Karl Riesenhuber – författare

This book introduces and develops Contract Governance as a new approach to contract theory. While the concept of governance has already been developed in Williamson's seminal article, it has, ironically, not received much attention in general contract law theory. Indeed, Contract Governance appears to be an important and necessary complement to corporate governance and in fact, as the second, equally important pillar of governance research in the core of private law. With this in mind, Grundmann, Möslein, and Riesenhuber provide a novel approach in setting an international and interdisciplinary research agenda for developing contract law scholarship. Contract Governance focuses particularly on the ways in which a governance perspective leads to research questions that have been neglected in traditional contract law scholarship, and how, from a governance perspective, the questions are dealt with in a different manner and style. Combining substantive chapters and commentaries, this collection of essays addresses an array of topics, including: third party impact and contract governance problems in herd behaviour; governance of networks of contracts; governance in long-term contractual relationships; contract governance and rule setting; and contract governance and political dimensions.

EU law is an autonomous legal system. It requires its own methodology. The contributions to this volume provide elements of a genuinely European legal method. They discuss the foundations of European legal methodology in Roman law and in the development of national legal methods in the 19th century as well as the economic and comparative background. Core issues of legal methods such as the sources of law, the interpretation of EU primary law and secondary legislation, the concretisation of general clauses, and judicial development of the law are also analysed.The temporal effects of EU directives on the one hand and of judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union on the other raise specific issues of EU law. Contributions are also devoted to issues of a multi-level legal system. Beyond general aspects, directives, in particular, raise special questions: what is their impact on the interpretation of national law; and what are the methodological consequences of a transposition of directives beyond their original scope ('gold-plating')?Further contributions inquire into methodological issues in contract law, employment law, company law, capital market law and competition law. They illustrate the general aspects of European legal methods with a view to specific applications and also reveal specific issues of methods which occur in these areas.Finally, legal methods from national perspectives of different Member States, namely France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom, are examined. The authors reveal national traditions of legal methods and national preconceptions and illustrate the application of EU legal methods in different national contexts.

European employment law is becoming increasingly important. Its impact upon domestic law of the Member States in fields such as fixed-term employment contracts, collective redundancies or industrial action, is growing. This volume therefore covers the complete scope of European employment law: its foundations in EU primary law and its various sources in EU secondary legislation, as well as the growing body of case law of the European Court of Justice.The book begins by providing an overview of the relevant fundamental rights, fundamental freedoms and competences of the European Union in the field of employment law. A systematic presentation of the conflict of law rules in European Employment Law then follows: the Rome I and Rome II-Regulations, the Posting of Workers Directive and the Brussels Regulation on the recognition and enforcement of judgements. Subsequently, the author focuses on individual labour law which, at the EU level, is principally composed of rules on non-discrimination, the protection of safety and health and working time; rules on atypical forms of employment (part-time, fixed-term and temporary agency work) and special groups of employees (mothers, parents, young people); as well as legislation concerning employment protection in situations of collective redundancy, business transfer and insolvency. This is followed by a discussion of collective labour law issues. Particular attention is given to the European Works Council and the rules on employee involvement in the European Company, the European Cooperative Society, and the European Private Company, and to employment law rules contained in the Directive on cross-border mergers.European Employment Law is written for advanced students, academics and practitioners specialising in EU employment law.

Die INTERGU-Tagung 2017 in München widmete sich verlagsrechtlichen Themen. Profilierte Referenten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis diskutierten unter der Leitung ausgewiesener Experten.

In diesem am Markt einzigartigen Handbuch werden Methodenfragen des Europarechts umfassend systematisch dargestellt. Das Werk verbindet eine vertiefte Untersuchung von Methodenfragen mit der exemplarischen Vertiefung für einzelne Rechtsgebiete und Institutionen. In Länderberichten wird über die Perspektiven anderer Mitgliedstaaten berichtet.

Der Band erschließt den Gesamtbestand des Europäischen Arbeitsrechts, seine primärrechtlichen Grundlagen sowie seine sekundärrechtliche Ausgestaltung. Die herausragende Bedeutung des Europäischen Arbeitsrechts haben in den vergangenen Jahren die wichtigen Entscheidungen des EuGH vor Augen geführt. Auch in alltäglichen Fällen kann das Europäische Recht den entscheidenden Ausschlag geben.

The European Community harmonised the contractual laws of the member states in some ways. In this respect, the Community did not orient itself on the factual questions of contractual law but on the actual problem relations. The author examines the questions how the totality of the Legal File of the European Community is combined to one system as regards contractual law.

