Kommentar zur zivilprozessordnung

Wertpapierrecht der security token offerings

In dealing with the uncertainties that exist in regulating security tokens, Maurice Ribak finds that as a transaction register, the blockchain technically satisfies the securitization requirement under civil law and that security tokens qualify as securities under civil law and outside the scope ...

Die kodifikation des europaischen verwaltungsrechts

Die pflicht zur sperrung des luftraums über konfliktzonen

The downing of flight MH17 in 2014 raised the question of whether states are obligated to close their airspace above conflict zones. Relying on the concept of sovereignty as a responsibility, Matina Jozi demonstrates that the obligation to close the airspace can be deduced from public internation...

Proportionality in private law

Proportionality is not exclusively a public law concept but also plays an important role in various private law contexts. The present volume explores different manifestations of proportionality reasoning in private law across different jurisdictions and combines theoretical, constitutional, and c...

Intensivere drittwirkung

Are or should information intermediaries be bound by freedom of expression when moderating content on their platforms? Amélie Heldt argues in favor of a more "intensive" horizontal effect of freedom of expression - thereby analyzing content moderation from a constitutional, comparative, and inter...

Parteienrecht

Reproduktive freiheiten

The broad sphere of reproducing life, from procreation to pregnancy and birth, has never been systematically presented in the German constitutional law discourse. Laura Anna Klein argues that it is time for a new conception of fundamental rights that takes interdisciplinary findings into consider...

Netzwerke im europaischen verwaltungsrecht

Actio, anspruch, subjektives recht

Umweltgerechtigkeit durch planfeststellungsverfahren

Herrschaft als auftrag

There is increasing uncertainty concerning the integration of the European States under the umbrella of the European Union. This study investigates the fundamental constitutional structures of sovereignty in a united Europe, focusing on determining the relationship between the Basic Law for the F...

Sondervotum beim bundesverfassungsgericht

Since December 1970, judges have been able to give dissenting opinions on decisions made by the Senate of the German Federal Constitutional Court. This study provides an empirical analysis of judicial practice and defines the functions of the dissenting opinion.

Korrelative systeminterferenzen

Public law and private law are closely interwoven in many complementary ways. Using financial supervision law as an example, Schäfers develops practicable metanorms well-founded in legal theory how to deal with the overlapping partial legal systems, how conflicts between them can be resolved and ...

Akzeptanzmodelle

Umweltvertragliches bergrecht

The question of whether mining law that has been adapted only sporadically since 1980 still meets the requirements of effective environmental protection or not is more relevant today than ever before. Felix Kaiser examines this question by analyzing the interaction between mining and environmenta...

Die rechte der gemeinden beim ausbau des ubertragungsnetzes

Johanna Decher's study investigates the role that local authorities play in the accelerated expansion of Germany's ultra-high-voltage grids, dealing in detail with the interactions between communal urban land use and grid expansion planning as well as the options for legally protecting the commun...

Wissenschaft, praxis und dogmatik im verwaltungsrecht

Dimensionen des wissens im recht

Internationales staatensanierungsverwaltungsrecht

Extrajuridisches wissen im verwaltungsrecht

English summary: In the modern knowledge-based society, the administrative branch of the government is becoming increasingly dependent on external sources of specialized legal knowledge when implementing administrative law in order to fulfill the regulatory tasks it has been allocated. How can ex...

Das kompensationsprinzip

Die kirchliche mittelstufe

Die menschenwurde in der verfassungsordnung

Impfpflicht und grundgesetz

Standortauswahl fur ein endlager fur hochradioaktive abfalle

Das recht auf menschliche entscheidung

Die minderheitsregierung im regierungssystem des grundgesetzes

Integrationsrecht

Integration law has established itself as an independent field of law within the legal order. With reference to the future development of the law as well, Sina Fontana puts this field of law into a coherent order and in doing so creates a normative basis for an integrative legal order.

Politische parteien und offentlichkeit

Staatliche offentlichkeitsarbeit in sozialen netzwerken

Phenomena such as hate speech have shown that social networks are often regarded as a lawless space, and while the state now also conducts its public relations activities in the digital world, it remains bound to constitutional requirements. Nicolas Harding investigates whether the recourse to so...

Die krise der politischen parteien

Demokratie und rechtsstaat in der diskussion

In this volume, Hans Peter Bull combines articles on basic questions of the German polity dealing with the central principles of democracy and the rule of law, including the electoral system, political parties, as well as public security and privacy.

Das personal der republik

Der schutz der meinungsbildung im digitalen zeitalter

Ephorale verfassung

Normativitat - religion - mobilitat

The contributions in this volume explore the normative processes derived from encounter with other religions, using the internal perspective of religious communities, the perspective of interreligious encounters, and the perspective of the state's religious constitutional order.

Gesundheitswissen aus behordenhand

Kommunalverwaltung und demokratieprinzip

Die organisationsverfassung der regierung

Der mensch in der wirklichkeit des rechts

Die verfassungsrechtlichen grundentscheidungen des grundgesetzes

Parlamentskunst

Democracy is widely regarded as a normatively unaesthetic form of government. Lea-Marie Weischede confronts this narrative of unaesthetic democracy from the perspective of constitutional law and, using visual arts in the German Bundestag as an example, shows the significance and contours of state...

Entzauberung des rechts auf informationelle selbstbestimmung

The right to informational self-determination is omnipresent within the German legal system. Svenja Behrendt offers a comprehensive analysis on the nature and structure of basic rights, showing why a right to informational self-determination is norm-theoretically not justifiable.

