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Book SynopsisRoutledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL. Their concise text, user-friendly layout and compact format make them an ideal revision aid. Helping you to identify, understand and commit to memory the salient points of each area of the law, shouldn't you make Routledge Lawcards your essential revision companions? Fully updated and revised with all the most important recent legal developments, Routledge Lawcards are packed with features: Revision checklists help you to consolidate the key issues within each topic Colour coded highlighting really makes cases and legislation stand out Full tables of cases and legislation make for easy reference Boxed case notes pick out the cases that are most likely to come uTrade Review“This is an excellent series, which hits the target at a remarkable number of levels. The clarity of its reference points makes it ideal for students new to undergraduate study, while at the same time being the perfect ‘refresher’ book for students about to start on professional courses. More than that, the series is great as a ‘starter pack’ for non-specialist students covering elements of law as part of their wider studies, and invaluable for teaching international students studying the English common law from abroad.”FIONA E.C. KINGLAW LECTURER (for almost 30 years in Universities & Business Schools in the UK and Europe) “What a relief! A book I can understand quickly.. I’ll be using these this year”SECOND YEAR UNDERGRADUATE "an excellent starting point for any enthusiastic reviser. The books are concise and get right down to the nitty-gritty of each topic." Lex Magazine Table of ContentsNullity. Divorce. Ancillary Relief. Family Homes and Domestic Violence. Children I. Children II. Putting it into Practice

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Book SynopsisKey Facts and Key Cases: Family Law will ensure you grasp the main concepts of your Family Law module with ease. This book explains in concise and straightforward terms:  The law relating to marriage and its breakdown Recent developments in money cases All recent cases relating to private and public child law Helen L. Conway is a former practising barrister, now District Judge. She is an experienced law author and has taught law in both the academic and commercial sectors. Key Facts and Key Cases is the essential series for anyone studying law at LLB, postgraduate and conversion courses and professional courses such as ILEX. The series provides the simplest and most effective way to absorb and retain all of the material essential for passing your exams. Each chapter includes: diagrams at the start of chapters to summarise key points structured headings and numbered Table of Contents1. Marriage and Civil Partnership 2. Family Law Act 1996 Pt IV and Pt IVA 3. Protection from Harassment Act4. Children’s Rights 5. Introduction to the Children Act 1989 6. Parental Responsibility 7. Private Child Law8. Services for Children in Need 9. Emergency Child Protection 10. Care and Supervision Orders 11. Adoption: the Adoption and Children Act 2002 12. Challenging the Local Authority 13. Finances before a Divorce 14. Financial Remedies – finances after a divorce/dissolution of civil partnership 15. Child Support 16. Financial applications under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.

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Book SynopsisWith the accelerating movement of individuals and families across national borders, the intersections of cultural and legal frameworks have become increasingly complex. The Multi-Cultural Family collects essays from around the world on the challenges of legal pluralism, minority religious communities and customary or indigenous law, with attention paid to marriage and divorce, as well as child custody and adoption, family violence and dispute resolution.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I Marriage and Divorce: Religious Minority Groups and the Secular State: Toward a multicultural family law, Ann Laquer Estin; Taking multiculturalism seriously: marriage law and the rights of minorities, Patrick Parkinson; Muslim maghrebian marriage in France: a problem for legal pluralism, Edwige Rude-Antoine; Migrant women caught between Islamic family law and women's rights. The search for the appropriate 'connecting factor' in international family law, Marie-Claire Foblets; Rationality and cultural pluralism in the non-recognition of foreign marriages, John Murphy; Citizenship on trial: Nadia's case, Unni Wikan; Blaming culture for bad behavior, Leti Volpp; The reconstruction of the Constitution and the case for Muslim personal law in Canada, Syed Mumtaz Ali and Enab Whitehouse; Muslim women and 'Islamic divorce' in England, Lucy Carroll; Jewish marriage and civil law: a 2-way street?, David Novak. Legal Pluralism and Women's Rights: Balancing minority rights and gender justice: the impact of protecting multiculturalism on women's rights in India, Pratibha Jain; A critical analysis of customary marriages, bohali and the South African Constitution, R. Songca; Women, religion and multiculturalism in Israel, Ruth Halperin-Kaddari; A cross cultural perspective on reproductive rights, Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer; An Islamic perspective on domestic violence, Azizah Y. al-Hibri. Indigenous and Customary Law: Indigenous peoples and family law: issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand, Jacinta Ruru; Evolving indigenous law: Navajo marriage - cultural traditions and modern challenges, Antoinette Sedillo Lopez; Valid-where-consummated: the intersection of customary law marriages and formal adjudication, Lona N. Laymon. Part II Children: Children between cultures, John Eekelaar; Complicating culture in child placement decisions, Annie Bunting; Understanding sending country's traditions and policies in international adoptions: avoiding legal and cultural pi

