European cooperation after fifty years

O lucrare buna, care nu e tocmai un istoric obisnuit.

Henk van Arendonk, European cooperation after fifty years, EC Tax Review. Deventer: 2008. Vol. 17, Iss. 2; pg. 50 [*, ProQuest]

Abstract (Summary)
In the last 50 years, the EC has expanded from 6 to 27 Member States. Supranational powers have also been strengthened. Given these immense changes, institutional reforms were necessary. Only time will tell whether we can move forward on the basis of reforms in the Lisbon Treaty during the coming 50 years. Each amending treaty has to be ratified by the Member States. Where a Member State makes ratification dependent on a referendum, this often turns out badly. In order to prevent the amending treaty from being shot down via a referendum, quite a few Member States choose parliamentary ratification only. Examples are the Netherlands, Denmark, and the UK. A referendum however will be held in Ireland. Whatever the outcome is, it will be influenced by what the EC does in the coming period. If its actions are unacceptable for a Member State, this can have far-reaching consequences for the outcome of the referendum.

 

Controlul fuziunilor. Un fel de enciclopedie

Aceasta editie supliment, pe langa editia inaugurala a seriei, adauga si aduce la zi legislatia din mai mlte state dar si cea din Uniunea Europeana.

Editia inaugurala: Maher Dabbah, Paul Lasok (General editor), Merger Control Worldwide 3 Volume Set, Cambridge University Press, 2008  [*] Capitolul referitor la Romania ii apartine lui Gelu Goran.

Editia supliment: Maher Dabbah, Paul Lasok (General editor), Merger Control Worldwide. Second Supplement to the First Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2008 [*] De la p. 41 la 45 cartea se refera si la Uniunea Europeana. O sinteza e o sinteza.

Development and human rights under WTO law

Gillian Moon, The WTO-Minus Strategy: Development and human rights under WTO law, (March 2008). University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series. University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series 2008. Working Paper 10. [*]

International trade law, human rights law and development studies share the common objective of promoting higher standards of living in the poorer countries of the world. Human rights and development scholars have been critical of the law of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as implementing a development strategy which dominates and constrains the development strategy options of developing countries but which perceives development only in a narrow, economic sense. In this paper, the different theoretical underpinnings of international trade law and international human rights law are described and compared and their differing conceptions of development are examined from the perspective of the broader development discourse. The package of rights and obligations of developing countries under WTO law (the ‘WTO-Minus strategy’) is also described and examples of significant constraints placed by this package on the development strategy options open to developing countries regarding trade in goods are examined from the perspectives of the broader development discourse and international human rights norms. The capacity of the WTO to incorporate new and multidisciplinary knowledge about development is considered.

European Journal of International Law, 2008

European Journal of International Law, 1/2008

Ofer Eldar, Vote-trading in International Institutions, European Journal of International Law, Volume 19, Number 1, February 2008 [*]

There is evidence that countries trade votes among each other in international institutions on a wide range of issues, including the use of force, trade issues, and elections of judges. Vote-trading has been criticized as being a form of corruption, undue influence, and coercion. Contrary to common wisdom, however, I argue in this article that the case for introducing policy measures against vote-trading cannot be made out on the basis of available evidence. This article sets out an analytical framework for analysing vote-trading in international institutions, focusing on three major contexts in which vote-trading may generate benefits and costs: (1) agency costs (collective good), (2) coercive tendering, and (3) agency costs (constituents). The applicability of each context depends primarily on the type of decision in question - i.e. preference-decision or judgement-decision - and the interests that countries are expected to maximize when voting. The analytical framework is applied to evidence of vote-trading in four institutions, the Security Council, the General Assembly, the World Trade Organization, and the International Whaling Commission. The application of the analysis reveals that while vote-trading can create significant costs, there is only equivocal evidence to this effect, and in several cases vote-trading generates important benefits.

Laurence R. Helfer, Redesigning the European Court of Human Rights: Embeddedness as a Deep Structural Principle of the European Human Rights Regime, European Journal of International Law, Volume 19, Number 1, February 2008 [*]

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is the crown jewel of the world’s most advanced international system for protecting civil and political liberties. In recent years, however, the ECtHR has become a victim of its own success. The Court now faces a docket crisis of massive proportions, the consequence of the growing number of states subject to its jurisdiction, its favourable public reputation, its expansive interpretations of individual liberties, a distrust of domestic judiciaries in some countries, and entrenched human rights problems in others. In response to this growing backlog of individual complaints, the Council of Europe has, over the last five years, considered numerous proposals to restructure the European human rights regime and redesign the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). This article argues that these proposals should be understood not as ministerial changes in supranational judicial procedure, nor as resolving a debate over whether the ECtHR should strive for individual or constitutional justice, but rather as raising more fundamental questions concerning the Court’s future identity. In particular, the article argues for recognition of ‘embeddedness’ in national legal systems as a deep structural principle of the ECHR, a principle that functions as a necessary counterpoint to the subsidiary doctrine that has animated the Convention since its founding. Embeddedness does not substitute ECtHR rulings for the decisions of national parliaments or domestic courts. Rather, it requires the Council of Europe and the Court to bolster the mechanisms for governments to remedy human rights violations at home, obviating the need for individuals to seek supranational relief and restoring countries to a position in which the ECtHR’s deference to national decision-makers is appropriate.

European Journal of International Law, 2/2008

Armin von Bogdandy, The European Union as Situation, Executive, and Promoter of the International Law of Cultural Diversity - Elements of a Beautiful Friendship, European Journal of International Law, April 2008; Vol. 19, No. 2 [*]

Cultural diversity is an important political and legal topos in the European Union. At the same time, the concern for cultural diversity gives reason for grave reservations towards the Union. This article intends to assist, on the basis of international law, in distinguishing appearance and reality. The Union will be analysed first as a situation of the application of the international law of cultural diversity, secondly as the regional executive of this international law, and thirdly as its global promoter. It shows that international law and Union law reinforce each other. The former conveys to the Union instruments to pursue European unification which at the same time serve its own implementation. Furthermore, it does not set limits to European unity since it protects only cultural pluralism but not state-supporting distinctiveness. A prerequisite for this consonance is that the Union’s constitutional law allows for political unity without cultural unity and that international law remains mute about important questions on European unification. The international law perspective thus does not fully exhaust the problem: conformity with international law alone cannot dissipate concern for the future of cultural diversity in the Union.

