englischWhen appraising art, the idealistic ideas of heirs, art buyers or art lovers often do not coincide with legal and economic facts. At the same time, demand is increasing due to the investment quality of art. The area of conflict in art appraisal requires a flexible value system that makes the [...]
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englischCarl Bilfinger was a professor of public law at the universities of Halle, Heidelberg, and Berlin. From 1943 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1954 he was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. A companion and follower of Carl Schmitt [...]
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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 [...]
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englischWhat are the requirements for the electoral system in a parliamentary, representative democracy? The work provides answers to the central questions, taking into account democratic theory and constitutional law. Neither the adherence to a certain parliamentary size nor the representation of [...]
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englischThe second, revised and expanded edition of this handbook provides insights into a branch of political science that is particularly visible, but also controversial, due to the recent rise of extremist challenges. The focus is on theoretical concepts, empirical analyses of past and current [...]
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englischThe infringement of competition laws by a subsidiary can lead to fines being imposed also on the parent company. As an economic unit, both companies are jointly and severally liable. The European concept of joint corporate liability has recently found its way into German competition law. [...]
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englischCommon ownership has attracted much attention and criticism from antitrust lawyers and competition economists in recent years. This book addresses this criticism. The plausibility of the discussed mechanisms of influence is examined from the perspective of corporate law. In addition, the [...]
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englischThe research focus of the work lies in the examination of the abstract methodology in the concrete legal dogmatics in the various phases of Jhering. Against the background of the intensifying discussion about continuity or discontinuity in Jhering's methodological thinking, the thesis is [...]
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englischThe Kulturkampf, the conflict between the German Reich and the Catholic Church in the 1870s and 1880s, was an epochal event. It had a lasting impact on the relationship between the denominations and the relationship between the state and religion in Germany and marked a fundamental crisis of [...]
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englischThis book shows the complexity and dynamics of European border regions as zones of contact and transition. It is the result of the joint interdisciplinary project ‘Linking Borderlands: Dynamics of Cross-Border Peripheries’, which compares the Greater Region of SaarLorLux+ and the border [...]
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