englischHow do the rights of same-sex couples have to be ensured by states, and which kind of environmental obligations are induced by the right to life and to personal integrity? Questions as diverse and far-reaching as these are regularly dealt with by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in [...]
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englischHow do the rights of same-sex couples have to be ensured by states, and which kind of environmental obligations are induced by the right to life and to personal integrity? Questions as diverse and far-reaching as these are regularly dealt with by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in [...]
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englischThe unceasing digital progress brings about far-reaching upheavals for the law of confidentiality, data secrecy, and security of information. This volume fathoms the role of law in ensuring, contriving, and balancing confidentiality against the trend towards transparency that European [...]
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Der Autor behandelt in zwölf Aufsätzen das europäische Mächte-System im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert einschließlich der deutschen Wiedervereinigung. Damit skizziert er mit großen, aber konturenscharfen Linien aus verfassungshistorischer Sicht das deutsche Schicksal nach der Niederlegung der Kaiserkrone [...]
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englischNonviolent Protest Movements are elementary for the spread of democracy and human rights. Some states have, therefore, established policies to support these movements when they emerge. This practice, however, raises significant doubts from states that see themselves confronted with such [...]
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englischAgainst the background of the persistence of nuclear energy in France and ambitious targets for the expansion of renewable energies, the question arises as to the role of onshore wind energy in the context of the nuclear-based transition énergétique. The work, methodologically conceived as a [...]
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englischThe unceasing digital progress brings about far-reaching upheavals for the law of confidentiality, data secrecy, and security of information. This volume fathoms the role of law in ensuring, contriving, and balancing confidentiality against the trend towards transparency that European [...]
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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 [...]
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englischDoes European Union law impose requirements on the administration of German courts? And if so, which ones? The author answers these questions with particular attention to the appointment of judges. So far, the debate on the administration of the judiciary has focused on constitutional law, [...]
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englischParliaments are subject to a wide range of criticism. This makes it all the more important to provide reliable knowledge about their legal and political foundations, tasks, achievements and challenges. Democracy, in which society as a whole is expressed in its plurality and through which it [...]
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