englischThe book presents six very different source texts on time and progress (four in Ottoman Turkish and two in Arabic). The accompanying commentaries examine in different ways the transformation of concepts and semantics, ideology and rhetoric, which changed significantly in these regions during [...]
more informationenglischIn his inaugural lecture "Demokratie als Bauherrin" ("Democracy as Builder") at the Humboldt University in Berlin in 1994, Ulrich Battis programmatically outlines the urban and at the same time the democratic development of the Federal Republic after German unification up to the present day. [...]
more informationenglischIn his inaugural lecture "Demokratie als Bauherrin" ("Democracy as Builder") at the Humboldt University in Berlin in 1994, Ulrich Battis programmatically outlines the urban and at the same time the democratic development of the Federal Republic after German unification up to the present day. [...]
more informationenglischThe exclusion of the reimbursement of costs is one of the central provisions of labour court proceedings. In deviation from the general principle of reimbursement of costs in the event of victory, Section 12a ArbGG makes a special provision for the parties to the first-instance labour court [...]
more informationenglischAs a novelty, the procedural elements of substantive criminal law have attracted more and more attention in German and Chinese criminal law in recent years. The reason for this is that, on the one hand, procedural criminal law offers the possibility of impunity for the addressee of the norm [...]
more informationenglischThe contributions contained in this book try to illuminate some aspects of Sorel’s thinking, focusing on his criticism of several tendencies of his time. According to Sorel, workers’ struggles should not be limited to obtaining small material advantages but must be considered against the [...]
more informationenglischClimate protection with climate change litigation: Horizontal climate lawsuits have become an integral part of the German litigation landscape. The central problem of these actions is the attribution of climate impacts to individual emitters who – from a global perspective – have only [...]
more informationenglischEconomic issues play a central role in many areas of law. All too often, however, judges cannot be convinced by economic evidence. Using the example of administrative court proceedings in antitrust law, this study examines the reasons for this failure and outlines ways to present economic [...]
more informationenglischUsing the example of state party financing, the financing of parliamentary groups, the employees of members of the Bundestag and political foundations, the study shows that state political financing suffers from structural constitutional deficits. Not only does the increasing level of [...]
more informationenglischThis book provides an up-to-date overview of contemporary Central Eurasian politics, identifies key issues, trends and transformation paths in this respect, and analyses the conceptual foundations of security and power in the region. Key topics include autocratic proliferation and regime [...]
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