Author: Helmut Heiss
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 9783161475528
Category : Law
Languages : de
Pages : 348
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English summary: After the socialist systems had collapsed, the Baltic Sea states moved closer together, and all problems observed in Europe which followed the collapse of Communism can be found in the Baltic Sea area. The institutions of this area are particularly important for an integration process which has to take place before these countries become members of the E.U. and also for their role in improving relations with Russia. In this book, the authors discuss various aspects of the law as a means of integration in the Baltic Sea area. They deal with questions surrounding the transformation of post-socialist legal systems, the integration of Poland and the Baltic states into the E.U., the economic and historical aspects of trade in the Baltic Sea area as well as aspects of conflict of laws and harmonization of laws in the Baltic Sea area. German description: Nach dem Zusammenbruch der sozialistischen Systeme ruckten die Staaten des Ostseeraums enger zusammen. Alle Aspekte und Probleme, die dem Zusammenbruch des Kommunismus folgen, werden in ganz Europa und auch im Ostseeraum beobachtet. Vor allem die speziellen Institutionen der Ostseeregion spielen sowohl im voranschreitenden Integrationsprozess wahrend der Phase vor einem EU-Beitritt als auch bei der Verbesserung der Beziehungen zu Russland eine bedeutende Rolle. Dabei ist das Recht ein wichtiges Integrationsinstrument. In diesem Band diskutieren internationale Wissenschaftler verschiedene Aspekte des Rechts als Integrationsinstrument im Ostseeraum. Dabei werden Fragen der Transformation post-sozialistischer Rechtssysteme, die EU-Integration von Polen und den baltischen Staaten, historische und okonomische Aspekte des Handels im Ostseeraum, Aspekte des internationalen Privatrechts und der Rechtsharmonisierung im Ostseeraum erortert.
Author: Norbert Götz
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351776584
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
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This title was first published in 2003. The Baltic Sea region offers exceptionally rich material for the discussion of civil society. This is because it has witnessed the erosion of communist regimes, the crisis of the welfare state, the increasing importance of new social movements and the shift from a centralist paradigm to one oriented towards networks. This engaging book focuses on the phenomena and prospects for civil society in north-eastern Europe which have had a major impact on political and scholarly debates since 1989. Nineteen experts from the region provide a comprehensive and comparative account of the history, the present state and the perspectives of civil society in the Baltic Sea area. The reader will learn that civil society should not only be seen in opposition to the state and that it has a major impact on current developments of European integration.
Author: Michal Bobek
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1782259902
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 462
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The onset of the 2004 EU enlargement witnessed a number of predictions being made about the approaches, capacity and ability of Central European judges who were soon to join the Union. Optimistic voices, foreshadowing the deep transformative power that Europe was bound to exercise with respect to the judicial mentality and practice in the new Member States, were intertwined with gloomy pictures of post-Communist limited formalism and mechanical jurisprudence that could not be reformed, which were likely to undermine the very foundations of mutual trust and recognition the judicial system of the Union is built upon. Ten years later, this volume revisits these predictions and critically assesses the evolution of Central European judicial mentality, institutions and constitutionality under the influence of the EU membership. Comparatively evaluating the situation in a number of Central European Member States in their socio-legal contexts, notably Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania, the volume offers unique insights into the process of (non) Europeanisation of national legal systems and cultures.
Author: Alexander Trunk
Publisher: BWV Verlag
ISBN: 3830511272
Category : Law
Languages : de
Pages : 225
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Author: Uwe Kischel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192508873
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1099
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Uwe Kischel's comprehensive treatise on comparative law offers a critical introduction to the central tenets of comparative legal scholarship. The first part of the book is dedicated to general aspects of comparative law. The controversial question of methods, in particular, is addressed by explaining and discussing different approaches, and by developing a contextual approach that seeks to engage with real-world issues and takes a practical perspective on contemporary comparative legal scholarship. The second part of the book offers a detailed treatment of the major legal contexts across the globe, including common law, civil law systems (based on Germany and France, and extended to Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, and Latin America, among others), the African context (with an emphasis on customary law), different contexts in Asia, Islamic law and law in Islamic countries (plus a brief treatment of Jewish law and canon law), and transnational contexts (public international law, European Union law, and lex mercatoria). The book offers a coherent treatment of global legal systems that aims not only to describe their varying norms and legal institutions but to propose a better way of seeking to understand how the overall context of legal systems influences legal thinking and legal practice.
