The increased intensity of global rapprochement of laws is a signature feature of the 21st century. Until the mid-20th century, very little cross-fertilization between common law and civilian systems was the rule. That has now radically changed. The latest example of common law concepts being...

The Association Agreement (AA) concluded in 2014 between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine will have far-reaching consequences for the future of private law in Ukraine, a topic which will be explored in this paper. It will set out with a general survey of the Association Agreement (I.), then...

This essay is an introduction to a Symposium on The New Private Law. Professor Nice defines New Private Law as including deregulation, decentralization, privatization, and contractualization, and as reflecting a normative regime that both recognizes a distinction between public and private...

Transition has involved major job destruction and creation. This paper examines the skill content of these changes using a detailed three country firm survey. It shows that transition has exerted a strong bias against unskilled labour who have lost employment disproportionately. Moreover, job...