Privacy plays an ever increasing role in the virtual world of electronic services. Privacy rules of a WTO Member trying to achieve a high level of data protection, however, could jeopardize the cross-border delivery of electronic services. Such kind of rules cause the risk of being qualified as...

The G-20 has been established more than 10 years ago as a reaction to the Asian financial crisis without - at first - gaining much weight on the international scene, however, the financial crisis of 2007/08 has caused a re-vitalization on a higher level, namely as body of the "G-20 Leaders". The...

The civil society is concerned by decisions taken in the context of the Internet. Netizens should therefore also be able to express their opinions and participate in decision-making processes. Since the right to freedom of expression is relevant in all policy matters, opportunities are to be...

This article outlines the concept and origin of privacy law as it is applied today in various jurisdictions around the world. It then provides examples of governmental intervention affecting the privacy rights of individuals and critically examines their suitability and proportionality in light...

This paper summarizes the short selling restrictions adopted - mainly on an emergency basis - in the time period of July 2008 up to mid-June 2010 in 56 countries around the world. It is a supplement to a recent article of the authors (Gruenewald et al., 2010) and gives a detailed overview of the...

Legal systems impose varying degrees of fiduciary duty on the banks. This paper analyses three models, thereby pointing out the differences between them. First, the Anglo-American model, which does not inherently consider the bank-customer relationship as a fiduciary one, yet it states...

This article examines the recent regulatory developments with regard to short selling. Short selling regulation is an important factor in firm governance because it affects the way in which firms are subject to market discipline. We begin with a comprehensive compilation of emergency...