The Shifting Meaning of Legal Certainty in Comparative and Transnational Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5099-3512-3
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 328 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 494 g

The principle of legal certainty is of fundamental importance for law and society: it has been vital in stabilising normative expectations and in providing a framework for social interaction, as well as defining the scope of individual freedom and political power. Even though it has not always been fully realised, legal certainty has also functioned as a normative ideal that has structured legal debates, both at the national and transnational level.
This book presents research from a range of substantive areas regarding the meaning, possibility and desirability of legal certainty in the context of a rapidly changing global society. It aims to address these issues by bringing together scholars from various jurisdictions in order to examine changes in the shifting meaning of legal certainty in a comparative and transnational context. In particular, the book explores some of the tensions that now exist between the conventional expectation of legal certainty and the various challenges associated with regulating highly complex, late modern economies and societies.

The book will be of interest to lawyers concerned with understanding the transformation of core rule of law values in the context of contemporary social change, as well as to political scientists and social theorists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fenwick, Mark

Siems, Mathias

Wrbka, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Schuldrecht Verbraucherschutz, Verbraucherverträge, AGB
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht Allgemeines und Gesamtdarstellungen (Gesellschaftsrecht)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The State of the Art and Shifting Meaning of Legal Certainty

Mark Fenwick, Mathias Siems and Stefan Wrbka

Part I: Theoretical Perspectives ('Certainty of Law')
1. Legal Certainty and the European Courts: Accessibility and Legitimate Expectations as Standards of Reasonableness

Patricia Popelier
2. Legal Certainty in the Context of Multilingualism

Elina Paunio
3. Legal Certainty in the New Corporate Criminal Law

Mark Fenwick
4. Economic Analysis of Law and Wilburg's Flexible System: A Systematic Approach to European Tort Law

Monika Hinteregger

Part II: Comparative Perspectives
5. Comparative Legal Certainty: Legal Families and Forms of Measurement

Mathias Siems
6. The Faces and Implications of Legal Certainty in Contemporary Private Law-A Comparative Law Perspective

Stefan Wrbka
7. Legal Certainty: A Common Law View and a Critique

John Linarelli
8. Measuring Legal Certainty? Critical Feedback about the Development of an Index of Legal Certainty

Jonas Knetsch

Part III: Transnational Perspectives
9. Clashing Legal Certainties: The Danish Supreme Court's Ruling in AJOS and the Collision between Domestic Rules and EU Principles

Mikael Rask Madsen and Henrik Palmer Olsen
10. Towards Appropriate Legal Certainty for Consumers Seeking Justice in a Globalised World

Geraint Howells and Mateja Durovic
11. Legal Certainty and Abuse of Loopholes in the Context of Transnational EU Company Law

Lisa Jost, Gabriel M Lentner, Thomas Ratka and Stefan Wrbka

Part IV: Applied Perspectives ('Certainty through Law')
12. Legal Ambiguity in Corporate Governance

Charlotte Villiers
13. The Right of Withdrawal in Consumer Contracts: From the Perspective of Legal Certainty

Yo Terakawa
14. Advertising Regulation in Japan: Legal Certainty and its Relation to Consumer Law

Kunihiro Nakata

Über Autor(innen)

Fenwick, Mark
Mark Fenwick is Professor at the Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University, Japan.

Wrbka, Stefan
Stefan Wrbka is Unit Head and Academic Coordinator, Business Law at the University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication, Vienna.

Siems, Mathias
Mathias Siems is Professor of Private Law and Market Regulation at the European University Institute, Italy.

Mark Fenwick is Professor at the Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University, Japan.
Mathias Siems is Professor of Commercial Law at Durham Law School, Durham University, UK.
Stefan Wrbka is Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Law, Kyushu University, Japan.