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Legislators, judges, and professors /

Der vorliegende Band enthält die Vorträge eines Symposiums, das vom Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht in Zusammenarbeit mit der Internationalen Vereinigung der juristischen Wissenschaft und der Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung veranstaltet wurde. Damit wer...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: Max-Planck-Institut für Ausländisches und Internationales Privatrecht (associated with work.), International Association of Legal Science (associated with work.), Gesellschaft für Rechtsvergleichung (associated with work.)
Otros Autores: Basedow, Jürgen, 1949- (Editor ), Fleischer, Holger (Editor ), Zimmermann, Reinhard, 1952 October 10- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: T?ubingen, Germany : Mohr Siebeck, [2016]
Colección:Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht ; 114.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; Law-Making Today; Yuko Nishitani: Law-Making in Japan; I. Introduction; II. Foundations of Japanese Law; 1. Meiji era; 2. Post-war era; 3. Developments since 2001; III. Characteristics of Law-Making in Japan; 1. Professors; a) Relation to the legislature; b) Relation to the judicature; 2. Judges; a) Law-making by the judicature; b) Control of constitutionality; 3. Legislators; a) Background; b) Methods of legislation; (1) The role of the government; (2) Cabinet Legislation Bureau; (3) Stakeholders; (4) Professors; c) Tendency of the legislation.
  • (1) Reserved position of legislators(2) Activism of legislators; IV. Final Remarks; Başak Baysal: Law-Making in Turkish Private Law; I. Introduction; II. Law-Making by Legislators; 1. Legislative drafting; a) Legislative drafting and Regulatory Impact Analysis; b) Important RIA requirements in Turkish law; (1) Duty of the preparatory commissions and external consultation; (2) Justifications; (3) Economic analysis of law; 2. Abuse of legislative power through legislative technique; III. Law-Making by Judges; 1. The Turkish judge: Interpreter and/or legislator?
  • 2. Adaptation of contract: Judges acting as legislatorsIV. Concluding Remarks: Codifying Judge-Made Law; Andrey M. Shirvindt: Reforming the Russian Civil Code
  • A Search for a Better Law-Making; I. Introduction; II. Expert Groups; 1. The Council, the Research Centre and the ad hoc working groups; 2. Controversies around composition of the groups; a) Lack of access; b) Public-spiritedness and public interests; c) Emphasis on hard cases?; III. Working Method; 1. An outline; 2. Problematic aspects; a) Limited transparency; b) Problem formulation; c) Coordination; d) Public discussion.
  • IV. Travaux préparatoires1. Available materials; 2. The Concept and its functions; V. Comparative Law; 1. Prominent role of comparative inspirations; 2. Controversial aspects of the use of comparative law by drafters; a) Borrowing as an end in itself; b) Borrowing vs. creating; c) The model to follow: civil law or common law?; d) Quality of the comparative work; VI. Final Remarks; Judicial Decision-Making Today; Thomas Coendet: Judicial Decision-Making Today
  • The Swiss Perspective; I. Introduction; 1. Legends; 2. Scope; 3. Methodology; II. Analysing Judicial Decision-Making; 1. Context.
  • A) Swiss courtsb) Swiss Supreme Court; 2. Judges; a) The judicial self-image as decision-maker; b) Judicial focal points in decision-making; c) Methodological aspects of decision-making; 3. Cases; a) Judicial focal points in decision-making; b) Methodological aspects of decision-making; 4. Blind spots; a) Further participants; b) Judicial routine; c) Judicial research; III. Conclusion; Matthew Dyson: Judicial Decision-Making in England and Wales; I. What is Being Decided; 1. Decision-making as law-making; 2. Precedent; 3. What judicial decisions are being made.