englischThe performance of construction work can cause a significant risk of damage to neighboring properties. If such damage occurs at the neighbor’s premises, the damaged neighbor can claim for compensation under the rules of tort liability. In such cases, there is a risk that the liquidation will [...]

englischThe book examines the legal relationships in international loan syndicates based on the model contracts developed by the Loan Market Association (LMA). German law qualifies loan syndicates as partnerships. This qualification is questioned as it conforms neither to the expectations nor to the [...]

englischWhile the Basic Law, in a departure from the Weimar Constitution, does not recognize any basic social rights, but only the welfare state principle, the opposite is true in South Korea. However, this difference loses significance at the level of interpretation, since the various basic social [...]

englischThe expansion of onshore wind energy is faltering. The federal states, which can control the expansion through goals and principles in state-wide spatial plans, have a share in this. The study shows that the associated restriction of the freedom to build is subject to the principle of [...]

englischThe situation of students at universities is special, because the time in which they live and work in academia between science, peer group and independence is formative for the development of their personality. Communication is the medium of identity formation and self-expression and this [...]

englischThe paper is the first to analyze the democratic legitimation of investment arbitration tribunals, which is often discussed in public but not yet fully researched. Initially, the content of the FET clauses is conclusively examined on the basis of the decisions of the arbitral tribunals. This [...]

englischIn this doctoral thesis, the medicinal product law strict liability from § 84 AMG is evaluated with regard to its expediency. First, the institute of strict liability is comprehensively explained. The focus of the work is the problem of proving causality.

It becomes clear in the work that [...]

englischWe live in an information society. Data is worth a fortune, because knowledge advantages can be converted into cash in the private sector. Information that the state collects should therefore be accessible to everyone. In Germany, this is regulated by the Federal Freedom of Information Act [...]

englischThe first and only book of its kind, this book tackles how mutual legal assistance in criminal matters can develop within and between the ASEAN and the EU. Through this book the reader can gain knowledge on international cooperation in criminal matters, especially on mutual legal assistance, [...]

englischPay-to-Play provides an accessible approach toward understanding two systems for knowledge creation and dissemination that are embedded in the US legal system, namely private, nonprofit universities and copyright law. Pay-to-Play identifies the harsh reality that an expansive body of [...]