Flexibility in Modern Business Law A Comparative Assessment

This book brings together a number of contributions examining how changes associated with economic globalization have contributed to the creation of new pressures on, and expectations of, those fields of law connected to the regulation of cross-border com

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Flexibility in Modern Business Law A Comparative Assessment

Flexibility in Modern Business Law

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Mark Fenwick • Stefan Wrbka Editors

Flexibility in Modern Business Law A Comparative Assessment

Editors Mark Fenwick Faculty of Law Kyushu University Fukuoka, Fukuoka Japan

Stefan Wrbka Faculty of Law Kyushu University Fukuoka, Fukuoka Japan

ISBN 978-4-431-55786-9 ISBN 978-4-431-55787-6 DOI 10.1007/978-4-431-55787-6

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Contents

The Flexibility of Law and Its Limits in Contemporary Business Regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Fenwick and Stefan Wrbka Part I

1

The Perspective of the Lawmaker

The Potential and Limits of Teleological Reduction Shown with the Example of the Austrian Warranty Regime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stefan Wrbka

15

The Austrian Civil Law Company as an Example of a Successful Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniele Mattiangeli and Lisa Katharina Promok

37

From the Boardroom to the Corner Store: Globalization, Law and Economic Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sean McGinty

49

The Novelist’s Artistic Freedom v. His Protagonist’s Rights of Personality: A Comparison Between German and U.S.-American Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christian Gomille Part II

69

The Perspective of the Regulator

Delayed Leniency Applications: The Unfortunate But Predictable Outcome of the Flexible Leniency Policies Under the Chinese Antimonopoly Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .