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"Das Recht in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika" (auf Englisch bereits in der zweiten Auflage erschienen) ist eine prägnante Darstellung der wichtigsten Elemente des US-amerikanischen Rechtssystems. Es richtet sich vor allem an Juristen des kontinentaleuropäischen Rechtskreises. Sein Schwerpunkt liegt auf denjenigen Merkmalen des amerikanischen Rechtssystems, die den Mitgliedern anderer Rechtstraditionen eher fremd sind, beispielsweise dem amerikanischen common law, der föderalen Ordnung der USA, aber auch der gesellschaftlichen Bedeutung der amerikanischen Verfassungstradition. Modernde Methoden der Rechtsvergleichung ermöglichen dem Leser einen vielseitigen Vergleich mit den ihm bekannten Strukturen seiner eigenen Rechtskultur; der Band geht in zahlreichen Themen speziell auf den Vergleich mit dem deutschen Rechtssystem ein ... (Quelle: Text Verlagseinband / Verlag)

Section 1. Remembering Arthur Taylor von Mehren -- 1. The last Euro-American legal scholar? Arthur Taylor von Mehren (1922--2006) / Jürgen Basedow -- 2. Arthur Taylor von Mehren and the Joseph Story Research Fellowship / Peter L. Murray -- 3. Building bridges between legal systems: the life and work of Arthur Taylor von Mehren / Michael von Hinden -- Section 2. Transatlantic litigation and judicial cooperation in civil and commercial matters -- 4. Some fundamental jurisdictional conceptions as applied in judgment conventions / Ralf Michaels -- 5. The Hague Convention on choice-of-court agreements: was it worth the effort? / Christian Thiele -- 6. Lis Pendens, negative declaratory-judgment actions and the first-in-time principle / Martin Gebauer -- 7. Recent German jurisprudence on cooperation with the U.S. in civil and commercial matters: a defense of sovereignty or judicial protectionism? / Jan von Hein -- 8. Collective litigation German style: the Act on Model Proceedings in capital market disputes / Moritz Bälz and Felix Blobel -- Section 3. Choice of law in transatlantic relationships -- 9. Party autonomy in the private international law of contracts: transatlantic convergence and economic efficiency / Giesela Rühl -- 10. The law applicable to intellectual property rights: is the Lex Loci Protectionis a pertinent choice of law approach? / Eckart Gottschalk -- 11. The extraterritorial reach of antitrust law between legal imperialism and harmonious co-existence: the Empagran judgment of the U.S. Supreme Court from a European perspective / Dietmar Baetge -- 12. Mandatory elements of the choice-of-law process in international arbitration: some reflections on Teubnerian and Kelsenian legal theory / Matthias Weller -- 13. Application of foreign law to determine punitive damages: a recent U.S. Court contribution to choice-of-law evolution / Oliver Furtak.

This tribute to Professor Arthur von Mehren from the Harvard Law School is a contribution to the evolving transatlantic dialogue on the conflict of laws. It contains ten contributions that discuss the problems conflict of laws is facing in a globalized world. The first five contributions deal with current legal topics in international civil litigation and transatlantic judicial co-operation ranging from the design of judgments conventions to the recently adopted Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements, and from problems involving negative declaratory actions in international disputes to recent transatlantic developments relating to service of process and collective proceedings. The remaining five contributions focus on choice of law in international relationships. They cover comparative and economic dimensions of party autonomy, reflect on discussions in the choice of law relating to intellectual property rights, and critically discuss the applicable law in antitrust law litigation, international arbitration, and actions for punitive damages

Law in the United States, Second Edition, is a concise presentation of the salient elements of the American legal system designed mainly for jurists of civil law backgrounds. It focuses on features of American law likely to be least familiar to jurists from other legal traditions, such as American common law, the federal structure of the U.S. legal system, and the American constitutional tradition. The use of comparative law technique permits foreign jurists to appreciate the American legal system in comparison with legal systems with which they are already familiar. Chapters in the second edition also cover such topics as American civil justice, criminal law, jury trial, choice of laws and international jurisdiction, the American legal profession, and the influence of American law in the global legal order