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This book addresses concerns with the international trade and investment dispute settlement systems from a statist perspective, at a time when multilateralism is deeply questioned by the forces of mega-regionalism and political and economic contestation.

In November 2016 the Public Prosecution Department (OM) announced to prepare civil proceedings against the Bandidos Motorcycle Club (MC). The government has to protect the citizens.

If one formula one car hits another, and one of the parties is to blame, does that create liability to pay for the repairs of the other?

A 83-year-old man suffered severe brain damage due to a fall in a bank.

“Whereas from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’s Monster to the classical myth of Pygmalion, through the story of Prague’s Golem to the robot of Karel Čapek, who coined the word, people have fantasised about the possibility of building intelligent machines, more often than not androids with human feat

Innovation is not working nowadays in the western world as we think it is. Erixon suggests that we should rethink the role of IPRs. Would it not be better for governments to be more selective in determining to whom a patent should be granted? 

In recent years, an increasing number of customers and investors have filed claims against banks such as for mis-selling financial products or poor financial advice.

‘Follow your heart.’ Anyone who faces an important choice, will undoubtedly hear this advice at times. Trust your gut feeling and everything will be all right. However, very often our intuition is wrong.  ^{(Dutch only)} 

The UK Intellectual Property Office (hereinafter “IPO”), on the 28^th November 2016, published their willingness to proceed with the preparation for the ratification of the 

While there are no indications that the number of serious violations of integrity in law enforcement has increased over the past five years, the violations are getting more serious.