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Book SynopsisThe law has long been interested in marriage and conjugal cohabitation and in the range of public and private obligations that accrue from intimate living. This collection of classic articles explores that legal interest, while at the same time locating marriage and cohabitation within a range of intimate affiliations. It offers the perspectives of a number of international scholars on questions of how, if at all, our different ways of intimacy ought to be recognised and regulated by law.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction, Alison Diduck. Part I Changing Intimacies - the Theory: On the way to a post-familial family: from a community of need to elective affinities, Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim; Intimacy transformed? A critical look at the 'pure relationship', Lynn Jamieson. Part II Changing Intimacies - Empirical Research: Why marry? - perceptions of the affianced, Mary Hibbs, Chris Barton and Joanne Beswick; Why don't they marry? Cohabitation, commitment and DIY marriage, Simon Duncan, Anne Barlow and Grace James; Cohabitation and commitment: partnership plans of young men and women, Lynn Jamieson, Michael Anderson, David McCrone, Frank Bechofer, Robert Stewart and Yaojun Li; Marriage and the moral bases of personal relationships, John Eekelaar and Mavis Maclean; The significance of marriage: contrasts between white British and ethnic minority groups in England, Mavis Maclean and John Eekelaar; Regulation of intimacy and love semantics in couples living apart together, Bernadette Bawin-Legros and Anne Gauthier; Cultures of intimacy and care beyond 'the family': personal life and social change in the early 21st century, Sasha Roseneil and Shelley Budgeon. Part III Why Legal Regulation At All?: The Marriage Act 1753: a case study in family law-making, Stephen Parker; Debates and issues regarding marriage and cohabitation in the British and American literature, Jane Lewis; Homosexual rights, Brenda Hale. Part IV Law and Marriage: The case against legal recognition of cohabitation, Ruth L. Deech; Marriage and the good of obligation, Scott Fitzgibbon; Just marriage: on the public importance of private unions, Mary Lyndon Shanley; Contract marriage - the way forward or dead end?, David McLellan; The tide in favour of equality: same-sex marriage in Canada and England and Wales, Wade K. Wright; Why marriage?, Martha Albertson Fineman; Marriage is for heterosexuals - may the rest of us be saved from it, Kenneth McK. Norrie; We will get what we ask for: why legalizi

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Book SynopsisA collection that engages in a rigorous and sometimes contentious exploration of the legal, political, social and cultural implications of the authors' distinct theoretical approaches to gender and sexuality.Trade Review'This exploration of tensions among feminist and queer theorists is possibly the most useful theory anthology of the decade. Tensions are put in play by placing superlative essays in each other's path and letting the provocations rip. Sure to produce a watershed moment for the trajectories of both theory genres, the anthology is so smartly organized and interspersed with incisive editorial material that it will teach itself.' Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley, USA '... an eclectic and interesting collection of essays rethinking legal categories and policies through feminist and gay perspectives. In this volume, one will encounter the sexual family, the sanitized workplace, compulsory matrimony, transgressive caretaking, and other iconoclastic concepts.' William Eskridge, Yale University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction: Feminist and Queer Legal Theory; Queer With or Without Feminist Legal Theory?; Queer Theory by Men 1; Theorizing Yes: An Essay On Feminism, Law, and Desire 1; The Sexual Family 1; The Sanitized Workplace Revisited 1; Queering Sexual Orientation: A Call for Theory as Praxis; Feminist With or Without Queer Legal Theory?; How Queer Theory Makes Neoliberalism Sexy; Proper Objects, Different Subjects and Juridical Horizons in Radical Legal Critique; A Few Words in Favor of Cultivating an Incest Taboo in the Workplace 1; Care and Feminists 1; Methodological Descriptions: “Feminist” and “Queer” Legal Theories; Pluralizing Difference; The Epistemic Contract of Bisexual Erasure 1; Black Rights, Gay Rights, Civil Rights; The Transgender Rights Imaginary 1; Compulsory Monogamy and Polyamorous Existence 1; The Politics and Law of Kinship, Intimacy, and Care; This Is Not Your Father's Autonomy: Lesbian and Gay Rights From a Feminist and Relational Perspective 1; Compulsory Matrimony; From Paternafare to Marriage Promotion: Sexual Regulation and Welfare Reform; Transgressive Caregiving; Law and Strategy at the Crossroads of Feminist and Queer Legal Theories; The Troubled Relationship of Feminist and Queer Legal Theory to Strategic Essentialism: Theory/Praxis, Queer Porn, and Canadian Anti-discrimination Law; Poststructuralism on Trial; Queer Victory, Feminist Defeat? Sodomy and Rape in Lawrence v. Texas; Postscript: Curious Encounters, Unpredictable Conversations

