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By their very nature, Special Economic Zones encompass various elements studied in the academic disciplines of economics, political science and law. While their objectives are determined by economics, and their structures, implications and limits by law, their implementation requires a certain combination and cooperation of political forces, something which has been the subject of political science enquiries. A conference held at Kyushu University in Fukuoka convened scholars from all these disciplines to put Special Economic Zones into perspective. The papers presented highlighted functions and structures, historical aspects, the political dimension and foreign equivalents of deregulation, the interplay of such zones, and constitutional considerations. Freedom of contract and competition law, plus the effects that these economy-boosting tools may have on labour and innovation are also dealt with.

As lawyers we are normally interested in various substantive areas of law; and as comparative lawyers we are interested in finding out about the differences and similarities between national legal systems. But from time to time we should also reflect on how we think and operate, and look at basic questions of legal methodology - both for the sake of understanding better what we do as lawyers immersed in our own legal systems and as lawyers attempting to assess and comprehend how foreign legal systems work. The nine essays in this volume are devoted to the topics of law-making today (with a focus on Japan, Turkey and Russia), judicial decision-making today (with a focus on England and Wales, Switzerland and Argentina), and legal scholarship today (with a focus on the United States, France and South Africa); and they thus revolve around the three protagonists of legal development: legislators, judges and professors.

Collective labour law is, for the most part, national law. It is often the result of social struggle and political compromise occurring in the national context. Unlike other fields of private law, it has not been the object of legal harmonisation, at either international or European levels. However, as national frontiers progressively open up for goods and services, collective labour law has become increasingly exposed to international and supranational law. This book contains the papers presented at an international conference held at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in 2014. The authors look, from a comparative perspective, at current developments in the fields of collective bargaining and employee participation in several European countries and in China. They analyse the extent to which differences between the national legal systems still prevail and whether common features are about to emerge.

In 2007, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs together with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), both based in Hamburg, decided to establish an annual lecture series, the "Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs" - giving distinguished scholars and practitioners the opportunity to present and discuss recent developments in this field. The present volume - the third in the series - collects the lectures held between 2011 and 2013 inter alia by Andrew Dickinson, Yvonne Marie Dutton, Bevan Marten, Andreas Maurer, Irini Papanicolopulu, Časlav Pejovic, Juan L. Pulido, Andrés Recalde Castells, Thomas J. Schoenbaum and Rüdiger Wolfrum.

Over the last decades, private international law has become the target of intense codification efforts. Inspired by the stimulating initiatives taken by some European countries, by the Brussels Convention and the Rome Convention, numerous countries in other regions of the world started to enact comprehensive legislation in the field. Among them are Taiwan and mainland China. Both adopted statutes on private international law in 2010. In light of the rising significance of the mutual economic and societal relations between the jurisdictions involved and of the legal innovations laid down in the new instruments, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law convened scholars to present the conflict rules adopted in Europe, in mainland China and in Taiwan across a whole range of private law subjects. This book collects the papers of the conference and presents them to the public, together with English translations of the acts of Taiwan and mainland China.

In 2007, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs together with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), both based in Hamburg, decided to establish an annual lecture series, the „Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs“ - giving distinguished scholars and practitioners the opportunity to present and discuss recent developments in this field. The present volume - the second in the series - collects eight of the lectures held in 2009 and 2010 by David Joseph Attard, Lucius Caflisch, Beate Czerwenka, Lars Gorton, Francesco Munari, Kyriaki Noussia, Peter Wetterstein and Wolfgang Wurmnest.

Trotz einschlägiger Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs erhalten Opfer von Zuwiderhandlungen gegen das EU-Wettbewerbsrecht in der Praxis nur selten Ersatz für die erlittenen Schäden. Nachdem die EU-Kommission bereits 2005 festgestellt hat, dass dieser Missstand auf Hindernissen in den materiellen und verfahrensrechtlichen Vorschriften der Mitgliedsstaaten begründet liegt, hat sie 2008 ein Weißbuch vorgelegt, um einen wirksamen rechtlichen Rahmen zum Schutz der Geschädigten zu schaffen. Mit den Vorschlägen der Kommission, insbesondere der Möglichkeit der privatrechtlichen Durchsetzung des Europäischen Wettbewerbsrechts befasste sich im Juni 2009 eine Expertentagung an der Karls Universität in Prag. Der vorliegende Band dokumentiert die Vorträge, steckt das thematische Terrain grundlegend ab und setzt sich kritisch mit der Konzeption der Kommissionsvorschläge auseinander. Ein besonderes Augenmerk liegt dabei auf den dogmatischen Grundlagen, wie etwa dem Begriff des Schadens als rechtlicher und wirtschaftlicher Kategorie, der Frage von Sammelklagen und der Beweislast. Beiträge zur Rezeption der Kommissionsvorschläge innerhalb der Fachöffentlichkeit sowie erste vorsichtige Erfahrungen und ein Ausblick in die Zukunft bringen den Leser auf den aktuellen Stand der Diskussion.

The private international law of intellectual property is currently much debated both in Europe and abroad. Art. 8 of the Rome II Regulation of 2007, which codifies a territorial approach for the infringement of intellectual property, has provoked an intensive discussion in Europe as to whether the lex loci protectionis is still appropriate in the age of worldwide networks. A condensed outcome of this debate is summarized in the CLIP Principles drafted by the European Max Planck Group on Conflict of Laws in Intellectual Property. On an international scale, the American Law Institute's „Intellectual Property: Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Judgments in Transnational Disputes“ of 2007 (ALI Principles) are the focal point of the debate. A Japanese project („Transparency proposal“) was finalized in 2009. This volume provides a comparative analysis of the three proposals. Contributors: Pedro A. de Miguel Asensio, Jürgen Basedow, Shigeki Chaen, François Dessemontet, Christian A. Heinze, Paulius Jurcys, Ryu Kojima, Toshiyuki Kono, Axel Metzger, Mari Nagata, Yuko Nishitani, Ryo Shimanami, Miho Shin, Nozomi Tada, Simon Vande Walle, Dai Yokomizo

The International Academy of Comparative Law will hold its 18th International Congress of Comparative Law in Washington DC from 25 to 31 July 2010. About 30 different sections will discuss legal topics from all areas ranging from the interpretation of complex sources of law to foreign voters, issues of corporate governance and financial leases to surrogate motherhood, internet crimes, public private partnerships, climate change and the law and the balance of intellectual property. The numerous national reports on every single subject are based on questionnaires drafted by renowned experts acting as general reporters for the subject concerned. Most of the German national reports have been consolidated in this book and are made available to the public.

In 2007, the International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), both based in Hamburg, decided to establish an annual lecture series, the „Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs“ – giving distinguished scholars and practitioners the opportunity to present and discuss recent developments in the field of maritime affairs. The present volume collects seven of the lectures held in 2007 and 2008 by Thomas A. Mensah, Krijn Haak, Sergio M. Carbone, Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe, Erik Røsæg, Frank Smeele, Carlos Esplugues Mota and Lucius Caflisch.