englischGrain trade law appeared to be one of the unattended domains at the edge of legal matters for a long time. This insightful and comprehensive contemplation, including classical grain trade as well as commodity securities, aims at closing this gap between agricultural and commercial law. This [...]

englischNo food law can ensure that only safe food is placed on the market. Nonetheless, after every food scandal, demands are regularly made to tighten up the system on the basis of constitutional law. This study is based on a dogmatically in-depth determination of the constitutional, European [...]

englischThe book Sustainability and Agriculture in China and Germany - A Comparative Legal Perspective includes articles by Chinese and German authors on the legal aspects of sustainability in agriculture. In both countries, the preservation of the various functions of agriculture is regarded as a [...]

englischThe XXIXth European Congress on Agricultural Law, which took place from 20st to 23rd September 2017 in Lille, was organised by the C.E.D.R. (Comité Européen de Droit Rural) in collaboration with the French Association of Agricultural Law (AFDR).

The overarching subject of the congress was [...]

englischThe Grundstückverkehrsgesetz (law of real estate transactions) provides the legal framework for the transfer of agricultural land plots. Against the background of increased purchase prices on the agricultural land market, concentration processes in agriculture and an increasing demand from [...]

englischThe rise of industrial farming has led to many farmers having to give up their businesses. This has had an impact on almost every region and agricultural farm. The fight against this change is often regarded as a governmental obligation. Some look to the government to oppose this [...]

englischThe XIV volume of the ‘Yearbook on Agricultural Law’ reports on farm inheritance in the light of changing agricultural structures and discusses the problems relating to agricultural land in the context of municipal land-use planning. The CEDR congresses in Potsdam, Germany in 2015 and in [...]

englischThere are already some empirical studies concerning the societal position of women in the agricultural sector. Meanwhile, their legal status has not been researched yet. This paper closes this gap, considering and analysing the empirical data.

The study focuses on the analysis, under [...]

englischOn 4 November 2016, a commemorative symposium for Dr. Wolfgang Winkler took place as part of the seventh Göttinger Gespräche zum Agrarrecht (the seventh conference on agricultural law in Göttingen).

The symposium, in continuation of Dr. Wolfgang Winkler’s life’s work, dealt with the scope [...]

Der Band versammelt die Länderberichte des Comité Européen de Droit Rural (CDER), der Europäischen Argrarrechtsgesellschaft. Die Berichte sind dreisprachig (deutsch, englisch, französisch).