Healthcare is changing. This volume explores patient autonomy and data protection laws in light of developments in modern healthcare systems, particularly ICT in healthcare and personalised medicine. A must-read for every professional active in the field of data protection law, health law, policy development or IT-driven innovation.

This book contains the latest update of international and regional instruments with respect to prevention and compensation of transboundary damage caused by pipelines.

Analysing obligations connected to property rights ('real obligations') in a comparative perspective, exploring Belgian, French, Dutch and Scots law. Examples of real obligations are the periodical payment obligation of a long lease holder, the maintenance of the property subject to a servitude and the financial contributions by apartment owners.