Die International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law (Abkürzung IECL) ist eine weltweit rechtsvergleichende, englischsprachige Enzyklopädie in 17 Bänden mit besonderem Schwerpunkt im Bereich des Privatrechts. Sie erscheint unter der Schirmherrschaft der International Association of Legal Science, einer Untergliederung der UNESCO.
Geschichte Die Idee für das Projekt entstand in den frühen 1960er Jahren unter der Federführung von Konrad Zweigert, der später gemeinsam mit Ulrich Drobnig als Gesamtherausgeber und Leiter des Projekts fungierte. Jeder Band ist in sechs bis zwanzig Kapitel unterteilt, die zunächst als Broschurausgabe erscheinen. Jedem der Bände ist ein Herausgeber zugeordnet, dem die Gestaltung des einzelnen Bandes in Absprache mit den über 400 Autoren obliegt; ferner wird so die Koordination mit der Projektleitung gewährleistet.
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Gliederung und Autoren
I. National Reports (Viktor Knapp, Prag) II. The Legal Systems of the World/Their Comparison and Unification (René David, Paris) Chapter 1: The Different Conceptions of Law (David, Tholonet/Sawer, Canberra/Afchar, Teheran/Derrett, London/Iyer, London/Noda, Tokio/M'Baye, Dakar) Chapter 2: Structure and the Divisions of the Law (David, Tholonet/Szladits, New York/Weir, Cambridge (GB)/Tschchikvadze, Moskau/Zivs, Moskau/Chehata, Paris/Derrett, London/Iyer, London/Cotran, London) Chapter 3: Sources of Law (David, Tholonet) Chapter 4: Comparative law (Zweigert, Hamburg) Chapter 5: The International Unification of Private Law (David, Tholonet) III. Private International Law (Kurt Lipstein, Cambridge, England) Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Sources Chapter 3: Structure Chapter 4: Connecting Factors Chapter 5: Characterization Chapter 6: Renvoi Chapter 7: Preliminary Questions Chapter 8: Intertemporal Conflict of Laws Chapter 9: Interregional Conflict of Laws Chapter 10: Interpersonal Conflict of Laws Chapter 11: Ordre Public Chapter 12: Operation of Foreign Public Law Chapter 13: Effect of Constitutional Law Upon Conflict of Laws Chapter 14: Application of Foreign Law Chapter 15: Persons Chapter 16: Marriage etc. Chapter 17: Personal Effects of Marriage Chapter 18: Effects of Marriage Chapter 19: Children Chapter 20: Succession Chapter 21: Property Chapter 22: Industrial Property Chapter 23: Trusts Chapter 24: Contracts Chapter 25: Transport by Rail and Highway Chapter 26: Transport by Sea Chapter 27: Transport by Air Chapter 28: Contracts of Employment Chapter 29: Agency Chapter 30: Quasi-Contracts Chapter 31: Torts – Introduction Chapter 32: Torts – Enterprise Liability Chapter 33: Torts – Intentional Torts Chapter 34: Unfair Competition Chapter 35: Anti-Trust Chapter 36: Currency Chapter 37: Companies Chapter 38: Jurisdiction Chapter 39: Recognition and Enforcement Chapter 40: Non-Litigious Proceedings, General Problems Chapter 41: Insolvency Chapter 42: Arbitration Chapter 43: Judicial Assistance Chapter 44: Procedure IV. Persons and Family (Aleck Chloros, London) Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Persons Chapter 3: Conclusion of Marriage Chapter 4: Interspousal Relations Chapter 5: Divorce Chapter 5A: Informal Marriages Chapter 6: Creation of Relationships of Kinship (Legitimacy, Illegitimacy, Adoption) Chapter 7: Children, Parents and Guardianship Chapter 8: Family Support Chapter 9: Torts Against and Within the Family Chapter 10: The Family in the Socialist Countries Chapter 11: The Family in Religious and Customary Laws V. Succession (Karl Heinz Neumayer, Würzburg) Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Decedent, Heir and other Beneficiaries Chapter 3: Intestate Succession Chapter 4: Testate Succession Chapter 5: Limits and Restrictions of the Freedom of Testation Chapter 6: Acts inter vivos Concerning the Estate of a Future de cuius Chapter 7: Transactions Concerning the Rights of an Heir on Legatee After the Death of the de