Ole Kristian Fauchald, The Legal Reasoning of ICSID Tribunals - An Empirical Analysis, European Journal of International Law, April 2008; Vol. 19, No. 2 [*]

This empirical analysis of the use of interpretive arguments by ad hoc tribunals of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes covers almost 100 cases decided during the past 10 years. The cases are analysed with a view to determining which arguments the tribunals use and how the arguments are used in light of Articles 31 and 32 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. The analysis provides a basis for addressing the extent to which ICSID tribunals contribute to creating a predictable legal framework in which the interests of investors, states, and third parties are taken properly into account; the extent to which ICSID tribunals contribute to a coherent development of international investment law; and whether ICSID tribunals contribute to a ‘fragmentation’ of international law. Despite ICSID tribunals being ad hoc tribunals that solve legal disputes on the basis of heterogeneous legal sources, the article indicates that there is a tendency among ICSID tribunals to contribute to a homogeneous development of the methodology of international law. Nevertheless, the article concludes that ICSID tribunals could do significantly more to align their approaches to interpretive arguments with those of other international tribunals.

 

Armonizarea falitilor de catre o institutie semi-falita

Ma scuzati ca am scris despre UNCITRAL ca este o institutie semi-falita. Dar asa cum se modifica unele conceptii despre lume si viata asa si cu aceasta Comisie a Natiunilor Unite. Sau poate, ma scuzati de blasfemie, chiar Natiunile (sa mai spun Unite, ca astazi uniunea dintre sot si sotie nu mai este ce a fost..). Cum scria la carte. De dreptu’ fameliei.

Analogia dintre familia formata dintre un sot si o sotie si familia Natiunilor Unite nu este asa de hazardata.

Susan Block-Lieb & Terence Halliday, Harmonization and Modernization in UNCITRAL’s Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law, Texas International Law Journal. Austin: Summer 2007. Vol. 42, Iss. 3. [*]

European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, 2008

European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

***, The Difference, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

Clemens Ladenburger, Police and Criminal Law in the Treaty of Lisbon, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

Yves Haeck, Clara Burbano Herrera and Leo Zwaak, Non-compliance with a Provisional Measure Automatically Leads To a Violation of the Right of Individual Application … or Doesn’t It?, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

Elena Simina Tănăsescu, The President of Romania, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

Luuk van Middelaar, Spanning the River, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

Thomas Vandamme, Prochain Arrêt: La Belgique!, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

Florian Geyer, European Arrest Warrant: Advocaten voor de Wereld VZW v. Leden van de Ministerraad, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

Jo Shaw, The Political Representation of Europe’s Citizens: Developments, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

Adam Łazowski, Poland: Constitutional Tribunal on the Preliminary Ruling Procedure and the Division of Competences Between National Courts and the Court of Justice, European Constitutional Law Review (EuConst), Volume 4, Issue 01, February 2008

 

Actiune in revendicare pentru nume de domeniu

O interesanta constructie juridica.

Christine Kelly récupère son nom de domaine grâce à une requête en revendication, LEGALIS.NET, 15.05.2008

La journaliste de LCI, Christine Kelly, a utilisé une procédure peu commune pour récupérer un nom de domaine: la requête en revendication fondée sur l’article L 624-9 du code de commerce. Celle-ci s’inscrit dans le cadre d’une liquidation judiciaire. En effet, lors de l’ouverture d’une procédure collective, les détenteurs de biens mobiliers (équipements, fonds de commerce, logiciels, etc.) ont la possibilité de revendiquer leur propriété dans des conditions précises de forme et de délai, faute de quoi ces biens tombent dans l’actif de la société en liquidation.
Dans cette affaire, la société Kapado qui avait enregistré christine-kelly.fr en son nom alors qu’elle devait le faire pour le compte de la présentatrice a justement été mise en liquidation judiciaire. Avant la procédure collective, la journaliste avait pourtant entrepris des démarches pour récupérer son identité sur internet. Mais Kapado, qui a reconnu avoir commis une erreur, n’avait pas montré une ferme volonté de la corriger. Face à son inertie et sa négligence, Christine Kelly l’a mise en demeure de remplir un formulaire Afnic pour un transfert volontaire du nom de domaine. Kapado s’est engagée à le faire mais le transfert n’a pas été opéré. Les pourparlers se poursuivent cependant jusqu’au moment où la présentatrice découvre que la société qui détient son nom de domaine est en liquidation judiciaire. Comme le liquidateur refuse d’autoriser le transfert, Christine Kelly se tourne vers le juge.
Dans une décision du 4 avril 2008, le tribunal de commerce de Pontoise a ordonné le transfert du nom de domaine christine-kelly.fr à la présentatrice dont il juge la revendication bien fondée. Selon le tribunal consulaire, «seule Christine Kelly peut être propriétaire du nom de domaine christine-kelly.fr, dont elle revendique la propriété».

