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Staudinger A comprehensive commentary of the German Civil Code, offering an ideal combination of innovation and tradition

• Tradition entails responsibility: since 1898 Staudinger has been associated with the German Civil Code and has shared in its development.
• Competent: Staudinger is a reliable source of practice-oriented, expert information on changes and developments in legislation, court rulings and literature.
• One step ahead: points of controversy or unsolved legal issues are systemically...

Berucksichtigt neues Erbschaftssteuerrecht ab 1.1.2009

Das bereits in 3. Auflage vorgelegte Werk soll Jurastudenten (von Anfangs- bis Examenssemestern), aber auch Referendaren als Lehrbuch dienen, eignet sich aber ebenso fur Rechtspfleger. Es enthalt eine Darstellung der Grundzuge sowie der Schwerpunkte des Erbrechts. Seit der Vorauflage ergangene Rechtsprechung hat je nach Ausbildungsrelevanz Berucksichtigung gefunden. Die Thematik "Patiententestament" wurde eingehend uberarbeitet, weil sie im Zusammenhang mit der Sterbehilfe weiterhin heftig diskutiert wird. Auch die geplanten...

Staudinger A comprehensive commentary of the German Civil Code, offering an ideal combination of innovation and tradition

• Tradition entails responsibility: since 1898 Staudinger has been associated with the German Civil Code and has shared in its development.
• Competent: Staudinger is a reliable source of practice-oriented, expert information on changes and developments in legislation, court rulings and literature.
• One step ahead: points of controversy or unsolved legal issues are systemically...

The creation of a civil code in the Peoples' Republic of China has been underway for quite some time. Debates have arisen within this process, one of which relates to the manner in which personality rights should be included in the codification. The issue of whether a general personality right for legal entities should be included in the civil code has proven especially controversial.
This work on the personality right under private law in the People's Republic of China focuses on the current and possible future scope of the protection offered under the personality right. On the one...

Within a private law system, whose fundamental principle is private autonomy, content control raises significant and fundamental questions. Over the past few decades the trend of strengthening content control in nearly all fields of private law has become apparent. Against this backdrop and from a comparative law perspective, the authors of this volume discuss fundamental issues including historical development, the relationship between interpretation and content control, the basic legal warranty and aspects of content control in selected legal fields such as employment law, inheritance...

This edited volume is a timely and insightful contribution to the growing discourses on public law in Asia. Surveying many important jurisdictions in Asia including mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, the book addresses recent developments and experiences in the field of public interest litigation. The book offers a comparative perspective on public law, asking crucial questions about the role of the state and how private citizens around Asia have increasingly used the forms, procedures and substance of public law to advance public and political...

The revised volume on the law of lien on moveable objects and rights takes into consideration the current legal developments in this field. It is essential to have a reliable commentary to turn to that leads to practical solutions in cases that involve the lien on moveable objects. This is particularly important due to the fact that the law of lien on moveable objects does not provide the intended security functions as envisioned by the lawmakers and because it has been nearly replaced by other security measures, such as assignment and transfer of ownership by way of security. In addition,...