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»The Shadow of the Wanderer. Individual Case, Legal Change and Progress in Rudolf von Jhering's Doctrine of »Rechtsgefühl«. Derivation of a Multi-level Model of His Complex Concept of »Rechtsgefühl««: The study deals with the doctrine of »Rechtsgefühl« as developed by the famous pandectist and legal empiricist Rudolf von Jhering (1818-1892). The colourful concept of »Rechtsgefühl« is discussed extensively and impressively in the literature, though Jhering's key contribution usually receives only cursory mention. This study is intended to show the great significance of Jhering's »Rechtsgefühl«.»Rechtsgefühl«, as he perceived it, combines a practical consideration of individual cases with a reflection of the purposes of law and the life experience of its observer. It is the essence of a living legal doctrine and the progress of law.

»Regulability of Second Generation Outsourcing through Collective Bargaining Agreements for the Transfer of Employees«: The subject of this thesis is the transfer of employees in the event of a change of supplier outside of Section 613a of the German Civil Code. On the basis of sector-specific regulations and existing collective agreements, the need for a collective agreement regulation is examined. Within the external barriers imposed in particular by Article 12 (1) of the German Constitution, transfer obligations can be effectively agreed in a collective bargaining agreement and can also be enforced.

»Restructuring Support Agreements. A Useful Tool for Organizing Reorganizations under German Law?«: This book analyses the trend of using restructuring support agreements (RSA) in Chapter 11 and in Scheme of Arrangement proceedings. RSA can be a useful tool to combat claim trading and holdout-activities. On the other hand, there is a risk that some creditors will use RSA to gain control over the restructuring process and to obtain special benefits not available for other creditors. This book also answers the question if RSA can be used to organize reorganizations in Germany and it discusses the boundaries for such contracts under German Law.

»The Authority of the Police to Protect Private Rights. An Analysis of the So-Called Private Rights Clauses in Federal and State Police Laws«: All police laws contain so-called private right clauses that shape the relationship of the police to the civil courts. Many of the legal questions that arise in this context have so far only rudimentarily entered the consciousness of researchers and practitioners, which is in large part why the study breaks new ground in the field. In particular, an in-depth analysis reveals the incompatibility of the prevailing interpretation of the norms with their ratio legis.

Der Mensch steht im Mittelpunkt des demokratischen Rechtsstaates, wie ihn das Grundgesetz konstituiert - und auch im Mittelpunkt des wissenschaftlichen und praktischen Wirkens von Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig. Daher beleuchtet der Band, der das Symposium aus Anlass des 80. Geburtstages von Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig dokumentiert, verschiedene Ausprägungen des einzelnen Akteurs im demokratischen Rechtsstaat. Die Bedeutung des Individuums jeweils als Bürger, als Unionsbürger, als Abgeordneter, als Beamter, als Richter und als Bundespräsident für den demokratischen Rechts- und Verfassungsstaat wird herausgearbeitet. Zugleich wird verdeutlicht, dass es in der Demokratie, die vom Volk als Kollektivsubjekt getragen ist, letztlich doch immer wieder auf die oder den Einzelnen ankommt.

»Custodia«: At first glance, the sources on liability for custodia in Roman law are characterised by a fundamental inconsistency: on the one hand, the liability of a guardian appears as an automatic consequence of a theft of the thing left to him, on the other hand, as a consequence of a breach of due care. This discrepancy has triggered a pendulum movement in modern research. At one time custodia has been declared a guarantee liability, at another a form of liability for fault. The dilemma can only be solved if one seriously considers the limitation of the concept of theft in Rome.

»Foreign Consensual Private Divorces and Public Participation. About the Recognition and Validity of Divorces under the Unharmonized Rules of Private International and International Civil Procedure Law«: The following thesis analyses foreign consensual private divorces under the unharmonized rules of private international and international civil procedure law. The main questions are if these divorces can be recognized just as foreign judgements under international civil procedure law and if they are valid under private international law even if German law and its § 1564 of the civil code (divorce by judgement) are applicable.

»The Supervision of Consumer Financial Markets. An Analysis of BaFin's Mandate to Protect Collective Consumer Interests«: In 2015, the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has been mandated to protect collective consumer interests. The author analyses this mandate and associated powers of the authority. The doctoral thesis includes sections on the regulation of consumer financial markets, on the concept underlying BaFin's consumer protection mandate, on the scope of its supervision (institutions and markets), and on its powers.

»Dual Studies from a Labour Law Perspective. Dual Track Students in the Area of Tension between Labour Law and Higher Education Law«: The author examines the labour law dimension of dual studies, a hybrid format with its systematic interlinking of theory and practice, which is subdivided into different types. He comes to the conclusion that the Vocational Training Act (BBiG) is an appropriate regulation for the legal containment of the practical phases of dual study programmes. The existing individual and collective labour law system provides sufficient protection for dual track students in the company.

