Comparative Law Casebook - Hardcover

Riesenfeld, Stefan; Pakter, Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1571052208 ISBN 13: 9781571052209

Publisher: Brill Nijhoff, 2001

Synopsis

This casebook represents the extraordinary scholarship, vision, organizational and translation skill of the renowned international law scholar, the late Professor Stefan Riesenfeld. The cases and materials contained in this volume were developed by Professors Riesenfeld and Pakter for a seminar they taught on Comparative Law at Boalt Hall from 1986-1998. The cases have been updated for the purposes of this edition.
The volume consists of four parts covering the following topics:

Part 1
Judicial Organization and Sources of Law

Part 2
Constitutionalization and Internationalization of Private Rights

Part 3
Security for Performance

Part 4
Good Faith Purchases

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Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint. All volumes of the print edition are available in individual e-books: 9789004532137 (volume 1) - 9789004532144 (volume 2) - 9789004532151 (volume 3) - 9789004532168 (volume 4).

About this title

Synopsis

It is an honour for Transnational Publishers to publish a significant new casebook representing the extraordinary scholarship, vision, organisational and translation skill of the renowned international law scholar, the late Professor Stefan Riesenfeld. The cases and materials contained in this volume were developed by Professors Riesenfeld and Pakter for a seminar they taught on Comparative Law at Boalt Hall from 1986-1998. The cases have been updated for the purposes of this edition. The volume consists of four parts covering the following topics: Part 1: Judicial Organisation and Sources of Law-covering civil, administrative and constitutional court organisations in England, France, Switzerland, Spain. Italy, France and Germany; judicial review in Europe, South America, Eastern Europe, Russia and South Africa. Part 2: Constitutionalisation and Internationalisation of Private Rights -- covering dignity of men and women in the workplace in United States, European Union, United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy; privacy in Germany, United States, Italy, France and Switzerland.

Part 3: Security for Performance-covering atypical transactions securing performance (standby letters of credit, guarantees on first demand and cognate instruments) and typical transactions securing performance (retention of title, transfer as security, and factoring). Part 4: Good Faith Purchases -- covering acquisition of property rights in moveables other than by transfer from the owner; bona fide purchase and acquisitive prescription.

About the Author

Stefan A Riesenfeld and Walter J Pakter

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571052208
• ISBN 13: 9781571052209
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640