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European Union in 2017
January 5, 2017
2016 has been a turbulent year for the European Union and its member states. Brexit, the armed conflict in Syria and Iraq, the refugee crisis, terrorism and the Italian referendum; all topics covered by the Peace Palace Library in several Library Specials and Library blogs.

2017 promises to be a defining moment for the continuation of the ever closing Union. This blog touches upon a couple of developments which can lead to discussion within the European Union and its members.
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Intellectual Property

Intellectual property (IP) law refers to a set of laws that govern the creation, protection, sharing, and use of intellectual property. IP is intangible property created through mental work, such as an invention, creative work, design, or idea. IP has become an increasingly important and frequently litigated area, particularly in the patent, copyright, and trademark areas but also in the protection of domain names, databases, software, and traditional knowledge.

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Grotius collection

Feenstra, R. and J.B. Vervliet (eds.), Hugo Grotius Mare Liberum: 1609-2009, Leiden, Brill, 2009. [Original Latin text, facsimile of the first edition, 1609 and modern English translation]
De ivre belli ac pacis libri tres (3rd state) / Hugo Grotius, 1625
Neff, S.C. (ed.), Hugo Grotius on the Law of War and Peace, New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2012. [English translation De jure belli ac pacis, Parisiis, apud Nicolaum Buon, 1625]

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Common foreign and security policy

European Union in 2017