englischCarl Bilfinger was a professor of public law at the universities of Halle, Heidelberg, and Berlin. From 1943 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1954 he was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. A companion and follower of Carl Schmitt [...]

englischThe book provides a comprehensive legal assessment of four different types of safe pathways to protection in the EU: the asylum visa, resettlement, ad hoc humanitarian admission and sponsorship programs. It investigates the effects these pathways can have on the asylum paradox, that is the [...]

englischBasing her analysis on a systematic review of current understandings of theological anthropology within Islam-related research and their problematisation in the light of developments in the history of concepts and science, Esma Isis-Arnautović ventures a new approach. Using the communication [...]

englischThe book is a historical testimony from the time before the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021. In her qualitative research, the author traces the interwoven narratives of girls' and young Afghan women's experiences of suffering, solidarity and hope, focussing on the subjective [...]

englischIs the Islamic State (IS), as Barack Obama claimed, neither Islamic nor a state? This paper strives to un-derstand not only the political, but also the religious motives of IS and its supporters, to take them seri-ously and to examine them critically. Why were tens of thousands of Muslims [...]

englischHow can failed change processes be transformed into new opportunities? The book analyzes how transparent communication and involvement lead to success after failure from the employees' perspective. Practical and well-founded for managers and change managers. Through an in-depth analysis of [...]

englischThe infringement of competition laws by a subsidiary can lead to fines being imposed also on the parent company. As an economic unit, both companies are jointly and severally liable. The European concept of joint corporate liability has recently found its way into German competition law. [...]

englischThe publication of the panel “Cold War Music Historiography: Focus on the GDR”, which took place at the annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, deals with historiographical questions concerning the musical culture of the GDR. Among [...]

englischThe new era of cross-sectoral, specific European sustainability regulation has significantly expanded the catalogue of obligations in the financial services sector. This book examines the extended disclosure requirements in this context and the various legal issues arising from them. [...]

englischRefugee and migrant camps have become the default solution to situations of displacement. Millions of people live in thousands of camps around the world. Far from being a short-term emergency solution, many people spend years or decades in camps. This book provides a comprehensive analysis [...]

englischIn German energy law, electricity storage is currently not viewed as an independent activity but rather divided into electricity consumption and production. However, European law prescribes a different understanding, in which a storage is treated as one economic unit with its own respective [...]

englischThe GDPR and the CCPA, which belong to two separate legal families, are significant examples of modern data protection laws. Data portability, which gives data subjects actual freedom in the flesh with its ex-istence apart from base protection, is a mostly abandoned part of these [...]

Mit gleich fünf neuen „Migrationspaketen“ sind bzw. werden zahllose Eckpfeiler im Aufenthalts-, Asyl- und Staatsangehörigkeitsrecht neu gefasst. Hier den Überblick zu behalten, ist für die migrationsrechtliche Praxis ebenso notwendig wie schwierig. Der Band bietet Sicherheit im Umgang mit den neuen [...]

englischAccording to the military, politicians, think tanks and the media, modern societies are part of ongoing 'information warfare'.

Cyberspace allows military operations to address (civil) society, its values, norms and goals through language, communication and global networking. Its goal is to [...]

englischPublic law and its scholarship interact in many ways with other areas of law - be they norms of other origins or those typically assigned to other areas domestically - as well as insights from other disciplines. It is only by looking at these interactions that public law and its scholarship [...]

Das Kompendium Baurecht von Dürr ist der „Klassiker“ zum baden-württembergischen Bauplanungs- und Bauordnungsrecht für Ausbildung und Praxis.Die 18. Auflage behandelt u.a. das Baulandmobilisierungsgesetz mit seinen diversen Regelungen zur Erleichterung von Wohnbauvorhaben wie auch die jüngste [...]

englischBased on an analysis of the most important international law journals and textbooks, the book compares the discourses on business and human rights in the US and Germany. The comparison shows that many aspects of the topic – such as the question whether corporations do have international [...]

englischThe more balanced the sports competition, the more exciting for the audience - what is discussed in sports economics under the keyword "competitive balance" is also increasingly used in antitrust law as a justification for competitive restraints by sports associations. This paper [...]

englischWhile much ink has been spilled over successions’ ramifications for international treaties and state debts, less attention has been paid to their effects on the internal law of states. When it comes to individual rights, this deficit represents a huge lacuna since a myriad of individual [...]

englischThe law of neutrality has gained renewed relevance in the recent Ukraine conflict. It has already been subject of much debate as a result of changes in the international legal system. Nevertheless, the law of neutrality has maintained its place in international law to this day. The author [...]

englischIn matrix organisations, matrix managers assume control of the operational business units that are detached from legal structures and give instructions to the employees integrated into them. The thesis focuses on this right to give instructions under labour law and shows how and within what [...]

englischClose-out netting is a key risk management technique for financial market players whose privileged status under insolvency law, the markets for over-the-counter derivatives and securities financing transactions would not be possible in their current form.

