englischDigitization is advancing. More and more products contain software, are interconnected, and cannot fulfill their functions without digital elements. The implementation of the Sale of Goods Directive introduced an obligation to update goods with digital elements in consumer sales law (§ 475b [...]

englischOn 1.1.2021, the new Civil Code of the People's Republic of China, adopted on 28.05.2020, came into force. This is a major step on the way towards a unified civil code, which goes back to the beginning of the 20th century. Thanks to the expertise of renowned German and Chinese authors, this [...]

englischThe key matter of this book is a phenomenon not only at EU level which is now analyzed from a European and constitutional law perspective: Non-elected expert bodies are significantly involved in the legislative process. With respect to increasingly complex processes and detailed issues, and [...]

englischThis book, containing legal research on the impact of legal certainty and fundamental rights on different branches of the law from a South African and German perspective, is the culmination of a collaboration between the University of Augsburg and the University of Johannesburg over the past [...]

englischTelecommunications and energy networks are the lifelines of modern societies and future-oriented economies. Since these networks are natural monopolies, they must be regulated by the state. Although this regulation is now legally detailed, it is nevertheless confronted with very fundamental [...]

englischThis book, containing legal research on the impacts of legality and the limitation of powers in different branches of the law from a South African and German perspective, is the culmination of collaboration between the University of Augsburg and the University of Johannesburg over the past [...]

englischChina has become a global player in the world economy. Therefore, reforming Chinese Civil Law in order for it to be able to compete with other countries with a modernised civil law system was inevitable. The first step in its process of implementing complete civil codification was the [...]

englischThis book, containing research on transnational impacts on law from a South African and German perspective, is the culmination of collaboration between the University of Augsburg and the University of Johannesburg over the past decade.

Topics of high current interest are introduced by South [...]

Der Band erinnert an den Neuanfang der Augsburger Justiz nach 1945. Die Justiz stand buchstäblich vor dem Nichts. Die Gerichtsgebäude waren durch Bombentreffer zerstört, unbelastete Richter waren kaum zu finden. Namhafte Autoren stellen den Neubeginn und den Umgang der Augsburger Justiz mit dem [...]

englischThe waiver of the fundamental rights of the German Constitution has been discussed in literature and in practice in Germany for a long time. Until now, there is no consent relating to either the characteristics of such a waiver, the dogmatic concept or whether such a waiver is legally [...]