Le nouveau droit du commerce électronique


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Le commerce électronique est devenu un mode de consommation quasi quotidien pour des millions de Français et d’Européens. Avec le développement du commerce par téléphonie mobile, l’offre de services grandit, et avec elle le besoin de protection juridique. Consciente de l’enjeu, la France a enfin promulgué, en juin 2004, la loi pour la confiance dans l’économie numérique (LCEN), qui transpose la directive sur le commerce électronique. L’auteur nous offre le premier ouvrage à jour, synthétique et complet sur le droit français du commerce électronique. Toutes les étapes d’une transaction (publicité – contrats – contentieux) se déroulant exclusivement en ligne sont analysées. Des matières très peu traitées, mais essentielles dans la pratique, sont passées en revue, comme la protection du mineur-consommateur, la publicité et la vente de médicaments, le tabac et l’alcool. L’ouvrage tient compte de la réglementation des contrats à distance qui existe depuis 2001 et de la nouvelle législation sur le commerce électronique. De plus, chaque partie de l’ouvrage est enrichie par la jurisprudence la plus récente.





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Reforming the French Law of Obligations


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The 2005 Avant-projet de réforme du droit des obligations et de la prescription, also dubbed the Avant-projet Catala, suggests the most far-reaching reform of the French Civil code since it came into force in 1804. It reviews central aspects of contract law, the law of delict and the law of unjustified enrichment. There is currently a very lively debate in France as to the merits or the demerits of both the particular draft provisions and the general idea of recodification as such. This volume is the first publication to introduce the reform proposals to an English speaking audience. It contains the official English translation of the text, and distinguished private lawyers from both England and France analyse and assess particularly interesting aspects of the substantive draft provisions in a comparative perspective. Topics covered include negotiation and renegotiation of contracts, la cause, the enforcement of contractual obligations, termination of contract and its consequences, the effects of contracts on third parties, the definition of la faute, the quantification of damages, and the law of prescription. The volume also contains an overall assessment of the draft provisions by one of the most senior French judges who chaired the Working Party on the Avant-projet, established by the French Supreme Court, the Cour de cassation. The book is indispensable for comparative private lawyers and lawyers with a particular interest in French law. It is also of use to all private lawyers (both academics and practitioners) looking for information on recent international and European trends in contract and tort.




La fonction supranationale de la règle de conflit de lois


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The Academy is an institution for the study and teaching of public and private international law and related subjects. Its purpose is to encourage a thorough and impartial examination of the problems arising from international relations in the field of law. The courses deal with the theoretical and practical aspects of the subject, including legislation and case law. All courses at the Academy are, in principle, published in the language in which they were delivered in the "Collected Courses of the" "Hague Academy of International Law." This volume contains: - Le droit international humanitaire applicable aux conflits armes non internationaux, par D. Momtaz, professeur a l'Universite de Teheran, - La fonction supranationale de la regle de conflit de loi, par J.-M. Jacquet, professeur a l'Institut universitaire de hautes etudes internationales, Geneve, - Private International Law and the WTO Law by P. Mengozzi, Judge at the European Communities Court of First Instance, Luxembourg. To access the abstract texts for this volume please click here




EU Internet Law in the Digital Era


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The book provides a detailed overview and analysis of important EU Internet regulatory challenges currently found in various key fields of law directly linked to the Internet such as information technology, consumer protection, personal data, e-commerce and copyright law. In addition, it aims to shed light on the content and importance of various pending legislative proposals in these fields, and of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s recent case law in connection with solving the different problems encountered. The book focuses on challenging legal questions that have not been sufficiently analyzed, while also presenting original thinking in connection with the regulation of emerging legal questions. As such, it offers an excellent reference tool for researchers, policymakers, judges, practitioners and law students with a special interest in EU Internet law and regulation.




Commerce électronique : le nouveau cadre juridique


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L’internet marchand fait désormais partie du quotidien de millions de Belges et d’Européens. Avec l’émergence du commerce par téléphonie mobile, l’offre de services ne cesse de croître, et avec elle, le besoin de protection juridique. Conscientes de l’enjeu, les autorités européennes et nationales oeuvrent pour conférer au commerce électronique un véritable cadre légal. La structure de cet ouvrage suit la chronologie de toute transaction qui s’effectue entièrement en ligne. Les règles juridiques applicables à chaque étape du processus sont systématiquement examinées. Une attention particulière est portée à la protection des mineurs sur l’internet, sujet légitimement au centre de toutes les préoccupations, ainsi qu’à la publicité et à la vente en ligne de certains produits « sensibles » tels que le tabac, l’alcool ou les médicaments. Enfin, la dimension internationale de l’internet est également étudiée, sous l’angle de la loi applicable et de la juridiction compétente en matière de contrats en ligne ou de publicité illicite sur le réseau. L’ouvrage tient compte des derniers textes adoptés ou en préparation, tant au niveau européen que national, et en particulier des deux lois du 11 mars 2003 sur le commerce électronique.







Private Copying


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This book offers an original analysis of private copying and determines its actual scope as an area of end-user freedom. The basis of this examination is Article 5(2)(b) of the Copyright Directive. Despite the fact that copying for private and non-commercial use is permitted by virtue of this article and the national laws that implemented it, there is no mandate that this privilege should not be technologically or contractually restricted. Because the legal nature of private copying is not settled, users may consider that they have a ‘right’ to private copying, whereas rightholders are in position to prohibit the exercise of this ‘right’. With digital technology and the internet, this tension has become prominent: the conceptual contours of permissible private copying, namely the private and non-commercial character of the use, do not translate well, and tend to be less clear in the digital context. With the permissible limits of private copying being contested and without clarity as to the legal nature of the private coping limitation, the scope of user freedom is being challenged. Private use, however, has always remained free in copyright law. Not only is it synonymous with user autonomy via the exhaustion doctrine, but it also finds protection under privacy considerations which come into play at the stage of copyright enforcement. The author of this book argues that the rationale for a private copying limitation remains unaltered in the digital world and maintains there is nothing to prevent national judges from interpreting the legal nature of private copying as a ‘sacred’ privilege that can be enforced against possible restrictions. Private Copying will be of particular interest to academics, students and practitioners of intellectual property law.







EU Copyright Law


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This significantly revised and updated second edition addresses the rapid development of EU copyright law in relation to the advancement of new technologies, the need for a borderless digital market and the considerable number of EU legal instruments enacted as a result. Taking a comparative approach, the Commentary provides comprehensive coverage and in-depth commentary on each of the EU legal instruments and policies, both from an EU and an international perspective. Alongside full legislative analysis and article-by-article commentary, the Commentary illustrates the underlying basic principles of free movement and non-discrimination and provides insights into the influence of copyright on other areas of EU policy, including telecoms and bilateral trade agreements.