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Is competition law able to deal with algorithmic collusion? This evaluative book provides an insight into tackling this important question for competition law, with contrasting critical perspectives, including theoretical, empirical, and doctrinal - the latter frequently from a comparative perspective. Bringing together scholarly discussion on algorithmic collusion, the book questions whether competition law is adeptly equipped to deal with its various facets. With a comprehensive overview of the recent literature on algorithmic collusion, chapters offer a critical appraisal of the effectiveness of competition law to deal with algorithmic collusion. Covering a unique collection of legal, theoretical, and experimental case studies, it initiates debate among legal scholars for a better understanding of the data upon which algorithms decide prices. With a comparative identification of both the potentialities and limitations of competition law in relation to algorithmic collusion, this book will be of key value to students and scholars of competition law, economics and finance. It will also be an invaluable resource for legal practitioners and policy makers in the field.

Markets run on information. Buyers make decisions by relying on their knowledge of the products available, and sellers decide what to produce based on their understanding of what buyers want. But the distribution of market information has changed, as consumers increasingly turn to sources that act as intermediaries for information--companies like Yelp and Google. Antitrust Law in the New Economy considers a wide range of problems that arise around one aspect of information in the marketplace: its quality. Sellers now have the ability and motivation to distort the truth about their products when they make data available to intermediaries. And intermediaries, in turn, have their own incentives to skew the facts they provide to buyers, both to benefit advertisers and to gain advantages over their competition. Consumer protection law is poorly suited for these problems in the information economy. Antitrust law, designed to regulate powerful firms and prevent collusion among producers, is a better choice. But the current application of antitrust law pays little attention to information quality. Mark Patterson discusses a range of ways in which data can be manipulated for competitive advantage and exploitation of consumers (as happened in the LIBOR scandal), and he considers novel issues like "confusopoly" and sellers' use of consumers' personal information in direct selling. Antitrust law can and should be adapted for the information economy, Patterson argues, and he shows how courts can apply antitrust to address today's problems.

O presente estudo visa contribuir para a compreensão do regime aplicável à utilização de moeda bancária para cumprimento de obrigações pecuniárias, através da prestação de serviços de pagamento. Para esse efeito, são fixados alguns conceitos fundamentais como o de moeda ou obrigação pecuniária, cujos contornos jurídicos careciam de revisão, após a generalização dos serviços de pagamento prestados pelos bancos aos clientes com recurso às novas tecnologias de comunicação. O regime jurídico português dos serviços de pagamento é também devidamente enquadrado no Direito da União Europeia, devido à sua ascendência europeia. É ainda analisada a relação estabelecida entre banco e cliente, no âmbito da qual são prestados serviços de pagamento, sendo especialmente relevante a este propósito o regime dos deveres acessórios e o conceito de conta bancária. São ainda tratadas as transferências e os débitos diretos como paradigmas de serviços de pagamento, para se concluir com a análise do regime do cumprimento e incumprimento de obrigações pecuniárias, quando sejam utilizados serviços de pagamento

Preisalgorithmen sind aus dem heutigen Online-Handel nicht mehr wegzudenken. Die Nutzung von Preisalgorithmen wirft dabei grundlegende Fragen danach auf, wie wir Wettbewerb verstehen und schützen. Diese Arbeit analysiert die Auswirkungen der Nutzung von Preisalgorithmen in wettbewerbspolitischer, -ökonomischer und -rechtlicher Hinsicht. Hierbei wird anhand von Fallgruppen die Frage beantwortet, inwieweit das europäische Kartellrecht gegen die Gefahren der Nutzung von Preisalgorithmen gewappnet ist.

Price algorithms have become an integral part of today's online commerce. The use of pricing algorithms raises fundamental questions about how we understand and protect competition. This thesis analyzes the effects of the use of pricing algorithms in terms of competition policy, economics and law. It uses case groups to answer the question of the extent to which European antitrust law is equipped to deal with the dangers of the use of pricing algorithms.

This innovative Commentary boasts contributions from internationally renowned experts with extensive and diverse backgrounds, providing a comprehensive, critical, article-by-article and thematic analysis of the EU Regulation No 1503/2020 on European Crowdfunding Service Providers for Business (ECSPR). Chapters analyse Member States' adaptation of their legal frameworks to the ECSPR, underlying similarities, divergences, additional problematic issues and residual regulatory fragmentation. Key Features: A theoretical and cross-sectoral approach to crowdfunding services and relative regulations Constant comparison of ECSPR's provisions with other similar or interrelated EU frameworks An article-by-article and thematic analysis of the ECSPR, underlying its strengths, innovative characters and problematic aspects Analysis of the implementation of the ECSPR in different countries and adaptation of their legal frameworks, including France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands, Nordic countries and the Baltics The Commentary is a fundamental companion to the interpretation and application of the ECSPR which will appeal to a diverse range of readers. Academics, scholars, practitioners and professionals interested in financial regulation, EU law, technology law, business law, law of contracts, competition law, international law and comparative law will find this a beneficial resource.