Author: Fabrizio Cafaggi
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1848441274
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 369
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This is a remarkably ambitious work of scholarship. What can Europe bring to private law, and what can it take away? And how do we shape the institutional design of the governance model(s) that comprise Europe ? A stellar collection of contributors provides important fresh insights into the evolving and varied patterns according to which private law is generated in Europe. Stephen Weatherill, Somerville College, Oxford, UK The debate concerning the desirability and modes of harmonisation of European Private Law (EPL) has, until now, been mainly concerned with substantive rules. The link between rules and institutions suggests that governance of both the process of harmonisation and its outcome is necessary. This book covers various perspectives on the challenge of designing governance for EPL: the implications of a multi-level system in terms of competences, the interplay between market integration and regulation, the legitimacy of private law making, the importance of self-regulation, the usefulness of conflict of law rules, the role of intergovernmental institutions, and the aftermath of enlargement. In addressing these, the book s achievements are to successfully link two areas of scholarship that have so far remained separate, EPL and new modes of governance, and to address institutional reforms. The contributions offer different proposals to improve governance: the creation of a European Law institute, the improvement of judicial cooperation among national courts, the use of committees for implementation of EPL. Suggesting practical institutional reforms that can improve the process of Europeanisation of private law, this book will be of great interest to scholars of law, politics, political science, sociology and economics. It will also appeal to policymakers, and members of both European institutions and national institutions dealing with European matters.
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Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004519351
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 847
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Behind the controversies that have marked the history of the idea of Economic Constitution emerges the highly political issue of the room for manoeuvre left to public authorities in the economic sphere. The notion thus encapsulates a fundamental tension: between democracy and rule of law, which model of legal ordering of the economy should prevail? From physiocrats to neo-liberals, from the Weimar Republic to European integration, from national constitutions to Global Governance, this collective book invites us to explore the genealogy of the controversial concept of Economic Constitution. The result of this interdisciplinary dialogue is a comprehensive reflection on the legal and political issues at stake in the current constitutionalization of the market order in Europe. Contributors are: Philippe Steiner, Guillaume Grégoire, Hugues Rabault, Peter C. Caldwell, Thomas Biebricher, Werner Bonefeld, Serge Audier, Vincent Valentin, Pieter van Cleynenbreugel, Xavier Miny, Frédéric Marty, Claire Mongouachon, Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz, Francesco Martucci, Michael Wilkinson, Hjalte Lokdam, Susanna Maria Cafaro, Peter Lindseth, Cristina Fasone, Pierre Nihoul, François Colly, Peter-Christian Müller-Graff, Tony Prosser, Damien Piron, Mahmoud Mohamed Salah, Stephen Gill, Thibault Biscahie, Sebastien Adalid, and Christian Joerges. Derrière les controverses qui jalonnent l’histoire de l’idée de Constitution économique émerge la question éminemment politique de la marge de manœuvre laissée aux autorités publiques dans la sphère économique. La notion cristallise ainsi une tension fondamentale : entre démocratie et État de droit, quel doit être modèle d’organisation et d’ordonnancement juridique de l’économie? Des physiocrates aux néolibéraux, de la République de Weimar à l’intégration européenne, des constitutions nationales à la Global Governance, cet ouvrage collectif nous invite dès lors à explorer la généalogie du concept polémique de Constitution économique. Les auteurs ouvrent alors, à travers un dialogue interdisciplinaire constant, une réflexion globale autour des enjeux juridiques et politiques du processus actuel de constitutionnalisation de l’ordre de marché en Europe.
Author: Hans-W Micklitz
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1509963030
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 397
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This book analyses the transformation of consumer law and policy in Europe from 4 perspectives: first, the temporal transformation, i.e., changes that can be tracked from the turn of the millennium; secondly, the substantive dimension, i.e., changes in the scope of the rights and remedies provided by consumer law, as well as the underpinning values; thirdly, the institutional dimension, i.e., changes in the role of national courts, national Parliaments, consumer agencies, and consumer organisations; and fourth, the procedural element, i.e., the shift from individual enforcement via courts to enforcement by public regulators, consumer associations, alternative dispute resolution, and the development of collective enforcement exercised by consumer agencies and/or consumer organisations. With contributions by leading consumer law scholars from across Europe, this book is a fascinating account of how consumer law has often been shaped by national as much as European interests.
Author: Jürgen Basedow
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
ISBN: 9783161476303
Category : Law
Languages : de
Pages : 1154
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English summary: Authors from 25 countries have contributed to a Festschrift to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Max Planck Institute for Private Law in Hamburg. The articles cover the history and future research projects of the Institute, aspects of German, European and international economic law, private international law and civil procedure, issues of comparative law and the unification of laws and selected private law topics from non-German legal systems. German description: Die Grundung des Max-Planck-Instituts fur auslandisches und internationales Privatrecht geht auf das Jahr 1926 zuruck. In der Festschrift zu seinem 75-jahrigen Bestehen sind Beitrage von Autoren aus aller Welt, die dem Institut verbunden sind, vereinigt. Mit dem 'Aufbruch nach Europa' wird programmatisch ein Bogen uber die meisten Beitrage gespannt, aber auch der Weg des Instituts beschrieben, von den Anfangen und bis in die Zukunft hinein.
