This years volume of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business
covers a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from the historical development of
civil law in China, with its German and Russian influences, to legal
regulation of the new technologies involved in electronic commerce. The use of
electronic contracts and signatures is becoming more and more widespread, and
international law has addressed these issues in the Model Law on Electronic
Commerce and the Model law on Electronic Signatures. The book contains
chapters describing the way in which Brazil and Japan have incorporated these
laws into their national legal systems and what measure they have to regulate
the use of these new technologies in the conducting of business transactions.
Another area that is dealt with here is that of insider trading and market
abuse, particularly in relation to the Netherlands and Finland. Following a
number of cases highlighting the problem, the European Union has introduced
the Market Abuse Directive and the Insider Trading Directive which, again, are
being implemented by the Member States. European employment law is also under
discussion, with particular regard being had to the protection of employees
rights upon the transfer of undertakings. This is looked at from both the
European and French points of view, with the general employment law situation
in Estonia being discussed in detail.
Once again, the new law regulating investment is raised in this volume, this
time dealing with private investment in Peru and foreign investment in the
Russian Federation. In addition, a number of general commercial issues are
included, such as European insolvency law, damage caps in American tort law,
arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism in mergers and acquisitions,
security interest over property in Spain and the doctrine of legitimate
expectation in Australian immigration law, as well as a comparative study of
Japanese and Iranian trademark law.
All of these topics are presented by experts in their respective fields, and
should be of interest to legal practitioners and their clients who are
involved in such international issues.
Electronic Commerce: Electronic Contracts and Signatures in Brazil
Rafael d’Avila Dutra & Henrique Dias Carneiro Electronic
Contracts and Signatures in Japan
Takato Natsui Employment:
French and European Law on Transfers of Undertakings and Protection of
Employment
Philippe Desprès Employment Law in Estonia
Toomas
Taube Insider Trading and Market Abuse: Market Abuse in Finland: A
Regulatory Regime in Transition
Mårten Knuts Insider Trading in
The Netherlands
David S. Schreuders & Ramon Budik Investment:
Protection and Benefits for Private Investment in Peru
Victor Avila Cabrera
Legal Regulation of Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation
Natalie
Trofimets Miscellaneous Commercial Issues: European Insolvency
Regulation and Its Application in the Member States
Almut Diederichsen &
Nicola Kömpf Security Interests in Immovables and Related Property in
Spain
Jesús Alemany Eguidazu Arbitration as a Dispute Resolution
Mechanism in Mergers and Acquisitions
Bernd D. Ehle A Comparative Study
of the Japanese and Iranian Trademark Protection Systems
Saeed Habiba
Damage Caps: Recent Trends in American Dispute
Mark K. Osbeck
Application of Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation in Australian Immigration
Cases
Pelma Rajapakse Has China a Coherent Private Law? Its Eastern and
Western Origins
Will W. Shen & Iris H.Y. Chiu, Index