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Book SynopsisThis book traces the evolution of the welfare interests of the child principle over the centuries in England & Wales to provide a record of the key milestones in its development. It does so by comparing and contrasting the part it has played in the public â care, protection and control â and in the private â matrimonial, adoption etc â sectors of family law.By analysing the content of the principle this book discloses the essence of what has been termed âthe golden thread running through the common lawâ. By considering the ways in which the legal system has shaped and been shaped by the principle, it reveals its structural influence. By identifying and assessing the significance of its operational role and functions, it shows how this principle has changed the law relating to children.In addition to a digest of cases and legislation that tracks the evolution of this legal principle, academics and other researchers will find a wealth of information on how that ev

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Book SynopsisBalancing a child's welfare interests and rights so as to ensure recognition and respect for his or her autonomous identity, while facilitating family unity, has become a major challenge for modern family law. This book, following on from The Principle of the Welfare of the Child: A History, examines, contrasts, and compares the response of England and Wales and Ireland to that challenge. It does so by applying the same matrix of indicators to explore, in each country, the distinction between welfare interests and rights and to trace changes in the balance between them. By profiling the nations in accordance with the same indicators, it reveals important jurisdictional differences in the extent to which welfare interests or rights determine how the law is currently applied to children.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction PART IMoving away from a traditional interpretation of welfare 1 Children: Their welfare interests and the law 2 Advocates for change PART IIShaping the modern welfare principle 3 Domestic influences 4 International influences PART IIIProfiling contemporary jurisdictional experiences of welfare5 England and Wales 6 Ireland PART IVJurisdictional analysis of a child’s welfare/rights: A thematic approach 7 Themes and a comparative jurisdictional analysis Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCountries around the world are facing pressing needs to enhance financial planning mechanisms for individuals with cognitive impairment. The book provides the first comparative study of the three most common of such mechanisms in Asia and the West, namely guardianship, enduring/lasting powers of attorney, and special needs trusts. It involves not only scholarly overviews of the mechanisms in the jurisdictions studied, but also thorough, structured and critical reviews of their operational experiences. This book will have broad appeal to scholars, students, law and policy makers and practitioners in the fields of mental disability, healthcare and elder law. It is widely recognised in the field that books like this one are needed. This book will also be of interest to undergraduate and graduate students in mental health, disability law and elder law.Table of ContentsPart I. Adult Guardianship: 1. Adult guardianship and other financial planning mechanisms for people with cognitive impairment in Australia Terry Carney; 2. The role of guardianship in the special needs plan in Saskatchewan, Canada James H. Gillis; 3. Japanese adult guardianship laws: developments and reform initiatives Makoto Arai; 4. The use of trusts in Taiwan's adult guardianship system Tai Yu-Zu; Part II. Lasting/Enduring Power of Attorney: 5. Adult guardianship and powers of attorney in England and Wales Denzil Lush; 6. Supported decision-making and enduring powers: innovations in Ireland Áine Hynes; 7. Developments in enduring powers of attorney law in Australia Trevor Ryan; 8. Financial planning mechanisms available to persons with special needs in Singapore Tang Hang Wu; Part III. Special Needs Trust: 9. What will happen when I'm gone? Dana Katherine Birkes; 10. The Wispact Trusts: making a difference in a means-tested support system Roy Froemming; 11. SNTC's operational experience as Singapore's first non-profit trust company Esther Tan and Amelia Leo; 12. A new perspective in adult guardianship and trusts in Korea Cheolung Je; 13. Reforming enduring powers and launching a special needs trust in Hong Kong Lusina Ho and Rebecca Lee.

