THE MAX PLANCK ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EUROPEAN PRIVATE LAW. Eds Jürgen Basedow, Klaus J. Hopt, Reinhard Zimmermann with Andreas Stier Oxford: Oxford University Press (www.oup.com), 2012. 2 Vols; Vol 1, xxxviii + 977 pp.; Vol 2, xxxiv + 970 pp. ISBN 978019957895. £350.
| Author | Jonathan Fitchen |
| DOI | 10.3366/elr.2013.0144 |
| Published date | 01 January 2013 |
| Date | 01 January 2013 |
| Pages | 104-106 |
The handsomely presented books which comprise this two volume set as published by Oxford University Press are an updated, expanded and more internationally focussed English language version of the excellent
Volume 1 begins with “Abuse of a Dominant Position” and ends with “Interpretation of Contracts”. Volume 2 begins with an entry concerning the “Interpretation of EU Law” and closes with an entry upon the World Intellectual Property Organisation. The encyclopaedia presents the reader with roughly 500 alphabetically arranged and cross-referenced entries which each feature explanation and definition of the subject of the entry, an account of the main academic opinions and (where present) mention of the academic and jurisprudential controversies relating thereunto plus multi-lingual references to legal sources and also to further multi-lingual readings. The entries, which happily are all alphabetically listed at the front of each volume, are often fragmented along thematic lines so that a large subject (such as Competition Law or Intellectual Property) can be better tackled by the relevant specialist authors and also may better present the enquiring reader with detail upon the relevant aspect...
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