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

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, 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, 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, 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
Axel Metzger, Stefan Hennigs

18. Whistleblowing Around the World
Gregor Thüsing, 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 Bagińska

21. The Rights of the Child in a Changing World. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: 25 Years After
Olga Cvejić Jančić

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 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 Cultures and Universal Justice: Linguae Alienae Novit Curia?

Ilaria Pretelli

30. The Inner Regulation Optimum of the Notarial Profession
Christian Helmenstein, Kalpana Scholtès-Dash, Helmut Berrer

31. The Notary: A Guardian of Private Autonomy
Michael Lunzer

32. The European Law Institute: Its Role and Contribution
Rosana Garciandía, Daði Ólafsson

Keywords: Law, Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law, Philosophy of Law, Civil Law, European Law, Public International Law