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Book SynopsisScholars and practitioners from a range of social science, legal, and health-related backgrounds will benefit from this volume. This book includes diverse contributions from a global context relating to donor conception and donor-linked families, giving it both international and interdisciplinary appeal.Table of ContentsDONOR-CONCEIVED FAMILIES: RELATEDNESS AND REGULATION in THE DIGITAL AGE Fiona Kelly AND Deborah Dempsey; PART I. 'DIY' DONOR LINKING: ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS: 1. ACCESSING ORIGINS INFORMATION: THE IMPLICATIONS OF DIRECT-TO-CONSUMER GENETIC TESTING FOR DONOR-CONCEIVED PEOPLE AND FORMAL REGULATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM Damian Adams, Marilyn Crawshaw, Leah Gilman and Lucy Frith; 2. RECIPIENT PARENTS USING DO-IT-YOURSELF METHODS TO MAKE EARLY CONTACT WITH DONOR RELATIVES: IS THERE STILL A PLACE FOR LAW? Fiona Kelly; 3. DONOR-LINKED FAMILIES CONNECTING THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA: CREEPING AND CONTACT ON FACEBOOK Adrienne Byrt and Deborah Dempsey; 4. THE CONTACT EXPECTATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN SPERM DONORS WHO CONNECT WITH RECIPIENTS VIA ONLINE PLATFORMS Cal Volks and Fiona Kelly; 5. PARENTS' AND OFFSPRINGS' EXPERIENCE OF INSEMINATION FRAUD: A QUALITATIVE STUDY Sabrina Zeghiche, Isabel Côté, Marie-Christine Williams-Plouffe, and Renée-Pierre Trottier Cyr; PART II. CHILDREN'S AND ADULTS' LIVED EXPERIENCES IN DIVERSE DONOR-LINKED FAMILIES; 6. THE IMPORTANCE OF DONOR SIBLINGS TO TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS: WHO ARE WE TO ONE ANOTHER? Rosanna Hertz; 7. THE EXPERIENCES OF DONOR-CONCEIVED PEOPLE MAKING CONTACT WITH SAME-DONOR OFFSPRING THROUGH FIOM'S GROUP MEETINGS Astrid Indekeu and A.Janneke. B.M Maas; 8. 'IT'S ALL ON THEIR TERMS': DONORS NAVIGATING RELATIONSHIPS WITH RECIPIENT FAMILIES IN AN AGE OF OPENNESS Leah Gilman and Petra Nordqvist; 9. ON FAMILIAL HAUNTING: DONOR-CONCEIVED PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES OF LIVING WITH ANONYMITY AND ABSENCE Giselle Newton; 10. ASSISTED REPRODUCTION AND MAKING KIN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN MĀORI AND PĀKEHĀ IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND Rhonda M. Shaw; 11. 'SPUNKLES', DONORS, AND FATHERS: MEN, TRANS/MASCULINE, AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE'S ACCOUNTS OF SPERM DONORS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO CHILDREN Damien W. Riggs, Sally Hines, Ruth Pearce, Carla A. Pfeffer and Francis Ray White; PART III. INSTITUTIONALISED RESISTANCE TO OPENNESS; 12. KNOWING ORIGINS Naomi Cahn; Opposition to Ending Anonymity; 13. DONOR ANONYMITY AND THE RIGHTS OF DONOR-CONCEIVED PEOPLE IN JAPAN Yukari Semba; 14. DONOR LINKING IN THE DIGITAL AGE: WHERE TO NEXT? Fiona Kelly, Deborah Dempsey and Adrienne Byrt

