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European private law : a handbook / edited by Mauro Bussani and Franz Werro.
Bussani, Mauro.; Werro, Franz.
2009
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European private law : a handbook / edited by Mauro Bussani and Franz Werro.
Published
Berne : Stämpfli Publishers ; Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press ; Brussels : Bruylant ; Athens : Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers, 2009-
Copyright
©2014
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KJC985 .E968 2009
ISBN
9781594605550 (v. 1 : Carolina Academic Press)
1594605556 (v. 1 : Carolina Academic Press)
9783727226465 (v. 1 : Stämpfli)
3727226463 (v. 1 : Stämpfli)
9782802725343 (v. 1 : Bruylant)
2802725343 (v. 1 : Bruylant)
9789601519906 (v. 1 : Sakkoulas)
9601519904 (v. 1 : Sakkoulas)
9781611634860 (v. 2 : Carolina Academic Press)
1611634865 (v. 2 : Carolina Academic Press)
9783727288708 (v. 2 : Stämpfli)
3727288701 (v. 2 : Stämpfli)
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2 volumes ; 23 cm.
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(OCoLC)192082787
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Europäisches Privatrecht (Bern, Switzerland)
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Online version: European private law. Berne : Stämpfli Publishers ; Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press ; Brussels : Bruylant ; Athens : Ant. N. Sakkoulas Publishers, 2009- (OCoLC)763151625
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Bussani, Mauro.
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Table of Abbreviations
xiii
Foreword
xxiii
1.
Trusts: The Rise of a Global Legal Concept / Mauro Bussani Franz Werro
3
Outline / Luc Thevenoz
3
1.
Introduction / Luc Thevenoz
3
2.
Trusts in the Narrow Sense: The "Common Law" Trust / Luc Thevenoz
5
2.1.
Notion / Luc Thevenoz
7
2.2.
Creating an Express Trust / Luc Thevenoz
9
2.3.
Legal Analysis of the "Common Law" Trust / Luc Thevenoz
10
2.4.
The Many Uses of Trusts / Luc Thevenoz
13
2.5.
Non-Express Trusts / Luc Thevenoz
15
3.
Trusts in a Broader View / Luc Thevenoz
17
3.1.
Mixed Legal Systems: Trusts by Percolation / Luc Thevenoz
18
3.2.
Trusts by Enactment / Luc Thevenoz
21
4.
The International Recognition of Trusts / Luc Thevenoz
24
5.
A Global Legal Concept / Luc Thevenoz
30
Bibliography / Luc Thevenoz
33
2.
Sales Law in Europe / Luc Thevenoz
41
Introduction / Christiana Fountoulakis
42
1.
History of the Unification of Sales Laws / Christiana Fountoulakis
42
2.
The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (1980) / Christiana Fountoulakis
44
3.
Developments since 1980 / Christiana Fountoulakis
45
3.1.
Ratification of the CISG in Europe / Christiana Fountoulakis
45
3.2.
The Influence of the Convention on National Sales Law Legislation / Christiana Fountoulakis
46
3.3.
International Unification Projects Inspired by the CISG / Christiana Fountoulakis
47
4.
Sales Law Harmonisation in the EU / Christiana Fountoulakis
49
4.1.
Harmonisation of EU Sales Law with Regard to Consumer- specific Issues / Christiana Fountoulakis
50
4.2.
The Directive on Consumer Sales and Guarantees / Christiana Fountoulakis
57
5.
Developments since 2002 / Christiana Fountoulakis
66
5.1.
Effects of the Consumer Sales Directive on Domestic Sales Law / Christiana Fountoulakis
65
5.2.
The Action Plan for a More Coherent European Contract Law / Christiana Fountoulakis
68
6.
The Proposal for a Common European Sales Law (CESL) / Christiana Fountoulakis
70
6.1.
The Optional Nature of the Proposed CESL / Christiana Fountoulakis
70
6.2.
An Overview of the Content of the CESL / Christiana Fountoulakis
72
7.
