englischTransitional Justice can be defined as the group of processes and mechanisms that address the problems caused by large-scale human rights violations that were committed during conflicts or by repressive regimes. This book analyses the efforts made in the implementation of the peace accords [...]
more informationenglischTime and again, there are short-term legislative changes in the area of VAT, such as the tax rate reduction in 2020. However well-intentioned such tax rate changes may be, from a legal perspective they lead to considerable problems if the parties had already concluded a contract including [...]
more informationenglischCyber espionage is established state practice. Even 10 years after Edward Snowden, it raises questions of public international law, which this work examines. While there is hardly any evidence of limiting norms in the law of international relations, cyber espionage affects human rights [...]
more informationenglischThe year 1959 saw the release of Dave Brubeck's "Time Out", John Coltrane's "Giant Steps", Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue", Bill Evans' "Portrait in Jazz" and Ornette Coleman's "The Shape of Jazz to Come", all style-defining albums that were groundbreaking in the development of jazz. They [...]
more informationenglischGhost notes are ubiquitous in the rhythm of popular music: quiet notes or beats played between louder ones, filling in the metric grid. Nina Düvel's qualitative expert interviews with drummers explore for the first time why musicians use them and how they relate to the perception of groove [...]
more informationenglischWith the outbreak of the Sars-CoV-2 epidemic in 2020, the provisions of Section 128a of the Code of Civil Procedure came into focus. Since 2002, this provision has allowed oral hearings to be held by means of video and audio transmission. The author examines whether § 128a ZPO can guarantee [...]
more informationenglischThe First Young Competition Law Conference addresses the systematic and methodological challenges future technologies for competition law, such as the normative impact of innovation, the emergence of entirely new markets and challenges to private enforcement and DMA, including opportunities [...]
more informationenglischThis book not only offers valuable ethnomusicological insights into the ritual music of the Tibetan Yungdrung Bön tradition. At the same time, it is an extraordinary case study in which Christiane Strothmann captivatingly describes her many years of collaboration with the Tibetan monastic [...]
more informationenglischThe 2022 PISA study marks a new low in the ongoing problem of developing pupils' reading skills. Belinda Akel addresses the desideratum of the lack of implementation of reading promotion programs at secondary level. Based on a multifactorial concept of reading competence, the self-developed [...]
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englischESG swiftly transitioned from a financial niche to a topic of public discourse, but recent disillusionment has challenged its transformative potential for developing sustainable societies.
This thesis seeks to recalibrate ESG in terms of its effectiveness over its efficiency. Exploring [...]
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