Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Comparative

This book offers an analysis of the current trends and developments in Nordic civil litigation and is divided into four main parts. In the first part a picture of the current civil litigation landscape is provided by focusing on whether there is a truly Nordic form of civil litigation, the current state of Nordic civil litigation, the recent major reforms of civil procedure legislation and the effects of Europeanization. In the second part, the way rules on court-connected mediation have been implemented and practiced in the Nordic countries is discussed. The authors offer their insights...

Im Zentrum dieser Studie steht eine der praxisrelevanten Fragestellungen, die sich aus der Rechtsprechung des EuGH zur Niederlassungsfreiheit der Gesellschaften ergeben. Alexander Dehmel erortert die zahlreichen Probleme, die sich aus der Loschung einer in Deutschland tatigen Private Company Limited by Shares aus dem englischen Handelsregister ergeben. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt weiterhin auf der bislang kaum diskutierten Frage, wie sich die Wiedereintragung einer zunachst geloschten Gesellschaft in das englische Handelsregister auswirkt. Im Fokus der Betrachtung stehen dabei jeweils...

Der Autor untersucht Mechanismen und Effektivitat der kollektiven Kartelldeliktsrechtsdurchsetzung in den USA, Frankreich und Deutschland. Neben aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Judikatur des US Supreme Court findet die Reform des Verbraucherschutzrechtes in der Franzosischen Republik sowie das Massnahmenpaket der Europaischen Union zur Beforderung der privaten Kartellrechtsdurchsetzung besondere Berucksichtigung. Abschliessend formuliert der Autor einen Vorschlag zur Neuregelung der 33 und 34a des Gesetzes gegen Wettbewerbsbeschrankungen de lege ferenda.

How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi Germany

Nazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In Hitler's American Model, James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece anti-Jewish legislation of the Nazi regime. Contrary to those who have insisted that there was no meaningful connection between American and German racial repression, Whitman...

In Bangladesh, the absence of effective constitutional safeguards for governing emergency regimes has resulted in each of the five emergencies being invoked on the imprecise ground of internal disturbance. Two of these emergencies were even continued after the alleged threat posed to the life of the nation was over. Furthermore, during these five periods of emergency, either all or most of the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution were suspended and the power of preventive detention was abused. Since no systematic and structured research has so far been carried out evaluating...