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Book SynopsisAn empirical study of China's corporate reorganization law and how the law is implemented. It will appeal to academics and practitioners of law and business specialising in corporate insolvency, particularly valuable for practitioners specialising on China-related corporate restructuring.Table of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Commencement of corporate reorganizations in China; 3. Control of Chinese corporate reorganizations; 4. Corporate reorganization financing in China; 5. Value creation and distribution in Chinese corporate reorganizations; 6. Approval of corporate reorganization plans in China; 7. Cross-border corporate reorganizations in China; 8. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisAs long as insider trading has existed, people have been fixated on it. Newspapers give it front page coverage. Cult movies romanticize it. Politicians make or break careers by pillorying, enforcing, and sometimes engaging in it. But, oddly, no one seems to know what''s really wrong with insider trading, or - because Congress has never defined it - exactly what it is. This confluence of vehemence and confusion has led to a dysfunctional enforcement regime in the United States that runs counter to its stated goals of efficiency and fairness. In this illuminating book, John P. Anderson summarizes the current state of insider trading law in the US and around the globe. After engaging in a thorough analysis of the practice of insider trading from the normative standpoints of economic efficiency, moral right and wrong, and virtue theory, he offers concrete proposals for much-needed reform.Trade Review'This book provides a richly textured account of insider trading, offering historical, comparative, philosophical, and economic perspectives on this vexed practice. Anderson argues persuasively that the American law of insider trading is badly in need of reform, and offers compelling proposals for getting it back on its feet. This book will be an essential reference on insider trading law for years to come.' Eric Posner, Kirkland and Ellis Distinguished Professor of Law, Arthur and Esther Kane Research Chair, University of Chicago Law School'Why the United States - and increasingly, the world - regulates insider trading with such intensity has long been a mystery. In his new book, John P. Anderson helps explain that mystery, knitting together insights from sources that range from transaction cost economics to virtue ethics and philosophical pragmatism. The reader comes away not only knowing so much more about why this subject is such a challenge, but also how we might actually move forward to a more measured, coherent form of regulation.' Donald C. Langevoort, Thomas Aquinas Reynolds Professor of Law, Georgetown Law, Washington, DC'John P. Anderson's book is a timely and thoughtful exploration of the law against insider trading in securities markets. The discussion ranges widely with erudition and insight over the injustice of current law and economic, moral, and ethical perspectives, allowing the final chapter to outline a plan for reform.' Andrew N. Vollmer, Director of the John W. Glynn, Jr, Law and Business Program, University of Virginia School of Law'This is the book that we have needed for a long time. And I could easily see using this as the basis for a course.' J. Kelly Strader, Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles'Insider Trading: Law, Ethics, and Reform is a masterfully written book that takes readers on an amazing journey through the quagmire of the legal and ethical challenges facing insider trading enforcement; at the end of the road it offers ways to reform the current legal structure.' Ellen S. Podgor, Gary R. Trombley Family White-Collar Research Professor of Law, Stetson University College of Law'John P. Anderson takes a topic about which much ink has been spilled and asks provocative new questions about when and why information asymmetries in the capital markets raise legal, moral and ethical concerns. This book will provide fresh insights for even the most well-read insider trading scholar.' Jill Fisch, Perry Golkin Professor of Law, Co-Director, Institute for Law and Economics, University of Pennsylvania Law School'Overall, a smart … well-researched book that should be included in any literature review on the subject of financial crime or malfeasance, particularly as it is the first one to come along in some time devoted to scholarship rather than sensationalism.' L. L. Hansen, ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Law: 1. Early development of insider trading law in the United States; 2. Federal regulation and the modern era; 3. The problem of vagueness in the law; 4. Injustice, incoherence and irrationality – time for regime change; 5. The global experience; Part II. Ethics: 6. From Cicero to Laidlaw: two thousand years of debate over the propriety of information asymmetries; 7. The efficient, the right, the good, and legal reform; 8. The economics of insider trading; 9. Is insider trading morally wrong? 10. Greed, envy, and insider trading; Part III. Reform: 11. The path forward – an outline for reform; Index.

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Book SynopsisLatest edition of the book covers amendments to Companies Act, focusing on producer companies and revival of sick industrial companies. Emphasizes directors obtaining identification numbers and allows electronic filing. Valuable resource for company executives, accountants, and legal practitioners.

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Book SynopsisIn the United States the use of economics has had a dramatic influence on the study of corporate law. Professor Cheffins's book is the first in the United Kingdom to use economics to discuss in a systematic fashion company law issues. Company Law: Theory, Structure and Operation addresses a series of important questions which have not been analysed in detail elsewhere and examines in a fresh manner topics which are familiar to those interested in companylaw. It is an ideal book from which to teach company law in a fashion which is theoretically stimulating; at the same time it covers the core areas of the company law syllabus and will therefore be helpful to the average student as well as demanding for the more ambitious ones.Trade Review"Excellent analysis of company law from an economic perspective, includes extremely thorough accounts of certain specialised areas (eg. executive pay, non-executive directors), Lee Roach, University of Cardiff

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Book SynopsisMuch discussion on corporate governance assumes companies are owned and controlled separately, yet this is not the norm worldwide. This book explores the foundations of separation in UK companies, asking how the widely held company came to prominence and why and how the UK stock market came to be dominated by institutional shareholders.Trade ReviewThis fine survey is a definitive contribution to British business and legal history, but it can also be recommended to anyone trying to understand long-run developments in financial markets and corporate governance elsewhere. * Leslie Hannah, Business History Review *Its ideas are too important to be limited to universities and libraries. And, although the focus is on Britain, it has relevance for other economies, not least the US. * Morgen Witzel, Financial Times *Cheffin's book is an excellent contribution to the missing debate and literature in the United Kingdom on why the separation of ownership from control occured in the United Kingdom. It provides credible reasons with empirical data to support the findings. there are some useful charts and data by way of support. This book is highly recommended and should be on all bookshelves. * Dr Saleem Sheikh, International Company and Commercial Law Review, Issue 10, 2009 *A fascinating analytical investigation of a pervasive feature of modern British companies...for those seeking an understanding of how British companies have developed and of the underlying reasons for the governance of British companies, in their historical and economic context, there can be no better place to start than with this book. It has been meticulously and scrupulously researched and is elegantly and engagingly written...Professor Cheffin's book embodies the very best features of academic scholarship and deserves to be widely read and consulted. It comes with this reviewer's strongest endorsement. * Professor Stephen Girvin, The Journal of Business Law, Issue 7, 2009 *Business historians, economists and, I am sure, a much wider readership will turn repeatedly to this volume for a substantive account of the ownership of British business over the past two centuries * Robin Pearson, University of Hull, Business Archives: Sources and History, No 99 *The author states that the book 'offers numerous insights for those interested in comparative corporate governance, for those engaged in the study of British business and economic history and for those intrigued by the relationship between law and markets' (p.24). There is no doubt that the book succeeds in doing this and in doing it exceedingly well. * Graeme Wines, Accounting History 15.133 *The book offers various insights for advanced students and researchers interested in British business and economic history. And, although it focuses on Britain, the book is a mine of insightful information for those seeking an improved understanding of comparative corporate governance. * Dionysia Katelouzou, Phd, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Student Law Review *...[This book] display[s] an impressive commitment to a multi-disciplinary approach which embraces law, financial economics, and politics, plus frequent checks on empirical evidence, when available. * Ron Weir, University of York, Economic History Review 62.4 *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Setting the Scene ; 2. The Determinants of Ownnership and Control: Current Theories ; 3. The Sell Side ; 4. The Buy Side ; 5. Up to 1880 ; 6. 1880 - 1914 ; 7. The Separation of Ownership and Control by 1914 ; 8. 1914 - 1939 ; 9. 1940 - 1990: The Sell Side ; 10. 1940 - 1990: The Buy Side ; 11. Epilogue: Challenges to the UK System of Ownership and Control

