General Reports of the XIXth Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law Rapports Généraux du XIXème Congrès de l'Académie Internationale de Droit Comparé

Foreword in English. - Foreword in French. - Opening Speech. - 1. The Independence of a Meritorious Elite: The Government of Judges and Democracy; Sophie Turenne. - 2. Judicial Rulings with Prospective Effects From Comparison to Systematisation; Eva Steiner. - 3. Interpretation and Application of the New York Convention by National Courts; George A. Bermann. - 4. Private Law and Fundamental Rights; Verica Trstenjak. - 5. General Report on the Effects of Financial Crises on the Binding Force of Contracts: Renegotiation, Rescission or Revision; Rona Serozan. - 6. Disgorgement of Profits: Gain-based Remedies Throughout the World; Ewoud Hondius and André Janssen; 7. Private Ordering in Family Law: a Global Perspective; Frederik Swennen. - 8. Proof of and Information About Foreign Law; Yuko Nishitani. - 9. The Impact of Corruption on International Commercial Contracts; Michael Joachim Bonell and Olaf Meyer. - 10. Civil and Commercial Mediation and National Courts: Towards a New Concept of Justice for the XXI Century? ; Carlos Esplugues. - 11. The Organisation of Legal Professions; Martin Henssler. - 12. Genetic Technology in the Light of Food Security and Food Safety; Roland Norer and Christa Preisig. - 13. The Law of Close Corporations; Holger Fleischer. - 14. The Protection of Minority Investors and the Compensation of Their Losses; Martin Gelter. - 15. Personal Guarantees Between Commercial Law and Consumer Protection; Andreas Schwartze. - 16. The Interaction Between Company Law and the Law of Succession A Comparative Perspective; Susanne Kalss. - 17. License Contracts, Free Software and Creative Commons/ Contrats de licence, les logiciels gratuits et biens communs créatifs; Axel Metzger and Stefan Hennings. - 18. Whistleblowing Around the World; Gregor Thüsing and Gerrit Forst. - 19. Security Interests in Transport Vehicles The Cape Town Convention and Its Implementation in National Law; Souichirou Kozuka. - 20. Damages for the Infringement of Human Rights; Ewa Baginska. - 21. The Rights of the Child in a Changing World. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: 25 Years After; Olga Cveji Jan i . - 22. Fiscal Rules: Legal Limits on Government Deficit and Debt; Fred L. Morrison. - 23. Foreign Precedents in Constitutional Litigation; Marie-Claire Ponthoreau. - 24. Applicable Religious Rules According to the Law of the State; Silvio Ferrari. - 25. Droits sociaux et économiques; Krzysztof Wojtyczek. - 26. International Commercial Arbitration: How International, How Commercial Is It? How Autonomous Is It and Should It Be? ; Andreas Reiner. - 27. Impact of Foreign Language on National Legal Orders: une perspective française; Stéphanie De Dycker. - 28. Le rôle des langues dans la connaissance et le développement des droits des pays arabes; Karim El Chazli. - 29. Language as a Bridge Between Legal Culture and Universal Justice: Lingua Aliena Novit Curia? ; Ilaria Pretelli. - 30. The Inner Regulation Optimum of the Notarial Profession; Christian Helmenstein, Kalpana Scholtes-Dash and Helmut Berrer. - 31. The Notary A Guardian of Private Autonomy; Michael Lunzer. - 32. The European Law Institute Its Role and Contribution; Rosana Garciandía and Daði Ólafsson.