englischToday, hardly any real estate project is marketed without having its own name. However, the legal protection of real estate designations has been discussed only sporadically within jurisprudence and legal literature. The present work fills this gap. Following the introductory illustration of [...]

englischEva Franziska Henkel examines how a reform of shareholders’ derivative actions (Section 148 AktG) could bolster the enforcement of shareholders’ liability claims against executive bodies of German stock corporations, and thereby improve overall corporate governance. The study goes beyond a [...]

englischThe sports leadership of the GDR methodically used Doping on its (mostly underage) athletes in order to demonstrate systemic superiority over "the West". Around 8,000 to 10,000 athletes are said to have been involved in the state doping program. The peak period in this respect was from 1974 [...]

englischThere is a multitude of different regulations for official information on products at European level. Against the background of the Europe-wide product safety network, this work examines the rapid alert information system RAPEX in the European administrative network.

In a detailed [...]

englischIn the mouse model, scientists have already sporadically succeeded in generating healthy offspring by means of the union of artificial germ cells, i.e. germ cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. In the not too distant future, such artificial germ cells could also be used by [...]

englischPursuant to Sec. 2 subsec. 3, Sec. 9 subsec. 2, 3 of the European Merger Regulation, a merger within the meaning of Sec. 1 subsec. 2, 3 of the European Merger Regulation can only be prohibited or referred, respectively, if a “substantial part of the internal market” is affected.

However, it [...]

englischThe publication applauds Rainer Bechtold, one of the outstanding antitrust lawyers of his generation in Europe, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The lawyers of the antitrust practice group of Gleiss Lutz, of which Rainer Bechtold was a member for more than 40 years, have contributed [...]

englischThis study examines the compatibility of German statutes of limitations with the protection of claims under the ECHR. The work focuses on the question whether the requirements that the ECtHR stipulates concerning the ECHR conform with German statutes of limitations. While the German courts [...]

englischThe study first examines the exact purposes of consumer-protective withdrawal rights on the basis of their genesis. Then, the rights of withdrawal and their legal consequences are located in the systematical structure of the German Civil Code (“BGB”). In the central third chapter, the gaps [...]

englischAre board members obliged to observe methods of business administration when making business decisions? The answer to this question is of interest not only for authors in legal theory, but also for decision makers in their everyday practice. The thesis examines the current legal situation [...]