Comparative Obligations… Unifying European Private Law in the Interwar Period: The Case of the Franco-Italian Draft Code of Obligations and the Polish Code of Obligations, by K. Kryla-Cudna 3 Feb 20232 Feb 2023 Introduction In a previous post, Aleksander Grebieniow and Jan Rudnicki discussed the process of unification of the Polish law of obligations in the interwar period. As explained by the authors,…
Comparative private law… A Mixed Jurisdiction in the Middle of Europe? Poland’s Interwar Experience 1918-1939, by A Grebieniow and J Rudnicki 11 Nov 20224 Nov 2022 Introduction A ‘mixed legal jurisdiction’ is typically a legal order where the common law and civilian traditions intermingle. So says the primary comparative legal literature (H.P. Glenn, Legal Traditions of…
Comparative administrative law… The importance of the personal factor in the diffusion of the Austrian general law on administrative procedure, by A Ferrari Zumbini 28 Oct 20224 Nov 2022 Introduction There is one cross-jurisdictional dialogue in the interwar period to which comparative lawyers should pay more attention: the diffusion of the Austrian general law on Administrative Procedure of 1925,…
Australia… British Race Patriotism and Private Law: Et In Arcadia Ego?, by M Lunney 14 Oct 202214 Oct 2022 Much of my work over the past fifteen years has involved exploring a phenomenon that had long puzzled me. As an Australian, I was well aware that our legal system…
Comparative contracts… Mapping out the contract laws of Asia, by Stefan Vogenauer 7 Oct 20222 Oct 2022 The research project Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia provides the first comprehensive overview of the laws of contract in 14 jurisdictions stretching from India in the West to…
Comparison in Europe… Civil Enforcement in Comparative Perspective: A Public Management Challenge (Intersentia 2021), by Dr Wendy Kennett 12 Nov 202127 Aug 2021 Introduction This book has had a long gestation period. My interest in civil enforcement originated in the late 1990s. I was teaching an LLM module on International Litigation and conducting research on…
Torts… Comparative Tort Law – Global Perspectives (Edward Elgar 2021), by Mauro Bussani and Anthony Sebok 2 Nov 202111 Apr 2022 Common questions This book is an edited collection of twenty-four essays aiming to provide a framework for reflection and analysis about tort law and its recent developments in ‘Western’ and…
Comparative corporate law… Mergers, Acquisitions and International Financial Regulation: Analysing Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (Daniele D’Alvia, Routledge 2021), reviewed by Milos Vulanovic 12 Oct 202111 Apr 2022 In the hearings related to the Securities Enforcement Remedies and Penny Stock Reform Act of 1990, the US Attorney for the District of Utah stated regarding blank check companies (BBCs)…
Research methods and perspectives… Account – U Kischel, “Theorising legal transplants?”, BACL Seminar, Preston, 3rd September 2019 27 Jan 202011 Apr 2022 At the BACL Seminar in Preston on 3rd September 2019, Professor Uwe Kischel explained his approach to legal transplants. Professor Kischel is the Mercator Chair of Public Law, European Law…
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