The paper proposes a methodology to obtain evidence on the relative importance of different mechanisms for supporting agreements. A survey question posed to company directors summarizes key aspects of mechanisms and asks for judgments on use. In contrast to existing approaches, the data covers...

This article uses Oliver Wendell Holmes's famous definition of the law as “prophecies of what the courts will do in fact” rather than rules expressed in statutes, case law etc. It discusses two aspects of law. First, it compares perspectives about law in litigation, mediation, and...

Grundgesetz GG -- Gewerbeordnung GewO -- Bewachungsverordnung BewachV -- Bundesdatenschutzgesetz BDSG -- Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch BGB -- Strafgesetzbuch StGB -- Betäubungsmittelgesetz BtMG -- Strafprozessordnung StPO -- Waffengesetz WaffG -- Sozialgesetzbuch Siebtes Buch SGB VII -- DGUV...

Dieses essential ordnet den digitalen Nachlass in den rechtlichen Gesamtkontext ein, beantwortet die vielschichtigen juristischen Fragestellungen, die das „Erbe im Netz“ mit sich bringt, und beleuchtet die ersten Rechtsprechungsansätze zu diesem Thema. Stephanie Funk zeigt, welche...

This paper surveys from an economic standpoint a number of important legal issues that influence the market for art, which include the creation, sale, valuation, maintenance and, in some instances, the destruction of works of art. We show that the important legal doctrines that bear on the...

Doing, talking, and thinking (and why we're not getting it right) -- Introducing an economic sociology of law -- Embeddedness : a biography of a concept -- Embeddedness : the internal inconsistencies -- Embeddedness : the external conceptual incompatibilities -- Beyond embeddedness : the next steps.

Understanding the origins of formal and informal institutions of cooperation and regulation and their long-lasting impact on market exchange and technological investment is one of the most pressing questions in law, economics and history. Accordingly, despite the different angles considered by...