International Business Law

Emerging Fields of Regulation
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-5099-1805-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 422 g

This book provides an accessible introduction to selected new issues in transnational law, and connects them to existing theoretical debates on transnational business regulation. More specifically, (i) it introduces the argument about the evolving character of contemporary international business regulation; (ii) it provides an overview of some of the main fields of law that are currently important for firms that operate across borders; and (iii) it sets out an interpretive framework for making sense of disparate developments occurring across a number of jurisdictions, among which are the form of regulation and style of enforcement, issues of legal certainty, and behavioural aspects of regulation.

The selected topics are indicative of some key issues confronting businesses looking to operate across national borders, as well as policy makers seeking to introduce and enforce meaningful regulatory standards in an increasingly global society. Topics include: consumer law; product liability; warranty law and obsolescence; collective redress; alternative dispute resolution; corporate wrongdoing; corporate governance; and e-commerce.

This timely work offers a novel perspective on transnational business law and examines a range of legal issues that preoccupy companies operating transnationally. This book is intended not only for law students looking for an introduction, overview or commentary on the contemporary state of international business law, but also for anyone looking for an introduction to the regulation of business in a global, inter-connected economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fenwick, Mark

Wrbka, Stefan

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

I. Context and Themes

II. Structure and Topics

1. Consumer Law

I. Outline

II. Background Information with a Focus on EU Consumer Law

III. The Current Situation of Consumer Law at the EU Level

IV. Taking Transnational (EU) Consumer Law to the Next Level

V. Concluding Remarks

2. Product Liability Law

I. Outline

II. General Remarks and Early History of Product Liability Law

III. Product Liability in Selected Jurisdictions

IV. Some Pending Issues

V. Concluding Remarks

3. Warranty Law

I. Outline

II. Warranty Law in Early Times

III. Warranty Law in Modern Times

IV. The Phenomenon of Planned Obsolescence-a Contemporary Challenge for Warranty Law

V. Concluding Remarks on the Challenges for Warranty Law from a Transnational Perspective

4. Compensatory Collective Redress and Alternative Dispute Resolution

I. Outline

II. Collective Actions

III. Alternative Dispute Resolution

5. Corporate Governance

I. Outline

II. The 'Agency Cost Problem'

III. Improving the Board of Directors

IV. Mobilising Institutional Investors

V. Concluding Remarks

6. Corporate Criminal Law

I. Outline

II. A History of Corporate Criminal Law

III. Justification and Rationale

IV. Corporate Criminal Liability Doctrines

V. Post-2000 Procedural Innovation

VI. New Legal Risk

VII. Concluding Remarks

7. E-Commerce Law

I. Outline

II. The Development of E-Commerce

III. E-Commerce and the Law

IV. Concluding Remarks on Pending Issues and Challenges for E-Commerce Law

Conclusion: The Future of Business Law?
I. Outline

II. A New Digital World

III. Doing Business in a Digital Age

IV. Regulating Business in a Digital Age

V. Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

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

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

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

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