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Book SynopsisWALK A MILE IN HER SHOES: Beginning with a discussion of the magnitude of the problem of domestic violence, the authors present a fictional narrative of "Suzanne," whose relationship with her intimate partner dissolves into abuse and violence, both physical and emotional. What follows is expert commentary on her story by law enforcement, a judge and former district attorney, victim advocate, therapist, and survivor, which provide a unique exploration of the tragedy of abuse and potential means by which it can be addressed. The main theme of the book is the tendency to "blame the victim" for staying in an abusive relationship and the need to understand why leaving can be so difficult and dangerous.Trade Review"This book, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Tragedy and Hope, starts with a compelling domestic violence story. This book provides an analysis of the story by experienced and expert professionals from all the relevant fields to help us learn from the powerful story. I was especially interested in the law enforcement professional who said when police take a DV call the alleged abuser almost always lies. This interested me because family court professionals do not know what police experts know and so keep forcing children to live with abusers." Barry Goldstein, Author of The Quincy Solution: Stop Domestic Violence and save $500 Billion and Scared to Leave, Afraid to Stay: Paths from Family Violence to Safety"Professor Pilch and her collaborators capture the dynamics of domestic violence by presenting 'Suzanne's' case history, a composite, and then offering commentaries from the perspectives of psychology, law enforcement, victims' advocacy, and the courts. The result is a heightened appreciation of the complexity of this 'pandemic.... raging in our country' alongside COVID-19 and of how diverse causes and potential interventions intersect. Clearly written with minimal jargon, the book offers valuable insights both to professionals and to the broader public." David Price, U. S. House of Representatives (D -- NC)"This book is hard to read. That is why we must read it and seek to understand. Years ago, I rode wearing a bulletproof vest with the DVERT group described in these pages to observe the innovative multi-disciplinary teamwork in use to address this unbelievable problem of abuse and violence. The experience changed me. I hope this book will change you if you are not familiar with the gravity of domestic violence and the hope we can bring with understanding and action. This book will make you think, offer hope, and hopefully drive action. Supporting action to combat this insidious violence is one of the most important things we individually and collectively can do. I commend the authors and recommend their work to you." Pam Shockley-Zalabak, Ph.D., Chancellor Emerita, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs and President, CommuniCon, Inc.

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book applies contemporary and emergent theories of identity formation to timely questions of identity re/formation and development in immigrant families across diverse ethnicities and age groups. Researchers from across the globe examine the ways in which immigrants from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America dynamically adjust, adapt, and resist aspects of their identities in their host countries as a form of resilience. The book provides a multidisciplinary approach to studying the multidimensional complexities of identity development and immigration and offers critical insights on the experiences of immigrant families. Key areas of coverage include: Factors that affect identity formation, readjustment, and maintenance, including individual differences and social environments. Influences of intersecting immigrant ecologies such as family, community, and complex multidimensions of culture on identity development. Current identity theories and their effectiveness at addressing issues of ethnicity, culture, and immigration. Research challenges to studying various forms of identity. Re/Formation and Identity: The Intersectionality of Development, Culture, and Immigration is an essential resource for researchers, professors, and graduate students as well as clinicians, professionals, and policymakers in the fields of developmental, social, and cross-cultural psychology, parenting and family studies, social work, and all interrelated disciplines.Table of ContentsBicultural Identity: Which Kind of Biculturalism for Whom?.- Adaptation and Identity Formation in the Israeli Diaspora.- Black Immigrant Youth’s Adoption of Black English as Entry into the Black American Peer Group and Evidence of Cultural Identity Development.- Immigrant African Culture Heritage Youth Identities in Australia.- Immigrant Youth Narratives: Literacy Project.- First Year College Experiences of Latinos from Immigrant Families: Ethnic Identity as a Protective Process.- Performing a Trio in a Promised Land: Influences of Immigration and Culture on Parenting and Children’s Academic Identity Development across the Lifespan.- Role-Based Identity Development in Ethnic Minority Children from Immigrant Families: The Development of Language Broker Role Identity.- “Jalos,” USA: Transnational Community and Identity among California Immigrants.- Learning to Care: Work Experiences and Identity Formation among African Immigrant Care Workers.

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Book SynopsisMehrseitige Verträge sind ein Stiefkind des deutschen Zivilrechts. Obwohl ihre Zulässigkeit außer Streit steht und sie in der Praxis in ganz verschiedenen Situationen zum Einsatz kommen, konzentrieren sich die gesetzlichen Regelungen fast durchweg auf zweiseitige bzw. bipolare Vertragsgestaltungen. Diese Regelungen werden der Komplexität mehrseitiger Vertragsgestaltungen nicht gerecht und stoßen bereits bei einfachen Sachverhalten an ihre Grenzen. Michael Zwanzger analysiert die Grundstrukturen mehrseitiger Vertragsgestaltungen und geht der Frage nach, wie man die auf zweiseitige Verträge zugeschnittenen Regelungen des BGB systemkonform auf mehrseitige Verträge anwenden kann. Im Zentrum der Untersuchung stehen dabei der Vertragsschluss und das Leistungsstörungsrecht des Allgemeinen und Besonderen Schuldrechts. Daneben untersucht der Autor auch die Abgrenzung des "normalen" mehrseitigen Vertrages vom Sonderfall des mehrseitigen Gesellschaftsvertrags.Die Arbeit wurde mit dem Helmut-Schippel-Preis 2012 der Deutschen Notarrechtlichen Vereinigung ausgezeichnet.

