englisch"Banking is necessary, banks are not." This much-quoted statement by Bill Gates from 1994 can be applied not only in general to the changes in the banking industry since the 2007/2008 financial crisis, but also in particular to the upheavals caused by so-called disruptive technologies. Due [...]
more informationenglischThis dissertation deals with the question of whether and under what conditions corporations can claim the tax exemptions of Section 5 (1) KStG during their formation and subsequent liquidation. Particular attention is paid to the question of whether the opening of insolvency proceedings [...]
more informationenglischLike no other discipline, environmental ethics can be a guiding star for environmental law and a discussion partner for the best possible environmental law. For the first time, the present study makes use of this critical potential of environmental ethics and takes a look at the Federal [...]
more informationenglischAccording to German courts, only the creditor can suspend the statute of limitations of claim by filing a suit. A negative declaratory action filed by the debtor, asserting that the claim does not exist, has no influence on the statute of limitations of said claim under current German case [...]
more informationenglischThis book examines the extent to which protective measures against Third-Party Litigation Funding in Germany and England are efficient. It explains the inefficiency of German protective measures, which cover circumstances that do not need protection and that fail to protect or overregulate [...]
more informationenglischThe global digitization and increasing number of electronic payments have brought along the issues of electronic payment instrument misuse. Therefore, an appropriate mechanism for the legal regulation of allocation of liability between parties is of great significance for the modern economy. [...]
more informationenglischThe enforcement of the prohibition of cartels under EU law pursuant to Article 101 (1) TFEU is carried out on the basis of Regulation (EC) No. 1/2003 by the EU Commission and the competition authorities of the member states. In this context, leniency programs play an important role as [...]
more informationenglischThe individual prosecution of antitrust damage claims is often impossible due to high costs, lack of data, and rational disinterest. A solution is provided by the “assignment model” (“Abtretungsmodell”), in which damaged companies assign their claims to a debt collection service provider [...]
more informationenglischThe thesis sheds light on the question of liability when a defect in the work of art becomes apparent. The topic of the thesis is a special field in the purchasing law of the German Civil Code (BGB), and part of art law's own academic discourse.
The author addresses several [...]
more informationenglischDomestic intelligence in Germany is organized with one federal office and sixteen state offices for the protection of the constitution. It is inevitably that with seventeen different legislatures, intelligence law is a highly dynamic matter. The landmark ruling by the Federal Constitutional [...]
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