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Law and Financial Markets Review, May 2008

Law and Financial Markets Review, May 2008 [*] [*]

Academic Analysis
• Regulation Lite: The Rise of Emissions Trading
Robert Baldwin

• On being contrarian
Roger McCormick

Law Firm Updates
• Law Reports
Supplied by Allen & Overy LLP
• EU Regulatory Developments
Supplied by Clifford Chance LLP
Abstract:
European Parliament; EU Commission; Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR); Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS); European Central Bank (ECB); European Banking Federation (EBF-FBE)

• Environmental Finance News
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• Financial Regulatory Developments
Supplied by Herbert Smith LLP
• Corporate Finance and General
Supplied by Lovells LLP
Practitioner Perspectives
• The Credit Crunch: The Regulatory Way Forward
Etay Katz

Joanna Perkins, A Question of Priorities: Choice of Law and Proprietory Aspects of the Assignment
Abstract:
Among the fields of academic legal research, the topic of choice-of-law rules for the assignment of debts in financial services and markets must be one of the most complicated, challenging and arcane. But what is merely challenging in the academic arena becomes positively daunting when tested in the crucible of legislative reform, where there is little or no room for error. And if said legislative reform is to be accomplished within a tight timeframe in a highly political forum and to be drafted by civil servants rather than conflicts specialists or financial experts, the endeavour must be regarded not so much as difficult but virtually hopeless. Certainly that was the recent experience of the European Council’s standing Working Group on Civil Law during the negotiations on the transposition of the Rome Convention on the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations 1980 into the European legal acquis as the putative Rome I Regulation.

• The Legal Environment for Asset-backed Securitisation in Russia
Ajay Sud
• Czech Insolvency Reform - Good News for the Financiers?
Mikulas Touska, Silvie Horackova, Eva Vrana, Nick Herrod

Mattias Levin, Code of Conduct on Clearing and Settlement: First Experiences and Future Outlook
 
Abstract
On 7 November 2006, a Code of Conduct on clearing and settlement was presented to Charles McCreevy, the Commissioner for Internal Market and Services. The Code was the culmination of nearly five years of hard work by the European Commission, assessing the European post-trading sector, documenting its achievements and shortcomings, and analysing the options available to improve its efficiency, thereby making it more adapted to a European internal market. A little over a year has now passed since the Code was presented and it is accordingly an appropriate time to take stock of its effectiveness in achieving these objectives. This article takes stock of progress to date, assesses the main outstanding issues and looks at what lies ahead.

• The Turkish Financial Leasing Law - is it Industry Specific?
Yesim Bezen
Special Feature
• Interview with Emmanuel Maurice
• The Development of the Global Markets as Rule-makers: Engagement and Legitimacy
Julia Black, David Rouch

European Review of Private Law, Volume 16, Number 2, 2008

European Review of Private Law, Volume 16, Number 2, 2008

SABRINA PRADUROUX, The European Convention on Human Rights and Environmental Nuisances, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008, pp. 269-281.

Abstract: In as much as environmental nuisances caused by industrial activities can have adverse effects on both the economic and the amenity value of an area, from the European Convention on Human Rights perspective they can be seen to interfere with either the right of property or the right to respect for private and family life. The current case law of the Strasbourg Court shows the Court’s preference for applying Article 8, which protects the right to respect for private and family life, and which affords, especially from the procedural point of view, a less far-reaching protection than Article 1 of Protocol No. 1, concerning the right of property.

Liesbeth Enneking, The Common Denominator of the Trafigura Case, Foreign Direct Liability Cases and the Rome II Regulation, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008, pp. 283-312.
Abstract: As part of a current trend towards so-called ‘foreign direct liability cases’, attempts are being made to hold parent companies of multinational corporations liable in their home countries for damage caused in host countries. This trend, of which the Trafigura case serves as a recent example here, suggests that tort law may have a regulatory part to play when it comes to the transboundary activities of multinational corporations. However, the extent to which tort law can act as a regulatory mechanism is dependent on its applicability, which, in turn, is determined by private international law.
The recently adopted Rome II Regulation, which lays down conflict-of-law rules for non-contractual obligations, will only have a limited conducive effect on the feasibility of the regulation through tort law of the transboundary activities of multinational corporations. On the basis of this Regulation, it is only in cases where the resulting damage consists of environmental damage that home country tort law may be applicable. In all other cases, attempts to hold the parent company of the multinational corporation liable for damage caused in the host country will have to be based on the tort law of the host country.
This effectively diminishes the feasibility of home country tort law as a mechanism for the regulation of the transboundary activities of multinational corporations.

Petra Joanna Pipková, Gutgläubiger Eigentumserwerb als gesetzliches Limit des verfassungsrechtlich gewährleisteten Rechts auf Eigentum, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008, pp. 313-321
Summary:
Abstract: This contribution deals with the always current topic of good faith acquisition of property. The common Czech private law still applies the old roman principle Nemo plus iuris ad alium transfere potest quam ipse habet. It was introduced into the Czech civil act in 1964 for reasons of protection of the right to property protected and guaranteed by the constitutional law. Later on, the needs of the market were acknowledged and good faith acquisition was introduced in the domain of sale of goods in B2B relations. The common courts had a problem with the recognition of this rule (especially, because some of the cases concerned the acquisition of stolen cars). For that reason, the Constitutional court was several times submitted to decide about the accordance of the good faith acquisition with the fundamental right to property. The Court created a construction of conditions and requirements on the good faith of the acquirer and the proof of it. The Court measures the accordance on a general rule of limitation by law of the fundamental rights which requires the preservation of the substance and purpose of the right and forbids the abuse of the limitating law. The decisions touch the purpose of the limitation - good faith acquisition and interests of the market - but never examine the proportionality of the purpose to the limitation of the fundamental right to property.

Dmitry A. Pentsov, La loi de la Fédération de Russie relative aux biens culturels deplaces en URSS dans le cadre de la Seconde guerre mondiale, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008,  pp. 323-332
Summary:
Abstracts: The issue of the future of thousands of cultural property objects moved to the USSR as a result of the Second World War as a compensation for the destruction of the soviet cultural patrimony during the war and their eventual restitution has become to be openly discussed between the USSR (now, the Russian Federation) and the Federal Republic of Germany in the beginning of the 90s within the framework of the policy of glasnost (the ‘openness’). The fate of the recent Russian federal law ‘On the cultural property moved to the USSR as a result of the Second World War and located in the territory of the Russian Federation’ clearly illustrates the magnitude and the contradictions of this debate on the international level, as well as within Russian governmental circles and the Russian society at large. The purpose of this article is to provide a general overview of this recent Russian law on the displaced cultural property. First, the article presents the basic concepts of the law. Second, it examines the issue of ownership to these cultural property objects and their eventual restitution, notably the restitution at the request of private individuals and the restitution of family relics.