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Book SynopsisThe author examines the structure of the corporate charter market, the impact of takeover regulation and federal securities law, and the spreading of criminalization of corporate duties.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding corporate compliance. Should corporations comply with the spirit or the letter of the law? What role does compliance play in a capitalist market economy? Why is it that otherwise law-abiding citizens are willing to implement corporate compliance strategies that are seemingly at odds with their personal values? Dr Donovan responds to these questions and more, providing a persuasive argument for the legitimate role of spirited compliance within a market economy. In doing so, she employs the lens of classical liberal ideology, challenging the widespread view that technical compliance is simply ‘capitalism.’ In an examination that has relevance beyond the compliance arena, the author also explores how the architecture of the firm facilitates the often atypical compliance decisions that individuals make when acting within a corporate setting. The book draws on social psychology to offer important insights into how the often-elusive goal of corporate behavioural change can be achieved, for the benefit of both the market and society as a whole. Joint runner-up of the 2021 SLS Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.Trade ReviewThis book is written in such a way that will appeal to graduate students as well as academics and practitioners – it is clear, concise and precise and well structured around key themes. At a critical juncture in corporate governance studies generally, and compliance specifically, this book brings some much-needed optimism to the field. I came away from the read with a much more positive outlook than prior. I advise you to do the same. -- Ciara Hackett, Queens University Belfast * Cambridge Law Journal *Table of ContentsPART I CONTEXT 1. Capitalism’s Compliance Crisis I. Why Narrative Matters II. The Consequences of Creativity: What Harm is it Really? III. Recontextualising Compliance: From Subject to System 0 IV. Scope of the Book V. Structure of the Book VI. Conclusion 2. Creative Compliance in Practice I. The Rise and Rise of Creative Compliance II. Loopholes in the Law: A Focus on Tax Avoidance A. Towards a Judicial Anti-Avoidance Doctrine? B. The 2012 Tax Scandals III. The (Current) Limitations of Legislation IV. Conclusion 3. Constructing Compliance: Freedom to Choose? I. The Social Construction of (Creative) Compliance A. Social Constructionism: Driving Divergent Definitions B. Intra-Group Convergence: Habitualisation and Isomorphism C. The Implications of Compliance as a Social Construct II. The Meaning and Influence of Norms A. Defining ‘Norms’ B. The Behavioural Impact of Norms C. The Interaction between Descriptive and Injunctive Norms III. The Homogeneity of Corporate Norms A. The Expressive Function of Law B. The Dominance of the Shareholder Wealth Maximisation Norm IV. The Function of Norms: Free to Choose? A. Norms and Freedom of Choice: Taxes and Subsidies B. Influencing Norms to Influence Behaviour V. Conclusion 4. Motivating Compliance: Freedom to Act? I. Deterrence-Based Compliance: Motivating ‘Amoral Calculators’ A. It’s Called Capitalism … Again B. Explanatory Limitations of a Deterrence-Based Approach C. Regulatory Relationships and Practical Challenges D. Retaining a Role for Deterrence? II. Legitimacy-Based Compliance A. Legitimacy-Based Compliance B. Procedural Justice: The Legitimacy of the Originating Authority C. Procedural Justice: The Legitimate Exercise of Authority D. The Duality of Authority III. Legitimising Creative Compliance: Dissonance Reduction and Over-Rationalisation A. The Duality of Norms B. The Salience of Corporate Norms C. Cognitive Dissonance and Over-Rationalisation IV. The Compliance Degeneration Cycle A. Stage One: Initial Drivers of Creative Compliance B. Stage Two: Undermining Legitimacy C. Stage Three: Illegitimacy and Creative Compliance V. Conclusion PART II THE CASE FOR REFORM 5. Compliance, Predictability and the Market Order I. (Mis)Conceptions of the ‘Liberty Tradition’ 2 A. Perceptions of Self-Interest and Illegitimate Government Interference B. The Emergence of ‘Everyday’ Liberalism II. Defining (and Constraining) Freedom within the Classical Tradition A. Freedom of the Individual B. Limited State Interference C. Dispelling the Paradox: Individualism and Cooperation III. In Defence of the Market Order A. The Market as a Conduit of Knowledge B. Conveying Knowledge Through the Price Mechanism C. Polycentric Systems and Market Order IV. Complex Systems and Spontaneous Order A. The Architecture of Order B. Predictability, Order and the Rule of Law V. Conclusion 6. The (Ostensible) Equality Paradox: Privilege and Obligation I. Defining ‘Equality’ before the Law A. The Rule of Law: Precepts and Conceptions B. Equality of Law, not Outcome C. The Rule of Law: Between Thick and Thin Conceptions? II. Constraining ‘Lawful’ Conduct A. Equality as a Meta-Legal Principle B. A Positive Obligation to Maintain Equality before the Law? III. Inequality and Legal Privilege IV. Conclusion PART III BARRIERS TO REFORM 7. A Person without Personality: The Fiduciary Ladder of Corporate ‘Personhood’ I. Separate Personality, Limited Liability and the Reification of the Corporation II. Redefining the Beneficiary: From ‘Company’ to ‘Market’ A. Shareholder Wealth Maximisation as a Proxy for Rentier Shareholders B. Distorting Fiduciary Duties; the Changing Status of the ‘Company’ Beneficiary III. The Corporate Fiduciary Ladder A. The Structure of the Fiduciary Ladder B. The Psychological Consequences of the Fiduciary Ladder C. Responding to the Fiduciary Ladder IV. Contrasting Other Actors V. Conclusion PART IV REFORM 8. It is Called Capitalism: Towards a New Market Integrity I. Responsibility, Freedom and the Law A. Market Order, Integrity and Freedom B. Freedom, Choice and Responsibility II. Radical Integrity A. Towards a More Radical Integrity B. A Roadmap for Reform III. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book is the first detailed and comprehensive research of the history of the Cape Town Convention and its protocols. It critically engages with the challenges faced by the developers of this treaty, analyses thousands of pages of archived materials and derives important lessons for the development of transnational commercial law globally. The book is an invaluable addition to the existing literature on the Cape Town Convention. It also informs the debate about harmonisation of secured transactions regimes generally, and as such will be of interest to academics, legal practitioners and the judiciary involved in secured transactions law around the world. Practising lawyers will better understand the rationale behind the key provisions of the Cape Town Convention, while the treaty-making lessons will assist governmental officials, representatives of international organisations and legal advisors engaged in harmonisation of commercial law. The text covers all four protocols to the Cape Town Convention, including the MAC Protocol adopted on 22 November 2019 in Pretoria.Table of Contents1. Introduction 1.1. Cape Town Convention: A Long Journey Home 1.2. In Search of Underlying Objectives and Challenges 1.3. Scope of this Book 1.4. Structure of this Book 1.5. History of the Cape Town Convention: The Key Stages 2. Defining the Scope of the Convention 2.1. Overview 2.2. Identifying the Problem 2.2.1. Origins of the Convention: The Lex Situs Conundrum 2.2.2. Seeking Solutions to the Lex Situs Problem 2.2.3. A Functional Approach to Security Interests? 2.2.4. Transactions Falling within the Ambit of the New Convention 2.3. Proposing a Solution: The Concept of International Interest 2.3.1. International Interest as Alternative to Recognition 2.3.2. Autonomous Character of International Interest; Relationship between an International Interest and Interests Created under National Laws 2.4. Evolution of the Concept of Internationality 2.4.1. Emergence of the Test of ‘Internationality’ 2.4.2. Decline of Internationality 2.4.3. Declarations on Purely Domestic Transactions 3. Selecting the Asset Types Covered by the Convention 3.1. Overview 3.2. Evolution of the Concept of Mobile Equipment 3.2.1. Generic Concept of Mobile Equipment 3.2.2. Specific Types of Equipment 3.3. Aircraft 3.3.1. Pre-CTC International Rules Affecting Aircraft Finance 3.3.2. Aircraft Engines 3.3.3. Helicopters and Helicopter Engines 3.4. Ships 3.4.1. Pre-CTC International Rules Affecting Ship Finance 3.4.2. Exclusion of Ships from the Scope of the CTC 3.5. Mining, Agricultural and Construction Equipment 4. Choosing an Appropriate Structure for the Convention 4.1. Overview 4.2. Transition to Asset-Specific Regulation 4.3. Separation of the Aircraft Protocol 5. Addressing Inter Partes Matters: Remedies and Party Autonomy 5.1. Overview 5.2. The Role of Party Autonomy 5.3. Remedies 5.3.1. Origins of the Enforcement Provisions in the Convention 5.3.2. Convention Remedies: Party Opt-in or Opt-out? 5.3.3. Advance Relief 5.3.4. Achieving a Balance of Interests in Remedy Provisions 6. Addressing Matters Affecting Third Parties: Key Considerations 6.1. Overview 6.2. Development of the System of Priorities 6.2.1. Multiple Priorities Problem 6.2.2. Priority Position of Nationally Preferred Creditors 6.3. Development of the Registration System 6.3.1. Origins of the Registration System 6.3.2. Structure of the Registration System 7. Measuring the Feasibility of the Convention: Commercial Concerns and State Sensitivities 7.1. Overview 7.2. The Role of Commercial Factors in the Development of the CTC 7.2.1. Certainty/Predictability and its Role in the Development of the CTC 7.2.2. Economic Benefit Studies in the History of the CTC 7.3. State Sensitivities 8. Process-Management Challenges 8.1. Overview 8.2. The Role of Working Groups in the Development of the Convention 8.2.1. Steering and Revisions Committee (SRC) 8.2.2. Drafting Groups and Committees 8.2.3. Specialist Working Groups and Consultations 8.3. Alternatives as an Instrument of Crystallising Negotiations 8.4. Obtaining Industry Support 9. Conclusions 9.1. Lessons for Commercial Treaty-Making Appendix 1: Cape Town Convention Development Timeline: Key Milestones Appendix 2: Table of Concordance of Reports and Working Papers

