The Law Courts of Brussels (Dutch: Justitiepaleis van Brussel, French: Palais de Justice de Bruxelles) is the most important Court building in Belgium and is a notable landmark of Brussels. It was built between 1866 and 1883 in the eclectic style by architect Joseph Poelart. The total cost of the construction, land and furnishings was somewhere in the region of 45 million Belgian francs. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1572x1147, 419 KB) Summary Law Courts of Brussels source: http://nl. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1572x1147, 419 KB) Summary Law Courts of Brussels source: http://nl. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (Dutch: Brussel, French: Bruxelles, German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium and of the European Union. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Eclecticism is a kind of mixed style in the fine arts, in which features are borrowed from various sources and styles. ... The Belgian franc (Dutch Belgische frank, French franc belge) was the currency of Belgium before the adoption of the euro. ...
In the legal culture of Europe, private law is perceived and may actually function as a bulwark against the flood of European regulation, a sort of antidote to the dilution of regional identities.
Courts must therefore assess, preliminarily, whether the legislative intent underlying a given provision is the protection of the general interest alone, or the protection of an individual interest from violation of the prescribed norm.
Brussels appears to view private law as essentially no different from any other item in its purview, of such little impact on the fundamental value-choices of Europe's constituent nations that it may safely be entrusted to faceless technocrats.