englischData transfer in public administration is a key factor in the modernization of public services. Uncertainties about the lawfulness of data transfers, however, prevent citizens from being effectively relieved of their burdens. Based on a legal comparison between German and Brazilian data [...]
more informationenglischClose-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 [...]
more informationenglischThis 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 [...]
more informationenglischThe book analyses and systematises the discrimination risks of algorithmic decision-making processes in artificial intelligence. It develops a phase model that makes various algorithmic processes accessible to legal analyses. The model illustrates the diverse discrimination risks posed by [...]
more informationenglischPublic law and its scholarship interact in many ways with other areas of law - be they norms of other origins or those typically assigned to other areas domestically - as well as insights from other disciplines. It is only by looking at these interactions that public law and its scholarship [...]
more informationenglischThe development of EU policies from the Treaties of Rome in the 1950s to the Lisbon Treaty in 2009, which led to an "ever closer union" and ultimately to Brexit, are made comprehensible. This process shows that primarily political considerations led to Treaty changes. Both the political and [...]
more informationenglischThe 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, [...]
more informationenglischThe book is a historical testimony from the time before the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021. In her qualitative research, the author traces the interwoven narratives of girls' and young Afghan women's experiences of suffering, solidarity and hope, focussing on the subjective [...]
more informationIn dem Band geht es um den grundlegenden Unterschied im Interesse an Sinneserfahrungen sowie der Entfaltung und Organisation von Kräften in fernöstlichen Kulturen gegenüber dem Primat der geistigen Erkenntnis und daher der Übersetzung und Deutung von Bildern, Texten, Filmen usw. in den abendländisch [...]
more informationenglischIn the age of digitalisation, traditional processes in contract law are also changing. The use of intelligent assistants brings the automated and autonomous conclusion of contracts within reach.
This volume analyses the legal aspects of this technological revolution. It focuses on how these [...]
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