International Franchise Sales Laws

"The purpose of this book is to provide a thoughtful, useful, and succinct reference for the franchise practitioner to use to navigate the mostly uncharted waters of international franchise sales laws"--

While franchising promotes economic and social welfare objectives, Elizabeth Crawford Spencer argues that monitoring and regulation are needed to address potential areas of abuse of the form that can result in costly market inefficiencies. This unique study surveys franchise-specific legislation worldwide as a starting point for a thorough examination and analysis of the role of both private and public regulation of the sector in the context of current theoretical approaches to regulating contractual relationships. The book concludes that properly calibrated regulation can minimize inefficient allocations of power and risk and lead to maximum economic and social benefits by promoting the development of small business, enabling the growth of entrepreneurial skills, and facilitating economic well-being and independence among SMEs. This comparative survey will prove to be invaluable for academics in franchising marketing, management, law and practice. The Regulation of Franchising in the New Global Economy will also appeal to franchise law practitioners, consultants, policymakers and those wishing to influence policy on all sides of the debate in the many jurisdictions that are engaging in the processes of adopting, or reviewing, franchise regulation.

"The 2005 Special Issue of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business addresses issues relating to security in immovables. Each chapter contains an overview of the security in immovables laws of a particular country. The laws very widely among the countries; the word "immovable" (or "real property" in Common Law jurisdictions) even has different definitions in different countries." --Book Jacket.