Erweiterte Fassung eines Vortrages, gehalten vor der Juristischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin am 21. Juni 2000. Die VerAffentlichung behandelt einen bislang in seiner Bedeutung vielfach unterschAtzten Gedanken der Privatautonomie und versucht, mit Hilfe des Funktionsgedankens einige PhAnomene zu erklAren, die bislang nicht A1/4berzeugend eingeordnet werden konnten. Am Beispiel des Gesellschaftsrechts wird die Bedeutung von Funktionsbedingungen privatrechtlicher Subsysteme untersucht und geprA1/4ft, inwieweit und auf welche Weise das Recht auf StArungen der Funktionsbedingungen reagiert. Behandelt werden exemplarisch die Kernbereichslehre, das Mehrheitsprinzip, die eigenkapitalersetzenden Gesellschafterdarlehen.

Diese Festschrift ist dem Berliner Professor fur Burgerliches Recht, Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht Artur-Axel Wandtke zu seinem 70. Geburtstag gewidmet."

Die Kenntnis der rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen ist fur Geschaftsfuhrer unerlasslich, wenn sie ihre Aufgaben ordnungsgemass erfullen und Handlungsspielraume effektiv nutzen wollen. In dem Band werden zunachst die wichtigsten Aufgaben und ihre rechtlichen Grundlagen erlautert. Im zweiten Teil des Ratgebers steht der Anstellungsvertrag im Mittelpunkt, haftungs- und strafrechtliche Folgen werden im dritten Teil detailliert dargestellt. Die Neuauflage berucksichtigt die GmbH-Reform nach dem MoMiG. Mit Fallbeispielen, Tipps und Vertragsmustern.

This book re-examines the doctrines of res judicata and abuse of process when applied to foreign judgments, and analyses how they are relied upon in English proceedings. The book clearly explains the four main pleas to which a foreign res judicata might give rise in subsequent proceedings in England: cause of action estoppel; issue estoppel; former recovery under section 34 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982; and the rule in Henderson v Henderson (1843) 3 Hare 100.

It is an area of the law that has frequently been confused and mis-applied in the past, and yet it is an increasingly important area for those interested in international commercial litigation.

Progressive Corporate Governance for the 21st Century is a wide ranging and ambitious study of why corporate governance is the shape that it is, and how it can be better. The book sets out the emergence of shareholder primacy orientated corporate governance using a study of historical developments in the United Kingdom and the United States. Talbot sees shareholder primacy as a political choice made by governments, not a 'natural' feature of the inevitable market. She describes the periods of progressive corporate governance which governments promoted in the middle of the 20th century using a close examination of the theories of the company which then prevailed. She critically examines the rise of neoliberal theories on the company and corporate governance and argues that they have had a negative and regressive impact on social and economic development. In examining contemporary corporate governance she shows how regulatory styles as informed and described by prevailing regulatory theories, enables neoliberal outcomes. She illustrates how United Kingdom-derived corporate governance codes have informed the corporate governance initiatives of European and global institutions. From this she argues that neoliberalism has re-entered ex command transition economies through those United Kingdom and OECD inspired corporate governance Codes over a decade after the earlier failed and destructive neoliberal prescriptions for transition had been rejected. Throughout, Talbot argues that shareholder primacy has socially regressive outcomes and firmly takes a stand against current initiatives to enhance shareholder voting in such issues as director remuneration. The book concludes with a series of proposals to recalibrate the power between those involved in company activity; shareholders, directors and employees so that the public company can begin to work for the public and not shareholders.

In a world where the grocery store may be more powerful than the government and corporations are the governors rather than the governed, the notion of corporations being only private actors is slowly evaporating. Gone is the view that corporations can focus exclusively on maximizing shareholder wealth. Instead, the idea that corporations owe duties to the public is capturing the attention of not only citizens and legislators, but corporations themselves. This book explores the deepening connections between corporations and the public. It explores timely - and often controversial - public issues with which corporations must grapple including the corporate purpose, civil and criminal liability, taxation, human rights, the environment and corruption. Offering readers an encompassing, balanced, and systematic understanding of the most pertinent duties corporations should bear, how they work, whether they are justified, and how they should be designed in the future, this book clarifies corporations' roles vis-a-vis the public.