Das Buch ist ein Novum. Erstmals werden die Grundlagen der Wahrnehmungstätigkeit der Gesellschaft für musikalisches Aufführungs- und mechanisches Vervielfältigungsrecht - GEMA umfassend dargestellt, fachkundig erläutert und wissenschaftlich durchdrungen. Dabei geht es neben den historischen und rechtlichen Grundlagen vor allem um die Darstellung und Erläuterung der "Binnenregeln" der GEMA: der Satzung, des Berechtigungsvertrags und des Verteilungsplans. Zudem wird eine Übersicht über die Praxis der Lizenzierung gegeben. Eine solche Darstellung ist seit langem ein Desiderat der Praxis und Wissenschaft. Berechtigten und Nutzern, Aufsichtsbehörden und Gerichten, aber auch Wissenschaftlern soll es zuverlässig Auskunft über die Wahrnehmungstätigkeit geben und so zur Transparenz beitragen.

[The Interpretation and Control of the Safeguarding Agreement]The interpretation and contextual control of copyright safeguarding agreements play a substantial role in court practice. That's why for one thing disputes between authorized parties and copyright collecting companies can evolve. And for another thing, interpretation and control also play an important role for the users of protected works or ancillary copyrights, since they require clarity as to whether they must acquire the necessary rights from the copyright collecting company or the authorized parties themselves.The author investigates the interpretation rules of copyright and the law of contract as well as the control circumstances of the copyright law, the copyright safeguarding law, the civil code (AGB [general terms & conditions] control), the law against restraints of competition as well EC antitrust (cartel) law. Informed through a legal practice on the one hand, and on the other hand on the basis of his scholastic works in the realm of German and European law of contract, commercial law and copyright, the author develops a system in which the different circumstances of interpretation and control merge into an orderly whole. The dogmatic of prevailing law is in the foreground. Moreover, the author also discusses legal policy issues in view of the national law and the Community law. They are now of great relevance to the present, because the Commission of the European Community has announced the establishment of a European safeguarding right with their notification for "Safeguarding of copyrights and related protective rights in the internal market" from April 16th, 2004.

[Writings pertaining to European and international private, banking and commercial law]Europeanization and internationalization challenge the realm of jurisprudence to an extraordinary degree. The division in special fields and the relationship with other social sciences necessitate critical reevaluation in view of many interactions. Cross-references between commercial law regulation and private, autonomous arrangement distinctly show this development. Jurisprudence emerging beyond Germany has to deal with such challenges. The law of financial services serves as an example of the cross-section material from private law and (public) commercial law. This takes into account the series at hand in terms of content and method. In addition to banking, capital market and financial law as the main emphasis, corporate law, competition & cartel law, intangible property rights, insolvency law and also labor law show similar overlaps. The intensive internationally-oriented treatment of the overlaps of classical private law - in particular contractual law - and commercial law promise a bountiful yield, especially on the European level under the summarizing aspect of corporate law.The outstanding monography also finds its place in the series, as well as the conference volume, works in German and also occasional works in English. There are economically-aligned works in addition to juridical works constituting the main emphasis. Works pertaining to Europeanization and internationalization are compiled in the series, which convey commercial law and commercially-conceived private law in an outstanding manner.

Ein Europäisches Wahrnehmungsrecht entsteht. Das Europäische Parlament hat dazu in einer Entschließung vom Januar 2004 Stellung genommen. Die Kommission hat nun, nachdem sie zuvor im April 2004 weitergehende Angleichungspläne angekündigt hatte, kurzfristig im Oktober 2005 eine Empfehlung für den Bereich der Online-Musikdienste verabschiedet. Die Entwicklung ist im Fluß. Sie bedarf einer breiten und tiefgehenden Erörterung. Dabei sind die Vorgaben des Primärrechts und des Internationalen Urheberrechts ebenso zu berücksichtigen wie Wahrnehmungsrecht und Wahrnehmungspraxis der Mitgliedstaaten. Die hier nebst Materialien veröffentlichten Beiträge zur INTERGU-Tagung 2005 an der Europa-Universität Viadrina sollen einen Beitrag zu dieser Diskussion leisten. Auf der Grundlage eines deutsch-polnischen Rechtsvergleichs werden die Grundlagen der gemeinschaftsrechtlichen Rechtsangleichung sowie die Entwicklung der Marktordnung im Bereich der Wahrnehmung von Online-Rechten an Werken der Musik erörtert.

Das vorliegende Lehrbuch, in dem das Europäische Vertragsrecht in geschlossener, nach Sachfragen systematisch geordneter Form dargestellt wird, soll Studenten ebenso wie Praktikern Auskunft zu Einzelfragen geben, darüber hinaus aber auch eine Übersicht über das Rechtsgebiet als Ganzes eröffnen. Die Entwicklung des Europäischen Vertragsrechts in Gesetzgebung (Gleichbehandlungsrichtlinie, Richtlinie über unlautere Geschäftspraktiken, Reform der Verbraucherkreditrichtlinie) und Rechtsprechung und die zunehmende dogmatische Vertiefung durch die Wissenschaft machen die Neuauflage erforderlich. Das Lehrbuch wendet sich an Studenten ab dem 3. Semester ebenso wie an Referendare und Praktiker.