»Medical Criminal Law in German-Georgian Comparison«: With 16 contributions by Georgian and German criminal law scholars, this conference volume discusses fundamental value conflicts of modern medical criminal law in an unprecedented scope. Ethical and legal basic questions of euthanasia as well as special liability questions concerning negligence, omission, doping, corruption in health care, abortion and transplantation law are discussed.

»Open and Contained Legal Discourse«: Johann Braun describes legal thinking as the interaction of two opposing movements. The interpretation of the law presents itself as a formally contained discourse, in which numerous possible arguments for the purpose of reducing legal complexity are excluded. However, the further the legal horizon is stretched, the more the excluded points of view gain validity again. This interplay of formal and content-related moments is the key to understanding the real structure of legal thinking and arguing.

In diesen Wochen bereitet sich Deutschland auf einen neuen Corona-Herbst und -Winter vor. Recht und Politik hat in einem ersten Band »Corona und Grundgesetz« (Beiheft 7) zu den staatlichen Maßnahmen kritisch Stellung bezogen. Im vergangenen Jahr setzten sich die massiven Grundrechtseingriffe fort. Grund genug für Recht und Politik, das zweite Corona-Jahr in einem weiteren Beiheft rechtspolitisch Revue passieren zu lassen.Im Jahr 2021 mehrten sich nun die kritischen Stimmen in Justiz und Parlamenten, die eine oftmals als übergriffig empfundene Exekutive an ihre rechtsstaatlichen Grenzen erinnerten. Wenn dies auch nicht immer erfolgreich und gelegentlich zu zaghaft war, bleibt doch festzuhalten, dass die liberalen Stimmen an Boden gewannen. Abschließend werden vergleichende Aspekte zu Österreich und Frankreich einbezogen sowie die dringende rechtspolitische Forderung erhoben, in der Gesundheitspolitik die EU-Kompetenzen zu stärken.

»The German Law on the Sale of Horses after the Implementation of the European Sale of Goods Directive«: This thesis examines the effects of the recent sales law reform on the horse trade in Germany. After a critical analysis of the new legal system of horse sales, principles of interpretation are developed and alternative regulation options are discussed. To ensure a more legally secure and animal welfare-friendly handling of the regulations, which are originally designed for the sale of objects, the thesis proposes punctual animal-specific modifications of the German sales law.

»Regulatory Options of the German Legislator for Whistleblower Protection in Implementation of the EU Directive 2019/1937«: The German legislator is obliged to implement EU Directive 2019/1937 (the so-called Whistleblowing-Directive). This means that, for the first time, a law for the protection of whistleblowers will have to be standardized in Germany. The paper shows the regulatory options of the national legislator in this legislative project and presents - taking into account the results of the investigation - a draft of a whis-tleblower protection law.

The study is devoted to the admissibility of German criminal laws, which refer to statutory orders. This technique was also used during the Corona pandemic. Its use in national and Europeanised criminal law is examined.

»Personal Performance Obligation and Delegation Authority of the Insolveny Administrator«: The study creates a dogmatic foundation for the thesis of the personal obligation of the insolvency administrator. Furthermore, a delegation model is developed on the basis of the creditor-protecting effect of the personal obligation and by analysing the legislative intent. In addition, it is shown that the violation of the personal obligation does not lead to the invalidity of the legal act, but to a proportional reduction of the administrator's remuneration.

»The Continuation of the Insolvent Airline under German Insolvency Law«: Insolvencies of airlines have caused quite a stir in recent years. But why do crises occur in an industry that, apart from global pandemics, should actually promise profitability and performance? Can the continuation and reorganisation of the company under German insolvency law succeed in a meaningful way, and if so, how? This thesis examines these questions at the interface between insolvency and aviation law.

»Coherent Development Cooperation through Law. The Pros and Cons of a Law on German Development Cooperation taking into Consideration the Development Acts of Leading Donor Countries«: In contrast to numerous donor countries, Germany hasn't enacted a law on Official Development Assistance. This study analyzes the Status Quo of the legal foundations of the German Development Cooperation. The Staus Quo is compared to existing Laws on Official Development Assistance of selected donor countries in order to determine the conditions under which the enactment of such a Law would also be desirable in Germany.

»Normative Legitimacy of Law, Morality and Human Rights in the Light of the Positivist Separation Thesis«: On the basis of the positivist separation thesis, this study provides in-depth answers to the question of the manner in which state law, international law, morality and human rights can be considered normatively legitimate and what this legitimacy means in each case. The focus is not on specific substantive criteria of legitimacy, such as democratic procedures or certain notions of justice. Rather, the question is more fundamentally about the formal conditions of legitimacy.

»The Employee's Behaviour outside Work in German and English Law - A Comparative Analysis with Special Focus on the Private Use of Social Media«: This work examines the scope of the employee's behavioural obligations outside the workplace and the different approaches on the matter in German and English law. It especially focuses on the risks of the private use of social media for the employer's reputation and discusses possible solutions through changes in case law, ethical guidelines and individual or collective agreements.

»Connecting Factors for the Taxation of Digital Business Models in International Income Tax Law«: The digital transformation also poses challenges for the international tax system. The treatise examines how appropriate taxation of globally operating digital corporations can be ensured in the future. To this end, it analyzes their specifics as well as the functioning of their current taxation and considers the various approaches to a solution - market nexus, digital tax and global minimum taxation - on the basis of dogmatic and practical, national and international as well as legal and cross-jurisdictional criteria.

»Post-Contractual Non-Compete Covenants for Shareholder Managing Directors of German Limited Liability Companies from an Employment-Law and Corporate-Law Perspective. Analysis of Applicable Legal Frameworks and Statutory Limitations with a Focus on Compensation Obligations and Maximum Permissible Term«: Companies and individuals face legal ambiguities under German law when drafting post-contractual non-compete covenants for directors of limited liability companies. The author aims to reduce these ambiguities by examining the dogmatic background of the applicable law. Focussing on the maximum duration of post-contractual non-compete covenants as well as compensation obligations, the dissertation applies principles of civil and constitutional law and deduces specific requirements.

»The Letting of Real Estate as a Problem of the Fulfillment of Statutory Requirements in the System of Income Taxes. A Value-Oriented Approach to the Specification of Statutory Commercial Elements Using the Example of the Differentiation of Special and Supplementary Services«: The thesis addresses the income tax classification of the letting of real estate as either asset management or a commercial activity. The process of decision-making in practice, which often appears to be very casuistic, is contrasted with a methodical approach, which - by revealing the principles and valuations of income tax law - is intended to lead to consistent results. In doing so, the fundamental findings of legal methodology are elaborated and made fruitful.

»The Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC). Institution, Findings, Controversies«: Since 2004, the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC) has been monitoring compliance with the Aarhus Convention, helping to make the treaty one of the most successful multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs). Florian Zeitner gives a comprehensive description of the uniquely designed non-compliance procedure at the centre of which is the ACCC. Special consideration is given to the case ACCC/C/2008/32 (part II) (European Union). The amendments to the Aarhus Regulation, which will be fully applicable from 29 April 2023, are comprehensively addressed.

»Carl Schmitt and Literature«: Andreas Höfele's book is the first comprehensive account of the role of literature in the intellectual biography of the controversial jurist and political theorist Carl Schmitt. Identifying the writers, works and literary figures of greatest significance in each phase of Schmitt's long life, Höfele shows how literature was a key component in the development of Schmitt's political thought and his mythical view of contemporary history as well as his own role in it.

Das Kulturgutschutzgesetz (KGSG) regelt neben den klassischen Materien des Kulturgüterschutzes - dem Abwanderungsschutz und dem Rückgaberecht - auch den Handel mit Kulturgut. Unter anderem normiert das KGSG erstmals ein Verkehrsverbot in Bezug auf kulturelle Objekte sowie sog. Sorgfaltspflichten, die grundsätzlich vor jedem Inverkehrbringen von Kulturgütern zu erfüllen sind.Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, welchen Beitrag die Sorgfaltspflichten und das mit ihnen assoziierte Verkehrsverbot für den Kulturgüterschutz leisten können. Ausgehend von einer allgemeinen Analyse der Funktionen handelsbezogener Maßnahmen im Rahmen des Kulturgüterschutzes wird untersucht, ob die entsprechenden Instrumente des KGSG einen Platz innerhalb dieses Gefüges finden können. Die Arbeit zeigt auf, dass ein wirksamer handelsbezogener Kulturgüterschutz konzipierbar ist. Dabei offenbart sie die besondere Bedeutung und das Wirkpotential handelsbezogener Maßnahmen für den Schutz archäologischer Kulturgüter.

»200 Years of Hegel's Philosophy of Right: An Interdisciplinary Debate«: Hegel's »Elements of the Philosophy of Right« is one of the most influential philosophical treatises ever written. Published 200 years ago, the »Philosophy of Right« still has the capacity to launch and enrich systematic debates in the fields of action theory, social and political philosophy, the philosophy of law and legal theory. This volume, to which prominent philosophers and legal scholars have contributed, illuminates both the history of the reception of the »Philosophy of Right« and the topicality of the ideas Hegel developed in his work.