New Releases by Peter Huber

"... there is a lack of a clear and simple exposition of the CISG for students and practitioners. That is the role of the current book, which it fills admirably. All of the issues that have been raised in the cases and the literature are considered, but without excessive detail. This is a book that will do much to make the CISG an easily understandable text for all users, student and pracitioner alike." Preface by Professor Eric E. Bergsten

"The author analyzes regional labor market disparities in transition by presenting some data and summarizing existing literature. He finds that large and persistent regional labor market disparities developed in virtually all transition countries and that there is some evidence of polarization. Differences in starting conditions and market access seem to be the major reasons for regional divergence in transition. Furthermore, regional wages are only slightly more flexible than in many European Union labor markets, interregional migration is low, and capital seems to move toward high wage and low unemployment urban centers rather than to the most backward regions. Policy should thus take a long-run perspective on the existing regional disparities, focus on removing barriers to mobility, review existing institutions for implementing regional policy, and aim at a close coordination of regional and labor market policy instruments. "--World Bank web site.

Myebs.de is a software platform developed by students studying information systems at the German university of European Business School (ebs) in Oestrich-Winkel. The course challenges IT students to develop real-life software solutions to the university''s own internal community information needs. As in open source software development, the best solution is then integrated into the existing platform. Because of the team work that is necessary in this course, a considerable growth in interpersonal skills is fostered. As with OSS in general, "maintainability" can be an issue.

English summary: The author deals with the question of whether the seller of defective goods can avoid a contract under the law of error or misrepresentation or whether he is limited to his rights under the law pertaining to sales. He bases his study on German law, but also covers recent international efforts to harmonize contract law, such as the CISG, the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts and the Principles of European Contract Law. German description: Peter Huber durchdenkt ein altbekanntes, aber bisher nicht befriedigend gelostes Problem des burgerlichen Rechts vor dem Hintergrund moderner Reform- und Vereinheitlichungsbestrebungen neu: die Frage, ob der Kaufer einer mangelhaften Sache neben den Gewahrleistungsanspruchen auch auf die Irrtumsanfechtung zuruckgreifen darf. Im deutschen Recht nimmt man bisher ganz uberwiegend an, dass dem Kaufer nur die Sachmangelanspruche zur Verfugung stehen. In auslandischen Rechtsordnungen wird diese Frage dagegen anders behandelt. Bemerkenswert ist, dass weder im deutschen noch im auslandischen Recht Einigkeit uber die theoretischen Grundlagen der Ausschlusswirkung erzielt wurde.Aktualitat gewinnt die Frage dadurch, dass das Vertragsrecht sowohl international als auch national vor einem Wandel steht. Auf internationaler Ebene gibt es verschiedene Ansatze zur Vereinheitlichung des Vertragsrechts, z. B. im UN-Kaufrecht, in den UNIDROIT-Principles of International Commercial Contracts, in den Principles of European Contract Law und in der EG-Richtlinie uber den Verbrauchsguterkauf. In Deutschland ist die Diskussion uber die grosse Schuldrechtsreform in vollem Gang.Peter Huber arbeitet die Grundlagen des Konkurrenzverhaltnisses beider Rechtsinstitute heraus und wendet sie anschliessend auf die deutsche lex lata und die neuen Regelwerke, einschliesslich des Kommissionsentwurfs zur Schuldrechtsreform, an. Er kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass das entscheidende Kriterium zur Beantwortung der Konkurrenzfrage den neuen Regelwerken entnommen werden kann.

Liste des abréviations utilisées: p. 577-581; index des noms de personnes: p. 583-592; index des associations et des entreprises: p. 593-600.

A scathing indictment of the growing role of junk science in our courtrooms. Peter W. Huber shows how time and again lawyers have used—and the courts have accepted—spurious claims by so-called expert witnesses to win astronomical judgments that have bankrupted companies, driven doctors out of practice, and deprived us all of superior technologies and effective, life-saving therapies.