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Book SynopsisHow do we cooperate – in social, local, business, and state communities? This book proposes an Outcome-Based Cooperative Model, in which all stakeholders work together on the basis of trust and respect to achieve shared aims and outcomes. The Outcome-Based Cooperative Model is built up from an extensive analysis of behavioural and social psychology, genetic anthropology, research into behaviour and culture in societies, organisations, regulation, and enforcement. The starting point is acceptance that humanity is facing ever larger risks, which are now systemic and even existential. To overcome the challenges, humans need to cooperate more, rather than compete, alienate, or draw apart. Answering how we do that requires basing ourselves, our institutions, and systems on relationships that are built on trust. Trust is based on evidence that we can be trusted to behave well (ethically), built up over time. We should aim to agree common goals and outcomes, moderating those that conflict, produce evidence that we can be trusted, and examine our performance in achieving the right outcomes, rather than harmful ones. The implications are that we need to do more in rebasing our relationships in local groupings, business organisations, regulation, and dispute resolution. The book examines recent systems and developments in all these areas, and makes proposals of profound importance for reform. This is a new blueprint for liberty, solidarity, performance, and achievement.Table of ContentsPart 1 1. Evolution in the Means of Cooperation 2. Human Motivation 3. Trust 4. Morality and Values 5. Purposes and Outcomes 6. Cooperative Culture Part 2 7. Cooperation in Society 8. Cooperation in Business Organisations 9. Motivation in Capitalism & Business 10. Motivation, Reward, Remuneration 11. Cooperation in Regulation 12. Cooperative Regulatory Models 13. Traditional Approaches to Enforcement and Compliance 14. Intervention and Accountability 15. Cooperative Dispute Resolution

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Book SynopsisOver recent decades corporate governance has developed an increasingly high profile in legal scholarship and practice, especially in the US and UK. But despite widespread interest, there remains considerable uncertainty about how exactly corporate governance should be defined and understood. In this important work, Marc Moore critically analyses the core dimensions of corporate governance law in these two countries, seeking to determine the fundamental nature of corporate governance as a subject of legal enquiry. In particular, Moore examines whether Anglo-American corporate governance is most appropriately understood as an aspect of 'private' (facilitative) law, or as a part of 'public' (regulatory) law. In contrast to the dominant contractarian understanding of the subject, which sees corporate governance as an institutional response to investors' market-driven private preferences, this book defines corporate governance as the manifestly public problem of securing the legitimacy – and, in turn, sustainability – of discretionary administrative power within large economic organisations. It emphasises the central importance of formal accountability norms in legitimating corporate managers' continuing possession and exercise of such power, and demonstrates the structural necessity of mandatory public regulation in this regard. In doing so it highlights the significant and conceptually irreducible role of the regulatory state in determining the key contours of the Anglo-American corporate governance framework. The normative effect is to extend the state's acceptable policy-making role in corporate governance, as an essential supplement to private ordering dynamics. Shortlisted for The Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship 2013.Trade Review…this wonderfully thoughtful text is a very significant contribution to our work. In his impressive theoretical analysis, the author engages in many insightful lines of argument to which a review of this kind cannot do justice. -- Irene Lynch Fannon * Irish Jurist, (1) *It is ultimately Moore's hope to leave readers inspired to engage in future academic debate and further empirical investigation regarding these largely unexplored issues, which conceptually lie at the intersection between corporate law, finance and political economy. Moore convincingly argues that corporate governance law is “ultimately unsusceptible to being understood properly through any one single theoretical prism” and looks forward to the constructive academic evolution that will no doubt follow this important work. -- Jenifer Varzaly * Cambridge Law Journal, Volume 73, Issue 2 *...a tremendously erudite and sophisticated attempt to move economic efficiency out of the centre of discussions of corporate governance, and it deserves to be read widely. -- Bryce C Tingle * Canadian Business Law Journal *Table of Contents1: Introduction I. What is this Book About? II. The Plan for the Book III. Provisos to the Following Discussion 2: Defining Corporate Governance as a Subject of Legal Enquiry I. The Problem of Corporate-Managerial Power II. The Structural Imperative of Legitimating Corporate-Managerial Power III. Why Shareholder Exclusivity? IV. Summary 3: The Contractarian Paradigm of Corporate Governance Law I. The Purported 'Privity' of Anglo-American Corporate Law II. (A Brief) Historical and Intellectual Background to Corporate Contractarianism III. How Do Contractarians Rationalise the Most Prominent Features of Anglo-American Corporate Governance? IV. Legitimating Reciprocal Power Imbalance Within the Contractarian Paradigm V. Summary 4: The Contractual Dimensions of US Corporate Governance Law I. 