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AbstractWe analyze how insurance law can mitigate moral hazard by allowing insurers to reduce or cancel coverage in some circumstances. We consider an incomplete contract setting in which the insurer may obtain information related to the policyholder's behavior through a costly audit of the circumstances of the loss. Court decisions are based on a standard of proof such as the balance of probabilities. We show that an optimal insurance law brings efficiency gains compared to the no‐audit case. We also highlight the conditions under which the burden of proof should be on the insured, provided that insurers are threatened with sanctions for bad faith.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1 -- 1. Antarctica in a Global Context -- Participants -- Individuals -- Nation-States -- Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties -- Original Parties to the Antarctic Treaty -- Territorial Claimants -- Great Britain -- Australia -- New Zealand -- Argentina -- Chile -- France -- Norway -- Non-Claimant States -- The United States -- The Soviet Union -- Japan -- Belgium -- South Africa -- Acceding Consultative Parties -- Poland -- Germany -- GDR (East Germany) -- FRG (West Germany) -- Brazil -- India -- China -- Uruguay -- Spain -- Sweden -- Italy -- Non-Consultative Contracting Parties -- Peru -- The Netherlands -- Other Acceding States -- Other States: Third Parties to the Antarctic Treaty -- Intergovernmental and International Organizations -- The United Nations -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries -- The European Economic Community -- International Scientific Bodies -- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research -- The World Meteorological Organization -- Food and Agriculture Organization -- Other International Scientific Bodies -- Private Associations -- Perspectives -- Identifications -- Demands -- Power and Security -- Wealth -- Enlightenment -- Skills -- Well-Being -- Respect -- Loyalty -- Expectations -- Arenas -- The General Assembly of the United Nations -- Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings -- Establishment -- Communication of Policies: How Claims and Decisions are Mediated -- Content of Claims and Decisions Lodged at ATCMs -- Access -- Functions Performed at ATCMs -- Procedure of ATCMs -- Duration -- Projection of Future Developments -- Adjudicatory Arenas -- The International Civil Aviation Organization -- The Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization.

Frontmatter --Table of Contents --Introduction --I. Traditions --A Brief History of the Idea of the State of Law and Its Basic Indicators --Thoughts and Policies on Governing the People under the Ly-Tran and the Early Le Dynasties: Experiences and Historical Lessons --Some Signs of a State of Law in Vietnam in the Monarchical Time --The French "État legale" in Vietnam. Between Legal Pluralism and Police State --II. Theoretical Reflections --Separation of Powers in Pre-modern Western Political Thought and the Building of the State of Law in Vietnam --Rousseau's Thoughts on the Division and Control of State Power. A Comparison with Montesquieu's Model --Ruling with Law. On the Significance of Rules of Organization and Procedure --III. Global Trends and Challenges --The Rule of Law and the Emergence of Market Exchange: A New Institutional Economic Perspective --The Rule of Law in the Global Development of Constitutionalism --Rule of Law and Global Governance --IV. Contemporary Debates --State Reformation and Improvement -- towards a Vietnamese State of Law --The Issue of the Rule of Law in Vietnam in the Constitution of 2013 --The State of Law and the Creation of a Human Rights Culture --The Development of the Civil Society and the Socialist Law-based State in Vietnam --Anti-Corruption from the Perspective of Ho Chi Minh's Ideology: Towards a Vietnamese Rule of Law --Rule of Law and Codes of Trust. Interdependencies between Legal and Social Institutions: A Case Study of China --The Role of the Press in the Construction of a Legitimate State in Vietnam Today --On the Civil Society and the State of Law in Vietnam --The State of Law in Vietnam: Understandings, Prospects and Challenges --List of Tables

Since globalization is not only restricted to economic and political relationships, but literally 'hits home', it has become indispensable to look beyond national boundaries and to take international developments into account in the field of family law. Hence, comparative family law is blooming. The core part of this contribution to the special issue on 'Current Debates in Family Law around the Globe' is aimed at framing the context of comparative family law. The main questions are: How is comparative family law perceived by the academic community and practitioners alike? What should it entail? In the attempt to find answers to these questions, several comparative family law projects, which have been carried out both in Europe and in the United States, have been compared. Whereas family law experts in Europe decidedly contribute to the comparative law methodology debate, similar discussions seemingly do not take place in the United States. It has been examined why this may be the case.

The rule of law has been celebrated as "an unqualified human good" and promoted around the world to secure economic development and political freedom. Yet there is considerable disagreement about just what the ideal of the rule of law requires. When people clamor for the preservation or extension of the rule of law, are they advocating a substantive conception of the rule of law respecting private property and promoting liberty, a formal conception emphasizing an "inner morality of law," or a procedural conception stressing the right to be heard by an impartial tribunal and

Exploring the relationship between fundamental rights and consumer law in the EU, this book provides a comprehensive analysis of the joint implications of the Lisbon Treaty and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. It examines the potential tensions that may emerge between consumer protection objectives and economic, market-oriented goals.