Konstantinos Kerameus, Comments on Form and Function of Legal Precedents, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008,  pp. 333-337

Stefan Geiger, Constantin Kruse, House of Lords 3 May 2006, Barker v. Corus Neue Impulse für das Europäische Deliktsrecht vom House of Lords, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008, pp. 339-351
Summary:
Abstract: With Barker v. Corus, the House of Lords has given fresh impetus to European Tort Law. After having affirmed liability in cases of alternative liability in Fairchild v. Glenhaven Funeral Services and Others, it has now engaged with the concept of liability due to mere probability. Thus, the importance of the dogma of causation and of the dogma of the injured person’s established right for compensation has decreased considerably. The consequences for the law of liability and for the insurance industry are unforeseeable.

Michael Milo, ECHR 30 August 2007, Pye v. United Kingdom: A Technical Retreat from Private (Property) Law, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008, pp. 353-361
Summary:
Abstract: The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has judged on 30 August 2007, in a ten to seven majority opinion, that the arrangements regarding adverse possession under the law of England and Wales is in conformity with Article 1 First Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights (Art. 1 FP). This decision reversed the chamber decision on Pye v. UK of 15 November 2005. The Grand Chamber decision is an important decision, for two reasons. The decision makes clear that national arrangements of private (property) law are fundamentally subject to a constitutional review by the ECHR. But the decision also makes clear that the Court - at least for the moment, and according to the majority opinion - will be reticent in exercising this power. While the result is positive for private property law, the court’s reasoning may be subject to critique.

Han Van Manen, Prof. Dr. Marcus Lutter e.a. Legal Capital in Europe - European Company and Financial Law Review Special Volume 1, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008, pp. 363-364.

Mike Wienbracke, Wolff, Josef, Trust, Fiducia und fiduziarische Treuhand (zugl.Diss. Universität Salzburg), Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, S. 387, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008, pp. 365-369

W.C.H Ervine, Willem H. Van Boom and Marco Loos (eds), Collective Enforcement of Consumer Law: Securing Compliance in Europe through Private Group Action and Public Authority Intervention, Europa Law Publishing, Groningen 2007 EUR 49, USD 80, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008,  pp. 371-373.

Anna Verena Lauber, Conference ‘CFR and Existing EC Contract Law’, Münster,10-11 December 2007, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008, pp. 375-380.

Joan M. Rius Riu, IV International Congress ‘European Private Law Beyond the CFR’,Lleida, 25-26 October 2007, European Review of Private Law, vol. 16, nr. 2, 2008, pp. 381-382.

Hotararea Pupino a CJCE. O lista bibliografica

Cred ca n-am mai scris aici despre hotararea respectiva; ea pune in legatura masuri adoptate in temeiul titlului VI din Tratatul UE cu obligatia cooperarii loiale, instituita prin articolul 10 din Tratatul CE…  Or, dintr-o alta perspectiva, abordarea Curtii atribuie unui act adoptat prin metoda interguvernamentala caracteristici ale dreptului comunitar. Alte observatii, cu alte ocazii, evident.

Case C-105/03, Criminal proceedings against Maria Pupino

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Articles 34 EU and 35 EU – Framework Decision 2001/220/JHA – Standing of victims in criminal proceedings – Protection of vulnerable persons – Hearing of minors as witnesses – Effects of a framework decision

Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 16 June 2005 (*)

Ei bine, ceea ce voiam de fapt, e sa redau lista bibliografica existenta pe site-ul eur-lex (*), altfel spus, sa vedeti si domniile voastre cat s-a putut scrie in 2 ani in materie…

