In spite of the great volume of law and economics research carried out in the field of tort law, there exists a gap in the literature concerning the effects of different tort remedies, namely money damages and restitution in natura. Although there is a parallel between the above mentioned...

The right of access to civil justice is a cornerstone of the Belgian legal order. At present time, however, financial barriers prevent about three quarters of the Belgian population from fully asserting their subjective rights. As traditionally, apart from legal aid, private funding is the...

Weak enforcement of contracts leads to inefficient breach of contract and to an overall increase of contract breaches for firms and individuals. Existing literature on contract enforcement has focussed on self-enforcing contracts and contracts within a relationship, family or clan. At the firm...

Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat gesprochen: Das im Hochschulrahmengesetz enthaltene Verbot, bis zum ersten berufsqualifizierenden Abschluß Studiengebühren zu erheben, ist nichtig. Damit ist in Deutschland die Bahn frei für die Einführung von Studiengebühren. Aber sollten die Bundesländer,...

This paper explores the conditions under which compliance with a social contract establishes an equilibrium in a society. It is assumed that society consists of two groups, one of which has a comparative advantage in using violence, whereas the other one has a comparative advantage in producing...

The institution of marriage is the foundation of the family and of society. Even though it is a private institution, it has been regulated by society, depending on the specific time and history, religious perceptions, legal rules or customs, and norms. According to historical judicial...

Dieser Beitrag behandelt Begriff, Ursachen, Wirkungen sowie Bewertung und mögliche Ausgleichsmaßnahmen gestörter Vertragsparität. Dabei wird auf die ökonomische Verhandlungstheorie und die Theorie der Wettbewerbsmärkte zurückgegriffen. Es werden in der Rechtswissenschaft vorfindbare...

We present a review of research studies that deal with personalization. We synthesize current knowledge about these areas, and identify issues that we envision will be of interest to researchers working in the management sciences. We take an interdisciplinary approach that spans the areas of...

In the past several decades, new-product diffusion models has been an active area of research in marketing (see, e.g., Mahajan, Muller, and Wind 2000, and Mahajan and Wind 1986). Such models are useful because they can provide important insights into the timing of initial purchase of new...