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The Law of Third Sector Organizations in Europe

Foundations, Trends and Prospects

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Editors:
  1. Antonio Fici

    1. Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

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  • The only book to study the laws of Third Sector organizations with a comparative approach
  • The author’s work analyses the law of Third Sector organizations in 10 Countries in a comparative perspective
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This book presents and discusses the law of third sector organizations in a selected number of European Union countries and in a comparative perspective, with the aim of providing a common basis for further legal analyses or legislative advancements both at the national and supranational level.

The book is divided into two parts. Chapters in Part I present the ways in which each national jurisdiction deals with the group of organizations identified by the authors as “third sector organizations”, regardless of the ways in which these organizations are denominated or are commonly known in each country or the place in which their regulation is found.

Chapters in Part II share a synthesis and comparative approach and draw the lines for further developments of the research activity culminated in the book.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. National Perspectives on the Law of Third Sector Organizations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Third Sector in Belgium

      • Henri Culot, Joanne Defer
      Pages 3-35

    3. The Diversity of Third Sector Organisations in Denmark

      • Karsten Engsig Sørensen
      Pages 37-56

    4. French Economie Sociale et Solidaire in the Middle of the Ford

      • Véronique Magnier
      Pages 57-72

    5. Law in Transition: Reforming the Legal Framework of the Third Sector in Germany

      • Florian Möslein
      Pages 73-94

    6. Third Sector Organisations in Ireland: Assembling the Regulatory Jigsaw Pieces of an Evolving, If Fragmented, Sector

      • Oonagh B. Breen
      Pages 95-113

    7. The New Italian Code of the Third Sector. Essence and Principles of a Historic Legislative Reform

      • Antonio Fici
      Pages 115-139

    8. The Legal Infrastructure of the Third Sector and the Social Economy in the Netherlands

      • Ger J. H. van der Sangen
      Pages 141-161

    9. Third Sector in the Third Republic: An Overview of the Law and Practice in Poland

      • Arkadiusz Radwan, Marcin Mazgaj, Przemysław Żak
      Pages 163-190

    10. The Legal Regime of the Social Economy Sector in Portugal

      • Deolinda Meira
      Pages 191-213

    11. Social Economy and Third Sector in Spanish Law. Convergences and Divergences

      • Gemma Fajardo-García
      Pages 215-251

  3. European and Comparative Law of Third Sector Organizations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Third Sector Organizations in a European and Comparative Legal Perspective

      • Antonio Fici
      Pages 255-313

    3. The Taxation of Social Economy Entities in the Perspective of EU Law

      • Gabriele Sepio
      Pages 315-338

    4. European Law of Third Sector Organizations from the US Standpoint

      • Dana Brakman Reiser
      Pages 339-364
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Antonio Fici

About the editor

​Antonio Fici is an Associate Professor of Private Law at the Department of History, Cultural Heritage, Education and Society oft he University of Roma Tor Vergata, Italy. With expertise in nonprofit and third sector law, cooperative law, as well as unconventional forms of enterprises like social enterprises and social economy organizations, Antonio Fici is recognized as a lawyer, scholar, and international consultant in these fields. With almost 25 years of experience, his expertise lies in organizational law, particularly in the areas of third sector organizations, nonprofit organizations, public benefit organizations, social economy entities, cooperatives, social enterprises, social cooperatives. He has authored numerous publications, including internationally recognized works, and has curated research reports commissioned by institutions like the European Commission and Parliament. Professor Fici has been a keynote speaker at various conferences in Italy and abroad and has successfully led international research groups. He also served as a consultant to the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, contributing to the drafting of reform decrees for the third sector. Currently, he holds the position of Scientific Director at Terzjus, an observatory focused on third sector law, philanthropy, and social enterprise.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Law of Third Sector Organizations in Europe

  • Book Subtitle: Foundations, Trends and Prospects

  • Editors: Antonio Fici

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41744-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41743-6Published: 01 January 2024

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41746-7Due: 14 January 2025

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-41744-3Published: 31 December 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 364

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law , European Law, European Economic Law

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