After the socialist systems had collapsed, the Baltic Sea states moved closer together, and all problems observed in Europe which followed the collapse of Communism can be found in the Baltic Sea area. The institutions of this area are particularly important for an integration process which has to take place before these countries become members of the E.U. and also for their role in improving relations with Russia. In this book, the authors discuss various aspects of the law as a means of integration in the Baltic Sea area. They deal with questions surrounding the transformation of post-socialist legal systems, the integration of Poland and the Baltic states into the E.U., the economic and historical aspects of trade in the Baltic Sea area as well as aspects of conflict of laws and harmonization of laws in the Baltic Sea area.
After the socialist systems had collapsed, the Baltic Sea states moved closer together, and all problems observed in Europe which followed the collapse of Communism can be found in the Baltic Sea area. The institutions of this area are particularly important for an integration process which has to take place before these countries become members of the E.U. and also for their role in improving relations with Russia. In this book, the authors discuss various aspects of the law as a means of integration in the Baltic Sea area. They deal with questions surrounding the transformation of post-socialist legal systems, the integration of Poland and the Baltic states into the E.U., the economic and historical aspects of trade in the Baltic Sea area as well as aspects of conflict of laws and harmonization of laws in the Baltic Sea area.
Table of contents:
Vorwort des Herausgebers -
Tilo Braune: Integration im Ostseeraum. Politische Ziele -
Helmut Heiss: Eine Region, drei Rechtskulturen. Rechtsvergleichende Aspekte der Integration im Ostseeraum -
Anna Supron-Heidel: Erster Diskussionsbericht -
Grazyna Skapska: Non-fictive Constitutionalism after Communism. Rule of Law, Democracy, and Economic Reform in Sociological Perspective -
Martin Käerdi: Westliche Rechtskonzepte für post-sozialistische Gesellschaften. Gesetzgeberische Erfahrungen in Estland -
Petra Zobel: Zweiter Diskussionsbericht -
Erika Šumilo: EU Expansion. Political and Economical Interests of Applicant States -
Franz Cermak: Preparation for Enlargement and Accession Negotiations. The View from Brussels -
Daniel Jacobasch: Dritter Diskussionsbericht -
Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz: Verbraucherschutz West versus Ost. Kompatibilisierungsmöglichkeiten in der Europäischen Gemeinschaft. Einige Vorüberlegungen -
Franka Bernhardt: Vierter Diskussionsbericht -
Lucas Bretschger: Internationaler Handel im Ostseeraum. Sozio-ökonomischer Hintergrund -
Kjell Åke Modéer: Internationaler Handel im Ostseeraum aus Sicht der vergleichenden Rechtsgeschichte -
Sanita Osipova: Vorbereiteter Diskussionsbeitrag: Die historische Herkunft der juristischen und wirtschaftlichen Einigkeit der Baltischen Staaten -
Janis Lazdins: Vorbereiteter Diskussionsbeitrag: Die Privatrechtsquellen Lettlands bis zum Zweiten Weltkrieg -
Sandra Benter: Fünfter Diskussionsbericht -
Dieter Martiny: Die Bedeutung des internationalen Privatrechts und der Rechtsharmonisierung für den grenzüberschreitenden Handel im Ostseeraum -
Eva Müller: Facilitating Transborder Trade in the Baltic Sea Area. The Role of Arbitration -
Petra Zobel: Sechster Diskussionsbericht -
Mark M. Boguslawskij: Ausländische Investitionen und Investitionsschutz in Rußland -
Anna Supron-Heidel: Siebter Diskussionsbericht