'Opt-Out', 'Opt-In', and Reversible-Default Rules II. Competitive Federalism III. Judicial Deference to Private Ordering: The Business Judgment Rule IV. Anti-Takeover Measures V. Federal Deference to Private Ordering: The Rule 14a-8 Proposal VI. The US Corporate Board as a Pre-Regulatory Institution VII. Summary 5: The Contractual Dimensions of UK Corporate Governance Law I. The Contractual Principle II. Judicial Deference to Private Ordering III. The Endogeneity of the British Corporate Board IV. Market-Invoking Regulation V. Summary 6: The (Expanding) Regulatory Dimensions of Anglo-American Corporate Governance Law I. The 'De-Privatisation' of Anglo-American Corporate Governance Law? II. The Mandatory Nature of Corporate Disclosure Regulation in the United States and United Kingdom III. The Regulatory Division of Corporate Decision-Making Power in the UK IV. The Counter-Contractual Nature of the Equitable Fiduciary Principle under Anglo-American Law V. Summary 7: Rationalising Regulatory State Paternalism within an Expanded Contractarian Paradigm I. Are Mandatory Rules 'Mandatory' at all? II. The Acceptable Ambit of State Interventionism in Private Ordering: Negative Externalities and Public Goods III. The 'Market Mimicking' Rationalisation of Regulatory State Interventionism IV. The Limitations of the 'Market Mimicking' Rationalisation V. Expanding the Frontiers of the Contractarian Paradigm VI. Summary 8: Conclusions

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Book Synopsis Das Standardwerk zum Binnenschiffahrtsrecht liegt in 5. Auflagein völliger Neubearbeitung von Thor v. Waldstein und Hubert Holland vor und bietet eine umfassende und detaillierte Darstellung des gesamten für die Praxis relevanten Binnenschiffahrtsrechts. Die Kommentierung berücksichtigt die jüngsten Entwicklungen im nationalen und internationalen Transportrecht und umfaßt das Binnenschiffahrtsgesetz mit den dort in bezug genommenen Vorschriften des Handelsgesetzbuchs, insbesondere zum Frachtvertrag, dem Personenbeförderungsrecht und dem Bergungsrecht, das Budapester Übereinkommen über den Vertrag über die Güterbeförderung in der Binnenschiffahrt (CMNI), die Lade- und Löschzeitenverordnung, die Schiffahrtsrechtliche Verteilungsordnung, die Haverie-Grosse-Regeln der Internationalen Vereinigung des Rheinschiffsregisters (IVR), das Gesetz über das gerichtliche Verfahren in Binnenschiffahrtssachensowie Auszügeder Revidierten Rheinschiffahrtsakte (Mannheimer Akte) und des Moselvertrags. Ziel des Werkes ist es, dem Benutzer einefundierte und aktuelle Arbeitsgrundlage an die Hand zu geben, die es ihm ermöglicht, sich schnell undumfassend zu informieren und Fragestellungen des Binnenschiffahrtsrechts zu lösen.Table of Contents1. Gesetz betreffend die privatrechtlichen Verhältnisse der Binnenschiffahrt(Binnenschiffahrtsgesetz - BinschG)EinleitungErster Abschnitt. SchiffseignerZweiter Abschnitt. Schiffer Dritter Abschnitt. Schiffsmannschaft Vierter Abschnitt. Frachtgeschäft Fünfter Abschnitt. Beförderung von Reisenden und ihrem Gepäck Sechster Abschnitt. HavereiAnhang zu §§ 87, 88 - Dispacheverfahren§ 149 FGG Dispache, Zuständigkeit§ 150 FGG Weigerung des Dispacheurs§ 151 FGG Aushändigung von Schriftstücken an den Dispacheur§ 152 FGG Einsicht in die Dispache§ 153 FGG Verhandlung über die Dispache, Antrag und Ladung§ 154 FGG Vervollständigung der Unterlagen§ 155 FGG Verfahren im Termin§ 156 FGG Verfolgung des Widerspruchs§ 878 ZPO Widerspruchs- und Bereicherungsklage§ 879 ZPO Zuständigkeit für die Widerspruchsklage§ 157 FGG Beschwerde§ 158 FGG Wirksamkeit der Bestätigung; ZwangsvollstreckungÜbersicht über den Ablauf des DispacheverfahrensAnhang zu §§ 90, 91 - Haverie-Grosse-Regeln IVR (Fassung 2006)VorbemerkungenRegel I: Haverie-GrosseRegel II: Stellvertretende KostenRegel III: Einfluß des VerschuldensRegel IV: AusschlüsseRegel V: BeweislastRegel VI: Vergütungen-SchiffRegel VII: Vergütungen-LadungRegel VIII: Vergütungen-FrachtRegel IX: Vergütungen-ZinsenRegel X: Vergütungen-Expertisekosten etcRegel XI: Vergütungen-WährungenRegel XII: Beitragspflichtige WerteRegel XIII: SchadensfeststellungenRegel XIV: Verpflichtung zur Lieferung aller erforderlichen AngabenRegel XV: Aufmachung der DispacheRegel XVI: Anfechtung der DispacheRegel XVII: Behandlung der Bardepots und GarantienRegel XVIII: Absichtliches AufgrundsetzenRegel XIX: Hebung eines gesunkenen SchiffesRegel XX: Turnen uswRegel XXI: LeichterungRegel XXII: ÜberwinterungRegel XXIII: Gemeinsame Bestimmungen über die Regeln XX, XXI, XXIIRegel XXIV: NothafenRegel XXV: SchiffsverbändeRegel XXVI: Lastwagen, Container, Paletten uä GerätSiebter Abschnitt. Zusammenstoß von Schiffen. Bergung Achter Abschnitt. Schiffsgläubiger Neunter Abschnitt. Verjährung Zehnter Abschnitt. Schlußbestimmungen 2. Handelsgesetzbuch(Auszug)Viertes Buch. HandelsgeschäfteVierter Abschnitt. FrachtgeschäfteErster Unterabschnitt. Allgemeine Vorschriften§ 407 Frachtvertrag§ 408 Frachtbrief§ 409 Beweiskraft des Frachtbriefs§ 410 Gefährliches Gut§ 411 Verpackung, Kennzeichnung§ 412 Verladen und Entladen§ 413 Begleitpapiere§ 414 Verschuldensunabhängige Haftung des Absenders in besonderen Fällen§ 415 Kündigung durch den Absender§ 416 Anspruch auf Teilbeförderung§ 417 Rechte des Frachtführers bei Nichteinhaltung der Ladezeit§ 418 Nachträgliche Weisungen§ 419 Beförderungs- und Ablieferungshindernisse§ 420 Zahlung. Frachtberechnung§ 421 Rechte des Empfängers. Zahlungspflicht§ 422 Nachnahme$ 423 Lieferfrist§ 424 Verlustvermutung§ 425 Haftung für Güter und Verspätungsschäden. Schadensteilung.