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This research aims to determine the comparative efficiency of the rental market through the traditional core aspects of the law of residential lease. It also focuses on designing a model of flexicurity in the housing market, taking into account the socio-economic reality and its embeddedness and effects. The research applies a comparative and historical method in legal research.
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Flexicurity in tenancy relationsTENLAW 5th meetingTartu, May 7-8, 2015 Ave Hussar
Tartu team • www.sisu.ut/tenancy • Journal of the University of Latvia • Comparison of the termination provisions in Latvia-Estonia • PRS in CEE … Case Study: Estonia • Best of TENLaw … • Flexicurity as a concept in tenancy relations as research theme Ave Hussar/ Prof. Irene Kull
Purpose of the research • First stage: • Determine the comparative efficiency of the rental market through the (traditional) core aspects of the efficiency of law of residential lease • Second stage: • Designing the model of flexicurity of housing market taking into account status quo of the socio-economic reality. • embeddedness in, and effects on … • E.g. Germany vs Estonia – „same“ black letter law, still different situation/outcome – „problem“ lies somewhere else? Comparative and historical method in legal research
Method • Comparative Law as ancilliary discipline to Law and Economics • Which rules are to be examined? • Functional approach • Answered by Reports!? • How will people react to them? • legal experiments – different rules already tested… • Which rule is preferred? • Comparison of the efficiency of traditional core elements Comparative and historical method in legal research
Method • Positive Law and Economics • Universal goal: increase wealth • Describes advantages and disadvantages of different ways to reach this goal • Normative Law and Economics • Search the best rule for given problem • E.g. legal transplant – does it work in new environment? NB! Transaction costs of implementation! • Ranking the solutions in terms of efficiency(not just „fairness“ and „justice“!) Comparative and historical method in legal research
Dilemmas • Position of the tenant or the landlord? • synallagmatic elements of flexicurity • 3rd person guarantees… but moral hazard problem • All reports or a selection - on what basis? • Parallel to labour law • Delicate use of reports, articles (e.g. Hector’s presention!) Comparative and historical method in legal research
Result? • Possibly several different flexicurity models for different market profiles Ave Hussar/ Prof. Irene Kull
Thank you! Comparative and historical method in legal research