Salvatelli, Patrizia: Un’ulteriore tappa sulla via della comunitarizzazione del Terzo Pilastro?, Quaderni costituzionali 2005 p.425-428
Hillgruber, Christian: Juristenzeitung 2005 p.841-844
Fetzer, Thomas ; Groß, Thomas: Die Pupino-Entscheidung des EuGH - Abkehr vom intergouvernementalen Charakter der EU? - Erwiderung auf Herrmann, EuZW 2005, 436, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2005 p.550-551
Adam, Michael: Die Wirkung von EU-Rahmenbeschlüssen im mitgliedstaatlichen Recht, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2005 p.558-561
Herrmann, Christoph: Gemeinschaftsrechtskonforme Auslegung nationalen Rechts in Strafverfahren, Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht 2005 p.436-438
Conti, Roberto ; Foglia, Raffaele: Decisioni quadro e interpretazione conforme del diritto interno, Il Corriere giuridico 2005 p.1149-1153
Killmann, Bernd-Roland: Die rahmenbeschlusskonforme Auslegung im Strafrecht vor dem EuGH, Juristische Blätter 2005 p.566-575
Spencer, J.R.: Child Witnesses and the European Union, The Cambridge Law Journal 2005 p.569-572
Wehnert, Anne: Rahmenbeschlusskonforme Auslegung deutschen Strafrechts, Neue juristische Wochenschrift 2005 p.3760-3762
Bazzocchi, Valentina: Il caso Pupino e il principio di interpretazione conforme delle decisioni-quadro, Quaderni costituzionali 2005 p.884-887
Salvatelli, Patrizia: La Corte di Giustizia e la “comunitarizzazione” del “Terzo Pilastro”, Quaderni costituzionali 2005 p.887-891
Zemánek, Jiří: Eurokonformní výklad rámcového rozhodnutí - povinnost nebo nepřípustný soudcovský aktivismus?, EMP Jurisprudence 2005 p.37-40
Lazowski, Adam: Revolution in Luxembourg: Criminal Proceedings against Pupino, European Current Law 2005 Part 11 “Focus” p.xi-xvi
Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Donnat, Francis ; Lambert, Christian: L’obligation d’interpréter le droit national conformément au droit communautaire s’applique également aux décisions-cadres, L’actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2005 p.2336-2337
Uyen Do, T.: Arrêt “Pupino”, Revue du droit de l’Union européenne 2005 nº 3 p.650-654
Fletcher, Maria: Extending “indirect effect” to the third pillar: the significance of Pupino?, European Law Review 2005 p.862-877
Favale, Antonietta: Possibile efficacia diretta delle decisioni-quadro nell’ambito della politica di cooperazione di polizia e giudiziaria in materia penale, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2005 p.1988-1990
Mazák, Ján: Rozsudok “Pupino”, Vyber z rozhodnutí Súdneho dvora Európskych spolocenstiev 2005 p.22
Grzelak, Agnieszka: Europejski nakaz aresztowania - orzeczenie Trybunału Konstytucyjnego z punktu widzenia prawa Unii Europejskiej, Europejski Przeglad Sadowy 2005 Vol.2 p.24-33
Kauff-Gazin, Fabienne: Effets d’une décision-cadre, Europe 2005 Août-Septembre Comm. nº 274 p.10-11
Calvano, Roberta: Il Caso Pupino: ovvero dell’alterazione per via giudiziaria dei rapporti tra diritto interno (processuale penale), diritto UE e diritto comunitario, Giurisprudenza costituzionale 2005 p.4027-4034
Barcz, Jan: Europejski nakaz aresztowania - konsekwencje braku transpozycji lub wadliwej transpozycji decyzji ramowej w państwie członkowskim UE, Europejski Przegląd Sądowy 2005 Vol.1 p.11-22
Papapaschalis, P.: Elliniki Epitheorisi Evropaïkou Dikaiou 2005 p.626-628
Streinz, Rudolf: Alles klar zu den Rahmenbeschlüssen? - Nach Pupino, Kommission/Rat (EuGH) und Darkazanli (BVerfG), Europäisches Wirtschafts- & Steuerrecht - EWS 2005 Heft 10 p.I
Von Unger, Moritz: Pupino: Der EuGH vergemeinschaftet das intergouvernementale Recht, Neue Zeitschrift für Verwaltungsrecht 2006 p.46-49
Corstens, G.J.M.: Eerste “strafarrest” van het Hof van Justitie EG over een kaderbesluit, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2006 p.24-28
Barents, R.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2006 p.75-78
Salminen, Janne: Euroopan yhteisöjen tuomioistuimen tuomio 16.6.2005 (suuri jaosto) asiassa C-105/03, rikosasia vastaajana Maria Pupino - Myös EU-puitepäätös tuottaa tulkintavaikutuksen: rikosoikeudellisen yhteistyön ja poliisiyhteistyön alalla annetun puitepäätöksen vaikutukset ja niiden perusteet, Lakimies 2006 p.286-299
Borgers, M.J.: Nederlandse jurisprudentie ; Uitspraken in burgerlijke en strafzaken 2006 nº 500
Gnes, Matteo: L’estensione dell’obbligo di interpretazione conforme alle decisioni quadro, Giornale di diritto amministrativo 2006 p.501-504
Sardella, Barbara: Gli effetti “quasi diretti” delle decisioni-quadro, Giustizia civile 2006 I p.743-753
Marchegiani, Maura: L’obbligo di interpretazione conforme alle decisioni quadro: considerazioni in margine alla sentenza Pupino, Il diritto dell’Unione Europea 2006 p.563-583
Manes, Vittorio: L’incidenza delle “decisioni-quadro” sull’interpretazione in materia penale: profili di diritto sostanziale, Cassazione penale 2006 p.1150-1164
Aprile, Ercole: I rapporti tra diritto processuale penale e diritto dell’Unione europea, dopo la sentenza della Corte di giustizia sul “caso Pupino” in materia di incidente probatorio, Cassazione penale 2006 p.1165-1175
Prevedourou, E.: Epitheorisis Dimosiou Dikaiou kai Dioikitikou Dikaiou 2006 p.219-225
Cherubini, Francesco: L’obbligo di interpretazione conforme “sconfina” nel terzo pilastro: note a margine della sentenza Pupino, Studi sull’integrazione europea 2006 nº 1 p.157-175
Weyembergh, Anne ; De Hert, Paul ; Paepe, Pieter: L’effectivité du troisième pilier de l’Union européenne et l’exigence de l’interprétation conforme: la Cour de justice pose ses jalons (note sous l’arrêt Pupino, du 16 juin 2005, de la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes), Revue trimestrielle des droits de l’homme 2007 p.269-292
Gebbie, George: “Berlusconi” - v- “Pupino”: Conflict or Compatibility?, Journal of European Criminal Law 2007 Vol.1 Issue 3 p.31-37
Spaventa, Eleanor: Opening Pandora’s Box: Some Reflections on the Constitutional Effects of the Decision in Pupino, European Constitutional Law Review 2007 Vol.3 p.5-24
Magno, Teresa: The Pupino Case: Background in Italian Law and consequences for the national judge, ERA-Forum: scripta iuris europaei 2007 p.215-223
Belfiore, Rosanna: Interpretazione conforme e mandato d’arresto europeo: una conferma viene da oltremanica, Cassazione penale 2007 p.3479-3491

Bibliografia de la Lisabona

Florence Chaltiel, Traité de Lisbonne : la réforme du système contentieux européen - l’État de droit européen renforcé, Petites affiches, no. 44, 29.02.2008.

Philipp Kiiver, Lisbon and the Lawyers - Reflections on what the EU Reform Treaty means to Jurists, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, Volume 14, Number 4, 2007.