Bringing together leading experts in the field of tax law, this book comprehensively analyses the new global minimum taxation regime for multinational companies. Not only does it consider this unprecedented diplomatic achievement in its historic, economic and political context, but the book also explores the intricate technical detail of the GloBE model rules. Key Features: Exploration of the Pillar 2 proposal's formative development Detailed discussion of key concepts such as process legitimacy Examination of the Pillar 2 objectives and the reasons which led to its adoption Assessment of the interaction between the GloBE rules and national law, European law and existing bilateral tax treaties Consideration of the impact of the new regime on multinational businesses and the future interaction of states through tax competition Step-by-step analysis of the complex set of GloBE model rules that have been put in place to make the minimum taxation regime effective This authoritative book is an essential resource for legal practitioners practising in tax law, fiscal policy and commercial law. The applied nature of the text is also of great benefit to policymakers working in the taxation sphere. Scholars and students of international taxation will similarly find this to be a useful reference.

The General Data Protection Regulation has established a uniform European data protection law. The member states must directly apply European law standards and question their own interpretation criteria. The new major commentary on the GDPR is written by leading European lawyers who have extensively analysed the European and transnational academic discourse. The commentaries take into account the existing approaches to interpretation at national level, place them in a European legal environment and thus impress with new arguments that also offer new possibilities in contentious proceedings. The advantages at a glance New European law argumentation patterns for national interpretation and application practice European law classification of the Member States' scope for action, especially the scope of application of the GDPR Focus on current topics: - International data transfer and data processing, also in cloud computing - Right to be forgotten - One-Stop-Shop - Sanctions and supervisory measures - Profiling - Pseudonymisation and anonymisation - Consent and other authorisations for personal data processing by companies - Data protection audit and certification

Nos últimos anos tem-se assistido a importantes transformações no âmbito do Direito Administrativo, grande parte das quais motivada por uma alteração do papel do Estado na economia e na sociedade contemporâneas. Essa alteração, ao invés de significar uma redução das funções do Estado, deu lugar ao aparecimento de um novo modelo de Estado: o Estado Regulador. A presente dissertação parte da análise desse novo modelo de Estado, no contexto dos movimentos de liberalização e de privatização dos tradicionais serviços públicos económicos prestados em rede, para, no quadro da moderna teoria jurídica da regulação, questionar de que forma a assunção de novas funções pelo Estado implica uma alteração dos conceitos, bem como dos instrumentos jurídicos usados pelo Direito Administrativo. A análise teórica é complementada pelo exame de um caso de estudo paradigmático fornecido pelo sector da energia português (electricidade e gás natural)

This thoroughly revised Research Handbook on Climate Change Adaptation Lawbrings together leading scholars in the field to summarise and assess key topics including tort and insurance law, disaster law, water law and marine law as well as biodiversity law and pollution control.  Providing a comprehensive review of new challenges faced as a result of a changing climate, this Second Edition considers the adaptation necessary to address the ongoing impacts from the warming of the Earth's atmosphere at international, regional and domestic levels. It also analyses the legal instruments that go beyond helping societies to adapt to the changing climate, and assist in compensating victims of climate change damage. Chapters suggest forward-thinking approaches for how future policies and laws could help to create more climate resilient and stable societies, and offer a new insight into how climate change can affect both the local and international dimensions of security.  With its transnational and multilevel approach, this Research Handbook is an essential resource for academics in the field of climate change policy and law as well as policy makers, NGOs and other government officials working in the field of climate change.

This Research Handbook provides a comprehensive depiction of the various stages, opportunities and challenges of climate change litigation at national and international levels from an innovative practice-oriented perspective. Bringing together expert authors from a range of legal backgrounds, the Research Handbook features contributions not only from experienced academics researching in the field, but also from strategic planning specialists and legal coordinators for organizations involved in climate-related litigation. It follows the entire journey of climate-related disputes, from an examination of the approaches and decisions made before initiating legal proceedings, through the various procedural and legal hurdles and challenges during proceedings, to an exploration of the post-litigation challenges that may arise. The climate litigation process is also analyzed in the context of different international forums, such as the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), and the World Heritage Convention, among others. The Research Handbook on Climate Change Litigationis a vital resource for scholars and students in arbitration and dispute resolution, climate change law and environmental law. Practitioners such as judges, lawyers, legal advisers for NGOs and public servants in administration will also find this book beneficial.

