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Geert van Calster

K.U. Leuven

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1.

The Law(s) of Sustainable Development

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 Jun 2008
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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Sustainable development, law, environmental law

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To Unity and Beyond? The Boundaries of European Private International Law and the European Ius Commune

LIBER AMICORUM WALTER PINTENS, Alain-Laurent Verbeke et al, eds., 2012
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Feb 2012
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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private international law, EU, conflict of laws, harmonisation, ius commune

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Taking Temperature - A Review of European Union Regulation in Nanomedicine

European Journal of Health Law, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 249-269, 2009
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2010
Joel D'Silva and Geert van Calster
Legal Researcher and K.U. Leuven
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Nanotechnology, nanomedicine, regulation, technologies, law

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China, Minerals Export, Raw and Rare Earth Materials: A Perfect Storm for WTO Dispute Settlement, and Sustainable Development

RECIEL - Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Feb 2013
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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WTO, China, Domestic Regulatory Autonomy, REM, Raw Materials, GATT

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Extraterritoriality and Private International Law

Recht in Beweging, pp.119-135, 19de VRG Alumni-dag, Antwerpen, Maklu, 2012
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 12 Oct 2012
Geert van Calster and Charlotte Luks
K.U. Leuven and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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extraterritoriality, ATS, EU, private international law, CSR, conflict of laws

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Non-Contractual Liability as an Instrument for Regulating Nano and New Technologies – A Thorough Review Using National and European Union Tort Law

Number of pages: 64 Posted: 28 Sep 2011
Cheryl Micallef-Borg and Geert van Calster
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven - Faculty of Law and K.U. Leuven
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Torts, Product Liability, Environmental Liability, EHS, Nanotechnology

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The EU’s Tower of Babel - The Interpretation of the European Court of Justice of Equally Authentic Texts Drafted in More Than One Official Language

G. Van Calster, ‘The EU’s Tower of Babel - The Interpretation of Multilingual Texts by the European Court of Justice’, Yearbook of European Law - 1997 (ed. Ami Barav and Derrick Wyatt), Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1998, 363-393,
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Oct 2012
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
Downloads 73 (216,886)
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EU, European Union, Languages, Multilingualism, Court of Justice, Interpretation

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Protecting Consumers or Failing Them? The Regulation of Nanotechnologies in the EU

European Journal of Consumer Law, Vol. 1, pp. 85-113, 2011
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 19 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2013
Geert van Calster, Diana Megan Bowman and Joel D'Silva
K.U. Leuven, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Public Health and Legal Researcher
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nanotechnology, regulation, consumer, cosmetics, foods, medicine, nanoscience

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The Role of Private International Law in Corporate Social Responsibility

Erasmus Law Review, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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CSR, conflicts of law, Kiobel, Shell

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Defining Nanomaterials for the Purpose of Regulation within the European Union

European Journal of Risk Regulation, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 115-122, 2010
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 01 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 28 May 2011
Diana Megan Bowman, Joel D'Silva and Geert van Calster
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Public Health, Legal Researcher and K.U. Leuven
Downloads 58 (289,188)
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Nanotechnologies, Nanomaterials, European Union, Regulation, Law

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The Increasing Impact of EU Law on International Litigation and Conflict of Laws

In Like an Incoming Tide - A Review of the EU's Regulatory Agenda, Geert van Calster (ed.). Brussels, DLA Piper, March 2012
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 20 Oct 2012
Geert van Calster and Ilse Van de Mierop
K.U. Leuven and DLA Piper
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Insolvency Regulation, EU, Conflict of Laws

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Duty Free? The Rationale of the ECJ in C-366/10, on the Inclusion of Air Transport into the Emissions Trading Scheme

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 12 Oct 2013
Jordan Sosnowski and Geert van Calster
Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and K.U. Leuven
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ETS, EU, Climate change, Emissions trading, international law

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The EU's External Trade Policy: Doh!Aha!

LIKE AN INCOMING TIDE - A REVIEW OF THE EU'S REGULATORY AGENDA, Geert van Calster, ed., Brussels, DLA Piper, March 2012
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 28 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2012
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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WTO, EU, trade, FTA, GSP

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Topsy-Turvy: The European Court of Justice and Border (Energy) Tax Adjustments – Should the World Trade Organisation Follow Suit?

Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation: International and Comparative Perspectives, Vol. 1, pp. 311-341, 2003
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jan 2013
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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border tax adjustments, BTA, WTO, EU, feed-in tariffs, FIT, Ontario, renewable energy, PreussenElektra, ECJ

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You’ld Be Surprised How Much it Costs to Look this Cheap! A Case-Study on ISO 26000

Presented at TILEC: Tilburg Law and Economics Centre 7-8 November 2013
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Jul 2014
Geert van Calster and Stephanie Bijlmakers
K.U. Leuven and Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies
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CSR, ISO, Standardisation

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De Europese Erfrechtverordening: Harmonisatie interruptus? (The European Succession Regulation: Harmonisation interruptus?)

