englischThis study integrates the topic of water reuse into an interdisciplinary framework and offers a comprehensive interpretation guide. The author analyses the EU regulation on (agricultural) water reuse and classifies it in European, German, and Swedish law – regions where this topic has been [...]

englischDespite 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. [...]

englischThe book analyses and systematises the discrimination risks of algorithmic decision-making processes in artificial intelligence. It develops a phase model that makes various algorithmic processes accessible to legal analyses. The model illustrates the diverse discrimination risks posed by [...]

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 [...]

englischThe work deals with a current topic in both German and Taiwanese constitutional law - the sustainability of the respective religious law systems in the trend of changes of the role of religion and belief in the social and the legal order. Particular attention is paid to the significance of [...]

englischAlthough not explicitly mentioned in Art. 51 of the UN Charter, there is a consensus that self-defence is inter alia restricted by proportionality. However, the content and scope of this so-called jus ad bellum proportionality are still controversial in international legal scholarship and [...]

englischThis volume examines the census, which takes place every ten years in Germany, from a variety of perspectives. On the one hand, it deals with the collection of the data, but also with its use in different contexts. The volume also draws a line from the past of the census to its present and [...]

englischThe series ‘Law and Religions’ takes a multidisciplinary approach to addressing the tense relationship between these two basic conditions of social life. This second volume examines interdisciplinary approaches to the topic of law and religions from different perspectives, primarily from the [...]