This meticulously revised second edition provides a comparative overview of climate change mitigation issues and international regulatory approaches, bringing together expert contributors to analyse key sectors such as energy, transport, cities, industry, land use, agriculture and waste. Governments around the world have been investigating techniques to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for decades. This detailed Research Handbook considers the spectrum of legal and market-based instruments, as well as strategies and policies adopted around the world, to propose more effective, comprehensive and responsive ways of managing climate change mitigation. As well as taking stock of the current and proposed legal instruments, the book investigates the wider policy and economic aspects of coping with climate change. It provides a comparative overview of key issues across Europe, the United States, Asia-Pacific and the BRICS countries, and discusses domestic, regional and international law and governance. Important issues such as carbon trading, financing and litigation are also addressed. This timely Research Handbook will be an authoritative resource for scholars of climate change law and policy, whilst also providing a rigorous overview for upper-level students. Policymakers will gain insights from the comparative perspectives, and practitioners will appreciate the broad range of practical issues addressed.

What does the future hold for oil and gas, what can we learn from the past and what role does law have to play in this? Using a unique temporal lens, this Research Handbook examines core themes in oil and gas regulation from historical, contemporary and forward-looking perspectives. Structured in three distinct parts, this Research Handbook begins by detailing the past dominance of oil, charting the role and influence of legal instruments and regulatory regimes governing petroleum. Using a diverse range of case study perspectives over several jurisdictions, the Research Handbook then turns to oil and gas in the modern world, with critical discussion of current petroleum legal regimes. It concludes with a series of forward-looking chapters that consider the future challenges and opportunities for oil and gas, and how petroleum-dependent states can both regulate and facilitate the age of energy transition. Surveying the technological shifts of the oil and gas sector through time, this comprehensive Research Handbook will prove an invigorating read for scholars and students of energy and natural resource law disciplines. Its discussion of emerging technologies and community impact will prove particularly useful to regulators, policymakers, corporations and legal practitioners concerned with the future of energy.

This comprehensive Research Handbook sets out a systematic analysis of the Paris Agreement taking into account developments since it entered into force in 2016. It explores the treaty's capacity, as an instrument of international law, to compel state action to address the universal threat of climate change. Highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the Paris Agreement in light of state practice, each chapter contains a critical examination of a separate aspect of the treaty in order to aid understanding of its legal force. Eminent scholars with experience in Paris Agreement law explore how the Agreement's efficacy relies heavily upon the goodwill of states, sui generis domestic initiatives, forceful climate law at the domestic level, and other contextual factors such as international peace and cooperation. Acknowledging the weak legal substance of the Paris Agreement, the expert contributors propose new avenues of scholarly inquiry as well as new directions in the fight against climate change. The Research Handbook on the Law of the Paris Agreementwill prove beneficial for scholars, researchers, and students of law, environmental studies, and politics and public policy. Legal practitioners, ministries of foreign affairs, and international NGOs concerned with environmental issues and human rights will also benefit from the book's practical implications.

Until a few years ago, nothing seemed impossible in terms of the further development of European Private Law. Important projects such as the Common Frame of Reference and a Common European Sales Law were discussed, even a European Civil Code seemed to be within reach. With the failure of these ideas, however, the great visions for European Private Law have become silent, which does not take away from the fact that it is nevertheless developing steadily, only in a more small-scale and fragmentary manner than originally envisioned. This book aims on the one hand to show the state of development of European Private Law in all its facets, and on the other hand to answer the question of what the acquis communautaire of the future should look like.

emos assistido a sucessivas alterações dos regimes jurídicos das corrupções de funcionários, de políticos e de agentes desportivos, suscitando-se frequentes dificuldades relacionadas com a sucessão de leis penais no tempo, com a compreensão das diversas modalidades de corrupção e com a articulação dos diferentes regimes jurídicos. Por outro lado, a nova percepção comunitária sobre a danosidade da corrupção funciona como factor de pressão no sentido de uma maior exigência de eficácia na punição, questionando-se a possibilidade de investigar para além dos prazos previstos na lei ou a admissibilidade da delação premiada, com eventuais prejuízos para princípios com consagração constitucional. Consideram-se ainda os novos problemas postos pela corrupção desportiva, nomeadamente por força da recente neocriminalização do Recebimento e Oferta Indevidos de Vantagem, assim como da Aposta Antidesportiva

Trotz des hohen praktischen Bedurfnisses an der Kommerzialisierbarkeit von Personlichkeitsrechtaspekten ist ein eigenstandiges Personlichkeitsvermogensrechts bisher nicht allgemein anerkannt. Diese Arbeit beantwortet daher grundlegende Fragen zum Ob und Wie der Kommerzialisierung von Personlichkeitsrechtsaspekten. Dabei wird geklart, welche Merkmale ein Personlichkeitsaspekt aufweisen muss, um ausschliesslich zu wirken und ubertragbar zu sein. Ferner wird aufgezeigt, innerhalb welcher Grenzen fremde Personlichkeitsrechtaspekte kommerzialisiert und eigene verwertet werden konnen. Im Ergebnis wird deutlich, dass der Personlichkeitsrechtstrager nur infolge der Anerkennung eines Personlichkeitsvermogensrechts maximalen Schutz erfahrt.

