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Schrems III or what will happen with transatlantic data transfers? - A Thought Experiment on the Validity of the EU-USA Data Privacy Framework Decision
78-106Views:245The United States of America and Europe are each other's most important cooperative partners. This naturally includes the economic relationship based on the transfer of personal data. Over the past nearly decade, this transatlantic data transfer has operated amid continuous legal uncertainties due to the repeated invalidation of the European Commission's adequacy decisions and issues related to the applicability of standard contractual clauses. The problem appears to be currently resolved thanks to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework Decision. However, this Commission decision has already been challenged, and a new procedure is expected to begin this year. The purpose of this study is to conduct a thought experiment to examine the validity of the mentioned decision, which could serve as guidance for future legal practice and provide forecasts for economic actors about expected developments. The paper's conclusion is that due to the unchanged violation of fundamental rights, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework Decision is likely invalid.
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Crimean Secession in International Law
9-28Views:469This article provides detailed insights into the validity of remedial secession, the two major judicial opinions that have addressed it (Kosovo advisory opinion by the International Court of Justice, and the Quebec Secession Reference case decided by the Supreme Court of Canada), and the steep, but evolving, path to legitimacy it may now be travelling. This article does so within the context of Crimea’s secession referendum, declaration of independence, and de facto statehood, and Russia’s annexation of Crimea. It covers the international community’s reaction to these events – and the disparity among academic reactions to the vitality of remedial secession. It traces the UN General Assembly’s 2014 Crimean debate – concluding that it is the most authoritative referee for judging Russia’s claim to the validity of the Crimean secession.
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Environmental Liability Law: Environmental Civil Experts’ view
86-112Views:310Environmental liability legislation, both the ELD in Europe and CERCLA in US, is burdened with significant compromises, but even if so, they are too leniently implemented. Moreover, rather scarce data are available on the liability cases and on the status of polluted sites, therefore the system is unable to amend itself. There is no reason to be surprised: expenses of protection or remedy of the polluted sites are enormous, the concerned industries would get into a poor competition position in the market if faced with too stringent liability. In the exceptional cases when their deeds are revealed and enforcement actions start, they still might retreat behind the bastions of limited responsibility of their companies. In such situations public participation is a vital element of any progressive outcomes. In the present study we examine the efforts of J&E, a network of public interest environmental lawyers to contribute to moving out the European environmental liability systems from their stalemate position and enhance their effectiveness.
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The Right Answer to the Diesel Scandal? The latest Reform of German Collective Redress through the Eyes of Outsiders
9-38Views:475The aim of the article is the understanding of the development, experiences and barriers of the the German collective redress mechanisms – from the point of view of a foreign researcher. When establishing a possibility for collective redress the course of the whole procedure and almost all segments are concerned. The case known as Volkswagen-dieselgate made the issue particularly crucial. Through this case, the author examines the new procedure introduced in November 2018. She also gives a brief overview of the class action in the US, concluded by a settlement between the Volkswagen Group and consumers. She tries to answer the question of whether the new law can be expected to provide an effective solution to the procedural issues that have arisen in this case. The analysis is also based on a review of previous sectoral regulation, which was the main basis of the development of the new regulation introduced in 2018.
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Right to disconnect: Jog a kikapcsol(ód)áshoz
50-66Views:1258Az elmúlt években tetőfokára hágott technológiai fejlődés és digitalizáció szinte teljes mértékben képes felszámolni a munka és a magánélet közötti határokat, egyre nehezebbé válik „csak úgy letenni a tollat” egy munkanap végén. A munkaidőn kívüli elérhetőség/munkavégzés egyrészt adódhat a munkavállalók egyéni döntéséből, másrészt viszont lehet munkáltatói elvárás is. Jelen tanulmány a közelmúltban egyre jelentősebbé váló ún. right to disconnect, vagyis a kikapcsol(ód)áshoz való jog munkajogi kérdéseit járja körbe. A dolgozat kiindulópontja a tradicionális értelemben vett „állandó elérhetőség” dilemmája és az ehhez kapcsolódó gyakorlat. Ezt követően elemzés alá veszem, hogy mit is jelent a munkavállalók kikapcsolódáshoz való joga, és annak milyen szabályozási formái alakultak ki - törvényi, illetve vállalati szintű normákban - az utóbbi időkben az egyes államokban (többek között Franciaországban, Olaszországban, Németországban és az USA-ban), értékelve e rendszerek jellemzőit. Végül pedig egy kapcsolódó területen, a munkaegészségügy terén felmerülő problémákat vetítem előre.
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Are Charter Cities Innovation Theatres or Threats to State Sovereignty? The Example of Próspera in Honduras
Views:63In Honduras, the corrupt elite that came to power after the 2009 military coup allowed foreign investors to create special economic zones in the country as part of a new economic stimulus package. These zones were allowed to create their own private legal framework, which Tegucigalpa hoped would improve the country’s economic situation. The most famous ZEDE implemented has been Próspera, which is mainly backed by US venture capital managers. After the Honduran legal framework on ZEDEs was repealed in 2024, a certain amount of uncertainty arose, as although investments are protected for 10, or 50 years, the hostile social and political environment might pose a significant obstacle to their continued operation.
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Ex Ante and Ex Post Competition Law Models in the Digital Economy: A Comparative Analysis of EU and US Regulation
Views:144The rise of digitalisation, network externalities, and data as novel sources of competitive advantage has fundamentally challenged traditional doctrines of competition law. With the adoption of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA), the European Union has established an ex ante, preventive regulatory paradigm designed, among other aims, to avert market distortions caused by gatekeeper platforms. By contrast, the United States continues to rely primarily on ex post enforcement, precedent-based adjudication, and judicial processes in governing digital service markets. The divergence between these two models reflects deeper economic-philosophical and legal-policy differences; however, an emerging tendency towards convergence can be observed in their shared recognition of the democratic and geopolitical significance of digital markets. The evolution of competition law in recent decades has been profoundly shaped by digital corporations, which have redefined the conceptual boundaries of global market structures. A comprehensive understanding of contemporary legal practice and regulatory developments therefore requires a systematic examination of the theoretical divergences and convergences, and of the underlying explanatory factors shaping both regimes.