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Title: Foreword [ELSA Malta Law Review, 1, 2011] Abstract: It is an honour and a pleasure for me to have been asked to write this foreword. It behoves the entire Faculty to support all the excellent initiatives taken by our students to encourage research and publication of the highest quality, and particularly that undertaken by our students. This particular initiative by ELSA, leading to this new online journal, is just such a praiseworthy venture. I congratulate the editorial team and the entire executive committee, just as I recently had occasion to congratulate the team that produced the latest volume of Id-Dritt. There is undoubtedly room for all such initiatives, and more.

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/130172 2024-12-23T13:47:03Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Editorial [ELSA Malta Law Review, 1, 2011] Abstract: As the first in, one hopes, a long line of Editors of this Review, I quite fancy myself the historian, sitting down to document the troubles and travails of the trusty band of would-be legal scholars who first conceived this publication. This is an exciting time to sire a newborn law review into the world. Our Faculty is in the midst of ushering in a long overdue reform of the legal curriculum, an upheaval that is expected to leave an indelible mark on the legal profession in Malta.

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Azzopardi, Daniel Mark /library/oar/handle/123456789/130163 2024-12-23T11:04:12Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Integrating Europe’s securities markets : the way forward Authors: Azzopardi, Daniel Mark Abstract: Ever since its inception, the European Union has sought to dismantle internal barriers and create an area that guarantees the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital. The creation of a Single Market was conceived as a solid economic project designed to encourage the unhindered mobility of commodities on a Community-wide basis, thereby placing all European producers, service providers and consumers on a single platform in a bid to enhance cost-effectiveness and efficiency. The European securities industry is no exception. The construction of a single market for securities, where investment service providers and investors can access markets situated all across the Union, and where issuers may do likewise in order to raise capital, has been promoted by the EU ever since the early days of its existence. The rationale for this initiative is founded on the premise that a common financial market will reduce the cost of capital for companies looking to finance their operations through the market while endowing investors with a greater choice of financial products and investment services. The resultant increase in market financing and investment activity will strengthen the European economy and consequently uphold its standing on a global level.

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Avellino, Roberta /library/oar/handle/123456789/130151 2024-12-23T08:37:52Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Trafficking in persons : a contemporary threat to human dignity Authors: Avellino, Roberta Abstract: The ease of movement of people across borders has repeatedly been heralded as a significant milestone in diplomatic and political history. Every year, thousands of migrants cross borders in pursuit of an improved quality of life, work opportunities and better chances at leading a dignified lifestyle. However, a substantial number of migrant women and children fall prey to the impediments and pitfalls of extensive recruitment within the framework of migration, and many hopeful victims end up in prostitution and other forms of modern slavery, either of their own free will or as a result of any form of coercion. Ebbe holds trafficking in persons to be 'an attack on the dignity of the human race'. The most vulnerable of citizens are drawn to what they perceive as safety or security due to political, economic and social hardships such as poverty, wars, famine and any other disturbances within a country's history and traditions.

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