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ELGAR ENCYCLOPEDIA OF COMPARATIVE LAW Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law Edited by Jan M. Smits Professor of European Private Law,Maastricht University, The Netherlands Edward Elgar Cheltenham,UK • Northampton,MA,USA © Jan M.Smits and the contributors 2006 All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic, mechanical or photocopying,recording,or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited Glensanda House Montpellier Parade Cheltenham Glos GL50 1UA UK Edward Elgar Publishing,Inc. 136 West Street Suite 202 Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library ofCongress Cataloguing in Publication Data Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law / edited by Jan M.Smits. p.cm.— (Elgar original reference) 1.Law—Encyclopedias. 2.Comparative law—Encyclopedias. I.Smits,J.M. II.Edward Elgar Publishing. III.Series. K48.E42 2006 340(cid:1).203—dc22 2005054480 ISBN-13:978 1 84542 013 0 (cased) ISBN-10:1 84542 013 6 (cased) Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd,Bodmin,Cornwall Contents List of figures x List of contributors xi Preface by Jan M.Smits xvii 1 Accident compensation 1 Michael G.Faure 2 Administrative law 18 Hanns Peter Nehl 3 Agency and representation 33 Hendrik Verhagen 4 Aims of comparative law 57 H.Patrick Glenn 5 American law (United States) 66 Ralf Michaels 6 Arbitration 78 Stefan M.Kröll 7 Assignment 91 Brigitta Lurger 8 Australia 105 Martin Vranken 9 Belgium 110 Nathalie Van Leuven 10 Canada 116 Michael Deturbide 11 Civil procedure 120 C.H.(Remco) van Rhee and Remme Verkerk 12 Commercial regulation 135 Luke Nottage 13 Common law 145 Geoffrey Samuel v vi Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law 14 Comparative law and economics 161 Raffaele Caterina 15 Competition law 172 Damien Geradin 16 Consideration 180 James Gordley 17 Constitutional law 187 Monica Claes 18 Consumer protection 200 Stephen Weatherill 19 Coordination of legal systems 208 Arnald J.Kanning 20 Criminal law and criminal procedure 214 Thomas Weigend 21 The Czech Republic 228 Bohumil Havel 22 Damages (in tort) 234 Siewert D.Lindenbergh 23 England and Wales 242 Damian Smith 24 European Civil Code 247 Nils Jansen 25 Family law 259 David Bradley 26 German law 273 Martin J.Schermaier 27 Greece 289 Eugenia Dacoronia 28 Insolvency law 294 Bob Wessels 29 Insurance law 312 Herman Cousy 30 Interpretation of contracts 325 Jacques H.Herbots Contents vii 31 Israel 348 Gabriela Shalev 32 Italy 352 Barbara Pozzo 33 Japanese law 357 Masaki Abe and Luke Nottage 34 Legal culture 372 David Nelken 35 Legal families 382 Jaakko Husa 36 Legal history and comparative law 393 Eltjo Schrage and Viola Heutger 37 Legal reasoning 407 Jaap Hage 38 Legal translation 423 Gerard-René de Groot 39 Legal transplants 434 Jörg Fedtke 40 Lithuania 438 Laura Slepaite 41 Methodology of comparative law 442 A.Esin Örücü 42 Mistake 455 Gerhard Lubbe 43 Mixed jurisdictions 467 Vernon Valentine Palmer 44 Nationality law 476 Gerard-René de Groot 45 The Netherlands 493 Jan M.Smits 46 Offer and acceptance inter absentes 497 Franco Ferrari 47 Personal and real security 517 J.H.M.(Sjef) van Erp viii Elgar encyclopedia of comparative law 48 Personality rights 530 Johann Neethling 49 Poland 548 Michal-Gondek 50 Privacy 554 Colm O’Cinneide,Myriam Hunter-Henin and Jörg Fedtke 51 Private international law 566 Horatia Muir Watt 52 Product liability 578 Geraint Howells 53 Property and real rights 587 J.Michael Milo 54 Public law 603 Jacques Ziller 55 Remedies for breach of contract 610 Marco Torsello 56 Russian law 630 William E.Butler 57 Scots law 642 Hector L.MacQueen 58 Social security 653 Frans Pennings 59 South Africa 667 Jacques E.du Plessis 60 Spain 672 Antoni Vaquer 61 Statutory interpretation 677 Stefan Vogenauer 62 Supervening events and force majeure 689 Martin Schmidt-Kessel and Katrin Mayer 63 Sweden 699 Rolf Dotevall 64 Switzerland 702 Pascal Pichonnaz Contents ix 65 Tax law 709 Victor Thuronyi 66 Tort law in general 719 Ulrich Magnus 67 Transfer of movable property 730 Lars van Vliet 68 Transnational law 738 Peer Zumbansen 69 Trust law 755 Marius J.de Waal 70 Unjustified enrichment 767 Daniel Visser Index 783

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