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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]