cuius Chapter 8: Acquisition and Administration of the Estate Chapter 9: Relationship Between Heirs and Other Beneficiaries inter se Chapter 10: Liability for Obligations of a Decedent Chapter 11: Procedure in Matters of Succession Chapter 12: Rural Succession Chapter 13: Religious Systems of Law VI. Property and Trust (Bernard A. Rudden, Oxford) Chapter 1: General Chapter 2: Structural Variations in Property Law Chapter 3: Movables Chapter 4: Immovables: General Chapter 5: Immovables: Limited Interest Chapter 6: Immovables: Leases Chapter 7: Immovables: Apartment Ownership Chapter 8: Immovables: Neighbourhood and Urban Problems Chapter 9: Immovables: Agrarian Problems Chapter 10: Intangibles and Funds Chapter 11: Trust Chapter 12: Security in Movables and Intangibles Chapter 13: Security in Immovables Chapter 14: Registration of Immovables Chapter 15: Natural Resources VII. Contracts in General (Arthur von Mehren, Cambridge, Mass.) Chapter 1: A General View of Contract Chapter 2: Contract The Legal Institution Chapter 3: Impact of Large Scale Business Enterprise Upon Contract Chapter 4: Public Contracts Chapter 5: Conctracts in the Socialist Economy Chapter 6: Contract in Japan and China Chapter 7: The Role of Contracts in Islamic Law Chapter 8: Contract in Developing Societies Chapter 9: The Formation of Contract Chapter 10: Formal Requirements Chapter 11: Defects in the Contracting Process Chapter 12: Contracting under General Conditions Chapter 13: Parties to Contractual Obligations Chapter 14: Contracting Through Others: Agency Chapter 15: When ist a Party Aggrieved by Deficiencies in the Other Party's Performance Chapter 16: Remedies for Breach of Contract Chapter 17: Comparative Observations VIII. Specific Contracts (Konrad Zweigert, Hamburg) Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Civil Law and Commercial Law Chapter 3: Sale of Goods, Sale of Intangibles; Special Forms of Sales Chapter 4: Installment Sales Chapter 5: Overseas and Export Sales Chapter 6: Sale of Land Chapter 7: Use of Movables Chapter 8: Contracts for Work on Goods and Building Contracts Chapter 9: Commercial Services Chapter 10: Professional and Other Independent Services IX. Commercial Transactions and Institutions (Jacob Ziegel, Toronto) Chapter 1: Credit Transactions Chapter 2: Banks and Banking Chapter 3: Public Law of Banking Chapter 4: Negotiable Instruments Chapter 5: Letters of Credit Chapter 6: Documents of Title Chapter 7: Insurance Contracts Chapter 8: Public Law of Insurance Chapter 9: Stock Exchanges Chapter 10: Contracts of Guarantee and Indemnity Chapter 11: Commodity Exchanges X. Restitution-Unjust Enrichment and Negotiorum Gestio (Ernst von Caemmerer, Freiburg i.Br. und Detlef König, Mannheim) Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Historical Development in Continental European Law Chapter 3: Historical Development in the Common Law Chapter 4: Socialist Legal Systems Chapter 5: Chapter 6: Restitution of Benefits Conferred Without Obligation Chapter 7: Chapter 8: Restitution of Benefits Conferred Under Illegal Contracts Chapter 9: Restitution of Benefits Acquired Trough Interference with Another's Property Chapter 10: Restitution of Benefits Acquired Through Breach of Fiduciary Relationship Chapter 11: Reimbursement for Discharge of Another's Obligation Chapter 12: Chapter 13: Chapter 14: Other Types of Unjust Enrichment Chapter 15: Indirect Enrichment Chapter 16: Chapter 17: Negotiorum Gestio XI. Torts (André Tunc, Paris) Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Liability for One's Own Act Chapter 3: Liability for Acts of Persons Unter Supervision Chapter 4: Private and Governmental Liability for the Torts of Employees and Organds Chapter 5: Liability for Damage Caused by Things Chapter 6: Professional Liability Chapter 7: Causation and Remoteness of Damage Chapter 8: Consequences of Liability Chapter 9: Personal Injury and Death Chapter 10: Various Damages Chapter 11: Collateral