Zwei aktuellen Themen von hoher kreditwirtschaftlicher Tragweite hat die Bankrechtliche Vereinigung - Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft fA1/4r Bankrecht e.V. ihren Bankrechtstag 2001 in Kiel gewidmet: a žEntgeltklauseln in der Kreditwirtschafta und a že-Commerce von Kreditinstitutena .Die Entgeltgestaltung von Kreditinstituten auf der Grundlage von Allgemeinen GeschAftsbedingungen hat inzwischen die Rechtsprechung seit mehr als zehn Jahren intensiv beschAftigt, steht aber immer noch, z.B. neuerdings hinsichtlich Zinsanpassungsklauseln, im Vordergrund des Interesses. Einerseits spielt es eine entscheidende Rolle, ob vom Entgelt fA1/4r eine vereinbarte Leistung ausgegangen werden kann oder ob durch eine Nebeneinrede Kosten A1/4berwAlzt werden. Andererseits sollen Klauseln A1/4ber Entgelte und ihre A"nderung hinreichend bestimmt und fA1/4r den Kunden nachvollziehbar sein.Der e-Commerce von Kreditinstituten gewinnt infolge der technischen Entwicklung, namentlich etwa fA1/4r Anwendungen des online-banking, steigende Bedeutung und bringt zahlreiche Rechtsfragen mit sich, z.B. hinsichtlich der VertragsabschlA1/4sse bei Kommunikation im Internet und der dabei zu wahrenden Datensicherheit.

Taking a global viewpoint, this volume addresses issues arising from recent developments in the enduring and topical debates over Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and their relationship to Intellectual Property (IP). The work examines changing responses to the growing acceptance and prevalence of GMOs. Drawing together perspectives from several of the leading international scholars in this area, the contributions seek to break away from analysis of safety and regulation and examine the diversity of ways the law and GMOs have become entangled. This collection presents the start of a much broader engagement with GMOs and law. As GMO technology becomes increasingly more complex and embedded in our lives, this volume will be a useful resource in leading further discussion and debate about GMOs in academia, in government and among those working on future policy.

A set of twenty problems in company law. The loose-leaf case study pages are licensed for bona fide lecturers to photocopy for assignment and seminar use. Full lecturers notes are provided showing how the cases can be fully updated in practical, activity-based study.

This book critically analyses fundamental principles of EU law for the control of international economic crime. Discussing how the reporting system and the exchange of information are at the heart of the global anti-money laundering regime, the study also looks at the inferential force of financial intelligence in criminal proceedings and the responsibilities this places on prosecutors and criminals alike. The author closely examines the application of Article 8(2) of the European Court of Human Rights for the retention and movement of the fingerprints, cellular samples and DNA profiles of unconvicted persons, and argues the incompatibility with the ECHR, along with the effect of socially stigmatising unconvicted persons. The work concludes with exploring how financial regulation has, inter alia, shifted responsibility to businesses and financial institutions to become more transparent and accountable to financial regulators and tax authorities. This critical analysis is essential reading for law students and the Judicial Body, as well as financial crime investigators and regulators.

Consumer law, particularly consumer credit law, is characterised by increasingly complex regulation in Western economies. Reacting to the Global Financial Crisis, governments in the UK, the EU, Australia, New Zealand and the United States have adopted new laws dealing with consumer credit, responsible lending, consumer guarantees and unfair contracts. Drawing together authors from all of these jurisdictions, this book analyses and evaluates these initiatives, and makes predictions as to their likely success and possible flaws.

This contribution offers a presentation focused on the practical procedure of forming a Societas Europaea (a oeSEa: European Company) and the related issues. Legal literature and case law are examined and challenged from the perspective of the practitioner concerned with the quickest possible and most efficient practical application. Special attention is directed toward the suitability of the SE for mid-sized companies. Tax matters are only marginally considered. The SE is principally a European influenced stock corporation (AG: Aktiengesellschaft) and therefore, also a marketable stock company allowing for crossover company mergers and the change of the company's registered seat. At its formation, special features pertaining to employee participation are also to be taken into account. For this reason, the SE is also called the a oeEuropean stock corporationa .