The Relationship Between the CESL and Existing EU Law / Christiana Fountoulakis
75
7.1.
Co-existence of the Optional Instrument and the Consumer Directives / Christiana Fountoulakis
75
7.2.
Influences of EU Law on the Optional Instrument / Christiana Fountoulakis
76
7.3.
Influences of the Optional Instrument on Existing EU Law / Christiana Fountoulakis
76
8.
Conclusion / Christiana Fountoulakis
78
Bibliography / Christiana Fountoulakis
79
3.
Commercial Contracts and Services / Christiana Fountoulakis
85
1.
Introductory Remarks / Guido Alpa
85
2.
A Comparison of Experiences / Guido Alpa
89
3.
From General Classifications and Categories to the Identification of Regulatory Techniques / Guido Alpa
92
4.
Legislative Sources: Control of Actions and Behaviour / Guido Alpa
94
5.
The Case of "Services" / Guido Alpa
98
6.
Regulations and Moral Suasion / Guido Alpa
100
7.
Moral Suasion: The Issue of Corporate Concentration / Guido Alpa
101
8.
New Scenarios of Contract Law / Guido Alpa
105
9.
New Scenarios for EU Law: Services and Professional Activities / Guido Alpa
108
10.
Services as a Subject of the Draft Common Frame of Reference / Guido Alpa
111
Bibliography / Guido Alpa
113
4.
Compensation for Personal Injury and Death / Guido Alpa
115
1.
Introduction / Pedro del Olmo
115
2.
Some Points in Common / Pedro del Olmo
117
3.
Personal Injury / Pedro del Olmo
121
3.1.
Pecuniary Losses / Pedro del Olmo
124
3.2.
Non-Pecuniary Losses / Pedro del Olmo
129
3.3.
Methods of Payment / Pedro del Olmo
137
4.
Damages in the Event of Death / Pedro del Olmo
138
5.
Conclusion / Pedro del Olmo
141
Bibliography / Pedro del Olmo
142
5.
Products Liability in the European Union: A Story of Unity or Plurality? / Pedro del Olmo
145
1.
Directive 85/374/EEC on Products Liability: Background and Goals / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
146
2.
Implementing the Directive into National Law / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
147
3.
Prerequisites for Liability / Eric Mittereder Franz Werro
150
3.1.
Product / Eric Mittereder Franz Werro
150
3.2.
Defectiveness / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
153
3.3.
Compensable Damage / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
159
3.4.
Causation / Eric Mittereder Franz Werro
163
3.5.
Producer / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
165
4.
Producer's Defenses / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
167
4.1.
Putting a Product into Circulation / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
167
4.2.
Development Risk Defense / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
168
5.
Damages / Eric Mittereder Franz Werro
172
6.
The Directive in the Context of National Law / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
173
7.
Conclusion / Franz Werro Eric Mittereder
175
Bibliography / Eric Mittereder Franz Werro
176
6.
Environmental Liability / Eric Mittereder Franz Werro
179
Summary / Monika Hinteregger
179
1.
Introduction / Monika Hinteregger
179
2.
Environmental Damage and Tort Law / Monika Hinteregger
180
2.1.
Choice of Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws / Monika Hinteregger
180
2.2.
Substantive Law / Monika Hinteregger
181
3.
International Environmental Liability Conventions / Monika Hinteregger
185
4.
Directive 2004/35/CE on Environmental Liability with Regard to the Prevention and Remedying of Environmental Damage / Monika Hinteregger
187
4.1.
Genesis and General Features / Monika Hinteregger
187
4.2.
Contents of the Directive / Monika Hinteregger
190
5.
Critical Analysis and Conclusions / Monika Hinteregger
203
Bibliography / Monika Hinteregger
206
7.
European Corporate Law / Monika Hinteregger
209
Summary / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
209
1.
Introduction / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
210
2.
General Aspects of Company Law / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
210
2.1.
Origins and Definition / Barbara De Donno, Diego Corapi
210
2.2.
The Contractual Dimension of Companies in Civil Law Jurisdictions / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
211
2.3.