Die Arbeit untersucht das auf Blockchain-Netzwerke und Krypto-Token anwendbare Recht. Ziel ist es, herauszufinden, ob das Internationale Privatrecht, das traditionellerweise nach dem "Sitz" eines Rechtsverhaltnisses sucht, in der Lage ist, diese von Natur aus transnationalen Phanomene zu erfassen. Im Mittelpunkt stehen zum einen die Rechtsbeziehungen zwischen den Teilnehmern von Blockchain-Netzwerken, zum anderen die schuldrechtlichen und dinglichen Geschafte im Zusammenhang mit der Emission und dem Handel von Krypto-Token. Die Arbeit berucksichtigt auch die jungste Reform des deutschen (Internationalen) Wertpapierrechts durch das eWpG. Schliesslich entwickelt sie einen Vorschlag fur eine kunftige Blockchain-spezifische Kollisionsnorm.

Buyers and sellers engaging in the cross-border sale of goods are well-advised to be conversant with the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), which governs international sales contracts. The CISG has been ratified by 89 states, which together account for over three-quarters of all world trade. This practically-oriented, article-by-article commentary on the CISG will be useful to legal practitioners, counsel and arbitrators dealing with international sales contracts. The in-depth annotations deal extensively with the legal issues likely to arise under each CISG article. The annotations include up-to-date analyses of state court and arbitral decisions, the legal doctrines derived from these decisions, and relevant scholarship to date. Among the issues and topics discussed are the following: interface with national laws; scope of application; obligations of seller and buyer; non-conforming goods and duty to notify; breach of contract and remedies; damages; force majeure exemption; and termination of contract and its consequences. This book is an updated translation of the second German edition of a valued resource in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, and an authority regularly cited by the Swiss Supreme Court. The commentary is influenced by legal authorities from both civil law and common law backgrounds. Throughout, the contributors refer to the cisg-online.ch database, enabling users to locate decisions easily. User-friendly, focused on practical questions, concise but comprehensive, this article-by-article commentary provides a quick and trenchant overview of existing legal opinions and court/arbitral decisions. It will prove immensely valuable to legal practitioners, facilitating their formulation of reliable solutions to legal problems involving the CISG.

In this thoroughly revised second edition, Pedro De Miguel Asensio presents a practical analysis of jurisdiction, choice of law, and recognition and enforcement of judgments in the context of online activities, examining areas where private legal relationships are most affected by the Internet. Addressing the tension between the ubiquity of the Internet and the territorial nature of national legal orders, the author sets out the latest developments across multiple jurisdictions in this dynamic field. Key Features: Updated coverage of EU Law and recent case law Accessible guidance on how to combat illegal content Scrupulous analysis of complex conflict of laws issues that arise with Internet activities New sections providing extensive explanations of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act New material on other instruments in the fields of AI, crypto-markets, audiovisual media services, intermediary services, product safety and terrorist content online Overview of key topics including information society services, digital services, data protection, defamation, copyright, trademarks, unfair competition and online contracts Written by award-winning author Pedro De Miguel Asensio, Conflict of Laws and the Internetcontinues to be an essential guide for practitioners and policy-makers with applications for IT law experts and companies active in e-commerce. The book's strong doctrinal base for an area of ever-increasing importance will also be valuable for academics working in the fields of IT law and private international law.

Wie werden digitale Technologien die Beweiswurdigung im Strafprozess beeinflussen? Dieser Frage geht die Arbeit nach, indem die Nutzung von KI, Virtual Reality u.a. fur die Sachverhaltsaufklarung beispielhaft dargestellt und Ideen fur Legal Tech in der Sachverhaltsbewertung entwickelt werden. In Verknupfung mit den Grundlagen zur richterlichen Beweiswurdigung werden die Chancen und Risiken von technologiegestutzten Beweisen und Legal-Tech-Anwendungen in der Sachverhaltsfeststellung untersucht. Wenngleich Gerichte viele neue Herausforderungen bewaltigen mussen, bleibt die Beweiswurdigung "frei". Mit dem richtigen Bewusstsein fur die Fahigkeiten und Schwachen digitaler Technologien bieten sie eine grosse Chance fur die Sachverhaltsfeststellung.

Die eine lange Historie aufweisenden und tief mit Besonderheiten des Common Law verwobenen englischen exemplary damages sind in heutiger Anwendung und dogmatischer Einordnung multifunktional und lassen sich nicht auf Verfolgung bestrafender oder präventiver Zwecke beschränken. Im Einzelfall sind sie vergleichbar mit Funktionen deutscher Rechtsinstitute. Heute werden sie sehr restriktiv, nur in relativ geringer Höhe, bestimmten Fallkategorien und bei Vorliegen besonderer Voraussetzungen zuerkannt. Die Arbeit ist eine funktionale, rechtsvergleichende Analyse der englischen exemplary damages. Forschungsgebiete sind Rechtsvergleichung, englisches Recht, Internationales Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrecht und Schadensrecht.
The English exemplary damages, which have a long history and are deeply interwoven with special features of common law, are multifunctional in today's application and dogmatic classification and cannot be limited to the pursuit of punitive or preventive purposes. In individual cases, they are comparable to the functions of German legal institutions. Today, they are granted very restrictively, only to a relatively small extent, to certain categories of cases and if special requirements are met. This work is a functional, comparative law analysis of English exemplary damages. Areas of research are comparative law, English law, private international and civil procedure law and law of damages.

