Blockchain technology allows virtual disintermediation and automatization of property
transactions, which might help to design future platforms, intended to facilitate cross-border …

ïJan Smits has long been one of the most interesting and original authors on European
private law theory. Now he offers his views on legal scholarship, and they are as original as …

With the revival of Islamic law and adat (customary) law in the country, this book investigates
the history and phenomenon of legal pluralism in Indonesia. It looks at how the ideal of …

Originally, contract law was considered to be immune from the effect of fundamental rights,
the function of which was limited to individual defenses against the vigilant eye of the state …

English summary: At times we are faced with the question of athe law behind the law, that is
to say the question of legalities connected by a multitude of associated norms. It is precisely …

The relevance of contracting and self-regulation in consumer markets has increased rapidly
in recent years, in particular in the platform economy. Online platforms provide opportunities …

The German legal culture has been coined by a turbulent history. Over the centuries, two
main characteristics of this legal culture emerged and particularly impacted the intellectual …

As is well known, comparative law enters the curriculum normally only after some
substantive law has been learned. The traditional approach first takes the law student's …

This book is about the development of European private law. In the past three decades,
European Union (EU) directives have led to the introduction of some unified, or at least …

This article criticizes overtly normative, rigid and paradoxical positions found within the
methodological debate of comparative law and comparative legal studies today. The author …