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The Patentability of the Pharmaceutical Industry: The Public Interest in the Protection of Health
Carina Carvalho Magalhães
Keywords Propriedade Intelectual, Patente, Medicamento, Saúde, Autorização de Introdução no Mercado
The prevalence of potestative arbitration in consumer disputes
Ana Margarida Ferreira da Silva
Keywords Consumer disputes; potestative arbitration; Essential public services; Disputes of low economic value; Hybrid mode of arbitration; Pretermination of arbitral court.
The role of private actors in the regulation and enforcement of corporate environmental harm
Judith van Erp
Keywords regulation; multinational corporations; private actors; whistle blowing; social control; global harm.
The “comply or explain” principle and the ”soft law”
Ana Sílvia Falcão Mestre Efigénia
Keywords Soft law; comply or explain; corporate governance; shareholders; disclosure; effectiveness
Who foots the bill? Remarks on the corporate indemnification
Maria Elisabete Ramos
Keywords corporate governance; litigation culture; legal defense costs; directors’ protection; corporate indemnification
Book review of Moisés Barrio Andrés, Internet de las cosas, Madrid, Editorial Reus, 2022, 221 pp. (ISBN 9788429026092)
David López Jiménez
Keywords Consumers; Law; Internet of things; privacy; technology.
Hybrid asymmetries and their impact on tax base erosion
Filipa Margarida Dias Santa / José de Campos Amorim
Keywords Hybrid asymmetries; OECD; BEPS; Abusive tax planning; Tax evasion; Tax avoidance.
Is money laundering prevention effective? A perspective from banking institutions
Cátia Tomé / Rita Faria
Keywords Money laundering; prevention; compliance; banks; interviews.
The adaptation of the Civil Law to the contemporary social Dynamics
Vítor Borba Shnaiderman
Keywords Normative power of the facts; Constitutionalization of the Law; Rights of personality; Digital Era.
Analysis of the Resolution of the European Parliament, from October 20th 2020, and the Proposal for a Directive Of The European Parliament and of the Council on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence (AI Liability Directive)
André Gonçalo da Costa Fraga Bastos Torres
Keywords Civil Liability; Artificial Intelligence; Resolution of the European Parliament, from October 20th 2020; Proposal for an AI Liability Directive; Requisites of Non-Contractual Civil Liability; Socialization of Risk.
Book Review of Espiniella Menéndez, Ángel, La relación laboral internacional, Valencia, Tirant lo Blanch, 2022, 653 pp. (ISBN: 9788411134422)
Helena Mota
Keywords European Union; Private International Law; Individual employment contracts; cross-border labour relationships.
Labour Exploitation in the Textile Sector and the Consumer Right to Information: What Convergence?
Maria Miguel Oliveira da Silva
Keywords Textile sector; forced labour; child exploitation; the right to information; buycotting and boycotting; sustainability.
A vol d’oiseau: recent developments in the right to strike in the European Union
Maria Regina Redinha
Keywords Right to strike; collective action; minimum services; Laval case; Viking-Line case; proposal of regulation on the exercise of the right to take collective action
Collaborative housing: some notes on the legal situation in Spain and Portugal
Beatriz Sáenz de Jubera Higuero
Keywords Lease; tourist accommodation; cohousing; civil law; collaborative economy; housing.
Consumer protection between standard form contracts and unfair commercial practices
Teresa Moura dos Santos
Keywords Standard contract terms; standard form contracts; unfair commercial practices; misleading action; misleading omission
Data protection and the processing of personal data of very preterm (VPT) and very low birth weight (VLBW) children for scientific health research
Inês Camarinha Lopes / Julia Doetsch / Maria Regina Redinha / Henrique Barros
Keywords Personal data; Sensitive data; Health data; General Data Protection Regulation; Consent of the data subject; Scientific research.
Effect of abstention on quorum and voting requirements in private companies: The Macanese legal regime
Augusto Teixeira Garcia
Keywords Quorum; majority; resolution; abstention; Commercial Code
Food safety and information rules in the regulation of allergens, GMO and engineered nanomaterials
Francesco Rende / Roberto Saija
Keywords Food Safety; Information; Consumer; Allergens; Engineered Nanomaterials; GMO
Investment protection in the European Union: the end of investment arbitration (from the “Achmea” judgment to the proposal of a multilateral investment court)
Beatriz Sáenz de Jubera Higuero
Keywords Achmea; investment arbitration; intra-community investments; free trade agreements; multilateral investment Court; European Union.
Law of the Sea in Portugal: prospects for the 21st century
Marta Chantal Ribeiro / Duarte Lynce de Faria / Eliana Silva Pereira / Manuel Almeida Ribeiro / Paulo Neves Coelho / Pedro Quartin Graça / Rui Ferreira
Keywords Deep Sea Mining; Fisheries; Outer Continental Shelf; Unmanned Maritime Vehicles; Maritime Boundaries Delimitation; Maritime Law.