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Book SynopsisDie allgemeine Lehre von der Geschäftsbesorgung ist eine juristische Entdeckung besonderer Art, die es bis heute schwer hat, sich vom historischen Ballast des gemeinrechtlichen Mandats zu befreien. Ihr angestammter Platz im bürgerlichen Recht ist nicht das ihr vom Gesetzgeber zugewiesene Auftragsrecht, sondern das Allgemeine Schuldrecht. Nicht nur Dienst- oder Werkverträge, sondern alle anderen Verträge kommen als Grundlage einer Geschäftsbesorgungstätigkeit in Betracht, für die wesentlich ist, dass sie im Rechtskreis und Interesse eines anderen erfolgt.Die sorgfaltswidrige (fahrlässige) Geschäftsbesorgung und nicht der Grundsatz von Treu und Glauben (Vertrauenshaftung) oder die Konstruktion eines selbständigen Beratungsvertrages bildet die Grundlage der Haftung für vertragsschlussbezogene Informationen. Rat und Empfehlung können bereits eine Geschäftsbesorgung sein. Das hat nicht nur Bedeutung für das große Feld der Vermittlung von Kapitalanlagen, sondern auch für das Pflichtenregime der das Investment finanzierenden Bank.

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Book SynopsisDas Haftungsrecht der Kommanditgesellschaft gilt als kompliziert und unausgewogen. Speziell die unbeschränkte Kommanditistenhaftung (§ 176 HGB) sieht sich seit über 150 Jahren fundamentaler Kritik ausgesetzt.Nachdem im Recht der GbR rechtsfortbildend die Akzessorietätstheorie anerkannt wurde, hat sich - zunächst unbemerkt - die Normsituation des § 176 HGB vollkommen gewandelt. Infolgedessen zeigen sich sukzessive weitere gravierende Systembrüche und schlechterdings unerträgliche Wertungswidersprüche.Christof Lehnen untersucht den vielschichtigen Problemkomplex erstmals in seiner vollen Breite. Eine eingehende Auswertung der Gesetzgebungsgeschichte legt dabei ein längst vergessenes Strukturprinzip offen, das es erlaubt, das Haftungsrecht der Kommanditgesellschaft auch im Verhältnis zum heutigen Haftungsrecht der GbR einfach und stimmig zu beschreiben, nämlich den Grundsatz der komplementärgleichen Kommanditistenhaftung.

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Book SynopsisZwischen Personengesellschafts- und Erbrecht besteht ein Spannungsverhältnis. Unterschiedliche Prinzipien und Wertungen treffen aufeinander, wenn im Fall des Todes eines Gesellschafters dessen Mitgliedschaft aufgrund einer qualifizierten Nachfolgeklausel auf einen Erben übergeht. Pflichtteilsansprüche enterbter Angehöriger bestimmen sich auch nach dem Wert des Gesellschaftsanteils. Sieht der Gesellschaftsvertrag eine den Erben bindende Abfindungsbeschränkung vor, entsteht ein Interessenkonflikt. Die Frage, ob als Bemessungsgrundlage für die Höhe der Pflichtteilsansprüche auf den in dem vererbten Gesellschaftsanteil tatsächlich verkörperten Wert oder die niedrigere vertragliche Abfindungsvereinbarung abzustellen ist, wurde bisher nicht höchstrichterlich entschieden. Anncathrin Koch erörtert diese Frage im Rahmen einer Gesamtschau der gegenläufigen Wertungen des Erb- und des Gesellschaftsrechts und entwickelt Kriterien, ob und inwieweit diese dabei miteinander vereinbart werden können.

