englischAccording to the Non-Punishment Principle (NPP), which is based on international guidelines, victims of human trafficking should not be punished for crimes committed in connection with human trafficking under certain conditions. This principle has been explicitly incorporated into German [...]

englischThe second, updated and expanded edition of this textbook provides an overview of the fundamentals and key topics of substantive criminal law and criminal procedural law, including juvenile criminal law and the alternatives offered by restorative justice, which is based on legal doctrine and [...]

Die umfassend aktualisierte Textsammlung enthält alle maßgeblichen Rechtsvorschriften zum Strahlenschutzrecht und zum Atomrecht. Eine ausführliche Einführung sowie Erläuterungen zu ausgewählten Vorschriften tragen zum Verständnis bei.Die 39. Auflage berücksichtigt u.a. die Änderungen der [...]

englischThe work offers the foundation of a method of professional contract design for notaries and lawyers. By structuring the decision-making process of contract lawyers, the aim is - in addition to making their work easier - to provide the best possible support for the contracting parties in [...]

englischThis book examines the exemplary function of German education policy in the early phase of Japanese colonial rule on Taiwan on the basis of the inspection tours carried out on behalf of the Taiwan General Government (Taiwan sotokufu) in the German Empire (1895-1914). The analysis of the [...]

englischEfficiency is widely believed to be a panacea for reducing the number of pending cases and the backlog at the ECtHR, but what increasing the ECtHR’s efficiency means, is surprisingly unclear. The lack of a clear concept of efficiency exposes the ECtHR to political pressure to review [...]

englischCrises are privileged moments of solidarization and desolidarisation. On one hand, solidarity-based institutions are often at issue in times of crises. On the other hand, solidarity is invoked to mitigate or overcome crises. This puts political and legal authorities, in which solidarity is [...]

englischIn the 21st century, the struggle to make the world, the self and the social available culminates in a steady increase of complex societal transformations. Developments in ecology, technology and politics give rise to experiences of the unavailable where previously the certainty of [...]

Das Völkerrecht erfährt aktuell durch schwerwiegende Ereignisse große Aufmerksamkeit. Veranlasst durch die jüngsten weltpolitischen Entwicklungen werden die in der Sammlung enthaltenen grundlegenden Normen des Völkerrechts mit der 10. Auflage um neuere Resolutionen ergänzt• 2030 Agenda für [...]