Wissenschaftliche Literatur Law

Theo Gatterer

Soft Law in International Law-Making

The Case of the OECD/G20 BEPS Project

Völkerrecht, Europarecht, Vergleichendes Öffentliches Recht

In einer zunehmend globalisierten Welt sind multinationale Unternehmen grenzüberschreitend tätig. Unsere politische Landschaft aber bleibt insgesamt geprägt von der Idee der Staatssouveränität. Diese Divergenz zwischen wirtschaftlicher Realität und politischer Ordnung macht internationale Kooperation wichtiger denn je. Nur: Wie funktioniert Kooperation zwischen Staaten am besten?

In diesem Buch beschäftigt sich der Autor mit der Relevanz von „Soft Law“ für…

Claus Wilhelm Fröhlich

The Private International Law of Non-Contractual Obligations According to the Rome-II Regulation

A Comparative Study of the Choice of Law Rules in Tort Under European, English and German Law

Studien zum Internationalen Privat- und Zivilprozessrecht sowie zum UN-Kaufrecht

Das internationale Privatrecht der außervertraglichen Schuldverhältnisse war in der Europäischen Gemeinschaft lange Zeit allein Gegenstand der mitgliedstaatlicher Regelungen. Die Verordnung (EG) Nr. 864/2007 des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates vom 11. Juli 2007 über das auf außervertragliche Schuldverhältnisse anzuwendende Recht (Rom II), die ab 11. Januar 2009 in allen Mitgliedstaaten außer Dänemark anwendbar ist, regelt nunmehr das für außervertragliche…

Gerald G. Sander / Ana Pošćić / Adrijana Martinović (eds.)

Exploring the Social Dimension of Europe

Essays in Honour of Nada Bodiroga-Vukobrat

Studien zur Rechtswissenschaft

Die Erforschung der sozialen Dimension Europas ist nicht nur ein rechtliches Unterfangen, sondern erfordert Beiträge aus interdisziplinären und multidisziplinären Perspektiven.

Diese Sammlung von zum Nachdenken anregenden Aufsätzen untersucht zahlreiche unterschiedliche Themen, von Arbeits-, Sozial-, Familien-, EU- und internationalem Recht, Grundrechten, Zivil- und Unternehmensrecht bis hin zu medizinischen Fragen. All diese Überlegungen dienen dem Aufbau einer…

Anna Thaler

Values and Ethical Principles for AI and Robotics

A Qualitative Content Analysis of EU Soft Law Initiatives

Schriften zur Rechts- und Staatsphilosophie

The fast-paced developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics not only tackle some of the world’s biggest challenges, but also evoke a number of urgent and complex moral difficulties such as opaque decision-making, gender bias or other kinds of discrimination.

Against this background, the European Union (EU) advocates to rely upon values and principles, enshrined in EU primary law, to approach moral and ethical encounters. [...]

Martin Lilja

Concepts, Functional Approaches, and Argumentation Analysis in the Field of the Transfer of Movables

With a Focus on American and Scandinavian Law

Studien zur Rechtswissenschaft

This book has two perspectives, related to each other. The first perspective analyzes lawmaking on a European level. The overall question is whether the Uniform Commercial Code (U.C.C.) can stand as a functional model or example for Europe. In the recent European discussion on how rules for the transfer of movable property could be designed in an optimal way, it has been suggested by several proponents that a “functional? approach should be applied. It is considered to be…

Ermando Shuku

Arbitration in Albania

Current State of Law and Reform in the Perspective of UNCITRAL Model Law

Schriftenreihe zum internationalen Einheitsrecht und zur Rechtsvergleichung

This work is a detailed analysis of commercial arbitration´s process. It focuses on a comparative examination between the Albanian legislation on arbitration and the UNCITRAL Model Law.

The latter is a reference point in the international arena which has been adopted by several legal systems. The planned reform of arbitration in Albania aims to completely implement this Model Law system, as already occurred in Germany. Consequently, the analysis of single…

Pawel Sobczyk (ed.)

Security and Globalization in the Context of European Integration

Legal Aspects

Studien zum Völker- und Europarecht

The three notions making up the title – security, globalization and European integration – constitute the pivotal point of the academic discourse presented in this publication. Various legal aspects of the issues in question are indicated by the subtitle as the point of departure. A legal approach to the said issues is not the only possible perspective to view the subject due to their interdisciplinary character and, consequently, interest exhibited by researchers of…

De Wei

Regulations of Competition Law on SEP Related Abuse of Dominant Position

A Law and Economics Perspective

Studien zum Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und zum Urheberrecht

The conflict and coordination between intellectual property law and competition law is a long-standing subject of discussion in both legal and economic fields. In the context of SEPs (standard essential patents), this conflict has been made more prominent and complicated. From an economic perspective, SEP holders are always motivated to exercise the market power brought about by standardization for unreasonably high license fees (holdup), which leads to market failure.…

Sirinya Somching

Liability of the European Union for Lawful Acts

An Analysis of the Impact of the General Principles on EU Liability Regime

Studien zur Rechtswissenschaft

The question of whether European Union law should recognise the liability of the Union in the absence of unlawfulness has been the subject of a significant dispute since the European Economic Community was founded in 1957.

Since the action for damages against the Union was enshrined in the law and parties were able to bring a case before the Union Court to establish non-contractual liability and be compensated for damage caused by actions or measures of EU…

Teresiah Muthoni

Equal Right to Property for Women under International Human Rights Law

An Analysis of the Legal Protection in Kenya

Studien zur Rechtswissenschaft

The study is inspired by the general situation of women with regard to property and particularly land in Kenya. To date, discrimination and inequality with regard to property and land in particular continue to be pervasive whereby the disparity of ownership of land between men and women stands at Seventy Five percent.

Comprising of five chapters, the study analyses the legal protection of the right to property for women by laying open the existing international…