Icelandic law is primarily comprised of statutes adopted by Althingi, the Icelandic Parliament, but also includes orders issued by the executive branch of the state, mainly in the form of regulations. All laws and orders of the executive authority are published in the Official Gazette of Iceland...

Irish law consists of a written Constitution. The Government in Ireland is divided between a legislature, executive and judiciary. The national legislature (the Oireachtas) comprises the President of Ireland and two houses, namely the upper chamber, Seanad Éireann and the lower house, Dáil...

Article 37 of the Italian Constitution of 1948 states both equality at work between men and women and women's right to working conditions that allow them to fulfil their essential family functions and grant adequate protection to the mother and the child. The ambiguity of this rule rests on the...

Latvia is a parliamentary State, where Parliament is the only legislator. This legislator, however, has the right to delegate legislative functions to the Cabinet of Ministers and to municipalities. Delegated legislative powers always have to be made explicit in the laws adopted by Parliament....

The Republic of Moldova (hereinafter 'Moldova' or 'the Republic of Moldova') has a civil law system. The Constitution1 is the supreme law in the country, at the top of the legislative hierarchy. All laws (organic and ordinary), subordinate normative acts, and judicial decisions must align with...

The Netherlands is a civil-law country. Its laws are written. The role of case law is small in theory, but in practice it is impossible to understand the law in many fields without taking into account the relevant case law. The primary law-making body is formed by the Dutch Parliament in...