Expertly surveying the realm of corporate finance, this adroitly-crafted Handbook offers a wealth of conceptual analysis and comprehensively outlines recent scholarly research and developments within the field. It not only delves into the theoretical dimensions of corporate finance, but also explores its practical implications, thereby bridging the gap between these distinct strands. Featuring contributions from eminent scholars, chapters cover a wide range of central topics including corporate financing and payout policies, investment decisions and mergers and acquisitions. The Handbook also presents state-of-the-art thinking and evidence on key issues within these areas of study, namely product market competition, labour contracts and governance arrangements that protect the interests of capital providers. It further examines some of the most critical decisions made by corporate financial managers, setting out a number of unresolved issues that should be addressed in future scholarly inquiry. Innovative and accessible, the Handbook of Corporate Financewill prove to be a fundamental resource for established academics and students interested in corporate governance, economics and finance, and business and management. Practitioners in the corporate finance world will similarly find this to be a beneficial read.

The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is an ex ante regulation of large digital platforms that act as gatekeepers. It also has a direct impact on all users of these platforms. The book The Practitioner’s Guide is an easy-to-use introduction to this highly complex subject. It makes the new law accessible and offers answers to the most important questions, including: How are gatekeepers identified? What are the specific duties of conduct imposed on gatekeepers? What powers do the EU Commission and national authorities have over gatekeepers? To what extent do business users benefit from the new rules? Questions on private enforcement of the DMA are answered from the perspective of different EU jurisdictions. Highest level of professional expertise Franck Audran, lawyer | M arkus Brösamle, lawyer | Prof. Dr. Oliver Budzinski | Rob Corbet, lawyer | Rick Cornelissen, lawyer | E milia Etz, Maître en Droit, lawyer | Pablo Figueroa, LL.M. (Cornell Law School and College of Europe), lawyer | Dr. Lucas Gasser, lawyer | Dr. Jochen Hegener, LL.M. (Columbia University), lawyer | Dr. Fabian Hübener, LL.M. (Georgetown), lawyer | Johanna Krauskopf, LL.M. (Universiteit van Amsterdam), lawyer | Gonçalo Machado Borges, LL.M., lawyer | Elsa Mandel, LL.M. (NYU School of Law), lawyer | Leonor Martins Machado, lawyer | Jorge Masía, LL.M. (Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago), lawyer | Jun.- Prof. Dr. Juliane Mendelsohn | Robert Pahlen, lawyer | Dr. Ana Parés, lawyer | Dr. Raphael Reims, LL.M. (LSE), inhouse lawyer | Dr. Edoardo Ricci, LL.M. (Université libre de Bruxelles), lawyer | Dr. Francesco Maria Salerno, lawyer | Dr. Henner Schläfke, lawyer | Dr. Jens Peter Schmidt, lawyer | Immo Schuler, LL.M. (Univ. of North Carolina), lawyer | Miriam Swamy-von Zastrow, lawyer | Lumine van Uden, LL.M., lawyer | Sofia Vaz Sampaio, lawyer | Richard Willis, lawyer

Ein starker Anstieg extraterritorialer Regulierung unternehmerischer T?tigkeit fuhrt dazu, dass sich Vorstandsmitglieder von Aktiengesellschaften vermehrt internationalen Normenkonflikten ausgesetzt sehen. Damit erh?lt die Frage, nach welchen Grunds?tzen diese aufzulsen sind, einen erheblichen Bedeutungszuwachs. Die Arbeit analysiert solche Konflikte, kategorisiert diese in Fallgruppen und untersucht das jeweils spezifische Pflichtengefuge der Vorstandsmitglieder. Eine entscheidende Rolle spielt dabei die Legalit?tspflicht, die mithilfe eines Vergleichs zum US-amerikanischen Gesellschaftsrecht auf ihr dogmatisches Fundament hin untersucht wird. Auf dieser Grundlage werden Lsungen und praktisch hilfreiche Guidelines fur pflichtgem??e Handlungsmglichkeiten entwickelt.

