Das Buch untersucht den Inhalt der Aufgreifkriterien in der europaischen, deutschen, taiwanesischen und festlandchinesischen Fusionskontrolle. Der Autor geht zuerst von einem Konkretisierungsmechanismus bei der Konkretisierung der Aufgreifkriterien aus. Danach werden die in der Praxis am haufigsten vorkommenden Zusammenschlusssachverhalte, namlich Fusion, Kontrollerwerb, Grundung eines Gemeinschaftsunternehmens, Anteils- und Anteilsrechtserwerb sowie Vermoegenserwerb, nach den jeweiligen Vorschriften untersucht. Es werden die in der europaischen, deutschen, taiwanesischen und festlandchinesischen Fusionskontrollpraxis entstandenen Streitfragen ausgeleuchtet und klare Loesungsvorschlage zugleich unterbreitet.

Der Autor lotet die Bedeutung des 174 BGB fur das Kundigungsrecht aus. Er beschreibt umfassend, welche Konsequenzen sich aus dieser Norm fur die Kundigung durch einen Vertreter ergeben. Besondere Beachtung finden dabei der Nachweis der Vertretungsmacht, das Inkenntnissetzen des Arbeitnehmers von einer bestehenden Vertretungsmacht, Kundigungen durch Prokuristen, Gesellschafter der Gesellschaft burgerlichen Rechts, Ausubung und Grenzen des Zuruckweisungsrechts sowie das Verhaltnis von 174 BGB zu 180 BGB.

Der Autor analysiert den Schadensabwalzungseinwand (Passing-On-Defense) und untersucht die Vereinbarkeit dessen Zulassung oder Versagung mit dem deutschen Schadensersatzrecht. Das Buch ist in drei Themenkreise aufgeteilt: 1. Rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung des US-amerikanischen Kartellrechts. 2. Anspruchsberechtigung von Folgeabnehmern bei Wettbewerbsverstoessen. 3. Dogmatische Analyse aus Sicht des deutschen Schadensersatz- und Bereicherungsrechts. Die jungsten Entwicklungen im deutschen und EU-Kartellrecht sowie die Richtlinie 2014/104/EU werden berucksichtigt. Im Ergebnis befurwortet der Autor die Anspruchsberechtigung mittelbarer Abnehmer und die Versagung der Passing-On-Defense und bietet Loesungsansatze zur Konkordanz dieser zwei Thesen.

Die Autorin deckt Mangel des 89b HGB (Billigkeitsregelung) im europaischen Blickfeld auf und sucht nach Alternativen, die zu mehr Rechtssicherheit beitragen koennen. Hintergrund sind die uneinheitlichen rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen auf europaischer und nationaler Ebene, die Auslegungsprobleme nach sich ziehen. Bei Vertragsbeendigung steht dem Handelsvertreter nach 89b HGB ein Anspruch auf angemessenen Ausgleich zu. Der Ausgleichsanspruch ist eine nicht durch Provisionszahlungen abgegoltene Vergutung fur Vorteile, die der Unternehmer aus den vermittelten Kundenbeziehungen nach Vertragsende zieht. Die Auslegung des 89b HGB wird massgeblich beeinflusst durch die EG-Richtlinie 86/653/EWG. Wahrend die 84 ff. HGB jedoch alle Vertreterarten erfassen, gilt die EG-Richtlinie nur fur Warenvertreter.

This book provides a look at the various nuances of the commercial aspects of space transport and offers a workable and practical legal and regulatory approach to be taken by the International Civil Aviation Organization. The book also addresses the perceived lack of wisdom in neglecting to consider the basic legal structure of a regulatory regime for commercial space transport as a first step and goes on to analyze ways and means of using the existing legal instruments pertaining to international civil aviation as an analogous system that can be moulded into a separate and cohesive set of multilateral legal instruments that could apply to commercial space transport. As expected, commercial space transport has taken off with a flourish. It is now evident that, from sub-orbital flights to mining asteroids, this industry will grow exponentially. Signs of its importance are reflected by various international conferences being convened on the subject both by academia and the international community. The only snag is the lack of a regulatory instrument or in the least a contrived approach to a definitive legal regime that would provide a structure, purpose and direction to commercial space transport. This blatant lacuna and neglect has resulted in the emergence of various theories by academics and a half hearted look at the subject by the international legal community.