Bernd Riegert, Alexandra Sora, Eurodeputat german [Silvana Koch-Mehrin, nascuta in 1970]: Polonia sa fie exclusa din UE daca nu ratifica Tratatul, Deutsche Welle, 02.07.2008 [*] [*]

Corporate Governance and Misappropriation

 Tipuri de insuşiri pe nedrept…

Larelle Law Chapple, Colin Ferguson, Diana Kang, Corporate Governance and Misappropriation (June 15, 2007). Available at SSRN.

This study examines the occurrence of misappropriation-type fraud within Australian listed firms and the relation between the incidence of this type of fraud and a firm’s governance strength. We measure governance strength using factors relating to traditional corporate governance, such as board composition, CEO duality, and audit committee composition, as well as factors relating to information technology governance. In our study, we use actual dollar amount of fraud reported by listed companies responding to the 2004 KPMG Fraud Survey as one of three different misappropriation measures and publicly available firm-specific data to measure the other variables in the model. Our study found that where the chief executive officer (CEO) also holds the position of chairperson of the board of directors, the likelihood of fraud increases. We also find that the greater the number of independent directors on the audit committee, the lower the level of fraud. Taken together, these results are particularly encouraging as they provide support for regulatory bodies such as the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), which place considerable emphasis on the importance of establishing good corporate governance practices. The study provides empirical evidence that employing good corporate governance reduces the risk of the misappropriation of assets.

Bulletin Joly Sociétés, 2008

Ianuarie, 2008

Laurence Camensuli-Feuillard, L’irresponsabilité du dirigeant à l’égard de l’associé, du créancier et de la société débitrice en difficulté, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Janvier, 2008

François-Xavier Lucas, La date d’évaluation des parts d’un retrayant, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Janvier, 2008

Februarie, 2008

Gaël Couturier, Le plan de cession, instrument de restructuration des entreprises défaillantes, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Février, 2008
Laure Nurit-Pontier, L’obligation aux dettes sociales des associés de sociétés à risque illimité, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Février, 2008

Martie, 2008

Paul Le Cannu, La SAS dans la concurrence des formes de société, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Mars, 2008
Laurent Godon, La condition juridique de l’associé de SAS, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Mars, 2008
Bruno Dondero, Statuts de SAS et pactes extra-statutaires: questions et confrontations, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Mars, 2008
Thierry Granier, Le commissaire aux comptes dans la société par actions, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Mars, 2008
Benoît Le Bars, L’utilisation de la SAS dans les groupes de sociétés, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Mars, 2008
Philippe Puech et Xavier Vamparys, Les clauses de sortie en bourse dans les pactes d’actionnaires, Bulletin Joly Sociétés, Mars, 2008

 

Raspundem ascultatorilor (III) - “titluri de lucrari la dreptul comunitar”

Omul cauta, iar noi raspundem… Oricum, se poate incerca la libraria editurii “Vanju Mare University Press“, poate au ceva noutati.

Asadar, fiind gata sa ajutam populatia, formulam o sugestie: folositi cu incredere, de exemplu, site-ul biliotecii de la ASE, cu catalogul sau online.

Daca ar fi vorba despre lucrari ale strainilor, pentru a nu recurge la cugetarile doctrinarilor autohtoni, atunci exista “google”. conditia, insa, este aceea de a sti ce cauti… adica de a fi “mai specific” (sic!).

Despre bibliografii

 

Ce mai inseamna azi o bibliografie?

Ce bibliografie poti sa faci pe tema “Uniunea Europeana” sau pe “Proprietate intelectuala”…?

Paradoxul Bibliotecii din Alexandria (adaptat, in context) ne urmareste la tot pasul.

Asadar, amintesc aici: aceste bibliografii sunt subiective, sunt titluri pe care le-am intalnit, articole sau carti pe care le-am citit sau nu. Dar unde e valoarea acestui demers?

Raspunsul la aceasta intrebare ma va face intr-o zi sa sterg aceste “bibliografii”.

PS Dupa o vreme, adunatura de titluri se va transforma in bibliografie, dar in acel moment va fi cineva capabil sa le urmareasca si sa le inteleaga?

 

Bibliografie - Insolventa

Susan Block-Lieb, Terence Halliday, Harmonization and modernization in UNCITRAL’S Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law, Texas International Law Journal, Volume 42, Number 3, Summer 2007

Ian F. Fletcher, Maintaining the Momentum: The Continuing Quest for Global Standards and Principles to Govern Cross Border Insolvency, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Volume 32, Number 3, 2007

Look Chan Ho, Proving COMI: Seeking Recognition Under Chapter 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code (September 13, 2007). Available at SSRN.

Alexander Michael Kipnis, Beyond UNCITRAL: Alternatives to Universality in Transnational Insolvency (July 3, 2006). Available at SSRN.

Junichi Matsushita, Japan’s personal Insolvency Law, Texas International Law Journal, Volume 42, Number 3, Summer 2007

Luc Morin, L’actionnaire et l’entreprise insolvable, Ottawa Law Review, Volume 38, Number 1, 2006-2007

Gareth Miller, The Effect of Bankruptcy on Property Adjustment Orders, Family Law, Volume 37, October 2007

Gabriel Moss, QC, Group Insolvency-Choice of Forum and Law: The European Experience Under the Influence of English Pragmatism, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Volume 32, Number 3, 2007Christoph G. Paulus, Global Insolvency Law and the Role of Multinational Institutions, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Volume 32, Number 3, 2007

John A. E. Pottow, The Myth (and Realities) of Forum Shopping in Transnational Insolvency, Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Volume 32, Number 3, 2007 (*)

Janis Sarra, From subordination to parity: an international comparison of equity securities law claims in insolvency proceedings, International Insolvency Review, Winter 2007. Vol. 16, Iss. 3; pg. 181 (*)

Keith D Yamauchi, Should reciprocity be a part of the UNCITRAL Model Cross-Border Insolvency Law?, International Insolvency Review, Winter 2007, Vol. 16, Iss. 3; pg. 145.

Keith D. Yamauchi, The UNCITRAL model cross-border insolvency law: the stay of proceedings and adequate protection, International Insolvency Review, Summer 2004. Vol. 13, Iss. 2; p. 87.

