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Introduction |
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A The Business Challenges of a Global, Innovation-driven Economy |
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B The `Complex' Character of the Contemporary Regulatory Environment |
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C The Limits of Compliance and Private Enforcement |
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6 | (3) |
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II Background Information with a Focus on EU Consumer Law |
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A General Comments on Consumer Law |
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B Consumer Law in the EU as a Prime Example of Transnational Consumer Law |
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III The Current Situation of Consumer Law at the EU Level |
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IV Taking Transnational (EU) Consumer Law to the Next Level |
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30 | (3) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (22) |
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II General Remarks and Early History of Product Liability Law |
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III Product Liability in Selected Jurisdictions |
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A Product Liability Law in the US |
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B Product Liability Law in the EU |
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C Product Liability Law Elsewhere |
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ii The People's Republic of China as One of the More Recent Strict Liability Examples |
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iii Canada---An Exception to the Rule |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (3) |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (30) |
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II Warranty Law in Early Times |
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III Warranty Law in Modern Times |
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A Warranty Law in the United States |
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ii Warranty Law and the Uniform Commercial Code |
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iii The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act |
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63 | (1) |
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ii The Situation in the Member States |
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iii Further Harmonisation Endeavours at the EU Level |
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C Warranty Law in Other Selected Jurisdictions |
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ii Warranty Law in the People's Republic of China |
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iii Warranty Law in South Korea |
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iv Warranty Law in Australia |
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D Attempts to Harmonise Warranty Law at a Global Level---the Example of the United Nations Sales Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods |
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IV The Phenomenon of Planned Obsolescence---a Contemporary Challenge for Warranty Law |
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A What is Planned Obsolescence? |
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B Warranty Law and Planned Obsolescence |
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i Planned Obsolescence as a Potentially Relevant Warranty Case? |
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ii Planned Obsolescence and the Issue of Time |
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V Concluding Remarks on the Challenges for Warranty Law from a Transnational Perspective |
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4 Compensatory Collective Redress and Alternative Dispute Resolution |
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A Collective Actions and the Access-to-Justice Project |
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B Collective Redress in General |
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C Collective Redress in Common Law Countries |
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D Collective Redress in the EU |
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i Collective Redress at the Pan-EU Level |
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ii Collective Redress at the EU Member State Level |
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iii On the Possible Future of Compensatory Collective Redress in the EU |
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E Concluding Remarks: Jurisdictional Issues in a Transnational Context |
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III Alternative Dispute Resolution |
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A Alternative Dispute Resolution in General |
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B Traditional Alternative Dispute Resolution in the US |
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C Traditional Alternative Dispute Resolution in Asia and Africa |
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D Traditional Alternative Dispute Resolution in the EU |
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E Online Dispute Resolution |
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F Concluding Remarks: Pending Issues and Challenges for ODR |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (24) |
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II The `Agency Cost Problem' |
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III Improving the Board of Directors |
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IV Mobilising Institutional Investors |
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A The Investment Landscape Today and the Need for Shareholder Engagement |
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B Regulatory Measures Designed to Promote Shareholder Engagement |
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125 | (2) |
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i General Shareholder Rights |
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ii Measures Providing for Special Shareholder Rights |
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iii Measures Requiring Disclosure of Ownership and Control Information |
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128 | (1) |
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iv Measures Requiring Engagement on Board Composition |
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v Measures Requiring Engagement on Remuneration |
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vi Measures Requiring Engagement over Voting |
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vii Stewardship Codes and Corporate Governance Principles |
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132 | (4) |
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136 | (2) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (21) |
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II A History of Corporate Criminal Law |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (4) |
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III Justification and Rationale |
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145 | (4) |
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IV Corporate Criminal Liability Doctrines |
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149 | (5) |
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V Post-2000 Procedural Innovation |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (46) |
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II The Development of E-Commerce |
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III E-Commerce and the Law |
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A E-Commerce Law in the US |
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B E-Commerce Law in the EU |
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165 | (4) |
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C E-Commerce Law in Asia, South America and Africa |
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169 | (3) |
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D E-Commerce Law and UNCITRAL |
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E E-Commerce Law and the OECD |
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F E-Commerce Law and the WTO |
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G E-Commerce Law and WIPO |
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H E-Commerce Law and ICANN |
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I E-Commerce Law and the Hague Conference on Private International Law |
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J Additional E-Commerce Law Initiatives |
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179 | (5) |
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IV Concluding Remarks on Pending Issues and Challenges for E-Commerce Law |
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184 | (5) |
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Conclusion: The Future of Business Law? |
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A A World of `Ubiquitous Computing' |
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B A World of `Unmediated' Communication |
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190 | (1) |
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C A World of Freedom and Opportunity |
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191 | (1) |
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D A World of Risk and Uncertainty |
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E A World Where Creativity Matters More than Experience or Status |
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F A World of `Influencers' and `Co-creators' |
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H A World of Technological Innovation |
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III Doing Business in a Digital Age |
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193 | (2) |
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IV Regulating Business in a Digital Age |
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Index |
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