This book explores how the entire toolbox of intellectual property (IP) protection and management are successfully combined and how firms generate value from IP. It provides a framework of archetypes which firms will be able to self-identify with and which will allow companies to focus on the IP and IP Management issues most relevant to them.

The first in-depth account of fictional sequels in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this examines cases of prose fiction works being continued by multiple writers, reading them for evidence of Early Modern attitudes towards authorship, originality, and literary property.

Banks, Bankers, and Bankruptcies Under Crisis uses case studies of failed banks, banks that would have failed without taxpayer intervention, and in some cases banks obliged to merge under government pressure, to better understand global banking today.

Die Arbeit untersucht Grund und Grenzen der Dispositionsbefugnis der Gesellschafter uber das GmbH-Vermoegen im Rahmen der sog. Organuntreue. Der normative Zusammenhang zwischen der juristischen Person und ihren naturlichen "Hinterleuten" wird in einem neuartigen und grundlegenden Zugang in seinem spezifisch gesellschaftsrechtlichen Kontext in Beziehung zu rechtsphilosophischen Begrundungszusammenhangen gesetzt, indem in Abgrenzung zu insbesondere systemtheoretischen und oekonomischen Ansatzen die Grundbegriffe Person, Institution und Korporation unabhangig von kontingenten funktionalistischen und wirtschaftlich-utilitaristischen Erwagungen uber ein freiheitlich-intersubjektives Anerkennungsverhaltnis bestimmt werden. Die Grenze einer Dispositionsbefugnis der GmbH-Gesellschafter wird dabei uber eine unternehmensbezogene teilhabegerechtigkeitstheoretische Aktualisierung der Kantischen Privatrechtslehre entwickelt.

As attention moves rapidly towards comparative approaches, the research and teaching of company law has somehow lagged behind. The overall purpose of this book is therefore to fill a gap in the literature by identifying whether conceptual differences between countries exist. Rather than concentrate on whether the institutional structure of the corporation varies across jurisdictions, the objective of this book will be pursued by focusing on specific cases and how different countries might treat each of these cases. The book also has a public policy dimension, because the existence or absence of differences may lead to the question of whether formal harmonisation of company law is necessary. The book covers 12 legal systems from different legal traditions and from different parts of the world (though with a special emphasis on European countries). In alphabetical order, those countries are: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Spain, the UK, and the US. All of these jurisdictions are subjected to scrutiny by deploying a comparative case-based study. On the basis of these case solutions, various conclusions are reached, some of which challenge established orthodoxies in the field of comparative company law.

More than just coincidence connects a Tate & Lyle lawsuit and artificial sweetener to Jamaican-born Chemist Bert Fraser-Reid. From his first experience of Chemistry through his diabetic father, to his determination and drive as a Chemistry student in Canada, Fraser-Reid weaves a remarkable tale integrating science, law and autobiographical anecdotes. This book arises from the lawsuit brought by Tate & Lyle against companies accused of infringing its patents for sucralose, the sweet ingredient in the artificial sweetener SPLENDA which is made by chlorinating sugar. From a 1958 undergraduate intern witnessing the pioneering experiments on sugar chlorination, to being the 1991 recipient of the world's premiere prize for carbohydrate chemistry, Fraser-Reid was groomed for his role as expert witness in the mentioned lawsuit. Nevertheless, it seems more than his career links Fraser-Reid to the case.

This book examines the legal nature and requirements of compliance in letter of credit transactions in Anglo-American jurisdictions, as well as the associated contract choice of law issues. It gives an authoritative exposition of the mechanics of the law on the problem of compliance in the field, and is the first to afford a comprehensive, highly analytical critique of the topic from the point of view of modern international banking practice. In a user-friendly style, it provides an in-depth elucidation of the context of the key roles of individual parties during the course of the transactions, aiding a thorough understanding of the legal problems covered. Structured in four parts, it covers the opening of a complying letter of credit; the regularity of performance under a properly opened letter of credit; ways in which an unreimbursed bank may recover money it mistakenly paid against a faulty presentation; and the conflict of laws problems involved in the context of a beneficiary claiming entitlement to the sum on the credit against an allegedly complying tender of documents. In the conflict of laws section substantial attention is given to the many difficult hurdles that the potential claimant often confronts, and explores the various methods and techniques available. An important aspect of the analysis in this part is ascertainment of the legal system which the courts at common law and under Rome I Regulation would apply to resolve a claim.