[Writings pertaining to European and international private, banking and commercial law]Europeanization and internationalization challenge the realm of jurisprudence to an extraordinary degree. The division in special fields and the relationship with other social sciences necessitate critical reevaluation in view of many interactions. Cross-references between commercial law regulation and private, autonomous arrangement distinctly show this development. Jurisprudence emerging beyond Germany has to deal with such challenges. The law of financial services serves as an example of the cross-section material from private law and (public) commercial law. This takes into account the series at hand in terms of content and method. In addition to banking, capital market and financial law as the main emphasis, corporate law, competition & cartel law, intangible property rights, insolvency law and also labor law show similar overlaps. The intensive internationally-oriented treatment of the overlaps of classical private law - in particular contractual law - and commercial law promise a bountiful yield, especially on the European level under the summarizing aspect of corporate law.The outstanding monography also finds its place in the series, as well as the conference volume, works in German and also occasional works in English. There are economically-aligned works in addition to juridical works constituting the main emphasis. Works pertaining to Europeanization and internationalization are compiled in the series, which convey commercial law and commercially-conceived private law in an outstanding manner.

Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker hat eine Reihe von Beiträgen zum Urheberrecht publiziert. Diese sind freilich weit verstreut veröffentlicht, in Sammelbänden, Festschriften und in- und ausländischen Zeitschriften. In dem vorliegenden Band werden diese Beiträge zusammengeführt und so erstmals in einer Gesamtschau zugänglich gemacht. Die Gesamtschau zeigt die Breite der Themenstellungen, die Mestmäcker behandelt. Sie macht zugleich aber auch die Kohärenz des Gesamtschaffens deutlich. Urheberrecht und Wahrnehmungsrecht werden bei Mestmäcker stets im wirtschaftsrechtlichen Kontext gesehen und zudem von Anfang an auch unter Berücksichtigung des Europarechts. Ein Schwerpunkt der Untersuchungen - in der beeindruckenden Spanne wissenschaftlichen Schaffens 1960 bis heute - liegt im Recht der urheberrechtlichen Verwertungsgesellschaften. Die Publikation erscheint im Jahr 2006, zum 80. Geburtstag von Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker.

In dem Handbuch werden Methodenfragen des Europarechts, insbesondere des Europäischen Privatrechts, erstmals umfassend systematisch für Ausbildung und Praxis dargestellt. Neben den Grundlagen erörtern die Autoren Methodenfragen des Primär- und Sekundärrechts sowie des mitgliedstaatlichen (Umsetzungs-)Rechts. Im Besonderen Teil widmen sich Wissenschaftler und Praktiker des Europäischen Rechts zum einen Methodenfragen in einzelnen Rechtsgebieten - Vertrags-, Arbeits-, Gesellschafts- und Kapitalmarktrecht -, zum anderen Methodenfragen in der Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs und des deutschen Bundesgerichtshofs. Das Gesamtwerk verbindet so eine vertiefte Untersuchung von Methodenfragen mit der exemplarischen Vertiefung für einzelne Rechtsgebiete und Institutionen.

Developments of the law in Japan and in Germany provide ample reason for an inquiry into “The Identity of Japanese and German Civil Law”. Japanese civil law has a long tradition of absorbing and digesting foreign influences, - in particular from Germany, France, England and the United States. The absorption of foreign influences occurred on various levels: at the legislative level, in particular during the drafting process of the Civil Code, at the judicial level and in the field of scholarship. The reception of legal theories was followed by a unique process that has been characterised as “theory reception” (Kitagawa). Irrespective of such foreign influences, we can discern a unique legal tradition in Japan - in other words, its own identity. At the same time, German private law is under the influence of legal harmonisation in the EU. While the predominant view in the 1980's was still that this development was confined to a restricted area - that of “consumer law” - recent developments demonstrate that European Union legislation now influences large parts of German civil law. What does this mean in terms of the identity of German civil law? And how does this development of a “Europeanization” of German civil law affect related legal systems, such as that of Japan?The present volume contains the proceedings of a conference held in Japan in 2006 to mark the occasion of the “Germany Year in Japan”. In their contributions, Japanese scholars discuss the various influences on Japanese law; German scholars enquire into the Europeanization of German private law; and finally, the identity of Japanese civil law is discussed from the perspectives of German civil law and of common law.