This incisive Handbook offers novel theoretical and doctrinal insights alongside practical guidance on some of the most challenging issues in the field of artificial intelligence and intellectual property. Featuring all original contributions from a diverse group of international thought leaders, including top academics, judges, regulators and eminent practitioners, it offers timely perspectives and research on the relationship of AI to copyright, trademark, design, patent and trade secret law. The Handbook is divided into four thematic parts, beginning with topics that address the intersection of IP and AI broadly before focusing on issues associated with specific types of IP. Chapters tackle critical legal questions, from issues with protecting AI-generated ourput to the impact of AI on how trademarks are used, offering valuable lessons on technology regulation and how technological evolution will disrupt existing legal frameworks. Scholars and students of intellectual property law and its intersections with AI and related technologies will find this Handbook 's cutting-edge contributions to be a crucial read. Its guidance on the practical legal implications of technological advances will also be of interest to IP practitioners, as well as policymakers and regulators.

Some aspects of smart products have been regulated by the Digital Contracts Directives adopted in 2019. However, smart products not only are an important subject for contract law but also for product liability law. For contract law the main questions to be addressed are how smart products fit into existing concepts of contract law and, moreover, how they can be used in legal and commercial practice; for product liability law is analysed how the Product Liability Directive can meet the challenges posed by smart products. The 6th Munster Colloquium provided a forum for in-depth discussion of these and related questions between renowned experts on digital law as well as representatives from politics as well as industry and consumer stakeholders. With contributions by Georg Borges, Jean-Sebastien Borghetti, Isabell Conrad, Susanne Dehmel, Evelyne Gebhardt, Jutta Gurkmann, Andre' Janssen, Bernhard A. Koch, Sebastian Lohsse, Teresa Rodri'guez de las Heras Ballell, Gerhard Schomburg, Hans Schulte-Nolke, Reiner Schulze, Karin Sein, Dirk Staudenmayer, Gerhard Wagner, Christiane Wendehorst and Axel Voss.

Presenting a systematic article-by-article commentary on the European Service Regulation (recast), and written by renowned experts from several EU Member States, this book gives balanced and informed guidance for the proper operation of judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters within the EU in the field of cross-border service of documents. First setting out the origins and evolution of the Regulation, the Commentary proceeds to analyse in forensic detail the relevant case law of both the European Court of Justice and national courts on cross-border service. It moreover points the reader to the pertinent legal scholarship from various EU jurisdictions, and provides a pathway for solving practical problems surrounding the service of documents between Member States of the European Union in civil and commercial proceedings. Key Features: Systematic article-by-article analysis facilitates navigation and reference Integration of the relevant case law ensures a rounded interpretation of the Regulation Practical approach provides tangible guidance for complex cross-border proceedings Renowned team of contributors offer clarity and insight/ Thanks to its in-depth but also practical analysis of each provision of the Regulation, the Commentary will be a valuable resource for judges, scholars and students of European procedural law, as well as for practitioners involved in cross-border civil and commercial litigation.

Das 1994 in Kraft getretene UN-Seerechtsübereinkommen (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea–UNCLOS) ist mittlerweile von über 160 Staaten ratifiziert worden, einschließlich aller EU-Mitgliedstaaten und der EU selbst. Wie es in seiner Präambel heißt, dient das Übereinkommen dazu, "unter gebührender Berücksichtigung der Souveränität aller Staaten eine Rechtsordnung für die Meere und Ozeane zu schaffen, die den internationalen Verkehr erleichtern sowie die Nutzung der Meere und Ozeane zu friedlichen Zwecken, die ausgewogene und wirkungsvolle Nutzung ihrer Ressourcen, die Erhaltung ihrer lebenden Ressourcen und die Untersuchung, den Schutz und die Bewahrung der Meeresumwelt fördern".Das Übereinkommen, das das Recht der Meere umfassend regelt, wird häufig als die "Verfassung der Meere" bezeichnet. Ein Schwerpunkt dieses Kommentars wird auf die Wechselwirkung zwischen dem Übereinkommen und der Europäischen Rechtsordnung gelegt, z.B. auf dem Gebiet der Vermeidung oder Verminderung der Umweltverschmutzung oder der gerechten Verteilung natürlicher Ressourcen.Der Kommentar behandelt alle Teile des Übereinkommens:- Küstenmeer und Anschlusszone- Meerengen, die der internationalen Schifffahrt dienen- Archipelstaaten- Ausschließliche Wirtschaftszone- Festlandsockel- Hohe See- Ordnung der Inseln- Umschlossene oder halbumschlossene Meere- Recht der Binnenstaaten auf Zugang zum und vom Meer und Transitfreiheiten- Das Gebiet- Schutz und Bewahrung der Meeresumwelt- Wissenschaftliche Meeresforschung- Entwicklung und Weitergabe von Meerestechnologie- Beilegung von Streitigkeiten- Allgemeine Bestimmungen- SchlussbestimmungenVorteile auf einen Blick- umfassender Artikel-für-Artikel Kommentar- Fokus auf Europäische Aspekte des Übereinkommens- internationale AutorenschaftZielgruppeDas Werk richtet sich sowohl an die Wissenschaft als auch die Praxis des Seerechts in Kanzleien, Unternehmen, Verbänden und Behörden.