This book details the relationship between private property and government. As private property is important to both individual welfare and the public interest, the book provides an intellectual framework for the analysis and resolution of contemporary property rights disputes.

This book addresses an experiment in funding money damage claims in England from 2000 to 2013. The model - recoverable conditional fees - was unique and has remained so. It covers the development, amendment and effective abolition of the model, as well as the process of policy development and the motivation and objectives of the policy makers.

Banks are entering a new environment. Regulation and supervision are becoming tougher, so that banks will be less likely to fail. If a bank does fail, bail-in rather than bail-out will be the new resolution regime, so that investors, not taxpayers, bear loss. Safe to Fail sums up the challenges that banks will face and how they can meet them.

This book takes you on a journey through post-crisis regulatory reform, highlighting the unintended consequences of some of the measures on transaction banking, a business that provides the backbone of financial markets.

This book details the relationship between private property and government. As private property is important to both individual welfare and the public interest, the book provides an intellectual framework for the analysis and resolution of contemporary property rights disputes.

The effort to win federal protection for dance in the United States was a racialized and gendered contest. Picart traces the evolution of choreographic works from being federally non-copyrightable to becoming a category potentially copyrightable under the 1976 Copyright Act, specifically examining Loie Fuller, George Balanchine, and Martha Graham.

Legal issues pertaining to groups of companies time after time appear on the regulatory agenda of the European Union in the field of company law. The author has taken the opportunity provided by the introduction of new Italian regulations for groups of companies in 2004, to compare fundamental issues of company law regarding groups both in Italian and German law with European perspectives.

Sports marketing is not only a global phenomenon, but also a major industry in its own right. This book breaks new ground in that it combines the theory and the practice of sports marketing agreements, which are at the heart of the commercialisation and marketing of sport. A particular feature of this book is the wide-ranging collection of precedents of sports marketing agreements, including, inter alia, sponsorship, merchandising, TV rights and new media, sports image rights and endorsements, event management and corporate hospitality, that are included and are explained and commented on in the text of the book. The book also covers the EU aspects, which are particularly important in this context, especially collective selling, of Sports TV rights and the drafting of the corresponding agreements; as well as the fiscal aspects of sports marketing agreements in general and sports image rights agreements in particular, which need to be taken into account in order to reduce the tax burden on the resulting revenues. With so much money at stake in sports marketing, the book also deals with the important topic of dispute resolution and, again, provides the reader with some useful corresponding clauses for settling disputes by ADR, particularly through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). As the author remarks in his Preface, the aim of the book is to provide a leading resource for all those engaged in any way in the money-spinning field of sports marketing, combining - as this book uniquely does - both the theory and the practice of drafting, interpreting and enforcing a variety of sports marketing agreements, especially those with an international dimension.

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. This book examines the law, national and/or international, that arbitral tribunals apply on the merits to settle disputes between foreign investors and host states. In light of the freedom that the disputing parties and the arbitrators have when designating the applicable law, and because of the hybrid nature of legal relationship between investors and states, there is significant interplay between the national and the international legal order in investor-state arbitration. The book contains a comprehensive analysis of the relevant jurisprudence, legal instruments, and scholarship surrounding arbitral practice with respect to the application of national law and international law. It investigates the awards in which tribunals referred to consistency between the legal orders, and suggests alternatives to the traditional doctrines of monism and dualism to explain the relationship between the national and the international legal order. The book also addresses the territorialized or internationalized nature of the tribunals; relevant choice-of-law rules and methodologies; and the scope of the arbitration agreement, including the possibility of host states presenting counterclaims in investment treaty arbitration. Ultimately, it argues that in investor-state arbitration, national and international law do not only coexist but may be applied simultaneously; they are also interdependent, each complementing and informing the other both indirectly and directly for a larger common good: enforcement of rights and obligations regardless of their national or international origin.

Corporate misgovernance and the failure of government regulation have led to major financial fiascos. 'Disorganized crimes' are disruptive and costly. Munk links the two major eras of corporate misgovernance during the last decade to explain how these events occur and what can be done to prevent them from re-occurring.