englischThe Advocate General has a lasting influence on the case law of the European Court of Justice and his opinions are widely publicised both in specialist circles and in the general media. In order to better understand the significance of the Advocate General and his opinions for European law, [...]

englischThe use of legally non-binding norms is neither a novelty nor rare in European Union law. Nevertheless, many questions concerning these instruments have still not been conclusively answered. This book takes a close look at their use in energy and state aid law, focusing in particular on [...]

englischThis thesis aims to shed light on the ECtHR’s fact-assessment procedures, and it suggests that principles of scientific method can be applied to analyse and critique the ECtHR’s practice in this regard. The contribution of this doctoral thesis is that it provides an analytical framework of [...]

englischIn the course of the financial and sovereign debt crisis, the academic discourse in European legal studies shifted to questions of economic, monetary and budgetary policy, quickly focusing on issues of solidarity-based distribution of sovereign debt, respectively its communitarization.

Agai [...]

englischThe book illustrates the extent to which EU association agreements with Mediterranean third countries – influenced by dynamically changing EU migration policies – are moving away from their original, decisive goals at the time of their signing. Following on from this, and at the same time [...]

englischThis work traces the contours of the legal status of the members of the Governing Council of the ECB using the example of the President of the Bundesbank. The study focuses on the prerequisites and the structure of the office of the President of the Bundesbank at the national and European [...]

englischThe doctoral thesis explains what is meant by “whistleblowing” and examines the conditions under which such behavior is legally protected at the level of the European Union.

A definition of whistleblowing is derived from the fundamental rights of the European Union. In addition, taking into [...]

englischThis work attempts to provide a solid answer to the main question of the theoretical meaning and practical role of the principle of European solidarity in the context of the general provisions of European Law and the economic crisis, and in particular of the ESM, both in times of continuous [...]

englischThe purpose of this study is to examine whether it is possible to define the term “regions” and their legal competences in European law. There are important reasons for dealing with this topic. For some years, the consent on integration in Europe has been declining perceptibly. It is [...]

englischThe administrative system of the European Union (EU) is based, among other things, on administrative units, so-called agencies, which regulate the various areas of life in the EU. This work deals with the strengths and weaknesses of the administrative system in terms of its structure and [...]