englischBoth international choice of court agreements and arbitration agreements allow contracting parties to regulate in advance where and how potentially arising disputes are to be settled. The fact that both types of agreements fulfill the same function is not reflected in statutory framework. [...]
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englischFamily and Tort – this was the theme coined by Erik Jayme (1971) – and with increasing importance until today. One thinks of equality between men and women, with several cases in the German Constitutional Court, including the so-called Spaniards Decision in conflict of law, triggering the [...]
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englischThe concept of “Vergeltungstheorie” is defined by questioning its absoluteness as its essential quality and subsuming it under a type of theory of punishment that also includes relative theories: the retributivism. This eliminates its labeling as purposeless, rigorous, pure, comprehensive, [...]
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englischWhile much ink has been spilled over successions’ ramifications for international treaties and state debts, less attention has been paid to their effects on the internal law of states. When it comes to individual rights, this deficit represents a huge lacuna since a myriad of individual [...]
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englischThe tax effectiveness of profit distribution agreements in partnerships is of high academic interest and practical relevance. This publication examines the largely unresolved question of whether special allocations of individual tax items is possible under German tax law.
In particular, [...]
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englischThe question of whether the behaviour-controlling potential of criminal law can also play a role in combating climate change has hardly been discussed so far. Based on the interplay of prohibition and sanction norms, a holistic approach is provided in this regard, which unites the most [...]
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englischThe book focuses on the interrelationship of the sources of international law. It considers comparative-legal historical insights, it examines the role of institutions such as the International Court of Justice and the International Law Commission, and it explores and analyzes developments [...]
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Der Autor behandelt in zwölf Aufsätzen das europäische Mächte-System im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert einschließlich der deutschen Wiedervereinigung. Damit skizziert er mit großen, aber konturenscharfen Linien aus verfassungshistorischer Sicht das deutsche Schicksal nach der Niederlegung der Kaiserkrone [...]
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englischThe concept of obligation is familiar from the law of obligations. The thesis posits that the right in rem also creates obligations. However, these are never obligations to perform, but always obligations to protect. Thus, obligations in rem must be distinguished from those under the law of [...]
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englischIn German energy law, electricity storage is currently not viewed as an independent activity but rather divided into electricity consumption and production. However, European law prescribes a different understanding, in which a storage is treated as one economic unit with its own respective [...]
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