englischImprisonment for failure to pay a fine (the alternative sentence) is the enfant terrible of the German sanctions law. Introduced as a means of exerting pressure to ensure that fines are paid, its enforcement has a socially damaging effect, particularly on deprived offenders. This is a [...]
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englischIn addition to an introduction to the functioning of blockchain technology, this volume provides an examination of certain problem areas in the use of blockchain-based solutions to combat carousel fraud. These problem areas are not only to be found in tax law, but also in data protection law [...]
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englischThe direct payment in the tenancy means that the state is directly involved in the fulfilment of the tenant's obligation. The author first categorises the optional and obligatory direct payments according to § 22 (7) SGB II. She then examines the question of whether the job centre becomes [...]
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englischCan supervisory board members be compelled to incriminate themselves? This question has received little attention in the legal literature. However, this has fundamentally changed with the so-called Easy-Software judgement of the Federal Court of Justice of 18 September 2018.
This volume [...]
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englischThe transfer of personal data in the secondary market poses a number of challenges: From a data protection perspective, the main question is whether and how data protection legitimacy can be established from the perspective of the buyer without direct contact with the data subject. From the [...]
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englischSince the Federal Constitutional Court lifted the ban on the organised promotion of suicide in Germany, a comprehensive and multi-perspective discourse on assisted suicide has emerged. The German Ethics Council has discussed the right to suicide and the phenomenology of the desire to die and [...]
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englischSince the Federal Constitutional Court lifted the ban on the organised promotion of suicide in Germany, a comprehensive and multi-perspective discourse on assisted suicide has emerged. The German Ethics Council has discussed the right to suicide and the phenomenology of the desire to die and [...]
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englischThe managing director entered in the company register is not always responsible for the practical handling and decision-making within a company. The actual masterminds can also be shareholders or completely external persons. The term "de facto managing director" has become established for [...]
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englischThe managing director entered in the company register is not always responsible for the practical handling and decision-making within a company. The actual masterminds can also be shareholders or completely external persons. The term "de facto managing director" has become established for [...]
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englischAccording to established case law, the killing of constitutionally unaware is, with a few exceptions, not to be regarded as lying-in-wait murder, but only as manslaughter. The reason for this is the victim's lack of ability to harbour suspicion, which is absolutely necessary for the [...]
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