Benefits Chapter 12: Complex Liabilities Chapter 13: Procedural Questions Chapter 14: Traffic Accident Compensation: Law and Proposals XII. Law of Transport (René Rodiere, Paris) Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Railways Chapter 3: Highways Chapter 4: Maritime Transportation Chapter 5: Inland Navigation Chapter 6: Air Transportation Chapter 7: Pipelines Chapter 8: Transport Insurance a Land Transport b Inland Navigation c Maritime Transports d Air Transportation XIII. Business and Private Organizations (Alfred Conrad, Ann Arbor) Chapter 0: Scope and Terminology Chapter 1: Partnership and Other Personal Associations for Profit Chapter 2: Limited Liability Companies and private Companies Chapter 3: Marketable Share Companies: Formation Chapter 4: Marketable Share Companies: Administration and Control, Supervision Chapter 5: Marketable Share Companies: Capital and Securities Chapter 6: Fundamental Changes in Marketable Share Companies Chapter 7: Company Systems and Affiliation Chapter 8: Cooperative Organizations Chapter 9: Non-profit Organizations Chapter 9A: Foundations Chapter 10: Securities Regulations Chapter 11: Taxation of Business Organizations Chapter 12A: Law and Accounting in Business Associations Chapter 12B: Financial Disclosure in State Enterprises of Socialist Countries Chapter 13: Governmental (Public) Enterprises XIV. Copyright and Industrial Property (Eugen Ulmer, München) Chapter 1: General Questions. The International Conventions (Ulmer, Kreuth) Chapter 2: Copyright: National Systems and International Developments (Bogsch, Genf) Chapter 3: Copyright: Comparison of law (Ringer, Washington) Chapter 4: Protection of Inventions: National Systems and International Development (Beier, München/Pretnar, Ljubljana/Wallace, London) Chapter 5: Patents and Utility Models (Beier, München/Godenhielm, Helsinki/Pretnar, Ljubljana/Tookey, Bromley/Wallace, London) Chapter 6: Inventors Certificates, Rationalization Proposals and Discoveries (Pretnar/Ljubljana) Chapter 7: Employee Inventions (Godenhielm, Helsinki) Chapter 8: Exploitation of Inventions and Know-how (Godenhielm, Helsinki) Chapter 9: Industrial Designs (Pérot-Morel, Grenoble) Chapter 10: Trademarks: National Systems and International Developments (Krasser, München/Ladas, New York) Chapter 11: Trademarks: Comparatison of law (Krasser, München/Ladas, New York) Chapter 12: Unfair Competition: National Systems and International Developments (Grimes, Washington/Schricker, München/Verona, Zagreb) Chapter 13: Unfair Competition: Comparison of Law (Grimes, Washington/Schricker, München/Verona, Zagreb) XV. Labour Law (Bob A. Hepple, Canterbury) Chapter 1: International Sources of Labour Law Chapter 2: National Sources of Labour Law Chapter 3: Scope of Labour Law as Regards Persons and Subject-Matter Chapter 4: Making, Modification and Termination of Employment Relationships and the Obligations Resulting from Such Relationships in General Chapter 5: Wages and Remuneration in General Chapter 6: Hours of Work, Weekly Rest; The Employment of Protected Persons Chapter 7: Health, Safety and Welfare Chapter 8: Accidents at Work and Occupational Diseases: Social Insurance Chapter 9: Tort Liability for Work Injury Chapter 10: Labour Market Regulations Chapter 11: Trade Unions and Employers' Associations Chapter 12: Collective Bargaining and Collective Agreements Chapter 13: Representation of the Employees at Plant and Enterprise Level Chapter 14: Prevention and Settlement of Labour Disputes, Other than Conflicts of Right Chapter 15: Strikes, Lockouts and Other Hostile Actions Chapter 16: Labour Court and Organs of Arbitration XVI. Civil Procedure (Mauro Cappelletti, Florenz) Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: History of European Civil Procedure Chapter 3: Organization and Roles of the Legal Profession Chapter 4: Types of Relief Available (Judicial Remedies) Chapter 5: Parties Chapter 6: Ordinary Proceedings in First Instance: