englischWhereas early modern cathedral chapters have mostly been studied as electoral bodies of prince-bishops and noble corporations, this study examines the administrative and governmental practices of the Bamberg cathedral chapter from the perspective of the history of knowledge. Its active [...]

englischA collaborative relationship between parents and professionals is essential for the success of support and protection interventions. However, fears, insecurities, feelings of guilt and shame on the part of parents as well as fears on the part of professionals, some of which are very similar [...]

englischFrom a dogmatic point of view, only the award of the contract by the organizer of the tender is convincing as the point of time at which the limitation period under Section 298 StGB begins. The work justifies the final impairment of the legal interest as the beginning of the limitation [...]

englischThis is the first monograph to address the limitation of claims for damages in lieu of performance and claims to the continued effect of a right (“Rechtsfortwirkungsanspruch”). Do these claims expire in accordance with the primary performance claim and claim to surrender (Section 985 German [...]

englischA conflict at a German "two-person" limited liability company (GmbH) with a 50:50 shareholder structure can soon lead to a complete deadlock. This thesis focuses on how conflicts can be prevented or solved and looks into the extent of judicial scrutiny. The author also examines the [...]

englischPrice algorithms have become an integral part of today's online commerce. The use of pricing algorithms raises fundamental questions about how we understand and protect competition. This thesis analyzes the effects of the use of pricing algorithms in terms of competition policy, economics [...]

englischThis book conceptualises a substantive right to a social minimum, defined as non-discriminatory access to minimum essential levels of subsistence. In a comparative analysis of the Concluding Observations of five UN human rights treaty bodies across all EU Member States in the period of [...]

englischLonging is our most honest feeling, said Ernst Bloch. Utopian thinking, he showed, is the political answer to this. But utopia must be real, must be concrete. What did Bloch mean by "concrete utopia"? Where can it be located today and how can we arrive at an overall utopia? The term [...]