Private law in Eastern Europe : : autonomous developments or legal transplants? / / edited by Christa Jessel-Holst, Rainer Kulms, and Alexander Trunk.

Hauptbeschreibung More than 20 years have passed since the downfall of socialist systems. To accelerate transformation processes utmost priority was given to the recognition of property rights, an indispensable requirement for free market economies. Regulators soon came to realize that the success o...

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Superior document:Materialien zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht, 50
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Place / Publishing House:Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2010
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:1. Aufl.
Language:English
Series:Materialien zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht ; 50.
Physical Description:1 online resource (520 p.)
Notes:International conference proceedings.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Private Law in Eastern Europe; Part A. Perspectives of Civil Law in Eastern Europe Policy Issues; Rainer Kulms:Optimistic Normativism after Two Decades of Legal Transplants and Autonomous Developments; I. Origins of a Conference; II. Legal Origins, the Acquis Communautaire and Notions of Efficiency; III. Whither Private Law in Eastern Europe?; Michel Nussbaumer and Frederique Dahan: Promoting Legal Reform in Eastern Europe: the EBRD Approach; I. Introduction; II. The EBRD Legal Transition Programme; 1. Why a legal transition programme?
  • 2. The EBRD Model Law and Other Standards: Principles and Rolea) The EBRD Model Law on Secured Transactions; b) Other Standards Prepared by the EBRD; III. The EBRD Legal Assessment Work: Philosophy and Evolution; 1. Legal Indicator Surveys (1995-2002); 2. Secured Transactions Regional Survey and other Legal Sector Assessments (1999 to present); 3. New Legal Indicator Survey (2003 to date); 4. The Legal Efficiency Approach and EBRD Most Recent Assessments; a) Mortgage Law Assessment; b) Other Recent Assessment: Telecommunications Regulatory Assessment; IV. Vision for the future
  • Thomas Meyer:Social Market Economy Values in Legal Reform Projects in South East Europe (SEE)I. Introduction; II. The overall concept of a social and ecological market economy; III. The focus of activity fields in legal reform projects in SEE; IV. Description of the orientation of German legal reform projects based on the principles of a social and ecological market economy; 1. Company Law; 2. Law on Bankruptcy; 3. Law of Obligations; 4. Property Law; 5. The Registration of Proprietary Rights; 6. Notaries; 7. Enforcement Law; V. Summary; Part B. Civil Law - General Aspects
  • Alexander Komarov:Development of Private Law on Contracts in the Russian FederationI. Historical Introduction; II. The Concept of Private Law in the Russian Federation; III. Some Salient Features of the Russian Civil Code; IV. Influence of International and Foreign Legal Sources on Modern Codification of Private Law in the Russian Federation; V. Administration of Justice Relating to Application of Private Law; VI. Current Phase of Private Law Development in Russia; Volodymyr Kossak:General Principles of Private Law in Ukraine; Jelena Perović: Contract Law in Serbia; I. Brief Historical Survey
  • II. The Law of ObligationsIII. Particular Laws on Certain Contracts; IV. Contracts not Regulated by Law (contrats innommés); V. International Conventions and other Sources of Uniform Contract Law; 1. Ratified international conventions; 2. The CISG - Ratification; 3. Basic differences between the CISG and the Serbian Law on Obligations; 4. Application of the CISG by Serbian courts and arbitration; 5. Other sources of uniform contract law; VI. European Union Directives; VII. The Civil Code of Serbia; VIII. General Conclusion; Camelia Toader: Contract Law in Romania; I. Foreword
  • II. General information