englischDoes European Union law impose requirements on the administration of German courts? And if so, which ones? The author answers these questions with particular attention to the appointment of judges. So far, the debate on the administration of the judiciary has focused on constitutional law, [...]
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englischEconomic issues play a central role in many areas of law. All too often, however, judges cannot be convinced by economic evidence. Using the example of administrative court proceedings in antitrust law, this study examines the reasons for this failure and outlines ways to present economic [...]
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englischIs it possible for third parties to have recourse to any internal investigation findings in order to prove a compliance breach? The author examines the practical possibilities of introducing internal investigation findings into civil proceedings against a company and, in particular, explores [...]
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englischSince the introduction of the BGB, the “Besitzdiener” has been an important component of German property law. While the groups of persons assigned to the legal institution changed, the legal regulation remained the same. Jurisprudence and literature have also made only minor adjustments to [...]
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englischThis thesis takes the crash of a Germanwings plane in 2015, which was caused by the mentally ill co-pilot, as an opportunity to question whether medical confidentiality and its limits need to be redefined with regard to members of so-called sensitive professions. In doing so, the examination [...]
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englischThe topic of the study is the legal framework of the clarification of facts by (financial) authorities. It identifies and presents the constitutional and administrative law foundations. Furthermore, the various forms of recourse to the taxpayer as well as original and more recent [...]
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englischIf an entity does not disclose its legal form, the counterparty is deprived of the possibility to correctly assess its insolvency risk. A risk premium or security will therefore also be waived. The extent to which damages based on this are to be compensated and who is the correct claimant [...]
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englischWhen it comes to the judicial control of decisions by ecclesiastical courts on internal matters of a church, German state courts have demonstrated much restraint, based on German constitutional law protecting religious communities. Within the scope of EU law, the recent ECJ decisions „IR“ [...]
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englischThe subject of the study is the tension that has arisen between the constituent facts of Section 331 (1) of the German Criminal Code (StGB), which have escalated as a result of various amendments to the law, and the fundamental obligation of the prosecuting authorities to investigate. The [...]
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englischThe author traces the ways in which the "constitutional ideas" of the German Basic Law have been adopted into Thai constitutional law, but in the process have been given completely different meanings in central points. Some constitutional provisions have been interpreted and applied in such [...]
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