englischEconomic research shows that competitor-based-pricing, promising to match or to beat a competitor’s lower price, can impede competition. By using these types of guarantees a firm could deter its rivals from undercutting its price because the resulting quantity effect is lower than usual. At [...]

englischBanks are subject to numerous obligations when providing services relating to securities transactions. The author explains how these business conduct duties implemented in Germany in the wake of MiFID/MiFID II affect liability under private law (in particular relating to Secs. 63 et seqs. [...]

englischThe publication examines methods for dealing with the taking of evidence in mass actions that pursue multiple uniform claims. Such mass actions present a significant challenge for the judiciary. The author discusses the possibilities of sampling in procedural law de lege lata and develops a [...]

englischLegitimacy is the basis of any exercise of authority. However, legitimacy has received relatively little attention in legal scholarship. This book explores the legitimacy discourse in an interdisciplinary and comparative manner to identify contemporary patterns of legitimacy and their [...]

englischThe treatise reveals a legal protection gap in German foundation law: if the foundation board acts incorrectly and the state supervisory authority does not intervene, de lege lata no one can ensure that the founder's will is observed. The legal situation in Switzerland is different: there, [...]

In Folge von Corona und Ukrainekrieg wird das Insolvenzrecht in seiner Funktion als volkswirtschaftlicher „Marktaustrittsmechanismus“ derzeit einem umfangreichen Praxistest unterzogen. Die deutsche Übersetzung des neuen italienischen Codice della crisi d’impresa e dell’insolvenza soll Praktikern und [...]