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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

englischNering was the most influential architect in Brandenburg-Prussia around 1700. For the first time, the author contextualises Nering's work and subjects it to critical analysis. Nering transferred the style and quality primarily of Italian architecture to the Mark, which, as a strict, sober [...]

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 [...]

englischSince 1993, Osama bin Laden and al-Qáida have carried out a series of terrible Islamist terrorist attacks - on the World Trade Center 1, the US warship Cole, the World Trade Center 2 (11 September), hotels in Bali, synagogues in Istanbul, railways in Madrid and Casablanca, to name just a few [...]

englischThe value at which contributions in kind should be reported in the commercial balance sheet has always been a controversial issue. This work examines the question of how the agreements on the partner’s capital share affect the balance sheet disclosure. Based on the requirements of the [...]

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 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 [...]

englischData transfer in public administration is a key factor in the modernization of public services. Uncertainties about the lawfulness of data transfers, however, prevent citizens from being effectively relieved of their burdens. Based on a legal comparison between German and Brazilian data [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

englischThe development of EU policies from the Treaties of Rome in the 1950s to the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, which led to an "ever closer union" and ultimately to Brexit, are made comprehensible. This process shows that primarily political considerations led to Treaty changes. Both the political and [...]

englischThe tax effectiveness of profit distribution agreements in partnerships is of high academic interest and practical relevance. This publication examines the largely unresolved question of whether special allocations of individual tax items is possible under German tax law.

In particular, [...]

In dem Band geht es um den grundlegenden Unterschied im Interesse an Sinneserfahrungen sowie der Entfaltung und Organisation von Kräften in fernöstlichen Kulturen gegenüber dem Primat der geistigen Erkenntnis und daher der Übersetzung und Deutung von Bildern, Texten, Filmen usw. in den abendländisch [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

englischThis volume contains the contributions of the 22nd Austrian European Law Conference 2023 dedicated to the “structural principles of Union law”. They explore how not to lose sight of the “big picture” of Union law when facing its various and increasingly fragmenting subdisciplines – i.e., [...]

Die Rückkehr des Wolfs in die alpine Kulturlandschaft polarisiert und wirft eine Reihe von Rechtsfragen auf. Diese stellen sich in einem komplexen Geflecht von internationalem (Berner Konvention), supranationalem (EU Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie) und nationalem (Jagd- oder Naturschutzrecht) Recht. [...]

Der Band enthält die deutschen Referate auf dem XXX. FIDE-Kongress 2023 in Sofia. Die Referate, die auf Grundlage detaillierter Fragebögen erstellt wurden, befassen sich mit zentralen Aspekten aktueller Entwicklung des Europarechts: Mit der Rechtsstaatlichkeit und deren Beziehung zu gegenseitigem [...]

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 [...]

Der Nomos-HandkommentarDer Ernst/Rogler erläutert aktuell wie präzise alle wichtigen materiellen und prozessualen Streitthemen in der Versicherungspraxis in einem Band. Die NeuauflageAuf dem neuesten Stand:• Muster-Vertragsbedingungen der selbstständigen Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung (BUV [...]