Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law
1st Edition
Published on 8. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
2024 pages
978-0-19-957895-5 (ISBN)
Description
The emergence of European private law constitutes one of the most significant developments in the modern legal landscape. Driven by the European Union, a political programme of harmonization has begun to reshape the national private laws of Member States.
Successful legal reform depends on a solid foundation of understanding European private law in its entirety, including its historical development and the comparative law dimension. The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law provides such a foundation. The existing knowledge in many areas of European private law is presently available only through relatively inaccessible specialized literature; some areas are completely lacking systematic legal research. The Encyclopedia systematically gathers the available information at all different levels and in all various branches of private law and gives an overview on all major areas of European private law. The Encyclopedia consists of approximately 500 entries in alphabetical order. Each entry covers the subject matter with regard to its legal history, the comparative law dimension and unification projects - where they exist. A bibliography at the end of each entry provides an overview of the most important publications for further reading.
The Encyclopedia will be an essential reference point for all those working on European law and private law within Europe.
Successful legal reform depends on a solid foundation of understanding European private law in its entirety, including its historical development and the comparative law dimension. The Max Planck Encyclopedia of European Private Law provides such a foundation. The existing knowledge in many areas of European private law is presently available only through relatively inaccessible specialized literature; some areas are completely lacking systematic legal research. The Encyclopedia systematically gathers the available information at all different levels and in all various branches of private law and gives an overview on all major areas of European private law. The Encyclopedia consists of approximately 500 entries in alphabetical order. Each entry covers the subject matter with regard to its legal history, the comparative law dimension and unification projects - where they exist. A bibliography at the end of each entry provides an overview of the most important publications for further reading.
The Encyclopedia will be an essential reference point for all those working on European law and private law within Europe.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academics, students, and policy-makers working in the field of national and transnational private law.
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 176 mm
Thickness: 114 mm
Weight
3596 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-957895-5 (9780199578955)
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Persons
Jürgen Basedow, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg and Professor at the University of Hamburg Klaus J. Hopt, Director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg and Professor emeritus at the University of Hamburg Reinhard Zimmermann, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg and Professor at the University of Regensburg Andreas Stier, Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg
Editor
, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg and Professor at the University of Hamburg
, Director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg and Professor emeritus at the University of Hamburg
, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg and Professor at the University of Regensburg
, Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg