englischFor some time now, the debate on the protection of the climate system has also been played out in the courts. This study examines the prospects of success of such claims before the German civil courts under German law. The focus of this work lies on the discussion of potential claims for [...]

englischIn its Special Report 83 entitled "Hospital care after Corona: reorganising competition, planning and financing", the Monopolies Commission has presented analyses and concrete recommendations on the planned hospital reform. The aim of the recommendations is to properly balance competition [...]

englischRanked-choice voting systems, such as the spare vote, are particularly well suited to ensuring the integrative character of elections in Germany. So far, however, these electoral systems have been difficult to fit into existing German constitutional jurisprudence. This book provides [...]

englischConsumers can influence markets through their consumption behaviour—whether by consciously choosing or rejecting certain products and consumption patterns, or by loudly protesting, for example in demonstrations against climate change. But how far does the power of consumers extend? How [...]

englischThe current crises can only be overcome through solidarity. The concept of solidarity was central to the thinking of Oswald von Nell-Breuning SJ (1890–1991), the most important German academic of Catholic social teaching in the 20th century. In this book, renowned experts from the fields of [...]

Das "Humanitäre Völkerrecht" oder "Kriegsvölkerrecht" umfasst die Gesamtheit der rechtlichen Bestimmungen, die im Fall eines bewaffneten Konflikts gelten und zu beachten sind, wie etwa bei der Beschießung von Zivilisten im afghanischen Kundus im Jahr 2009 oder beim mehrfachen Einsatz von Giftgas in [...]

Was ist Recht – als soziale Tatsache, als kulturelle Form, als Praxis der Regulierung, als Recht 2.0.? Das Lehrbuch präsentiert die wichtigsten Theorien und Forschungsergebnisse des Faches – erstmals systematisch bezogen auf die Funktionen von Recht, alle Bereiche juristischer Praxis – von der [...]

englischThe study examines the question of how the cooperation between football stakeholders and the police can be further expanded and how not only violence can be prevented but also police deployment hours and costs can be reduced. In addition to security activities by associations and clubs, [...]