§ 426 Haftungsauschluߧ 427 Besondere Haftungsauschließungsgründe§ 428 Haftung für andere§ 429 Wertersatz§ 430 Schadensfeststellungskosten§ 431 Haftungshöchstbetrag§ 432 Ersatz sonstiger Kosten§ 433 Haftungshöchstbetrag bei sonstigen Vermögensschäden§ 434 Außervertragliche Ansprüche§ 435 Wegfall der Haftungsbefreiungen und -begrenzungen§ 436 Haftung der Leute§ 437 Ausführender Frachtführer§ 438 Schadensanzeige§ 439 Verjährung§ 440 Gerichtsstand§ 441 Pfandrecht§ 442 Nachfolgende Frachtführer§ 443 Rang mehrerer Pfandrechte§ 444 Ladeschein§ 445 Ablieferung gegen Rückgabe des Ladescheins§ 446 Legitimation durch Ladeschein§ 447 Ablieferung und Weisungsbefolgung ohne Ladeschein§ 448 Traditionspapier§ 449 Abweichende Vereinbarungen§ 450 Anwendung von Seefrachtrecht§ 451-451h (nicht kommentiert)§ 452 Frachtvertrag über eine Beförderung mit verschiedenartigen Beförderungsmittels§ 452a Bekannter Schadensort§ 452b Schadensanzeige, Verjährung§ 452c (nicht kommentiert)§ 452d Abweichende Vereinbarungen(…)§ 664Haftung für Schäden bei der Beförderung von Reisenden und ihrem GepäckAnlage zu § 664 Bestimmungen über die Beförderung von Reisenden und ihrem Gepäck auf SeeArtikel 1 BegriffsbestimmungenArtikel 2 Haftung des BeförderersArtikel 3 Ausführender BefördererArtikel 4 WertsachenArtikel 5 Haftungsbeschränkung bei KörperverletzungArtikel 6 Haftungsbeschränkung für Verlust oder Beschädigung von GepäckArtikel 7 Ergänzungsbestimmungen über HaftungshöchstbeträgeArtikel 8 Einreden und Beschränkungen für die Bediensteten und BeauftragtenArtikel 9 Mehrere AnsprücheArtikel 10 Verlust des Rechts auf HaftungsbeschränkungArtikel 11 Grundlage für AnsprücheArtikel 12 Anzeige des Verlusts oder der Beschädigung von GepäckArtikel 13 Verjährung von SchadensersatzansprüchenArtikel 14 Zuständiges GerichtArtikel 15 Nichtige VereinbarungenArtikel 16 Gewerbsmäßige Beförderung durch öffentlich-rechtliche Körperschaften(…)Siebenter Abschnitt. HavereiErster Titel. Große (gemeinschaftliche) Haverei und besondere Haverei(…)§ 709 HGB [Ermittlung des Schadens am Schiff]§ 710 [Berechnung des zu vergütenden Schiffsschaden]§ 711 [Vergütung für aufgeopferte Güter]§ 712 [Vergütung für beschädigte Güter]§ 713 [Abzug sonstiger Wertminderungen und Verluste]§ 714 [Nichterreichen des Reiseziels]§ 715 [Vergütung für entgangene Fracht]§ 716 [Verteilung des Havereischadens]§ 717 [Beitrag des Schiffes]§ 718 [Beitrag der Ladung]§ 719 [Bewertung der beitragspflichtigen Güter]§ 720 [Beitrag geworfener und wieder geborgener Güter]§ 721 (nicht kommentiert)§ 721a (nicht kommentiert)§ 722 [Abzug der Forderung aus späterem Notfall]§ 723 [Ausnahmen von der Beitragspflicht]§ 724 [Nachträgliche Verluste oder Wertverringerungen beitragspflichtiger Gegenstände](…)Achter Abschnitt. Bergung§ 740 Pflichten des Bergers und sonstiger Personen§ 741 Verhütung oder Begrenzung von Umweltschäden§ 742 Bergelohnanspruch§ 743 Höhe des Bergelohns§ 744 Sondervergütung§ 745 Ausschluß des Vergütungsanspruchs§ 746 Fehlverhalten des Bergers§ 747 Ausgleichsanspruch der Schiffsbesatzung§ 748 Mehrheit von Bergern§ 749 Rettung von Menschen§ 750 Abschluß und Inhaltskontrolle eines Bergungsvertrags§ 751 Pfandrecht. Zurückbehaltungsrecht§ 752 Rangfolge der Pfandrechte§ 753 Sicherheitsleistung§ 753a Einstweilige Verfügung(...)Elfter Abschnitt. Verjährung(…)§ 902 [Zweijährige Verjährung]§ 903 [Beginn der Verjährung](…)Anlage zu §§ 740ff. Artikel 8 EGHGBArtikel 8 [zur Anwendung der §§ 740ff. HGB i.V.m. 902f. HGB] 3. Verordnung über die Lade- und Löschzeiten sowie das Liegegeld in der Binnenschiffahrt(Lade- und Löschzeitenverordnung - BinSchLV) Abschnitt 1. Trockenschiffahrt§ 1 Beginn der Ladezeit§ 2 Dauer der Ladezeit§ 3 Löschzeit§ 4 Liegegeld Abschnitt 2. Tankschiffahrt§ 5 Beginn der Lade- und Löschzeit§ 6 Dauer der Lade- bzw Löschzeit§ 7 Liegegeld§ 8 Inkrafttreten 4. Budapester Übereinkommen über den Vertrag über die Güterbeförderung in der Binnenschiffahrt (CMNI) Kapitel I Allgemeine BestimmungenArtikel 1 BegriffsbestimmungenArtikel 2 Anwendungsbereich Kapitel II Rechte und Pflichten der VertragsparteienArtikel 3 Übernahme, Beförderung und Ablieferung der GüterArtikel 4 Ausführender FrachtführerArtikel 5 LieferfristArtikel 6 Pflichten des AbsendersArtikel 7 Gefährliche oder umweltschädliche GüterArtikel 8 Haftung des AbsendersArtikel 9 Rücktrittsrecht des FrachtführersArtikel 10 Ablieferung der Güter Kapitel III FrachturkundenArtikel 11 Art und InhaltArtikel 12 Vorbehalte in den FrachturkundenArtikel 13 Konnossement Kapitel IV VerfügungsrechtArtikel 14 VerfügungsberechtigterArtikel 15 Voraussetzungen für die Ausübung des Verfügungsrechts Kapitel V Haftung des FrachtführersArtikel 16 Haftung für SchädenArtikel 17 Bedienstete und BeauftragteArtikel 18 Besondere HaftungsausschlußgründeArtikel 19 Berechnung der EntschädigungArtikel 20 HaftungshöchstbetragArtikel 21 Verlust des Rechtes auf HaftungsbeschränkungArtikel 22 Anwendung der Haftungsbefreiungen und Haftungsgrenzen Kapitel VI Fristen für die Geltendmachung von AnsprüchenArtikel 23 SchadensanzeigeArtikel 24 Verjährung Kapitel VII Schranken der VertragsfreiheitArtikel 25 Nichtige Abreden Kapitel VIII Ergänzende BestimmungenArtikel 26 Große HavereiArtikel 27 Andere anwendbare Vorschriften und NuklearschädenArtikel 28 RechnungseinheitArtikel 29 Ergänzendes nationales Recht Kapitel IX Erklärungen zum AnwendungsbereichArtikel 30 Beförderungen auf bestimmten WasserstraßenArtikel 31 Nationale oder