Selected Essays on Current Legal Issues

Edited by David A. Frenkel and Carsten Gerner-Beuerle

ISBN: 978-960-6672-37-8, 409 pages, Hardback

First published in 2008 by ATINER

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Table of Contents

 

 

List of Contributors                                                                                       1

 

Introduction                                                                                                5

- David A. Frenkel & Carsten Gerner-Beuerle

 

Part I: PRIVATE LAW

 

 

Intellectual Property

 

Intellectual Property: Who Owns It?                                                         13

- John T. McDermott

 

Why the Law cannot fully protect the Franchisor’s Brand            31

- Thomas Burns

 

 

Business law

 

The Impact of American Lockean Constitutional Theory on

Economic Markets                                                                                       49

- Charles W. “Rocky” Rhodes

 

The European takeover Bid Directive: Does it Really Exists?                 59

- Thomas Papadopoulos

 

The Perils of Privatization: A Review of Recent Cases between

Foreign Investors and Host States                                                              77

- Bernard Bishop

.

European Gates and American Gatekeepers - The Influence

of the American Gatekeeper Theory on Regulating the European

Financial Market                                                                                          89

-  Carsten Gerner-Beuerle

 

The Law and Economics of the European Investment Fund

Industry and Capital Markets                                                                     101

-  Armin J. Kammel

 

 

Contract Law

 

The Concept of Force Majeure in European Community Law                  119

- Justyna Maliszewska-Nienartowicz

The Interpretation of European Private Law and the Four

Market Freedoms                                                                                        131

- Michael Schillig

 

The Influence of Classical Interpretation on the Law of

Guarantees in the United Arab Emirates                                                   143

- Suhaimi Ab Rahman

 

 

Consumer Protection

 

Problems and Legal Measures of Consumer Protection for

Electronic Commerce in Thailand                                                             159

- Aunya Singsangob

 

 

Agency Law

 

Agency                                                                                                                    169

- Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos

 

 

Conflict of Laws

 

Law Applicable to Intellectual Property Contracts in the

Absence of Choice of the Parties                                                               179

- Gulenay Rusen

 

Foreign Plaintiffs, Forum Non Conveniens, and Consistency                 193

- Andrew R. Klein

 

American and European Approaches to Personal

Jurisdiction and the Internet                                                                    203

- Richard D. Freer

 

 

Part II: PUBLIC LAW

 

Criminal Law and Criminal Justice

 

Arrest Clearances for Homicide: National and International

Comparisons                                                                                             219

- Marc Riedel

 

Assessing Alternative Forms of Localised Justice in

Post-Conflict Societies - Youth Justice in Northern Ireland

and South Africa                                                                                      231

- Kerry Leigh Clamp

Tax Law

 

Transfer Pricing Principles and Economic Development:

The Taxman and a Changing Europe                                                     247

- Michael P. Malloy

 

 

Human Rights

 

The Application of the ‘Grave Breaches' Regime to

Internal Armed Conflicts                                                                         257

- Pieter G. Du Toit

 

Managing the Implementation of Socio-Economic Rights

as Conferred by the South African Constitution                                    267

- Antoinette Marais

 

 

Cultural Property

 

Protecting Newly-Discovered Antiquities: An Economic

Case for the State Ownership Approach                                              283

- Peter T. Wendel

 

 

Media Law

 

International Sharing in Radio Frequency Spectrum:

Historic Review of Regulations                                                            295

- Chun Hung Lin

 

 

Environmental Law and Land Planning

 

Sustainable Development in Europe: The Energy Policy

Dimension                                                                                               311

- Andrius Šimkus

 

Hill Slope Development Law in Malaysia: Looking at

the Federal Territory and Selangor                                                     325

- Rasyikah Md. Khalid, Siti Sarah Sulaiman, & Norha Abu Hanifah

 

 

Public International Law

 

Modern Security Threats: Challenging the Accepted

Understandings of the Right of Self-Defence                                        341

-  Kalliopi Chainoglou

 

The Law on Combat Immunity: Does Judicial Sense

Make Economic Sense?                                                                         355

- Rachel A. Nir

 

 

Part III: GENERAL

 

History of Law

 

The Classical Greek Tradition in English Law                                      373

- Klearchos A. Kyriakides

 

 

Legal Education

 

Law Schools Addressing the Training needs of

Expert Witnesses                                                                                   387

- Penny Cooper

 

Can Successful Lawyers Think in Different Languages?

Incorporating Critical Strategies that Support Learning

Lawyering Skills for the Practice of Law in a Global

Environment                                                                                            397

-  Katerina P. Lewinbuk