Staatliche steuerung durch nudging im lichte der grundrechte

Nudges are meant to influence but still allow everyone to decide freely without coercion or economic incentive. To this end, the nudging state takes advantage of the bounded rationality of its citizens in order to nudge them gently and subtly. Is this an infringement of their fundamental rights?

Paritatisches wahlrecht

Wege der wurde

There is no one and only philosophical path. Thus it is paths as a plural which define the title and subject of this volume, whose table of contents reads like a directory of paths. It names the paths taken and describes the perspectives on the phenomenon of dignity opened up by them. Ranging fro...

Die religios-weltanschauliche neutralitat des staates

Theorie des offentlichen rechts i-iii

Faith, freedom, and family

Lehren vom verwaltungsrechtsverhaltnis

Thinking in categories of the legal relationship stimulates a change of perspective in many key areas of administrative law, for example with regard to the sources of law, subjective public rights, forms of action and organization of the administration and also in the dialogue with administrative...

Rechtsdiskurs, rechtsprinzipien, rechtsbegriff

The contributions collected in this volume critically approach the three elementary building blocks of Alexy's theory of fundamental rights: legal discourse, legal principles and the concept of law. They question core theses, expanding contexts, and thus opening up alternative approaches to both ...

Verhandelte gesundheit

Vom recht zur berechtigung

Das konservative gericht

Expertokratie

Der beschleunigte staat

Anreize im recht

Gerichtsverwaltung und court management in deutschland und in den usa

Datenschutzaufsicht im europaischen verbund

Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit in der krise?

Rechtsangleichung durch richtlinien

Der sachverhalt der normenkontrolle

Ausservertragliche haftung im europaischen verwaltungsverbund

Vertragsgewohnheitsrecht und parlamentsbeteiligung

Internationales planungsrecht

Religionsunterricht aus dem ausland

The content of RE lessons in Germany's state-run schools is determined by the respective local religious community. But what if a foreign state is behind this? David Fassbender seeks answers to this question from international and constitutional law perspectives.

Europaische verteidigung

How could the idea of joint European armed forces be realised? Nikolaus Scheffel analyses the historical model of the European Defence Community from the 1950s and contrasts it with the institutional network of the Common Security and Defence Policy that exists today. He critically examines the c...

Massstabe der europaischen integration

Grundgesetz und rassismus

The term "racism" is currently experiencing a renaissance in Germany. In parts of academia, a broad understanding dominates, which also covers culturalised distinctions as well as institutional manifestations that are not based on intentional actions. In this collection, leading scholars present ...

Die informationsfunktion von parlamenten

Die schwache gewalt?

To make themselves heard among the branches of government, courts rely on their authority. However, the other branches increasingly call this authority into question. Against this backdrop, the contributions in this volume examine challenges to and assertions of judicial authority from various ac...

Regulierte selbstregulierung im europaischen datenschutzrecht

Ressortforschung

Departmental research enables the state to perform its tasks in accordance with the findings in scientific research. A. Katarina Weilert analyzes the conceptual and functional definition of departmental research and presents the characteristics and legal structures of this research in the Federal...

Verhaltensokonomisch informierte steuerungsinstrumente

Bruno Gebhardi's study shows in which ways and to what extent behavioural economics may be used for governance in Germany. It demonstrates that the concept of nudging cannot be used in Germany, but that governance based on behavioural economics requires an approach tailored specifically to the co...

Der geheimhaltungskonflikt im verwaltungsprozess

Confidential evidence poses a substantive challenge for lawmakers and administrative courts alike. Mariamo Katharina Ilal compares procedural solutions and explores the question if undisclosed information should be used by courts. She then examines current developments in EU law and discusses the...

Unionsburgerschaft als kompetenzproblem

Using the example of Union citizenship, the thesis analyzes the legal limitations to which the European Court of Justice (ECJ) is subject when it delivers its judgments. The limitations are derived from the constitutional law of the European Union. It then links the theoretical framework of the l...

Die vielfalt unionaler rechtsetzungsverfahren

Die integrierte staatlichkeit der lander

Die unsichtbare hand des staates

Jahrbuch des offentlichen rechts der gegenwart. neue folge

Die europaisierung des kirchlichen individualarbeitsrechts

Anna-Lisa Giehl examines how the European Convention on Human Rights and European anti-discrimination laws influence candidates' conditions of employment and obligations of loyalty in church employment relationships. In particular, the current case law of the European Court of Justice and the res...

Menschenwurde

Public epistemic authority

Der vorbehalt des moglichen

Lino Munaretto's study examines the legal significance of the concept of "proviso of the possible" from a theoretical and doctrinal perspective, arguing that the proviso is not only a limitation of rights, but also a margin of appreciation that points to the democratic contingency of political d...

Verantwortlichkeit in komplexen daten-okosystemen

Today's ubiquitous processing of data is played out by numerous actors on mighty platforms for a plethora of purposes. Against this backdrop, Florian Wittner examines the General Data Protection Regulation and its effectiveness in safeguarding private data. Setting out its regulatory concept and ...

Europaisierung des verwaltungsprozessrechts im diskurs der rechtswissenschaft

Volkerrechtsordnung und volkerrechtsbruch

Formale verfassungslehre

Grundrechtsfunktionen jenseits des staates

Entscheidungen und entscheidungsprozesse der rechtsprechung

Verbundidentitat

Legalplanung

Urbane mobilitat

Subjektive offentliche verfahrensrechte unter dem einfluss des unionsrechts

Durchsicht informationstechnischer systeme

Transnationale solidaritatskonflikte

Dirty drugs

Psychopharmaceuticals have a deep impact on our society. Klaus Ferdinand Garditz deals with the rampant regulatory structures (from narcotics law to pharmaceutical law and the framework in constitutional law) and the interactions between psychopharmacology, society and the law with its institutio...