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Jun 2014
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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estate planning, EU, succession, conflict of laws, private international law

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For Me to Know and You to Find Out? Participatory Mechanisms, the Aarhus Convention and New Technologies

Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 2, 2010
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 01 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 28 May 2011
Joel D'Silva and Geert van Calster
Legal Researcher and K.U. Leuven
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Aarhus Convention, Public Participation, Nanotechnologies, Law

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COMIng, and Here to Stay. The Review of the European Insolvency Regulation

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 28 Jul 2015
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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Insolvency; EU; Conflict of laws; COMI; Litigation; Dispute Resolution

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Regulating Opportunity and Innovation in the EU. The Case of Sustainable Materials (Plastics) Management

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Apr 2015
Geert van Calster and Thomas de Romph
K.U. Leuven and KU Leuven
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Materials; Resources; EU; Environment; Circular Economy; Sustainable Materials Management

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Climate Mitigation and Waste Management in the EU

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 27 Nov 2013
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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waste, waste management, climate change, climate change mitigation

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Access to Justice Against European Community Institutions - Using Environmental Litigation as a Focal Point

Conference on Environmental Rghts in Europe after the UN/ECE Aarhus Convention, IMER, K.U. Leuven, August 30, 2003
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 24 Nov 2012
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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Restrictions on the Use of Lawfully Marketed Products and the EC's Internal Market

Published in C. BACKES et al, Europees Milieurecht in de Lage Landen, Den Haag, Boon, 2009, p.121-128.
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 24 Jul 2013
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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regulatory autonomy, EU, free movement of goods, use restrictions

23.

The Rule of Law in the Technological Age Challenges and Opportunities for the EU Collected Papers

Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2017-35, Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance Research Paper No. 2017-02
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 25 Jul 2017
Maria Weimer, Kati Cseres, Christina Eckes, Roger Brownsword, Geert van Calster, Kathleen Garnett, Leonie Reins, Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke, Tamara K. Hervey, Orla Lynskey and Indra Döhmann
Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, University of Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam - Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance and Amsterdam Center for Law & Economics, Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance, King's College London – The Dickson Poon School of Law, K.U. Leuven, Independent, KU Leuven - Faculty of Law, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Tennessee College of LawThe Konkurrenz Group, University of Sheffield - Faculty of Law, London School of Economics - Law Department and Goethe University Frankfurt
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Rule of law, new tecnology, EU regulation, fundamental rights, risk regulation, digital age, superplatforms, competition law, data protection

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Not Just One, But Many ‘Rights to Be Forgotten’. A Global Status Quo.

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 25 Mar 2017
Geert van Calster, Elsemiek Apers and Alejandro Gonzalez Arreaza
K.U. Leuven, KU Leuven, Institute for International Law, Students and KU Leuven, Institute for International Law
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right to be forgotten, conflict of laws, pirvate international law, data protection, search engines, European law, EU Law, comparative law, law of the internet, RTBF, right to privacy

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The Application of International Environmental Law Principles in Latin America. Compilation of a Database of Superior Courts Case-Law, and Initial Findings.

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 06 Apr 2016
Virginia Sanfelice, Geert van Calster and Leonie Reins
Universidade de Coimbra, Faculty of Law, Students, K.U. Leuven and KU Leuven - Faculty of Law
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International Environmental Law, Principles,Latin America, Supreme Courts

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Regulating the Internet. Prescriptive and Jurisdictional Boundaries to the EU's 'Right to Be Forgotten'

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 05 Nov 2015
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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data protection, jurisdiction, enforcemet, Google, right to be forgotten

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Climate Change and Renewable Energy as a Super Trump for EU Trade Law. However All Essent Clear

G. VAN CALSTER, ‘Climate change and renewable energy as a super trump for EU trade law. All Essent clear’, Renewable energy law and policy review, 2014, 1, p.60-66,
Posted: 25 Sep 2014 Last Revised: 16 Oct 2014
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven

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EU, EU law, Energy, Renewable Energy, Essent, Trade law

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Kerpow! The United Kingdom Courts, West Tankers and the Arbitration ‘Exception’ in the Brussels I Regulation

European Review of Private Law, 2013, 205-220
Posted: 23 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2013
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven

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jurisdiction, arbitration, Brussels I Regulation, jurisdiction regulation, West Tankers

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Regulating Nanomedicine: A European Perspective

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2014
Joel D'Silva and Geert van Calster
Legal Researcher and K.U. Leuven

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Nanotechnology, nanomedicine, regulation, technologies, Law

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Trust Me I’m a Regulator: The (in) Adequacy of EU Legislative Instruments for Three Nanotechnology Categories (Food, Cosmetics & Medicine)

DIMENSIONS OF TECHNOLOGY REGULATION, pp. 205-235, M.E.A. Goodwin, B.J. Koops, R.E. Leenes, eds., Wolf Legal Publishing, 2010
Posted: 01 Oct 2010
Geert van Calster, Diana Megan Bowman and Joel D'Silva
K.U. Leuven, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Public Health and Legal Researcher

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Nano Medicine, Nano Cosmetics, Nano Foods, Regulation, European Union, Consumers

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Flawless or Fallible? A Review of the Applicability of the European Union's Cosmetics Directive in Relation to Nano-Cosmetics

Studies in Ethics, Law, and Technology, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2008
Posted: 07 Jan 2009
Diana Megan Bowman and Geert van Calster
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - School of Public Health and K.U. Leuven

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cosmetics, European Union, nanotechnologies, regulation, law

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Milieudefensie v. Shell: Suing Multinational Corporations

Number of pages: 2 Posted: 14 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2015
Geert van Calster
K.U. Leuven
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Shell, Shell Nigeria, CSR, Private international law, Milieudefensie, Litigation