Spontaneous Order, Organization and the Law

Spontaneous Order, Organization and the Law contains contributions by renowned lawyers from all over the World, to honor one of our time's most significant private law scholars, Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker, Director (emeritus) of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign Private and International Private Law in Hamburg, on the occasion of his 75th Anniversary. The papers presented at an academic symposium to celebrate the occasion are included in the Annex. The contributions cover a wide spectrum of subjects, ranging from theoretical questions of hybrid governance across national jurisdictions, the changing role of the state, competition as a basic element of the social market economy, and international economic relations in the twenty-first century, to regulatory reform of European telecommunications, the public spirit of the corporation, venture capital funding for biotech pharmaceutical companies, and other questions of corporate law, competition law, civil law and constitutional law, arising in Europe, the US, Japan and Israel.

Inhalt
Unpublished Judicial Opinions in the United States: Law Or Not?.- Who will Protect Competition in Europe? From Central Enforcement to Authority Networks and Private Litigation.- Public Services and the Internal Market An Analysis of the Commission's Communication on Services of General Interest in Europe .- Federalism and Corporate Litigation.- Recent Legislative Trends in The Field of Personal Security.- Monitoring Directors in Public Companies under Israeli Law: Comparative Perspectives.- The Law on the National Book Price Maintenance.- Hybrid Governance Across National Jurisdictions as a Challenge to Constitutional Law.- Venture Capital Funding for Biotech Pharmaceutical Companies in an Integrated Financial Services Market: Regulatory Diversity within the EC.- The Changing Role of the State.- Appraisal Rights in Japanese Company Law Can They Be Used as Modern Weapons for Minority Shareholders?.- International Economic Relations in the 21st Century.- Regulatory Reform of European Telecommunications: Past Experience and Forward-Looking Perspectives.- Money, Civil Law and European Integration.- The Impact of Equity Markets on Business Organization: Some Comparative Observations Regarding Differences in the Evolution of Corporate Structures.- A Shareholder's Freedom of Contract in Close Corporations Shareholder Agreements in the USA and Germany.- Ambivalences in the Fixing of Broadcasting Fees in Germany.- Competition as a Basic Element of the Social Market Economy.- Economic Power: A Productive Concept for the Law?.- Basic Issues of a Reform of the German Law Relating to Foundations.- Syndicate Agreements in Hungarian Company Law.- Kant and Private International Law.- Polish Competition Law in the 1990s on the Way to Higher Effectiveness and Deeper Conformity with EC Competition Rules.- The Public Spirit of the Corporation.