The Non-contractual Approach of Corporate Law in Common Law Jurisdictions / Barbara De Donno, Diego Corapi
213
2.4.
The Trend Towards Reducing the Number of Mandatory Rules / Barbara De Donno, Diego Corapi
215
3.
Classification of Companies / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
216
3.1.
Companies and Sources of Company Law in European Jurisdictions / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
216
3.2.
Companies Organized on a Personal Basis / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
217
3.3.
Capital Stock Companies / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
219
3.4.
Public and Closely-held, Listed and Non-listed Companies / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
221
3.5.
The Limited Liability Company / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
222
4.
European Company Law / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
224
5.
Incorporation / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
226
5.1.
Statutory Provisions on Company Formation / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
226
5.2.
Direct Incorporation and Incorporation by Public Subscription / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
227
5.3.
The Capital Stock / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
228
5.4.
One-Member Companies / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
229
5.5.
Registered Office and Head Office / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
230
5.6.
Articles of Association and By-laws / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
231
5.7.
Company's Object / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
231
6.
The Shareholders' Meeting / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
232
6.1.
Definition and Powers / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
232
6.2.
Convening and Holding of the General Meeting / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
233
6.3.
Invalidity of Resolutions / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
234
7.
Management and Control Systems / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
235
7.1.
Corporate Governance / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
235
7.2.
One-tier and Two-tier Systems / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
237
7.3.
Main Features of National Systems of Administration and Control / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
239
8.
Financial Control and Accounting / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
242
9.
Stocks and Bonds / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
243
9.1.
Shares / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
243
9.2.
Bonds / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
245
10.
The Financial Statements / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
246
11.
Groups of Companies / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
248
12.
Transformation, Merger and Division / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
251
12.1.
Transformation / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
251
12.2.
Mergers and Divisions / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
251
13.
Winding up of Companies / Diego Corapi Barbara De Donno
253
Bibliography / Barbara De Donno, Diego Corapi
254
8.
Competition Law / Barbara De Donno, Diego Corapi
261
1.
Introduction / Andreas Heinemann
261
1.1.
EU Law and National Law / Andreas Heinemann
262
1.2.
Public and Private Enforcement / Andreas Heinemann
263
1.3.
Overview / Andreas Heinemann
264
2.
Legal Fundamentals / Andreas Heinemann
264
2.1.
European Union Law / Andreas Heinemann
264
2.2.
Competition Law in the Member States / Andreas Heinemann
266
3.
Perspectives to Strengthen Private Enforcement of Competition Law / Andreas Heinemann
272
3.1.
Standing / Andreas Heinemann
272
3.2.
Coexistence of Public and Private Procedures / Andreas Heinemann
275
3.3.
Leniency Policy / Andreas Heinemann
278
4.
Outlook / Andreas Heinemann
280
Bibliography / Andreas Heinemann
281
9.
Unfair Competition Law / Andreas Heinemann
285
Summary / Thomas M.J. Millers
285
1.
Introduction / Thomas M.J. Millers
285
2.
Substantive Unfair Competition Law / Thomas M.J. Millers
286
3.
Codification of Unfair Competition in the Member States / Thomas M.J. Millers
287
3.1.
The Law of Unfair Competition as an Independent Area of Law / Thomas M.J. Millers
287
3.2.
Fragmentation of the Substantive Provisions / Thomas M.J. Millers
289
4.
International Sources of Unfair Competition Law / Thomas M.J. Millers
289
4.1.
The Paris Convention / Thomas M.J. Millers
289
4.2.
European Law Regulating the Law of Unfair Competition / Thomas M.J. Millers
290
5.
Plaintiffs / Thomas M.J. Millers
292
5.1.
Competitors / Thomas M.J. Millers
292
5.2.
Consumers / Thomas M.J. Millers
294
5.3.
Business Associations / Thomas M.J. Millers
295
5.4.
Consumer Associations / Thomas M.J. Millers
297
5.5.
State Authorities Like Consumer Ombudsman, OFT etc. / Thomas M.J. Millers
302
5.6.
