a formula which originated in the very first preliminary ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union in social security, the judgment inHoekstra, 1964. Ever since then, the Court has regularly relied on this formula, most recently inDumont, 2013. The evolution and the power of formulas like ‘the greatest possible freedom’ are the topic of this bo…
This book contains some of the papers that were presented at the first meeting of the newly formed African Expert Study Group on International Criminal Law / Groupe des Experts Africaines en Droit Pénal International held in September 2011 in Brussels, Belgium. The group was established under the auspices of the Multinational Development Policy Dialogue (hereinafter ‘MDPD’) and the Rule of…