International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law

The International Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, published in 17 volumes, is written by worldwide recognized leading specialists of comparative law. 16 of these volumes are devoted to one large area of private and commercial law, each of which is dealt with exclusively from a comparative law perspective, whereas the first volume provides reports on all the countries of the world, in alphabetical order, pertaining to the same subjects. Volume XIV contains comparative analyses of copyright in the broad sense of this term. The six chapters of this volume have been written by authors from various European countries. They deal with the international, European and the national regimes of copyright, neighboring rights and the collective administration of both copyrights and neighboring rights. Table of Contents: E. Ulmer: General Questions - The International Conventions - S. Stromholm: Copyright - National and International Development - S. Stromholm: Copyright - Comparison of Laws - J. Straus: Neighbouring Rights - National and International Developments - S. v. Lewinski: Neighbouring Rights - Comparison of Laws - G. Karnell and S. v. Lewinski: Collective Administation of Copyrights and Neighbouring Rights