Keith D Yamauchi, Evolution, revolution or nothing at all? Recent reforms to Canadian bankruptcy and insolvency legislation, International Insolvency Review, Winter 2006. Vol. 15, Iss. 3; p. 163

***, Implementation of UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency in Great Britain. Summary of Responses and Government Reply, 2006 (*).

Reviste

Norton Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice

International Insolvency Review

Legislatie

Decizie nr. 928 din 18.10.2007 referitoare la excepţia de neconstituţionalitate a dispoziţiilor art. 99 alin. (4) din Legea nr. 85/2006 privind procedura insolvenţei

Decizie nr. 954 din 30/10/2007 referitoare la excepţia de neconstituţionalitate a dispoziţiilor art. 3 pct. 1 lit. a) şi art. 33 alin. (4) din Legea nr. 85/2006 privind procedura insolvenţei

 

Jurisprudenta

***, Fallimento: ai fini dei presupposti per la revocatoria conta il contratto definitivo, non il preliminare, Sezione prima, sentenza n. 2005/08; depositata il 29 gennaio [Stop alla sentenza che, rispetto alla conoscibilità dell'insolvenza, era incentrata sulla situazione del promittente venditore (fintosi proprietario dell'immobile) senza motivare sul negozio conclusivo]

Achizitii publice-biblio

Christopher H. Bovis, EU public procurement law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007.[Recenzie Reference and Research Book News, 4/2007; Sumar;]

Revista Presei

Dana Banzea, AOAR cere guvernului dezbatere publică pentru modificarea Legii Achiziţiilor Publice, Adevarul, 14.09.2007 (cititi si raspunsul Primului Ministru, Calin Popescu Tariceanu, aici) si finalul…aici (26.09.2007).

Proiectul adoptat este publicat aici.

Legislatie

Ordonanţă de urgenţă nr. 129/2007 pentru modificarea Ordonanţei de urgenţă a Guvernului nr. 30/2006 privind funcţia de verificare a aspectelor procedurale aferente procesului de atribuire a contractelor de achiziţie publică, a contractelor de concesiune de lucrări publice şi a contractelor de concesiune de servicii, Monitorul Oficial nr. 776 din 15 noiembrie 2007

SC-biblio

Un fel de bibliografie a societatilor comerciale…

G. Amorelli, Le privatizzazioni nella prospettiva del Trattato istitutivo della CEE, Padova, 1992.

José Engrácia Antunes, “Law & Economics” Perspectives of Portuguese Corporation Law - System and Current Developments, European Company and Financial Law Review, vol. 2, nr. 3.

Edwin Edwin Baker, The First Amendment and Commercial Speech, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 07-42 Available at SSRN.

Steef M. Bartman, European company law in accelerated progress, Kluwer Law International, 2007.

Brigitte Basdevant-Gaudemet (coord.), Contrat ou Institution: un enjeu de société, L.G.D.J., 2004 [prezentarea noastra]

Stephanie Ben-Ishai, Corporate gatekeeper liability in Canada, Texas International Law Journal, Volume 42, Number 3, Summer 2007

Stephanie Ben-Ishai, A Survey of Corporate Gatekeeper Liability in Canada, May 19, 2006 (*)

Lucian Bercea, Regula judecăţii de afaceri: despre noul regim al răspunderii administratorilor societăţii pe acţiuni, Pandectele române, 8/2007

Lucian Bercea, Regula judecăţii de afaceri: un transplant legal imposibil, Pandectele române, nr. 3/2006.

Lucian Bercea, Regula judecăţii de afaceri: despre involuţia instituţiei înainte de naşterea sa, Pandectele Române, nr. 6/2006.

Philippe Bissara, Amicie De Vaulpane, Régis Foy, Droit et pratique de la gouvernance des sociétés cotées, Joly, 2007.

Luca Cerioni, EU Corporate Law And EU Company Tax Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007, 288 p.

H. Bouthinon-Dumas, Le droit des sociétés cotées et le marché boursier, L.G.D.J., 2007

Alexis Constantin, Droit des sociétés. Droit commun et droit spécial des sociétés, Dalloz, 2007

Cristina Cucu, Marilena-Veronica Gavris, Catalin-Gabriel Badoiu, Cristian Haraga, Legea societatilor comerciale adnotata. Repere bibliografice, practica judiciara, decizii ale Curtii Constitutionale, adnotari, Ed. Hamangiu, 2007;

Francisca van Dijken, Corporate social responsibility: market regulation and the evidence, Managerial Law, Volume 49, Number 4, 2007.

Janet Dine, Marios Koutsias, Michael Blecher, Company Law in the New Europe: The EU Acquis, Comparative Methodology, And Model Law (Corporations, Globalisation and the Law), Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007, 369 p.

Hülya Eraslan, Wenli Li, Pierre-Daniel Sarte, The anatomy of U.S. personal bankruptcy under Chapter 13, Federal Reserve of Philadelphia, Working Paper NO. 07-31, 2007 (*)

Jean Eaglesham, UK delays final act of companies law, FT.com, Nov 7, 2007

Luca Enriques, Paolo F. Volpin, Corporate Governance Reforms in Continental Europe, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 117-140, Winter 2007, Available at SSRN.

Paola Fasciani, Groups of Companies: The Italian Approach, European Company and Financial Law Review, 2/2007

Holger Fleischer, Legal Transplants in European Company Law - The Case of Fiduciary Duties, European Company and Financial Law Review, vol. 2, nr. 3.

Roberto Fortich, La Ley del Mercado de Valores: Análisis de sus Posibles Consecuencias sobre las Corporaciones en Colombia, Universidad del Rosario, disponibil aici.

Derek French, Blackstone’s Statutes on Company Law 2007-2008. Eleventh Edition, Oxford Univeristy Press, 2007. Prezentare aici.

Ross Grantham, Regulatory and Enabling Approaches to Corporate Law Enforcement, University of Queensland Law Journal, 2007 Jan 1;26(1) 209-212.

Stefan Grundmann, The Structure of European Company Law: From Crisis to Boom, European Business Organization Law Review, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 601-633, 2004. (*) (*)

Stefan Grundmann, Florian Moslein, Golden Shares - State Control in Privatised Companies: Comparative Law, European Law and Policy Aspects (April 2003). Available at SSRN.

Marjaana Helminen, Freedom of Establishment and Oy AA, European Taxation. Amsterdam: Nov 2007. Vol. 47, Iss. 11; pg. 490 {ProQuest}.

Henry T. C. Hu, Jay Lawrence Westbrook, ABOLITION OF THE CORPORATE DUTY TO CREDITORS, Columbia Law Review, Volume 107, Number 6, October 2007 (*)

Chris Hughes, Shareholders a target for begging bowl, Financial Times, 13.01.2008. [*]

Alice de Jonge, Corporate Governance And China’s H-Share Market, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008.

Luc Laeven, Ross Levine, Complex Ownership Structures and Corporate Valuations, IMF Working Paper, 2007

Karel Lannoo, Arman Khachaturyan, Reform of corporate governance in the EU, Centre For European Policy Studies, CEPS Policy Brief no. 38, october 2003.

William S. Laufer, Illusions of compliance and governance, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, nr. 3/2006

Marc Lauterfeld, „Centros” and the EC Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: The End of the “Real Seat” Approach towards Pseudo-foreign Companies in German International Company and Insolvency Law? -The Danger of Diverging Developments of the Connecting Factors in Company and Insolvency Law-, European Business Law Review, March/April, 2001

Rebecca Lee, Fiduciary Duty Without Equity: “Fiduciary Duties” of Directors Under the Revised Company Law of the PRC, Virginia Journal of International Law, Volume 47, Number 4, Summer 2007

Michael Legg and Ron Schaffer, Sons of Gwalia Ltd v. Margaretic: Encouraging shareholder claims and the fraud on the market theory, Australian Business Law Review, Volume 35, Number 6, December 2007

Cecile Legros, Arbitrage, chaines de contrats et groupes de societes, Journal du Droit International, 3/2007.

Frederick D Lipman, Summary of major corporate governance principles and best practices, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Volume 4, Number 4, November 2007

Stefano Lombardo, Conflict of Law Rules in Company Law after Überseering: An Economic and Comparative Analysis of the Allocation of Policy Competence in the European Union, European Business Organization Law Review (EBOR), 2/2003.

Anne Looijestijn-Clearie, Have the Dikes Collapsed? Inspire Art a Further Break-through in the Freedom of Establishment of Companies?, European Business Organization Law Review (EBOR) (2004), 5: 389-418

Alexander Loos (ed.), Director’s Liability: A Worldwide Review, Kluwer Law International, 2006.

Michael Lower, Going Dutch? Who foots the bill in section 459 petitions?, [1995] 1 Web JCLI.

John Lowry, Alan Dignam, Company Law, Fourth Edition, OUP, 2006

Katherine E. Lyons, Piercing the corporate veil in the international arena, Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce, Spring, 2006.

Jacques Malherbe, Controlled Foreign Corporations in the EU After Cadbury Schweppes, Tax Management International Journal, Volume 36, Number 12, December 2007

Avril Martindale, Jill Delaney, Brand focussed M&As (merger & acquisition), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, May, 2006, disponibil aici.

Manfred Jürgen Matschke, Gerrit Brösel, Fundamentals of the functional theory of company valuation, MPRA Paper No. 4610, August 2007, disponibil aici.

Lilian Miles, Current changes in labour management and industrial relations in Japan and their impact on its “stakeholder-oriented” governance model, Managerial Law, Volume 49, Number 4, 2007.

Luc Morin, L’actionnaire et l’entreprise insolvable, Ottawa Law Review, Volume 38, Number 1, 2006-2007

Alexander Muravyev, Federal state shareholdings in Russian companies: Origin, forms and consequences for enterprise perfomance, Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition, 2002.

Jean-Louis Navarro, Le parallélisme critiquable entre la compétence ratione personae des tribunaux de commerce et la clause compromissoire au regard du droit des sociétés (Cass. com., 10 juillet 2007), Petites affiches, no. 259, 27 decembre 2007.

J. (Hans) van Oosterhout, Authority and Democracy in Corporate Governance?, Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 71, nr. 4/2007. [*]

Tom O’Shea, News Analysis: Finland’s Intragroup Financial Transfer, Rules CompatibleWith EU Law, Tax Notes Int’l, 13, 2007, p. 634. (*)

Evaristus Oshionebo, The U.N. Global compact and accountability of transnational corporations: Separating myth from realities, Florida Journal of International Law, Volume 19, Number 1, April 2007

 

Hari M. Osofsky, Local Approaches to Transnational Corporate Responsibility: Mapping the Role of Subnational Climate Change Litigation, Pacific McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal, Volume 20, Number 1, 2007

 

Michael W. Ott, Delaware Strikes Back: Newcastle Partners and the Fight for State Corporate Autonomy, Indiana Law Journal, Volume 82, Issue 1: Winter 2007

Anne Outin-Adam, Sandra Bienvenu, «une action = une voix»: Faut-il imposer une égalité entre participation au capital et détention du pouvoir?, Présentation du rapport Norguet adopté le 24 mai 2007 par la CCIP, La Semaine Juridique Entreprise et Affaires n° 39, 27 Septembre 2007, act. 432

Frédéric-Jérôme Pansier, Matthieu Salvia, L’usage commercial du nom de famille, Gazette du Palais, Gazette de la propriété industrielle, no 2, nr. 266-268, 2007.

Thomas Papadopoulos, The mandatory provisions of the EU Takeover Bid Directive and their deficiencies, Law and Financial Markets Review, Volume 1, Issue 6, November 2007, Vol 1 Issue 6 (November 2007). [