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) entered into force in 1994. Meanwhile it has been ratified by about 160 states, including all the Member states of the EU and the EU itself. The Convention defines the rights and duties of states with regard to the use of the seas. UNCLOS consolidates customary international law and various Conventions previously adopted by the international community. This Treaty, the most comprehensive ever concluded, is often referred to as “the constitution for the seas”. The Commentary employs a systematic methodology whereby each provision is examined and analysed element by element. The issue of the suitability of the Convention to deal with the challenges facing the modern law of the sea, such as the exploration and exploitation of non-mineral resources or the protection of the marine environment in general, occupies a central editorial focus of this work.The Commentary covers all major parts of the Convention:Part I. IntroductionPart II. Territorial sea and contiguous zonePart III. Straits used for international navigationPart IV. Archipelagic statesPart V. Exclusive economic zonePart VI. Continental shelfPart VII. High seasPart VIII. Regime of islandsPart IX. Enclosed or semi-enclosed seasPart X. Right of access of land locked states to and from the sea and freedom of transitPart XI. The areaPart XII. Protection and preservation of the marine environmentPart XIII. Marine scientific researchPart XIV. Development and transfer of marine technologyPart XV. Settlement of disputesPart XVI. General provisionsPart XVII. Final provisions

This volume presents the lectures written for the academic memorial service for Michael Stolleis (1941-2021) on June 24, 2022. They pay tribute to the many facets of the jurist and historian, the scientist as well as the university teacher. Tying in with his work, some essays shed light on the academic history of "German international law" or the history of colonial law; others highlight his great importance for European colleagues. Yet through all the contributions runs one basic idea: that legal history and legal histories inseparably belong together, as Stolleis masterfully demonstrated in his last book bearing the title "recht erzahlen" (2021). Thus, personal recollections of friends and academic companions sustain the memory of an unique narrator of law. Michael Stolleis himself also has his say once again in a reprinted conversation about fathers, educational paths and contemporaneity.

Critical theory encapsulates the many connections between theory and praxis. This Research Handbook addresses the broad range of these connections in relation to legal thought. Featuring contributions from leading scholars of law and critical theory, the Handbook confronts the logic of the institutional with its specific challenges right across the broad field of legal thought. The Research Handbook initially addresses the question of definition, tracking the origins and development of critical legal theory along its European and North American trajectories. Thematic connections are made between the development of legal theory and other currents of critical thought including feminism, Marxism, critical race theory, varieties of postmodernism, as well as the various 'turns' (ethical, aesthetic, political) of critical legal theory. Finally, particular legal disciplines are examined, including labour, criminal and intellectual property law, exploring what critical approaches reveal about them with the clear focus on opportunities for social transformation. This comprehensive and forward-looking Research Handbook will be of great interest to adherents of critical legal theory and scholars of jurisprudence more widely, as it provides a valuable analysis of the latest research and thinking in this dynamic field.

TheResearch Handbook on Feminist Jurisprudencesurveys feminist theoretical understandings of law, including liberal and radical feminism, as well as socialist, relational, intersectional, post-modern, and pro-sex and queer feminist legal theories. Featuring contributions from a diverse team of prominent scholars, this Research Handbook illuminates the ways in which feminist scholarship has enriched understandings of law's sometimes subordinating structures and the ways in which law can be interpreted or changed so as to promote the equality, liberty, wellbeing, and interests of women. The expert contributors offer a vast range of feminist perspectives on law, including liberal, radical, and post-modern feminism, and explore the implications of these theoretical stances for understandings of the nature of law, legal change, and the relationship between law and politics. Chapters analyse the influence of feminist legal theories on doctrinal areas of law including US constitutional and civil rights law, international law, and various areas of private law. This insightful book will be of interest to law students, legal scholars, and scholars of political and moral philosophy seeking to understand the entire body of feminist legal scholarship from the early 1970s to the present, as well as its variants, and relationships among different theoretical perspectives. Contributors include: S.F. Appleton, K.K. Baker, I. Caglar, M. Chamallas, C.-j. Chen, M.A. Fineman, M.A. Franks, C. Grant Bowman, B.A. Gur, N.D. Hunter, L.C. Ikemoto, O. Kamir, H. Keren, S.A. Law, N. Menon, N. Naffine, J.A. Nice, V.F. Nourse, N. Rimalt, D.E. Roberts, L.A. Rosenbury, J.C. Suk, D. Tuerkheimer, R. West, A.K. Wing, K.A. Yuracko

In this original and thought-provoking Research Handbook, an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, artists, lawyers, judges, and writers offer a range of perspectives on rethinking law by means of literary concepts. Presenting a comprehensive introduction to jurisliterary themes, it destabilises the traditional hierarchy that places law before literature and exposes the literary nature of the legal. Chapters explore multiple genres and modes, from travel reviews to graphic novels, from poetics to ghost-writing, from cartography to speculative fiction. Working with diverse methods and areas of inquiry, including enstrangement, colonial entanglements, blockchain narratives, transing and transgression of many kinds, matterphor, aesthetics and epistemology, this Research Handbook provides a systematic application of literary approaches to the reading of law. Scholars and students of jurisprudence, and those in the humanities with an interest in law and literature, will find this ground-breaking Research Handbook an indispensable guide. It also offers insight to international legal scholars looking for materialist accounts of law, as well as those interested in contemporary challenges to the rule of law.

