Legal Aspects of Globalisation, Conflicts of Laws, Internet,

The phenomenon of increased interconnectedness of the world's societies, generally referred to as `globalisation', is not only changing our everyday life, it also influences the legal framework we are living in. The challenges brought about by this process are especially great in fields of law which are by their very nature international such as Private International Law, the Law of Capital Markets, International Insolvency Law or the Law of the Internet.

Can, for example, established conflict-of-law rules survive in a globalised world? What options exist for regulating capital markets in the era of globalisation? Are national laws on international insolvencies prepared for the increasing number of cross-border insolvency proceedings or does the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency show the way? How can national or international legislators react to the new forms of torts and copyright infringements via the World Wide Web?

These are some of the questions which eminent scholars from Japan and Germany try to answer in this volume. All essays are based on contributions to a symposium which took place in Fukuoka, Japan, on 28-29 March, 1999.

` To conclude, the reviewed volume is thought-provoking. It does not confine itself to set out the present law, but ventures to spell the future alphabet of Internet regulation by all possible means, stately as well as self-regulatory. To mix perspectives from both Japan and Germany fosters its scope and its importance. ' Computer und Recht International, 2. Jahrgang (April 2001)