Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, Second Edition

Edited by Jan M. Smits, Professor of Private Law, Faculty of Law, Maastricht University, the Netherlands

• Contents:Preface1. Accident CompensationMichael G. Faure2. Administrative LawHanns Peter Nehl3. Agency and RepresentationHendrik Verhagen and Laura Macgregor4. The Aims of Comparative LawH. Patrick Glenn5. American Law (United States)Ralf Michaels6. ArbitrationStefan M. Kröll7. AssignmentBrigitta Lurger8. AustraliaMartin Vranken9. BelgiumNathalie Van Leuven10. CanadaMichael Deturbide and Elizabeth J. Hughes11. ChinaJunwei Fu12. Civil ProcedureC.H. (Remco) van Rhee and Remme Verkerk13. Commercial RegulationLuke Nottage14. Common LawGeoffrey Samuel15. Comparative Law and EconomicsRaffaele Caterina16. Competition LawDamien Geradin17. ConsiderationJames Gordley18. Constitutional LawMonica Claes19. Consumer ProtectionStephen Weatherill20. Coordination of Legal SystemsArnald J. Kanning21. Corporate ResponsibilityCynthia A. Williams22. Criminal Law and Criminal ProcedureThomas Weigend23. The Czech RepublicBohumil Havel24. Damages (in tort)Siewert D. Lindenbergh25. England and WalesDamian Smith and William Bull26. European Civil CodeNils Jansen and Lukas Rademacher27. Family LawDavid Bradley28. FinlandPia Letto-Vanamo29. FranceBénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson and Alice Fournier30. German LawHelge Dedek and Martin J. Schermaier31. GreeceEugenia Dacoronia32. Human Rights LawMenno T. Kamminga33. Insolvency LawBob Wessels34. Insurance LawHerman Cousy35. Interpretation of ContractsJacques H. Herbots36. IsraelGabriela Shalev37. ItalyBarbara Pozzo38. Japanese LawMasaki Abe and Luke Nottage39. Legal CultureDavid Nelken40. Legal FamiliesJaakko Husa41. Legal History and Comparative LawViola Heutger and Eltjo Schrage 42. Legal ReasoningJaap Hage43. Legal TranslationGerard-René de Groot44. Legal TransplantsJörg Fedtke45. LithuaniaLaura Šlepaitė46. Methodology of Comparative LawA. Esin Örücü47. MistakeGerhard Lubbe48. Mixed JurisdictionsVernon Valentine Palmer49. Nationality LawGerard-René de Groot50. The NetherlandsJan M. Smits51. Offer and Acceptance Inter AbsentesFranco Ferrari52. Personal and Real SecurityJ.H.M. (Sjef) van Erp53. Personality RightsJohann Neethling54. PolandMichał Gondek55. PrivacyColm O’Cinneide, Myriam Hunter-Henin and Jörg Fedtke56. Private International LawHoratia Muir Watt57. Product LiabilityGeraint Howells58. Property and Real RightsJ. Michael Milo59. Public LawJacques Ziller60. Remedies for Breach of ContractMarco Torsello61. Russian LawWilliam E. Butler62. Scots LawHector L. MacQueen63. Social SecurityFrans Pennings64. South AfricaJacques E. du Plessis65. SpainAntoni Vaquer66. Statutory InterpretationStefan Vogenauer67. Supervening Events and Force MajeureMartin Schmidt-Kessel and Katrin Mayer68. SwedenRolf Dotevall69. SwitzerlandPascal Pichonnaz70. Tax LawVictor Thuronyi71. Tort Law in GeneralUlrich Magnus72. Transfer of Movable PropertyLars van Vliet73. Transnational Law, EvolvingPeer Zumbansen74. Trust LawMarius J. de Waal75. TurkeyZ. Derya Tarman76. Unjustified EnrichmentDaniel VisserIndex

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