Die offshore-windenergie unter dem windseeg

Offshore wind energy is indispensable for the success of the energy transition. In 2017, the legal framework for its planning and regulation was restructured with the Offshore Wind Energy Act. The author shows that the system raises numerous legal questions and can possibly serve as an example fo...

Verwaltungsrechtliche dogmatik

Suffizienz und recht

Sufficiency aims to limit, reduce and qualitatively change consumption and production in order to overcome (not only) the ecological crises of our time. Based on the results of sufficiency research, Ulrike Jürschik develops a comprehensive environmental and constitutional law perspective on the t...

Beweislasten im verwaltungsrecht

Being right and winning are two very different things, even in administrative law. Pia Wirtz examines the consequences of the inability to clarify facts in administrative law proceedings. At the same time, she deals with the distribution of responsibility for providing the facts under the princip...

Artenschutz und windenergieanlagen

The transition to green energy provides an enormous challenge for the German legislator - in particular with regard to species protection laws. Dennis Jurdt's study addresses the legal problems that arise in safeguarding protected species of birds when permission for onshore wind turbines is gran...

Die ordnung der aufgaben im staat

Digitale öffentlichkeitsbeteiligung

The legal control of digitalization holds considerable potential for making public participation more effective, efficient and citizen-friendly. Exploring the options and limitations, Juliane Rausch’s study assesses the role digital formats could play in the planning approval process.

Messing with the regulator

The area of banking supervision is notorious for its low level of legal action. Sonja Heitzer investigates why seeking legal protection is such a challenge, identifying speed, specialization, secrecy, reputation, and informality as important factors.

Der einzelne im europaischen verwaltungsrecht

Unabhangiges verwalten in der europaischen union

Idee und gestalt des freiheitlichen verfassungsstaates

Recht der digitalisierung ii

The volume offers insights into the challenges of internationalisation and digitalisation across various legal fields. With thirteen expert contributions on topics like data protection, criminal law, criminal procedure, civil procedure, and banking regulation, this volume is an essential resource...

Der politische strafprozess

What makes a criminal trial political? And what are the consequences of such a classification? This volume seeks answers from an array of different disciplinary perspectives and on the basis of specific historical criminal trials, including Auschwitz, Stammheim and Mannesmann. Practical legal and...

Die siebenfach enthauptete

Paul von Otting is the first to present a comprehensive monograph on the cultural history of the (late) ancient death penalty, critically revising the prevailing conception of a regime of violence during this period. In addition, he determines the place of capital punishment within the changing s...

Glücksspielregulierung

Gambling is a particularly controversial topic and gambling regulation a taxing legislative task. This handbook collects contributions on the foundations of German gambling regulation as well as on the various legal fields shaping and regulating gambling in Germany.

Verhaltensnorm und zeit

Pursuant to an entrenched paradigm of German criminal law theory, criminal offences require the breach of an individual legal duty. Unveiling its ontological and doctrinal inconsistencies, the author challenges this view and drafts an alternative approach that forgoes the breach of duty as a cons...

Das verstandigungsurteil des bundesverfassungsgerichts und die notwendigkeit von reformen im strafprozess

Der digitale werkgenuss im urheberrecht

Die "angemessenheit" im urheberrecht

Die abhangige schopfung im recht des geistigen eigentums

Verwaiste werke

Kompetenzverteilung bei freihandelsabkommen

The distribution of competences between the EU and the member states in free trade agreements is complex. Julia Hill's study is dedicated to the systematisation of these competences and explores how they are distributed in the trade agreements with Canada (CETA) and Singapore (EUSFTA).

Registerrecht und blockchain

The German law of registry has developed into a substantial pillar of information that today upholds the security of business transactions. Tim Blöcher investigates whether blockchain technology could be successfully used in the flow and administration of information covered by the various regist...

Der motivschutz im urheberrecht

Kommanditgesellschaftsrecht im nationalsozialismus

Philipp Semmelmayer analyses the history of the German limited partnership, with a particular focus on the period of National Socialism. During this time, numerous companies ‘fled’ from demonised corporations into idealised limited partnerships, a development which gave rise to controversial, par...

Bgb i: einfuhrung und allgemeiner teil

With this textbook and workbook, Dieter Leipold enables the reader to acquire a basic knowledge of German civil law. The new edition has been completely revised and updated.

Private enforcement im digitalen binnenmarkt

This volume brings together expert contributions that explore these pressing issues from a cross-regulatory perspective, examining whether existing laws are sufficient to address the complexities of a digital and globalized world.

Corporate social responsibility in international sales law

Svenja Kristin Langenhagen addresses the practical question of how international sales contracts between business partners in transnational supply chains are affected by human rights and environmental protection law and, more importantly, how human rights and environmental protection law can be i...

Sachrechtsvergleichung im internationalen privatrecht

For which sectors of international private law is the comparison of substantial law relevant? Which methods are applied and what is the function of such comparison in international law? Melanie Manow shows how the two are dependent on one another and so proves the fundamental importance of compar...

Strengbeweis und freiheit richterlicher überzeugungsbildung

On what grounds may the court base its decision on the truth of a disputed fact in German civil procedure? Joshua Fisher examines the interplay between the doctrine of strict evidence and the concept of free proof and shows that the admissible sources of evidence are far less limited than is wide...

Individualität und kollektivität

What is the relationship between the individual and the collective, between individuality and collectivity, in German and Japanese law? This volume delves into this question from both intra- and interdisciplinary perspectives, seeking to uncover the individualistic and collectivistic dimensions i...

Die internationalprivatrechtliche qualifikation

Since its discovery, the question of how to identify the relevant choice of law rule has been one of the fundamental problems of private international law. Leonard Wagner outlines the historical development of the discourse on the problem of qualification and, building on this, addresses current ...

