Eva-Maria Kieninger - Böcker

For every transnational lawyer, it is vital to know the differences between national secured transactions laws. Since the applicable law is determined by the place where the collateral is situated, it may change when movables are brought from one state to another. Introductory essays from comparative lawyers set the scene. The book then presents a survey of the law relating to secured transactions in the member states of the European Union. Following the Common Core approach, the national reports are centred around fifteen hypothetical cases dealing with the most important issues of secured transactions law, such as the creation of security rights in different business situations, the relationship between debtor and secured creditor, the nature of the creditor's rights and their enforcement as against third parties. each case is followed by a comparative summary. A general report evaluates the possibilities of European harmonisation in the field of secured transactions law.

For every transnational lawyer, it is vital to know the differences between national secured transactions laws. Since the applicable law is determined by the place where the collateral is situated, it may change when movables are brought from one state to another. Introductory essays from comparative lawyers set the scene. The book then presents a survey of the law relating to secured transactions in the member states of the European Union. Following the Common Core approach, the national reports are centred around fifteen hypothetical cases dealing with the most important issues of secured transactions law, such as the creation of security rights in different business situations, the relationship between debtor and secured creditor, the nature of the creditor's rights and their enforcement as against third parties. each case is followed by a comparative summary. A general report evaluates the possibilities of European harmonisation in the field of secured transactions law.

Over the course of the last few decades, the European legislature has adopted a total of 18 Regulations in the area of private international law, including civil procedure. The resulting substantial legislative unification has been described as the first true 'Europeanisation' of private international law, and even as a kind of 'European Choice of Law Revolution'. However, it remains largely unclear whether the far-reaching unification of the 'law on the books' has turned private international law into a truly European 'law in action': To what extent is European private international law actually based on uniform European rules common to all Member States, rather than on state treaties or instruments of enhanced cooperation? Is the manner in which academics and practitioners analyse and interpret European private international law really different from previously existing domestic approaches to private international law? Or, rather, is the actual application and interpretation of European private international law still influenced, or even dominated, by national legal traditions, leading to a re-fragmentation of a supposedly uniform body of law?In bringing together academics from all over Europe, How European is European Private International Law? sets out to answer for the first time these crucial and interrelated questions. It sheds light on the conspicuous lack of 'Europeanness' currently symptomatic of European private international law and discusses how this body of law can become truly European in character in the future.

This book discusses the main legal and economic challenges to the creation and enforcement of security rights in intellectual property and explores possible avenues of reform, such as more specific rules for security in IP rights and better coordination between intellectual property law and secured transactions law.

This book discusses the main legal and economic challenges to the creation and enforcement of security rights in intellectual property and explores possible avenues of reform, such as more specific rules for security in IP rights and better coordination between intellectual property law and secured transactions law.

Eva-Maria Kieninger behandelt eine Grundfrage der gegenwärtigen Rechtsentwicklung in der EU: Soll der Prozeß der Harmonisierung fortgesetzt werden oder wäre es besser, die mitgliedstaatlichen Rechtsordnungen einem Wettbewerb untereinander zu überlassen? Diese Frage stellt sich nicht nur im Hinblick auf das Steuer-, Umwelt- oder Sozialrecht, sondern auch für das Privatrecht, das wegen der in weiten Bereichen herrschenden Rechtswahlfreiheit auf den ersten Blick sogar besonders prädestiniert für einen institutionellen Wettbewerb erscheint.Zunächst wird ein ökonomisches Modell des institutionellen Wettbewerbs aufgestellt und auf das Privatrecht übertragen. Dann wird für die Bereiche des Gesellschafts- und Vertragsrechts untersucht, ob die Voraussetzungen eines funktionsfähigen Wettbewerbs gegeben sind und mit welchen Wirkungen im Erfolgsfall zu rechnen wäre. Dabei werden rechtsvergleichend die US-amerikanischen Erfahrungen mit dem Wettbewerb im Gesellschaftsrecht einbezogen. Schließlich widmet sich Eva-Maria Kieninger der Frage, ob und inwieweit ein institutioneller Wettbewerb mit dem Binnenmarktziel kompatibel wäre. Aktueller Anlaß der Arbeit ist unter anderem die 'Centros' -Entscheidung des EuGH aus dem Jahr 1999, in der der Gerichtshof erstmals den Topos des 'Wettbewerbs der Rechtsordnungen' verwendet und zu einer ausdehnenden Interpretation der Niederlassungsfreiheit herangezogen hat.