Horst Eidenmüller

Digitization, blockchain technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are fundamentally changing the fabric of societies, influencing lawmaking, legal scholarship and legal practice. The authors of this volume investigate the real-world developments that can be observed in this process, how established legal doctrines are being challenged, the regulatory issues societies face as a result, and how AI can be used in lawmaking and adjudication. By analyzing these four interrelated areas, the authors discuss conceptual issues of regulating AI, examine the impact of new technologies on commercial transactions and corporate governance, investigate civil liability rules for AI applications and explore key features and problems of digital dispute resolution. A recurring theme is that although "Law by Algorithm" might massively increase overall societal welfare, it runs the significant risk of benefitting only a few. To make it work for the good of all is a mammoth task - and one this volume hopes to contribute to. "AI's capabilities have made enormous recent leaps; many expect it to transform how the economy operates. In particular, activities relying on human knowledge to create value, insulated until now from mechanisation, are facing dramatic change. This is impacting the legal system in two directions simultaneously: the automation of processes, and the development of legal governance for automation. Eidenmueller and Wagner here present a thought-provoking and insightful treatment of a number of key issues that are engaged. It will be essential reading for lawyers, scholars, and policymakers wishing to understand and participate in these developments." (John Armour) „AI has the potential for ground-breaking changes to our economy and society, but also to its private law framework. This book provides an extremely thought-provoking contribution to the thinking towards the private law for the digital economy.“ (Dirk Staudenmayer)

Brexit is on its way. By mid 2019, the UK will no longer be a member of the European Union and its new relationship with the EU will be have taken shape. Getting to that point will involve complex negotiations untangling legal, economic and political issues. This volume brings together leading commentators to examine three crucial questions on the risk, the negotiating framework and the process.

Aus Rezensionen zu früheren Auflagen: "Es handelt sich um eine ganz außergewöhnlich sachkundige und gründliche Arbeit, die noch dazu so souverän und elegant geschrieben ist, daß es eine Freude macht, sie zu lesen. Selbst komplizierte Sachverhalte und Zusammenhänge werden einfach und unprätentiös dargestellt, ohne daß Gedankenklarheit und Präzision verlorengehen." Hein Kötz/Hans-Bernd Schäfer in Rechtstheorie 1 (1999) Band 30, S. 130-136"Dank seiner interdisziplinären Kenntnisse und seiner Einsichten in die US-amerikanische Rechtsprechung und Rechtswissenschaft […], gelingt Eidenmüller eine übersichtliche, gründlich belegte, anregend geschriebene Einführung in die Effizienz als Kriterium von Gesetzgebung und Rechtsprechung." Ulrich Karpen in Zeitschrift für Gesetzgebung 12./1 (1998), S. 99-100"Bei der Arbeit von Eidenmüller […] handelt es sich um eine außergewöhnliche Leistung. Die Arbeit besticht durch die Logik des Aufbaus, durch die Klarheit und die Gründlichkeit der Argumentation sowie die Ausgewogenheit des Urteils. […] Die Arbeit stellt ohne Zweifel einen wichtigen Beitrag zu den Grundlagen der ökonomischen Analyse des Rechts in Deutschland dar." Dieter Schmidtchen in Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 1998, Band 217/2, S. 251-265

The renowned authors of this ECFR special volume systematically develop legal standards and regulatory frameworks for closed corporations in Europe (including of course the Societas Privata Europaea), putting a strong focus on the economic practice and efficiency. The profound, in-depth analysis of the objectives and strategies comes to groundbreaking insights and also offers specific solutions for a multitude of practical aspects.

The closed corporation is the most important economic form of business organization worldwide; however, it is often neglected in international academic legal discussions. The new special edition of the ZGR (Zeitschrift f r Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht) attempts to fill this gap in research. The examination systematically addresses the typical areas of conflict with regard to a closed corporation. In do so, legally-based comparative experience and findings from business economics are applied, while the European private company is consistently taken into account.

Als die Europäische Kommission den CFR-Prozess initiierte, zielte sie damit insbesondere auf eine Revision des acquis communautaire im Bereich des Verbrauchervertragsrechts. Eine solche Revision hat jedoch bis heute nicht stattgefunden, weder in den Acquis Principles und dem DCFR noch im Vorschlag einer Verbraucherrechte-Richtlinie. Die Autoren des vorliegenden Bandes bemühen sich darum, dieses Defizit durch eine Analyse der Kernfragen zu beheben, die sich in diesem Zusammenhang stellen: Reichweite und Wirkung von zwingendem Recht, Kontrolle von Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen, Widerrufsrechte, Rückabwicklung nach Widerruf, Informationspflichten. Dabei ist ihr Anliegen ein genuin rechtswissenschaftliches. Es geht um nachvollziehbare Begründungen, funktionale Adäquanz und Wertungskohärenz und um die Frage, wie Regeln formuliert sein sollten, um bestimmte rechtspolitische Ziele zu erreichen.

The aim of the presentation is to critically evaluate the importance of German insolvency law as an instrument for overcoming the financial and economic crisis and to develop reasonable reform suggestions. Following a description of the economic and legal points of origin, which must be taken into account as the basis of the evaluation of the decisions and actions already made or planned, thoughts on the goals and instruments of reform policy are presented. The focus of the presentation then turns to extra-judicial (pre-insolvency law) recapitalization, the insolvency statute as an instrument of recapitalization as well as the question of whether there should be a special act on the recapitalization of system relevant financial institutions. In closing, the most important results are summarized.

["Current developments in the law on lending securities - on an international and national level. Internal and external rating"]The covered lectures and discussions treat issues of the practices of banks upon the adaptation of lending rates and the implementation of the "Basel II" rating method concerning the customer. In addition, it includes articles on the jurisdiction of the Federal tribunal on securities and guarantees, on initial and subsequent excessive safety of lending securities and on the international developments of the law on lending securities.