This book compels the legal profession to question its current identity and to aspire to become a strategic partner for corporate executives, clients and stakeholders, transforming legal into a function that creates incremental value. It provides a uniquely broad range of forward-looking perspectives from several different key-players in the legal industry: in-house legal, law firms, LPO's, legal tech, HR, associations and academia. This publication is a platform for leading legal professionals that offers a new perspective on the accelerating transformation in legal. Combining expert contributions with editorial insights, it argues that the new legal function will shift from a paradigm of security to one of opportunity; that future corporate lawyers will no longer primarily be negotiators, litigators and administrators, but that instead they will be coaches, arbiters and intrapreneurs; that legal knowledge and data-based services will become a commodity; and that analytics and measurement will be key drivers of the future of the profession. A must-read for all legal professionals, this book sets the course for revitalizing the profession.

This book brings together a number of contributions examining how changes associated with economic globalization have contributed to the creation of new pressures on, and expectations of, those fields of law connected to the regulation of cross-border commercial transactions. These new demands of law - in particular, that it be more agile or "flexible" in regulating the economy - have prompted lawmakers and regulators in multiple jurisdictions to adopt a range of new regulatory techniques and legal forms to respond to this challenge. In many cases, these adaptations in law have entailed compromising traditional legal principles, such as legal certainty, in favor of empowering regulators with greater discretion than has traditionally been permitted in modern law. This change raises important questions about the meaning of fairness (certainty or flexibility), as well as the relationship between the public and private good.

This book explores the future of cyber technologies and cyber operations which will influence advances in social media, cyber security, cyber physical systems, ethics, law, media, economics, infrastructure, military operations and other elements of societal interaction in the upcoming decades. It provides a review of future disruptive technologies and innovations in cyber security. It also serves as a resource for wargame planning and provides a strategic vision of the future direction of cyber operations. It informs military strategist about the future of cyber warfare. Written by leading experts in the field, chapters explore how future technical innovations vastly increase the interconnectivity of our physical and social systems and the growing need for resiliency in this vast and dynamic cyber infrastructure. The future of social media, autonomy, stateless finance, quantum information systems, the internet of things, the dark web, space satellite operations, and global network connectivity is explored along with the transformation of the legal and ethical considerations which surround them. The international challenges of cyber alliances, capabilities, and interoperability is challenged with the growing need for new laws, international oversight, and regulation which informs cybersecurity studies. The authors have a multi-disciplinary scope arranged in a big-picture framework, allowing both deep exploration of important topics and high level understanding of the topic. Evolution of Cyber Technologies and Operations to 2035 is as an excellent reference for professionals and researchers working in the security field, or as government and military workers, economics, law and more. Students will also find this book useful as a reference guide or secondary text book.

Die Edition "Nachschlagewerk der Reichsgerichts" bringt in Band 11 die Rechtsprechungsnachweise zu den 1025-1048 ZPO, zu weiteren Verfahrensgesetzen (Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz, Arbeitsgerichtsgesetz, Grundbuchordnung, Zwangsversteigerungesetz) sowie zum Verfahren der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit, zum Konkurs- und Anfechtungsrecht und zur Rechtsanwaltsordnung.

Das Management geistigen Eigentums spielt eine wichtige Rolle fur den Unternehmenserfolg und ist deshalb als eine eigenstandige unternehmerische Aufgabe zu betrachten. Aufbauend auf den Gebieten Rechtswissenschaft, Betriebswirtschaft, Managementlehre und Ingenieurswissenschaft, erfordert sie eine interdisziplinare Herangehensweise. Die Frage der Interdisziplinaritat fur das Management geistigen Eigentums wird in diesem Buch erstmals behandelt. Ausserdem werden rechtswissenschaftliche Aspekte in Managementmodellen konsequent berucksichtigt."

The aviation industry is being transformed by the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones - commercially, militarily, scientifically and recreationally. National regulations have generally failed to keep pace with the expansion of the fast-growing drone industry. Aviation Law and Drones: Unmanned Aircraft and the Future of Aviation traces the development of aviation laws and regulations, explains how aviation is regulated at an international and national level, considers the interrelationship between rapidly advancing technology and legislative attempts to keep pace, and reviews existing domestic and international drone laws and issues (including safety, security, privacy and airspace issues). Against this background, the book uniquely proposes a rationale for, and key provisions of, guiding principles for the regulation of drones internationally - provisions of which could also be implemented domestically. Finally, the book examines the changing shape of our increasingly busy skies - technology beyond drones and the regulation of that technology. The world is on the edge of major disruption in aviation - drones are just the beginning. Given the almost universal interest in drones, this book will be of interest to readers worldwide, from the academic sector and beyond.