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Book SynopsisNach deutschem Familienrecht hat jedes Kind höchstens zwei Eltern. Trotzdem werden mehr und mehr Personen in die Zeugung und Erziehung von Kindern einbezogen: Samen-, Eizellen- und Embryonenspender, Leihmütter, Adoptiv- und Stiefeltern. Wer aber sind die Eltern eines Kindes und welche Rechte und Pflichten sollten wie viele von ihnen haben? Anne Sanders erörtert die verschiedenen tatsächlichen Verbindungen zwischen Eltern und Kindern, wie die genetische Abstammung, die Schwangerschaft, die Zeugung und die soziale Eltern-Kind-Beziehung, die das Verfassungs- und Familienrecht zum Anknüpfungspunkt von Rechten und Pflichten machen. Diese Verbindungen werden vor dem Hintergrund der Entwicklung des Abstammungs- und Sorgerechts, der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts und des EGMR, sowie der aktuellen Diskussion zur Grundlage eines neuen Konzepts der Elternschaft gemacht. Dieses ermöglicht die verfassungsrechtliche Analyse und familienrechtliche Ausgestaltung sowohl von traditionellen Zwei-Elternverhältnissen als auch von komplizierten Fällen der Mehrelternschaft, an denen mehr als sieben Personen beteiligt sein können.Die Arbeit wurde mit dem Helmut von Schippel Preis 2018 der Deutschen Notarrechtlichen Vereinigung ausgezeichnet.

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Book SynopsisKatharina de la Durantaye entwirft eine objektive Theorie des Rechtsgeschäfts. Sie belegt, dass das BGB beim Tatbestand der Willenserklärung, der Auslegung von (empfangsbedürftigen) Willenserklärungen, dem Schweigen mit Erklärungswert und der gewillkürten Stellvertretung die Anwendung eines objektiven Maßstabs vorgibt. Dadurch werden Standardisierung gefördert und (Transaktions-)Kosten niedrig gehalten. Außerdem werden Anreize für Verkehrsteilnehmer gesetzt, sich so auszudrücken, dass objektiv Erklärtes und subjektiv Gewolltes übereinstimmen, Rechtsgeschäfte also den Präferenzen der Parteien entsprechen. Die subjektive Willensübereinstimmung ist denn auch das Ideal des Gesetzes. Widerspricht der objektive Erklärungsgehalt den Präferenzen einer Partei, stellt das BGB Korrekturmechanismen zur Verfügung - insbesondere das Recht zur Anfechtung wegen Irrtums.

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Book SynopsisDas Bürgerliche Gesetzbuch bedient sich an zahlreichen Stellen der Technik der Verweisung. Verweisungen sind ein gesetzgeberisches Mittel, um ein Gesetz zu verschlanken und zu systematisieren. Sie haben aber weit darüber hinausgehende Funktionen und Auswirkungen und prägen das Zivilrecht daher in unterschiedlicher Weise. Den Verweisungen des BGB wird gemeinhin eine Systematik abgesprochen. Ihr Umfang müsse für jede Verweisung gesondert bestimmt werden. Anne Christin Wietfeld nimmt eine übergreifende Perspektive ein und untersucht erstmals zusammenhängend sämtliche Bereichsverweisungen des BGB, die sich auf Rückabwicklungssysteme beziehen. Sie deckt ein System dieser Verweisungen auf und zeigt, dass der Umfang einer Verweisung anhand einheitlicher Grundsätze ermittelt werden kann, wenn es sich um eine konstitutive Bereichsverweisung auf Rückabwicklungssysteme handelt.

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Book SynopsisDas BGB anerkennt in weitem Umfang den gutgläubigen Pfandrechtserwerb. Gegenüber dem (gutgläubigen) Pfandgläubiger sind dem betroffenen Eigentümer die Hände gebunden. Umso dringender werden für ihn Ansprüche gegenüber dem nichtberechtigten Verpfänder. In § 816 Abs. 1 BGB perpetuiert das Gesetz sogar einen unmittelbar einschlägigen Ausgleichsanspruch. Auch Ansprüche aus dem Eigentum (§§ 989, 990, 987 BGB) und Geschäftsanmaßung (§ 687 II BGB) kommen in Betracht. Doch der genaue Anspruchsinhalt lässt sich während der Latenzphase, in der eine künftige Verwertung des Pfandrechts noch ungewiss ist, kaum bestimmen. Rückblickend ging der Gesetzgeber überraschend unreflektiert vor. Überhaupt sind die Folgen der Verpfändung einer fremden Sache erstaunlich unerforscht. Einschlägige Rechtsprechung findet sich kaum. Die Wissenschaft hat sich bisher nur selten mit der Problematik befasst.

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