englischThe publication of the panel “Cold War Music Historiography: Focus on the GDR”, which took place at the annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, deals with historiographical questions concerning the musical culture of the GDR. Among [...]
more informationenglischThe new era of cross-sectoral, specific European sustainability regulation has significantly expanded the catalogue of obligations in the financial services sector. This book examines the extended disclosure requirements in this context and the various legal issues arising from them. [...]
more informationenglischThe present volume examines how the individual becomes and embodies that which he or she is through sport. The interdisciplinary contributions address the benefits of competitive sports for the modern subject. In doing so the lessons learned in sports can be understood as cultural capacities [...]
more informationenglischThe concept of “Vergeltungstheorie” is defined by questioning its absoluteness as its essential quality and subsuming it under a type of theory of punishment that also includes relative theories: the retributivism. This eliminates its labeling as purposeless, rigorous, pure, comprehensive, [...]
more informationenglischNering was the most influential architect in Brandenburg-Prussia around 1700. For the first time, the author contextualises Nering's work and subjects it to critical analysis. Nering transferred the style and quality primarily of Italian architecture to the Mark, which, as a strict, sober [...]
more informationenglischThe book provides a comprehensive legal assessment of four different types of safe pathways to protection in the EU: the asylum visa, resettlement, ad hoc humanitarian admission and sponsorship programs. It investigates the effects these pathways can have on the asylum paradox, that is the [...]
more informationenglischBasing her analysis on a systematic review of current understandings of theological anthropology within Islam-related research and their problematisation in the light of developments in the history of concepts and science, Esma Isis-Arnautović ventures a new approach. Using the communication [...]
more informationenglischThe present volume marks the bimillennium of the death of the princeps with a selection of essays that offer new approaches to the Emperor Augustus and his reign. The essays cover a variety of subjects related to Augustan scholarship from a twenty-first century perspective. The studies [...]
more informationenglischSince 1993, Osama bin Laden and al-Qáida have carried out a series of terrible Islamist terrorist attacks - on the World Trade Center 1, the US warship Cole, the World Trade Center 2 (11 September), hotels in Bali, synagogues in Istanbul, railways in Madrid and Casablanca, to name just a few [...]
more informationenglischThe value at which contributions in kind should be reported in the commercial balance sheet has always been a controversial issue. This work examines the question of how the agreements on the partner’s capital share affect the balance sheet disclosure. Based on the requirements of the [...]
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