Public Prosecutor / Thomas M.J. Millers
304
6.
Objects of Claims / Thomas M.J. Millers
306
6.1.
Injunction or Prohibition / Thomas M.J. Millers
306
6.2.
Elimination / Thomas M.J. Millers
309
6.3.
Preventative Injunction Order / Thomas M.J. Millers
310
6.4.
Damages / Thomas M.J. Millers
311
7.
Out-of-Court Settlement / Thomas M.J. Millers
316
7.1.
Out-of-Court Settlement of Disputes Between the Parties / Thomas M.J. Millers
316
7.2.
Out-of-Court Dispute Resolution Through Third Parties (Arbitration, Mediation, etc.) / Thomas M.J. Millers
317
7.3.
Dispute Resolution Through Self Organization-ASA, CAP, etc. / Thomas M.J. Millers
319
8.
Conclusion / Thomas M.J. Millers
321
Bibliography / Thomas M.J. Millers
322
10.
Limitation Periods / Thomas M.J. Millers
325
1.
Introduction / Ewoud Hondius
325
2.
Terminology / Ewoud Hondius
327
3.
History / Ewoud Hondius
328
4.
National Legal Systems / Ewoud Hondius
328
5.
International Instruments / Ewoud Hondius
330
6.
Aims of Limitation Period Reforms / Ewoud Hondius
332
6.1.
Clarity / Ewoud Hondius
332
6.2.
Law and Economics / Ewoud Hondius
332
7.
Length of Limitation Periods / Ewoud Hondius
333
8.
Accrual or Commencement / Ewoud Hondius
333
9.
Suspension, Postponement, Renewal / Ewoud Hondius
334
10.
Judicial Discretion / Ewoud Hondius
334
11.
Concurrence of Liability in Contract and in Tort / Ewoud Hondius
335
12.
Concurrence of Civil and Criminal Liability / Ewoud Hondius
335
13.
Effects of Prescription / Ewoud Hondius
336
14.
Contractual Limitation Periods / Ewoud Hondius
336
15.
Private International Law / Ewoud Hondius
337
16.
Constitutional Control; Principles of European Law / Ewoud Hondius
337
Bibliography / Ewoud Hondius
338
11.
Private Law Justice in the European Legal System / Ewoud Hondius
341
1.
The Instrumentalisation of National Private Law / Christoph U. Schmid
342
2.
Effects of Europeanisation on the Concept of Private Law / Christoph U. Schmid
346
3.
Examples of the Excessive Instrumentalisation of Private Law by the EU / Christoph U. Schmid
349
3.1.
An Incoherent Consumer Model / Christoph U. Schmid
349
3.2.
The Instrumentalisation of Uninformed Consumers to Open Up National Insurance Markets / Christoph U. Schmid
350
3.3.
Difficulties with the Enforcement of Law in Other Member States Treated as an Ambivalent Argument / Christoph U. Schmid
352
3.4.
The Abolition of Minimum Harmonisation and Its Consequences: The Example of the Product Liability Cases of April 2002 / Christoph U. Schmid
354
4.
Conclusions / Christoph U. Schmid
357
Bibliography / Christoph U. Schmid
358
12.
Harmonization of European Private Law: an Economics Analysis / Christoph U. Schmid
363
Summary / Francesco Parisi
363
1.
The Costs and Benefits of Legal Harmonization / Francesco Parisi
364
1.1.
Multijuralism and Legal Diversity / Francesco Parisi
364
1.2.
Multijuralism and the Market for Legal Rules / Francesco Parisi
368
1.3.
Parties' Choice of Law and Externality-Based Limitations / Francesco Parisi
368
2.
European Codifications and the Optimal Design of Legal Rules / Francesco Parisi
369
2.1.
Codifications and Legal Obsolescence / Francesco Parisi
372
3.
Codifications and Evolving Structure of European Civil Codes / Francesco Parisi
374
4.
Conclusions / Francesco Parisi
378
Bibliography / Francesco Parisi
379

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