Whistleblowing - A Comparative Study
This volume takes a look at the status quo of whistleblowing in several jurisdictions from around the world. Covering a topic that draws the attention of a broad public and is gaining importance amongst legislators, practitioners and scholars all over the
- PDF / 3,758,545 Bytes
- 346 Pages / 439.43 x 683.15 pts Page_size
- 23 Downloads / 230 Views
Gregor Thüsing Gerrit Forst Editors
Whistleblowing - A Comparative Study
Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law Volume 16
Series Editors Katharina Boele-Woelki, Bucerius Law School, Germany Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris, Sciences Po, France Founding Series Editors Jürgen Basedow, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Germany George Bermann, Columbia University School of Law, USA Editorial Board Bénédicte Fauvarque-Cosson, Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris 2, France Giuseppe Franco Ferrari, Università Bocconi, Milan, Italy Toshiyuki Kono, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Marek Safjan, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg Jorge Sanchez Cordero, Mexican Center of Uniform Law, Mexico Ulrich Sieber, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Germany
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/11943
Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé International Academy of Comparative Law
Gregor Thüsing • Gerrit Forst Editors
Whistleblowing A Comparative Study
Editors Gregor Thüsing Institut für Arbeitsrecht und Recht der Sozialen Sicherheit University of Bonn Bonn, Germany
Gerrit Forst Hengeler Mueller Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB Düsseldorf, Germany
ISSN 2214-6881 ISSN 2214-689X (electronic) Ius Comparatum – Global Studies in Comparative Law ISBN 978-3-319-25575-0 ISBN 978-3-319-25577-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-25577-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016934050 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Foreword
Whistle-blowing has become a topic of interest during the last decades, for practitioners, politicians, and academics likewise. While whistle-blowing legislation dates b
Data Loading...