The book shows the fundaments of the shadow banking system and its entities, operations and risks. Focusing on the regulatory aspects, it provides an original view that is able to demonstrate that the lack of supervision is a market failure.

This book examines the institutions that are producing consumer law at the international level, the substantive issues enshrined in these laws, and the enforcement mechanisms meant to ensure effective protection. The majority of existing research is devoted to the comparative perspective, between countries or between the US and the EU. This book investigates the forceful activities of international and regional organizations, and shifts the focus of research to the internationalization of consumer law, which is largely neglected in particular in the Western-centered political and legal debate. Much of what constitutes consumer law today is focused on banking and finance, and more broadly the financialization and digitalization of the global economy, and society has created a shift in international consumer law production. This book investigates the role that international organizations have on the creation and enforcement of consumer law, and will be of interest to consumer lawyers, practitioners, and officials in organizations such as the United Nations, European Union, and World Bank.

The topic, "Northern Sea Route" has become a highly relevant point on the strategic radar screen of many business and military leaders, since global climate change now opens up a hitherto impassable sea route and positions it as a strategic alternative to the Suez route. Add to this the discovery of many easily extractable commodities and metals in the arctic area. For entrepreneurs, this setting offers new opportunities and risks; for academics, a new research context emerges. The book discusses the strategic, economic, logistic, judicial and military challenges of the future great game in the arctic sea.

Der Autor untersucht die Haftungsverfassung der Gesellschaft burgerlichen Rechts, die durch die Anerkennung ihrer eigenen Rechtsfahigkeit und das Bekenntnis zu einer akzessorischen Haftung der Gesellschafter neu konzipiert wurde. Daran schliesst sich die Frage, ob die Aufwertung der GbR zum selbststandigen Rechtstrager tatsachlich mit einer gesteigerten Einstandspflicht der "unschuldigen" Gesellschafter mit ihrem Privatvermoegen fur Delikte ihrer Mitgesellschafter "bezahlt wird". Anhand einer umfassenden historischen und teleologischen Untersuchung stellt das Buch dar, dass eine uneingeschrankte solidarische Haftung der Mitgesellschafter im Deliktsbereich mit grundlegenden gesetzlichen Wertungen nicht vereinbar ist. Aus der als notwendig erkannten teleologischen Reduktion des 128 HGB entwickelt der Autor ein eigenstandiges Haftungsmodell nach dem Konzept einer subsidiaren Ausfallhaftung, das die erkannten Wertungswiderspruche zwischen Verschuldensprinzip, Gesellschafterhaftung und Glaubigerschutz in einen angemessenen Ausgleich bringt.

GmbH-Geschaftsfuhrer, die eigene Geschafte zu Zwecken der Geschaftsfuhrung abschliessen, sieht der BGH als Verbraucher an. Dies soll auch fur Allein-Gesellschafter-Geschaftsfuhrer gelten. Das BAG hat mit seiner Entscheidung vom 19. Mai 2010 Anlass gegeben, dieses Ergebnis zu uberprufen. Der Autor geht in seiner Untersuchung der Ansicht der Rechtsprechung nach. Er stellt den Verbraucherbegriff ausfuhrlich in seinem verfassungsrechtlichen, historischen und europarechtlichen Kontext dar und ubertragt ihn auf die gesellschaftsrechtlichen Grundsatze zum Verhaltnis des Geschaftsfuhrers zur Gesellschaft. Im Ergebnis stimmt er der Rechtsprechung des BGH zu.

This book focuses on various problems arising as a result of China's e-business development. These include e-commerce aspects of the internet industry and e-governance aspects of the presiding agencies. E-privacy and online IPR protection will be of particular interest to readers, as these are important international problems that China has been trying its best to deal with for many years. Each paper in this book presents valuable guidelines and suggestions to allow readers to form a sound understanding of China's e-business development.

