In the last two decades, there has been an increasing interest from EU policy makers in encouraging private enforcement of antitrust law within the EU. According to the EU Commission, a better system
Attorneys and others from Europe, Indonesia, South America, China, and Istanbul present 17 chapters on Joint Operating Agreements in civil law jurisdictions in the petroleum industry in Angola, Argent
Most people fight over something or other and language is usually at the very center of the conflict. Often the way we use language is the cause of the battle. There are many areas in which fighting a
An (apparently) frivolous Tohdou and an (overly) series Tamiya. The two continue to collide, but have finally become lovers after graduation. This is their life afterwards, living together, but... th
Although the trust is generally seen as a creation of the common law tradition, modern civilian systems are increasingly interested in incorporating the trust institution. This collection of essays explores multiple civilian experiences with the trust. The reform of Quebec's trust institution attracted worldwide attention in 1994. Louisiana's 1964 Trust Code stands in an uneasy relationship with its general law of property. Israel has had a fascinating pluralist experience of multiples trusts. The People's Republic of China passed a Trust Law in 2001 and the development of the trust in this important economy is a matter of great interest and some controversy. France adopted a trust in 2007, and in Italy, trusts can be created through the choice of foreign governing law, under the Hague Trusts Convention. The concluding chapter draws conclusions from all the essays and sets out challenges for future research in the comparative law of trusts.
The Romans depicted the civil law as a body of rules crafted through communal deliberation for the purpose of self-government. Yet, as Clifford Ando demonstrates in Law, Language, and Empire in the Ro
his book will undertake a comprehensive but accessible survey and critical analysis of two of the major legal systems of the world, the Common law and Civil law traditions, through the prism of the la
A detailed examination of EU legislation and case law on criminal law, policing, and civil law, this book discusses the impact and development of EU law in these complex and controversial areas. It al
This book addresses two countervailing challenges to theory and policy in law and economics. The first is the rise of legal origins theory, which denies the comparative law view of convergence between
The rule of law constitutes the hallmark of contemporary Western society. However, public perceptions and attitudes to the law can vary in space and time. This book explores legal solutions to selecte
