englischAchieving ambitious expansion targets for onshore wind energy is a key component of Germany’s energy transition. Effective steering is to be achieved using a variety of instruments. The failure to achieve the expansion targets illustrates the complexity of this project.
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englischThe treatise reveals a legal protection gap in German foundation law: if the foundation board acts incorrectly and the state supervisory authority does not intervene, de lege lata no one can ensure that the founder's will is observed. The legal situation in Switzerland is different: there, [...]
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englischLiterature produces textual bodies in (at least) two ways: it creates textual corpora as well as linguistic representations of bodies and body images. This volume is devoted to negotiations of bodies and text in literature and film from the nineteenth century to the present: bodies in texts, [...]
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englischThe new Data Act is not only the centrepiece of the new EU data regulation, but probably also the most complex piece within the mosaic created by the EU Data Strategy. The regulation establishes b2b and b2c data access rights, stipulates rules for ‘fair’ data contracts, and tackles b2g data [...]
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englischFor open societies, combating terrorism is a balancing act between security, freedom and prosperity due to their vulnerabilities. This book argues in favour of countering this strategic vulnerability with the concept of strategic resilience. It analyses in detail the steps involved in [...]
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englischA company often finds itself helpless when a valuable employee, in whose training a considerable amount had been invested, moves to a competitor. In most cases, reimbursement cannot be obtained from the employee due to rigorous legal requirements imposed on such agreements. Professional [...]
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englischBanks are subject to numerous obligations when providing services relating to securities transactions. The author explains how these business conduct duties implemented in Germany in the wake of MiFID/MiFID II affect liability under private law (in particular relating to Secs. 63 et seqs. [...]
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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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englischThis edited volume offers researchers, educators and students of the social sciences insights into the long-term consequences of the historic COVID-19 crisis.
It contains contributions based on the longitudinal study ‘Values in Crisis 2020–2022’, in whose surveys more than 2000 respondents [...]
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englischThis paper answers the question of the relationship between the ban on insider trading and capital increases. It examines the interface between corporate law and capital market law, in particular the question of whether corporate law must accept restrictions under capital market law. The [...]
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