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 [...]
more informationenglischWhen 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 [...]
more informationenglischCarl Bilfinger was a professor of public law at the universities of Halle, Heidelberg, and Berlin. From 1943 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1954 he was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. A companion and follower of Carl Schmitt [...]
more informationenglischIn German energy law, electricity storage is currently not viewed as an independent activity but rather divided into electricity consumption and production. However, European law prescribes a different understanding, in which a storage is treated as one economic unit with its own respective [...]
more informationenglischAgainst 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 [...]
more informationenglischCarl Bilfinger was a professor of public law at the universities of Halle, Heidelberg, and Berlin. From 1943 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1954 he was director of the Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. A companion and follower of Carl Schmitt [...]
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englischThis political science analysis of the negotiation of the GDPR shows how a coalition of data protection advocates was able to enshrine an unprecedentedly high level of data protection in law thanks to the interaction of numerous factors and despite resistance from industry and some EU member [...]
more informationenglischDespite ambitious programmes, Germany is only making slow progress in the digitalization of public administration. This special volume examines digitalization practice in the advanced administrative services of vehicle registration, building supervision, tax return and parental benefits. [...]
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 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 [...]
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