This publication provides an unparalleled comparative analysis of two "hot topics" in the field of antitrust and unfair competition laws with regard to a number of key countries. The first part of the book examines whether small and middle-sized businesses could or should be subject to specific competition rules. These businesses account for 99% of the enterprises in Europe and the United States, making this a particularly important topic. The papers consider both the public and private enforcement rules across a range of jurisdictions and a detailed international report, prepared by Michele Carpagnano, identifies general trends and highlights differences and the most interesting features of national regulations. The second part of the book gathers contributions from various jurisdictions on the unfair competition question of whether a company could or should be protected against the use of their trademark, distinctive signs and other components of their image and identity on the part of non-competing companies. The papers focus on the fundamental issue of the competitive relationship as a condition of protection under unfair competition acts and the connection to intellectual property protection. The comprehensive and insightful international report, prepared by Martine Karsenty-Ricard, brings together these reflections by comparing various national positions. The book also includes the resolutions passed by the General Assembly of the LIDC following a debate on each of these topics, which include proposed solutions and recommendations. The International League of Competition Law (LIDC) is a long-standing international association that focuses on the interface between competition law and intellectual property law, including unfair competition issues.

Every ten years ICAO holds a worldwide air transport conference. The most recent such event - the 6th Worldwide Air Transport Conference (ATConf/6) - was held in Montreal from 18 to 22 March 2013. The questions posed by this book are: are the "clerical and administrative tasks" for ICAO which were decided on by ATConf/6 (and other preceding conferences) sufficient to meet the needs of the people of the world for safe, regular, economical and efficient air transport? Should ICAO not think outside of its 67-year-old box and become a beacon to air transport regulators? In other words, shouldn't the bottom line of ICAO's meaning and purpose in the field of air transport be to analyze trends and guide the air transport industry instead of continuing to merely act as a forum for global practitioners to gather and update information on their respective countries' policies for air transport? Shouldn't ICAO provide direction, as do other agencies of the United Nations? This book addresses ICAO's inability, unlike most other specialized agencies in their missions, to make a tangible difference in air transport development, through a discussion of key issues affecting the air transport industry. It also inquires into the future of air transport regulation.

This authoritative and practical guide provides a thorough account of the law and practice of professional indemnity insurance. Topics examined include the basis of cover, entering the contract, block notification of claims, aggregation, and the exclusion of cover for fraud and dishonesty. The book also considers the standard terms and policy wordings involved in claims policies and the associated issues that can arise in practice. In addition to providing analysis of English case law, the book also includes authorities from other major Commonwealth jurisdictions to give the most complete interpretation of the law on this specialist area. All key recent cases relating to professional indemnity insurance are covered, for example Omega Proteins Ltd v. Aspen Insurance UK Ltd [2010] EWHC 2280 (Comm) and ACE European Group v. Standard Life Assurance Ltd [2012] EWCA Civ 1713. Additionally, the new edition considers statutory developments since the last edition, most notably the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act 2010 and the Insurance Act 2015, and topical issues such as aggregation of claims.

In diesem Buch wird der Zusammenhang zwischen Produktivitat und Aufwandswert beschrieben. Basierend auf praxisbezogenen empirischen Erhebungen wird gezeigt, dass sich Abweichungen von Grenzgrossen z. T. erheblich auf die Produktivitat auswirken. Mittels mehrerer Interaktionsdiagramme wird dieser Zusammenhang grafisch veranschaulicht. Die dadurch gewonnenen neuen Ansatze fur die Bestimmung der Produktivitatsgrenzen und -verluste konnen in der Baupraxis fur die Kalkulation, Arbeitsvorbereitung, Bauausfuhrung sowie fur das Claimmanagement herangezogen werden. Damit wird eine fundierte Bewertung von Bauablaufstorungen und Produktivitatsverlusten ermoglicht."

Das Buch widmet sich dem Haftungsrisiko des Erwerbers eines Kommanditanteils, wenn der Verausserer fur bestimmte Verbindlichkeiten der Gesellschaft unbegrenzt, wie ein persoenlich haftender Gesellschafter, haftet. Im Zentrum der Untersuchung steht die Frage, ob den Erwerber eines Kommanditanteils aufgrund der Rechtsnachfolge in die Rechtsstellung, die der Verausserer bis zur UEbertragung in Bezug auf den Kommanditanteil innehatte, auch die persoenliche und ggf. unbeschrankte Haftung des Verausserers trifft, obgleich eine derartige Haftung des Erwerbers gesetzlich nicht vorgesehen ist.