Over time, the European legislator [...]

englischChinese state-owned companies are unique players in competition, particularly due to their complex ownership structures and their links to the Chinese party-state. These unique players pose problems for the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office in identifying the economic [...]

englischFor the first time, this work presents a specific study of the relationship between justifiable necessity and criminally punishable norms of medical law. In this area in particular, situations of necessity occur regularly and are caused by these norms themselves, because limited resources [...]

englischThis political science analysis of the negotiation of the GDPR shows how a coalition of data protection advocates was able to enshrine an unprecedentedly high level of data protection in law thanks to the interaction of numerous factors and despite resistance from industry and some EU member [...]

englischThis study integrates the topic of water reuse into an interdisciplinary framework and offers a comprehensive interpretation guide. The author analyses the EU regulation on (agricultural) water reuse and classifies it in European, German, and Swedish law – regions where this topic has been [...]

englischThe work deals with the effective regulation of political corruption. It provides an in-depth analysis of the criminal offense of bribery of elected officials according to Section 108e of the German Criminal Code. The examination covers the evolution of the provision and the international [...]

englischThe Federal Labour Court has consistently sanctioned incorrect collective redundancy procedures with the ineffectiveness of the dismissals, § 134 BGB (German Civil Code) in conjunction with § 17 KSchG (Protection Against Unfair Dismissal Act). The work uses a three-stage analysis to examine [...]

englischDespite ambitious programmes, Germany is only making slow progress in the digitalization of public administration. This special volume examines digitalization practice in the advanced administrative services of vehicle registration, building supervision, tax return and parental benefits. [...]

englischThe book analyses and systematises the discrimination risks of algorithmic decision-making processes in artificial intelligence. It develops a phase model that makes various algorithmic processes accessible to legal analyses. The model illustrates the diverse discrimination risks posed by [...]

englischSocialism is often described as a collectivist world view, while liberalism is portrayed as its antithesis as it emphasises the flourishing of the individual. Using John Stuart Mill's thinking—who is considered to be one of the quintessential representatives of liberalism—Florian Maiwald [...]

englischThis biography portrays Olympic rowing champion Horst Meyer as a personality whose life encompassed a wide range of goals, areas of activity and achievements. His sporting career stood out, placing him at the forefront of those who helped write the history of sport. We remember a sportsman [...]

englischIn view of the negative effects of cartels, which can hardly be quantified for those who were harmed by it and the economy, the question of who is liable for the damages incurred is of great importance. Based on the basis for claims for cartel damages under German law (Sec. 33a ARC), which [...]

englischHigh expectations are associated with 'artificial intelligence'. This is due to the fact that it does not appear as a limited technology but penetrates all areas of social and operational activity (science, business, production, technology, administration, education, etc.) or achieves [...]

englischThe book enters the debate on the relationship between aesthetics and politics with an original and comprehensive theory. As Fransoni makes clear, a political theory is not a theory of politics, but a theory that deals with things, in this case art, in order to read them in the light of the [...]

englischNonviolent Protest Movements are elementary for the spread of democracy and human rights. Some states have, therefore, established policies to support these movements when they emerge. This practice, however, raises significant doubts from states that see themselves confronted with such [...]

englischThe work deals with a current topic in both German and Taiwanese constitutional law - the sustainability of the respective religious law systems in the trend of changes of the role of religion and belief in the social and the legal order. Particular attention is paid to the significance of [...]

englischFor thousands of years, sport has been a phenomenon in its own right, but at the same time it is closely linked to other areas of society on many levels: social, cultural, political and economic. The fact that economic considerations and the pursuit of profit have always played a significant [...]

englischAlthough not explicitly mentioned in Art. 51 of the UN Charter, there is a consensus that self-defence is inter alia restricted by proportionality. However, the content and scope of this so-called jus ad bellum proportionality are still controversial in international legal scholarship and [...]

englischThe legal practice of associations is characterized by non-profit law, as most recently expressed by the so-called “Kita-Decisions” of the Federal Court of Justice on the delimitation of association classes. In light of the growing awareness of the influence of non-profit law on the [...]

englischThis volume examines the census, which takes place every ten years in Germany, from a variety of perspectives. On the one hand, it deals with the collection of the data, but also with its use in different contexts. The volume also draws a line from the past of the census to its present and [...]

englischThe series ‘Law and Religions’ takes a multidisciplinary approach to addressing the tense relationship between these two basic conditions of social life. This second volume examines interdisciplinary approaches to the topic of law and religions from different perspectives, primarily from the [...]

englischThis historiographical study deals with the transformation of heroic images of German and French soldiers and officers during the Seven Years' War and the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. A culture of sensitivity, levée en masse and intensive forms of opinion management on the part of [...]

englischThis book is dedicated to the forgotten intellectual Léo Wanner, who intervened in the political landscape in the 1920s and 1930s with public statements and strategic ingenuity. Based on historical sources that were opend up for the first time, the diverse role repertoire of this globally [...]

englischDisease Interception is based on the idea of stopping the development of diseases before the clinical manifestation by providing a targeted (medical) intervention. The concept is located between the categories of prevention and treatment of illness and addresses a new group of people: those [...]

englischA recommendation system used by the Federal Employment Agency gave young people the following career advice: Choose computer science and nursing as professions! Was this advice always contrary to their vocational interests?

Fairness auditing by the web application ‘BERUFE Entdecker’ [...]

englischArtificial intelligence is a technological innovation seemingly associated with new opportunities and risks. Does this technological change require a new – an innovative - law in order to deal with the risks associated with AI? Based on both an analysis of the technical framework of AI and [...]

englischMicrological studies in qualitative social research as praxeology generate empirical findings on the ‘how’ of social practices, which, however, can only explain their significance as social problems beyond pure empiricism if they are measured against the normative standards of the juridical [...]