englischThe work contains a legal doctrinal justification of public risk management as a fundamental principle of agricultural law. It provides a valuable contribution to the development of legal dogmatics, methodology and system building in agricultural law by analysing and systematising the public [...]

englischThe research question as to whether the legislator has a duty to act, on the basis of which he alone has to enact concretising husbandry requirements at the ordinance level with regard to the possibility of movement of animals used for agricultural purposes, is answered with "yes". Codes of [...]

englischAgainst existing prejudices and resistance, farming in the form of corporate farms is also gaining ground in the area covered by the Northwest German Höfeordnung. However, this can have considerable (negative) effects on the inheritance of farms according to the regulations of the [...]

englischFrom 18 to 21 September 2019, the XXX. European Agricultural Law Congress of C.E.D.R took place in Poznań. The overarching theme of the Congress was "Food Sovereignty, Food Security and the Contribution of Agricultural Law". The scientific work was developed in three separate commissions. [...]

englischThis publication focuses on the legal aspects of medicinal plants, which may have an increasing importance for us. In addition to deriving a legal definition of medicinal plants, the existing legal provisions that play a role in the field of medicinal plants are analyzed, taking into account [...]

englischSince 2009, the purchase and lease prices for agricultural land have developed dynamically, triggering a debate on the need for stronger land market regulation. Among other things, increasing ownership concentration processes and the growing influence of non-agricultural investors are cited [...]

englischIn the compilation volume "Foundations of System Formation in Agricultural Law", the dogmatic deficit of an incomplete elaboration of the principles of agricultural law that has existed up to now is addressed and this gap is filled. The theoretical findings and their verification are [...]

englischEven in an industrialised and service-based economy, agriculture is and remains a sector that is particularly worthy of protection and that operates not only in its own interest, but also in the interest of the general public. However, the social debate shows that the advantages and [...]

englischThe author deals with the significance of agriculture in the context of the current environmental protection debate and recognises environmental protection as a question of fate for the coming decades.

She analyses whether the concept of good professional practice as a structural element of [...]

englischIn the XV. volume on the Yearbook on Agricultural Law, current problems in agricultural law are examined and legal solutions are presented. Internationally, South Korea‘s approach to deregulation of farmland ownership restrictions and forced utilization is provided, and de minimis aid is [...]

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).

Der Band dokumentiert die Ergebnisse der chinesisch-deutschen Tagung zum Thema „Landwirtschaft in einer modernen Gesellschaft“, die im März 2016 in Nanjing (VR China) stattfand. Die Vielzahl der Themen spiegelt die Bandbreite des Agrarrechts wieder, angefangen beim Grundstücksrecht über den [...]

Das Jahrbuch des Agrarrechts ist ein einzigartiges Forum für grundsätzliche Fragestellungen des deutschen und rechtsvergleichenden Agrarrechts. Dabei zielt es gleichrangig sowohl auf die Wissenschaft als auch auf die Rechtspraxis. Im XIII. Band werden mit dem „Familienbetrieb“ und der [...]

Die Landwirtschaftskammern haben bislang auch in der fachspezifischen rechtswissenschaftlichen Literatur wenig Beachtung gefunden. Ziel der Abhandlung ist es daher, die Landwirtschaftskammern als Modell funktionaler Selbstverwaltung umfassend darzustellen. Eine Betrachtung ihrer [...]

englischIn the tradition of previous editions, the 12th edition of the agricultural law yearbook sets its focus on the comparative agricultural law. This year’s emphasis of the publication ist placed on the Republic of Poland. The comparison with the Federal Republic of Germany is, for a variety of [...]

Nach den Europäischen Verträgen muss die Europäische Union Belange der Landwirtschaft wie der Umwelt berücksichtigen. Das Leitbild einer umweltverträglichen Landwirtschaft bietet die Möglichkeit, die sich teilweise widerstreitenden Zielbestimmungen im Sinne einer optimalen Wirksamkeit [...]