englischThis volume documents the papers presented at the first joint conference of the Universities of Innsbruck, Padua and Trento on the impact of the Covid pandemic on the law. The contributions shed light on the challenges faced by the law worldwide in a wide variety of areas. Central topics [...]

englischThe study on the financing system of the Statutory Health Insurance (SHI) examines the extent and distribution of the burden as well as an appropriate reform model. First, the current situation will be analysed from an interdisciplinary economic and legal perspective in order to answer the [...]

Regulierung der CybersicherheitMit dem Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) werden erstmals verbindliche IT-Sicherheitsanforderungen für den gesamten Lebenszyklus von Hardware- und Softwareprodukten eingeführt. Jedes Unternehmen, das physische Produkte mit digitalen Elementen und nicht eingebettete Software [...]

Dieses Grundlagenwerk analysiert in seiner 3., vollständig überarbeiteten Auflage mehr als 65 Jahre deutsche Europapolitik in wesentlichen Politikfeldern der EU. Erfasst werden auch die Politikgestaltung der Ampelregierung und die Auswirkungen der „Zeitenwende“ durch den Krieg in der Ukraine. [...]

englischHans Kelsen's main work "Pure Theory of Law" has attracted worldwide attention. However, the theory of legal interpretation contained therein has so far led a shadowy existence. This work attempts to shed light on it, including contributions by his disciples Alfred Verdross, Adolf Julius [...]

englischUsing UN documents analyzed for the first time and previously unpublished, the work presents the legal status of the "special case of Western Sahara" under international law and the resulting effects on international treaty law in a systematic, comprehensive and precise manner. On this [...]

englischAward-winning book now in German translation for the first time (winner of the 2013 Grawemeyer Award, winner of the 2012 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award from the American Political Science Association, 2011 Guardian Book of the Year).

Campaigns of non-violent resistance were more than twice [...]

englischThe study examines the constitutional review mechanism of identity review with particular consideration of the tension between extradition on the basis of a European Arrest Warrant and potentially conflicting principles of criminal constitutional law. At the same time it is analyzed whether [...]

englischStates rarely file counterclaims in investment arbitration proceedings. Although the number of counterclaims has increased in recent years, this increase has been relatively modest. Against this backdrop, this thesis analyses whether there is an inherent obstacle to state counterclaims in [...]

englisch"Our female colleagues wear high heels." Companies often regulate the appearance of their employees – right down to their underwear. On the one hand, this dissertation examines how legal stipulations regarding an employee’s appearance can be dogmatically justified. It draws up where [...]