Knowledge co-creation in climate and marine governance

Based on a co-creation methodology that transcends disciplinary boundaries and enhances participatory approaches, numerous different experts offer perspectives on ocean protection from national, regional and international law.

Das recht der unternehmensgruppe in chile

This study provides a comparative analysis of how German and Chilean corporate law deal with the problems of corporate groups to find alternative solutions. After examining the relevant key concepts, the work presents a reinterpretation of the Chilean Stock Corporation Act inspired by German law.

Geschichte des deutschen patentrechts

Das integrierte konzept der ie-richtlinie und seine umsetzung im deutschen recht

Die effektivitat transnationaler massnahmen gegen menschenhandel in europa

Die europaisierung des energierechts - 20 jahre energiebinnenmarkt

Verbraucherschutz und grundrechte in digitalen märkten

How can we protect freedom of choice and other consumer rights when it comes to digital gatekeepers? And how can we ensure that European fundamental rights are upheld in the digital sphere? In this timely study, Alexander Kirk argues that consumer protection and fundamental rights must be brought...

Komplexität des rechts

Janis Beckedorf analyses how legal complexity can be quantified from a theoretical, methodological and practical perspective. He presents methods for measuring aspects of this complexity, using network science and graph theory to quantify complexity through the structure of law.

Revisibilität und reversibilität

Democracy is the rule of the shifting, current majority and thus the rule of the respective present. Yet democratic demands of different times can clash when laws can no longer, or only partly, be amended. Jascha Amery analyses these intertemporal tensions and establishes principles for the relat...

Der öffentliche dienst "nach corona"

Wertebildung in der schule

As institutions of the state, publicly funded schools are obliged to remain neutral. At the same time, their educational mandate is not limited to the teaching of specialised knowledge. Schools are also places where values are formed. The contributors to this volume undertake an interdisciplinary...

Hybride und chimaren

Droht die entmachtung der verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit durch die zivilgerichte?

Neue und wiederentdeckte rechtsformen im gesellschaftsrecht

This collection explores how the layout of legal structures in corporate law has changed over time: Which forms have been added in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which have been rediscovered or discarded? Who gave the decisive impulse? And how have the new creations faired in the competitive f...

German and asian perspectives on company law

Die anlehnende markennutzung fur nicht ahnliche produkte

Der staat, der handeln muss

Increasingly in the face of existential crises and necessary transformations, not just public debate but also the law demands that governments and their agencies act. From different fields of law as well as neighboring disciplines, this volume presents perspectives on the decisive process of attr...

Die metaphysikkritik gerhard ebelings und ihre vorgeschichte

Zur medienoffentlichkeit der dritten gewalt

Tarifautonomie und außenseiter

With collective bargaining coverage in decline, both the state and the parties to the agreements may have an interest in extending the effect of collective bargaining beyond this circle. In her study, Kyra Klocke sets out the constitutional framework for legislative and collective bargaining poli...

Nachhaltigkeit als verbundbegriff

English summary: The authors of the essays collected here analyze the concept of sustainable development in its theoretical foundations and practical implications and deals with the continuing difficulties in its implementation in the law and its transformation into a coherent development policy....

Mehrheit von glaubigern

Das deutsche internationale privatrecht des timesharing

Wechselwirkungen zwischen art. 6 emrk und nationalem strafverfahrensrecht

Verfassungsentwicklung i

Causa contractus

This volume seeks to promote a common understanding of Europe's legal heritage and to present proposals for its further development. Contributions are in German, French, Italian and English, summarized by introductory chapters in English.

Der monetare wert von daten im privatrecht

Menschenrechtsschutz durch deliktsrecht

Rechtfertigungsnarrative des urheberrechts im praxistest

The modern civil process

Das kapitalgesellschaftsrecht der vr china

Grundfragen der abanderungsklage

Haftungsadressaten in dlt-netzwerken

DLT networks or blockchains represent a new form of cooperation between unknown actors. In this study, Till von Poser first examines the legal dimension of their community and subsequently the liability of individual groups of participants, based on concrete use cases.

Die diversitat der biodiversitat

Forderungskollision

If a debtor cannot satisfy all creditors, or does not have to, their claims collide. But does the legal system allow creditors to compete freely? Or does it dictate equal distribution or give priority to certain claims? Based on a deep historical analysis, Gregor Albers's study drafts a model for...

Vereinheitlichung des rechts der mobiliarsicherheiten

Autonomie und normativitat

Grundfragen der rechtsgeschaftslehre

Regulierung trotz nichtwissen

Legal practice can no longer understand technical phenomena such as blockchain and yet must still regulate them. Sociological theory teaches that modern regulation is only possible through trust in the information processing power of others when dealing competently with one's own non-knowledge.

Der zeitraum der nichtleistung

The breach of duty due to non-performance is of a permanent nature, lasting until its termination ex nunc or ex tunc. Johannes Claudio Felsch develops a fresh (time-related) systemisation of the rights arising from irregularity of performance and the legal objections against it, finishing off by ...

Das wechselmodell im kindschaftsrecht

Anleger- und glaubigerschutz bei handelsgesellschaften

English summary: This volume contains the national reports on French and Japanese corporate law as well as a general report which focuses on American and German law. Comparative law in its various approaches, systems and instruments for the protection of investors and creditors in corporations is...

Wirtschaftsverfassung und wirtschaftsverwaltung

Wettbewerb der privatrechtsordnungen im europaischen binnenmarkt

Tatsachenkontrolle und beweisfuhrung im eu-kartellrecht auf dem prufstand der emrk

Entscheidungen des bundesverfassungsgerichts (bverfge)

Der terrorist als feind?

Schutz von versammlungen auf privatem grund