This comprehensive Research Handbook explores the wide variety of work conducted in legal semiotics, providing a thorough understanding of how the law works through signs and symbols. Demonstrating that the law is a strategical system of fluctuating signs, contributors critically analyse the ever-evolving conceptualisations of law and legal discourse. Bringing together leading international experts, this Research Handbook focuses on the material, everyday forms of law comprised by non-verbal legal semiotics. Contributors conduct culturally nuanced semiotic analyses of the modern world, covering topics from COVID-19, religion, and human rights, to comic books and music. Chapters consider the foundations of semiotics, as well as the philosophy of law, identifying the cross-cultural similarities in how legal semiotics and visual legal semiotics intersect. Ultimately, the Research Handbook demonstrates that the law is in a state of perpetual flux, with many unique dimensions only made visible by semiotic analysis. The Research Handbook on Legal Semioticswill be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of law, jurisprudence, legal culture, linguistics, and semiotics. It will also be an important guide for legal practitioners seeking to better understand the nuances of the legal system. >

This insightful Research Handbook provides a definitive overview of the New Legal Realism (NLR) movement, reaching beyond historical and national boundaries to form new conversations. Drawing on deep roots within the law-and-society tradition, it demonstrates the powerful virtues of new legal realist research and its attention to the challenges of translation between social science and law. Highlighting a contrast with the current Empirical Legal Studies movement, chapters employ a variety of theoretically grounded methods to understand law and address legal problems. They explore an impressive range of contemporary issues including immigration, policing, globalization, legal education, and access to justice, concluding with an examination of how different social science disciplines intersect with NLR. Incorporating global perspectives, the Research Handbook on Modern Legal Realismwill be a key resource for scholars and students of legal theory and sociolegal studies. Illuminating the best approaches for combining social science considerations with expert perspectives on legal doctrines, it will also be of interest to practitioners and policy makers working in fields such as criminal and family law.

This thought-provoking Research Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of current research on natural law theory in ethics, politics and law, demonstrating the rigour and versatility of the tradition and offering an up-to-date picture of these ideas in the 21st century. Featuring contributions from leading international scholars in disciplines from law and government to philosophy and religious studies, the Handbook explores both the philosophical foundations of natural law thinking and its practical implications for law, politics and governance. Chapters showcase the breadth and diversity of contemporary natural law thought, going beyond the dominant Catholic and Thomist perspectives to investigate natural law ideas in a variety of religious and cultural traditions, such as Judaism, Islam and Confucianism, as well as African American and feminist theory. The Research Handbook on Natural Law Theorywill prove an invaluable resource for scholars and students of law, legal theory, philosophy, politics and government, as well as theology and religious studies, who wish to engage with current thinking on natural law and its relevance to their fields. Legal practitioners and experts in public policy will also find its varied perspectives useful.

This comprehensive Research Handbookprovides an unparalleled overview of contemporary private law theory. Featuring original contributions by leading experts in the field, its extensive examinations of the core areas of contracts, property and torts are complemented by an exploration of a breadth of topics that cross the divide between private and public law, including labor law and corporate law. Beginning with a nuanced consideration of the ways in which the private/public distinction has been defined and discussed over time, the Research Handbookinvestigates and compares differing viewpoints on the concept of private law. Chapters explore key issues in the theory of private law from legal, economic, philosophical, political, feminist, historical and sociological perspectives, utilising a rich diversity of methodological approaches. The contributors also offer a variety of views on the future of private law and private theory. The Research Handbook on Private Law Theorywill be an essential resource for legal thinkers, in particular scholars and graduate students working in any area of private law. Its varied perspectives on the subject will also be of interest to philosophers, political scientists, economists and sociologists.

Kritik an den Unzulanglichkeiten des Umgangs von Jurist:innen mit Zeugenaussagen sowie an der diesbezuglichen mangelhaften Juristenausbildung wird seit Jahrzehnten vielfach vorgebracht. Eine systematische Prufung im Sinne der Bestimmung der erforderlichen Qualifikationen in rechtlicher wie rechtpsychologisch-fachwissenschaftlicher Hinsicht und eine daran anknupfende empirische Prufung der tatsachlichen Verhaltnisse mit Blick auf den Kenntnisstand von Richter:innen bzw. den Inhalten ihrer Ausbildung lag bislang noch nicht vor. Dieser Lucke in der rechtswissenschaftlichen wie auch rechtstatsachlichen Forschung in einem zentralen Aspekt des Strafverfahrens wendet sich der Autor zu.