englischIn matrix organisations, matrix managers assume control of the operational business units that are detached from legal structures and give instructions to the employees integrated into them. The thesis focuses on this right to give instructions under labour law and shows how and within what [...]

englischClose-out netting is a key risk management technique for financial market players whose privileged status under insolvency law, the markets for over-the-counter derivatives and securities financing transactions would not be possible in their current form.

Over time, the European legislator [...]

englischChinese state-owned companies are unique players in competition, particularly due to their complex ownership structures and their links to the Chinese party-state. These unique players pose problems for the European Commission and the German Federal Cartel Office in identifying the economic [...]

englischFor the first time, this work presents a specific study of the relationship between justifiable necessity and criminally punishable norms of medical law. In this area in particular, situations of necessity occur regularly and are caused by these norms themselves, because limited resources [...]

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 [...]

englischThis political science analysis of the negotiation of the GDPR shows how a coalition of data protection advocates was able to enshrine an unprecedentedly high level of data protection in law thanks to the interaction of numerous factors and despite resistance from industry and some EU member [...]

englischThis study integrates the topic of water reuse into an interdisciplinary framework and offers a comprehensive interpretation guide. The author analyses the EU regulation on (agricultural) water reuse and classifies it in European, German, and Swedish law – regions where this topic has been [...]

englischThe work deals with the effective regulation of political corruption. It provides an in-depth analysis of the criminal offense of bribery of elected officials according to Section 108e of the German Criminal Code. The examination covers the evolution of the provision and the international [...]

englischThe Federal Labour Court has consistently sanctioned incorrect collective redundancy procedures with the ineffectiveness of the dismissals, § 134 BGB (German Civil Code) in conjunction with § 17 KSchG (Protection Against Unfair Dismissal Act). The work uses a three-stage analysis to examine [...]

englischDespite ambitious programmes, Germany is only making slow progress in the digitalization of public administration. This special volume examines digitalization practice in the advanced administrative services of vehicle registration, building supervision, tax return and parental benefits. [...]