englischThis book ist he first complete presentation oft he Roman Citizenship from the beginning of the Republic until the end of Antiquity written by a Roman Lawyer. All the presuppositions leading to the acquisition oft he citizenship as descent, manumissions and aquisitions. All kinds of [...]

englischThis book delves into the intricate relationship between constitutional preambles and origin/creation stories found in comparative mythology. It uncovers remarkable structural and thematic parallels between these narratives, seamlessly blending legal scholarship with the captivating field of [...]

englischAlthough the doctrine ‚besonderes Gewaltverhältnis‘ is generally considered to belong to legal history, its rights-shortening effects and successors, such as the so-called Sonderstatusverhältnis, are discussed in order to capture functionally conditioned restrictions of fundamental rights in [...]

englischThis thesis deals with the determinacy and normativity of the language of criminal acts. Its central objective is a meaning-theoretical elucidation of the nullum crimen-principle that can do justice both to the constitutional and state-theoretical demands of this principle and to the reality [...]

englischWhen fundamental rights collide, the State can be precluded from fully meeting the usual requirements of the human rights order and find itself forced to severely restrict some of the rights involved. The analysis of legal and ethical theory as well as of specific cases (e.g. shooting down [...]

englischThe justification of political power is a prerequisite for its legitimacy. The book systematizes the manifestations of this liberal intuition and, with reference to John Rawls, develops the idea of generating legitimacy through public justification. On the one hand, it defends political [...]

englischIn 2004 China has adopted a new provision on the constitutional protection of property, followed by several implementing laws and regulations. From this and from a stated increasing development of capitalist structures and corresponding legislative activity one may infer that China endorses [...]

englischAccording to latest estimates, approximately 6.85 million German citizens are no longer able to pay both their cost of living and their due liabilities. Thus the number of overindebted private individuals has reached a historical high. Taking this into account, the study examines the current [...]

englischThe morbidity rates for diseases associated with behaviour are on the rise. Health behaviour is therefore central to public health policy. Under the influence of behavioural economics, soft instruments of behaviour control, such as monetary incentives or educational measures, are gaining [...]

englischWhat do we mean by ‚negligence‘ and why are we responsible for our negligent actions? This book reconstructs our linguistic, moral and legal usage of the concept of negligence and demonstrates that there is an overarching, intrinsically normative concept underlying our evaluative practices [...]