unentgeltliche BeförderungenArtikel 32 Regionale Haftungsvorschriften Kapitel X SchlußbestimmungenArtikel 33 Unterzeichnung, Ratifikation, Annahme, Genehmigung, BeitrittArtikel 34 InkrafttretenArtikel 35 KündigungArtikel 36 Revision und ÄnderungArtikel 37 Änderung der Haftungshöchstverträge und der RechnungseinheitArtikel 38 Depositar 5. Gesetz über das Verfahren bei der Errichtung und Verteilung eines Fonds zur Beschränkung der Haftung in der See- und Binnenschiffahrt (Schiffahrtsrechtliche Verteilungsordnung - SVertO)(Gesetzestext; nicht kommentiert) Erster Teil. Seerechtliches VerteilungsverfahrenErster Abschnitt. Allgemeine Bestimmungen, Zuständigkeit§ 1 Einleitung des Verteilungsverfahrens§ 2 Zuständigkeit§ 3 Anwendungen der Zivilprozessordnung Zweiter Abschnitt Eröffnungsverfahren und öffentliche Aufforderung§ 4 Antrag§ 5 Festsetzung der Haftungssumme, Zulassung von Sicherheiten§ 6 Einzahlung der Haftungssumme§ 7 Eröffnung des Verfahrens§ 8 Wirkung der Eröffnung§ 9 Sachwalter§ 10 Öffentliche Aufforderung§ 11 Bekanntmachung§ 12 Rechtsmittel Dritter Abschnitt. Feststellung der Ansprüche, Erlöschen von Sicherungsrechten§ 13 Anmeldung von Ansprüchen§ 14 Gegenstand der Anmeldung§ 15 Anmeldung von Ansprüchen durch Schuldner§ 16 Erweiterung des Verfahrens auf Ansprüche wegen Personenschäden§ 17 Einstellung des Verfahrens§ 18 Prüfungsverfahren§ 19 Feststellung der Ansprüche§ 20 Erlöschen von Sicherungsrechten§ 21 Endgültige Einstellung der Zwangsvollstreckung§ 22 Erlöschen von Sicherungsrechten und endgültige Einstellung der Zwangsvollstreckung bei nicht angemeldeten Ansprüchen Vierter Abschnitt. Verteilung§ 23 Verteilungsgrundsätze§ 24 Erlöschen der persönlichen Haftung§ 25 Rechtskräftige Feststellung der persönlichen Haftung§ 26 Verfahren bei Verteilung§ 27 Verfahren in besonderen Fällen§ 28 Weitere Verteilung§ 29 Aufhebung des Verfahrens, Nachtragsverteilung Fünfter Abschnitt. Nachträgliche Erweiterung des Verfahrens bei Ansprüchen der Anspruchsklasse A auf Antrag eines Schuldners§ 30 Sechster Abschnitt. Kosten aus der Bestellung eines Sachwalters und aus Rechtsstreitigkeiten über angemeldete Ansprüche§ 31 Kostentragung§ 32 Zahlung der vom Antragsteller zu tragenden Kosten§ 33 Zurückbehaltung bei der Verteilung Zweiter Teil. Binnenschiffahrtsrechtliches Verteilungsverfahren§ 34 Einleitung des Verteilungsverfahrens. Anwendbare Vorschriften§ 35 Antragsberechtigung§ 36 Anspruchsklassen§ 37 Zuständigkeit§ 38 Antrag§ 39 Festsetzung der Haftungssumme§ 40 Inhalt des Eröffnungsbeschlusses§ 41 Wirkung der Eröffnung§ 42 Öffentliche Aufforderung bei Verfahren nur mit Wirkung für Ansprüche wegen Sachschäden§ 43 Eintragung von angemeldeten Ansprüchen§ 44 Erweiterung des Verfahrens auf Ansprüche wegen Personenschäden§ 45 Feststellung der Ansprüche§ 46 Verteilung§ 47 Verzeichnis der Ansprüche§ 48 Nachträgliche Erweiterung des Verfahrens bei Ansprüchen der Anspruchsklasse A oder D§ 49 Kosten Dritter Teil. Wirkungen der Errichtung eines Fonds in einem anderen Vertragsstaat§ 50 Errichtung eines Fonds nach dem Haftungsbeschränkungsübereinkommen§ 51 Errichtung eines Fonds nach dem Haftungsübereinkommen von 1992§ 52 Errichtung eines Fonds nach dem Straßburger Übereinkommen 6. Gesetz über das gerichtliche Verfahren in Binnenschiffahrtssachen(Binnenschiffahrtsverfahrensgesetz - BinschVerfG) Erster Abschnitt. Allgemeine Verfahrensvorschriften§ 1 Zuständigkeit des Amtsgerichts§ 2 Sachliche Zuständigkeit§ 3 Örtliche Zuständigkeit§ 4 Zuweisung von Binnenschiffahrtssachen§ 5 Schiffahrtsgericht§ 6 Vereinbarte Zuständigkeit§ 7 Staatsanwaltschaft§ 8 Keine Anwendung von § 495a ZPO§ 9 Berufung und Revision in bürgerlichen Rechtsstreitigkeiten§ 10 Berufung und Revision in Strafsachen§ 11 Schiffahrtsobergerichte§ 12 Anwaltliche Vertretung§ 13 Abgabe an das Oberlandesgericht Zweiter Abschnitt. Besondere Verfahrensvorschriften für Rheinschiffahrtssachen§ 14 Begriff der Rheinschiffahrtssachen§ 15 Rheinschiffahrtsgericht, Rheinschiffahrtsobergericht§ 16 Keine Verbindung mit anderen Binnenschiffahrtssachen§ 17 Berufung in Rheinschiffahrtssachen§ 18 Anrufung der Zentralkommission in Straßburg Dritter Abschnitt. Besondere Verfahrensvorschriften für Moselschiffahrtssachen§ 18a Begriff der Moselschiffahrtssachen§ 18b Moselschiffahrtsgericht, Moselschiffahrtsobergericht§ 18c Keine Verbindung mit anderen Binnenschiffahrtssachen§ 18d Berufung in Moselschiffahrtssachen§ 18e Anrufung der Moselkommission in Trier Vierter Abschnitt. Zusatz-, Übergangs- und Schlußbestimmungen§§ 19 bis 20 (aufgehoben)§ 21 Vollstreckung von Entscheidungen außerdeutscher Rheinschiffahrtsgerichte 7. Revidierte Rheinschiffahrtsakte(Mannheimer Akte)(Auszug) (…)Artikel 32 ZuwiderhandlungenArtikel 33 RheinschiffahrtsgerichteArtikel 34 Zuständigkeiten der RheinschiffahrtsgerichteArtikel 35 Örtliche ZuständigkeitenArtikel 36 Verfahren bei den RheinschiffahrtsgerichtenArtikel 37 Zulässigkeit der BerufungArtikel 38 Bestimmung des BerufungsgerichtsArtikel 39 Verfahrenskosten in RheinschiffahrtsangelegenheitenArtikel 40 Vollstreckung, Vorladungen und Zustellungen(…) 8. Vertrag zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der Französischen Republik und dem Großherzogtum Luxemburg über die Schiffbarmachung der Mosel(Moselvertrag)(Auszug) (…)Artikel 34Artikel 35(…) Sachwortverzeichnis

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