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A Legal Codex. A Law Thesis and a Law Dissertation
The monograph is a compilation of my Juris Doctor degree thesis and my Master's in Law degree dissertation. The thesis is a general overview of justice courts and the dissertation is an examination of the adequacy of a search performed by a Federal Agency of the United States government regarding search requests under the Freedom of Information Act . Details Title: A Legal Codex Subtitle: A Law Thesis and a Law Dissertation Author: Dr. Bradley S.Tice Edition: 1st edition Published:...
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Volume 2 | Union law assessment of German inheritance tax law
Although case law has been dealing with the conformity of German inheritance tax law with European law for twenty years, this topic is regularly overshadowed in the literature by the analysis of income tax law. The author therefore deals fundamentally with the compatibility of inheritance tax law with Union law and the relevant provisions of the European treaties. The first part of the work deals with the general requirements of European law that the legislator has to observe in inheritance...
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Prof. Dr. Claus Kreß | Kölner Schriften zum Friedenssicherungsrecht
Volume 4 | Private military and security companies in international law
Private military and security companies (PMSUs) like Blackwater (now Xe Services, now Academi) have increasingly participated in military operations for over twenty years. Such companies operate all over the world. The range of clients is correspondingly wide: in addition to states, individual armed groups, private companies, the United Nations and other international organizations, non-governmental organizations and the International Committee of the Red Cross also use the services of PMSU. The military services provided by private companies in such operations range...
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Prof. Dr. Claus Kreß | Kölner Schriften zum Friedenssicherungsrecht
Volume 7 | The Crime of Aggression and the Participation Model of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
After some of the major war criminals of the 20th century had been prosecuted for crimes against peace before the International Military Tribunals in Nuremberg and Tokyo after World War II, the so-called 'mother of all crimes' vanished from the international scene just as quickly as it had appeared before. This suggested that the conviction of high-ranking state officials for the illegitimate use of force against other countries would remain a one-off event in the history of mankind. It was...
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The instrument of professional supervision
Recently, technical supervision has become significantly more important. The reasons for this include the increasing shifting of non-ministerial tasks to subordinate authorities, the privatization of public tasks and the frequent interdepartmental cooperation between ministries. Ultimately, official technical supervision is increasingly proving to be a management and control instrument in the field of public administration. The author carries out a comprehensive systematization of the technical supervision in the currently existing system, but at the same time shows ways to a new...
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The problem of publicity in the security transfer of movable property
The problem of publicity when assigning chattels as security is as old as the assignment itself. The loan collateral, which is often used in practice, seems to function smoothly for the most part. A closer look, however, reveals a number of weaknesses and dogmatic distortions due to the lack of publicity. Last but not least, the German security assignment must also be able to be measured in an international perspective. It is precisely here that Germany is largely isolated with...
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The tension between individual and collective interests in endowment life insurance
The dissertation is dedicated to case law on the law of endowment life insurance, which is in constant change and further development, and addresses the implications for individual and collective interests of policyholders resulting from this case law. The theoretical foundations of individual and collective interests presented in endowment life insurance and shown why there is a tension between interests and how the anticipatory legislator tries to resolve this tension. Subsequently, on the basis of four main topics, the case...
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The exclusion of legal persons from the insolvency administrator office
The subject of the dissertation is the admissibility of restricting the office of insolvency administrator to natural persons in accordance with Section 56 InsO and the resulting exclusion of legal entities from the office of insolvency administrator. Since insolvency administration has developed into an independent profession and is often carried out by large administration companies with teams of lawyers, tax consultants and auditors, the statutory exclusion of legal entities from the office of insolvency administrator is in practice often only...
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Prof. Dr. Claus Kreß | Kölner Schriften zum Friedenssicherungsrecht
The Contribution of the Special Court for Sierra Leone to International Criminal Law
The Special Court for Sierra Leone was established in Freetown, Sierra Leone in 2002 after eleven years of civil war. It is part of an international strategy to overcome impunity for international crimes and leaves a great legacy with its extremely multifaceted case law. He was given worldwide attention in particular by the condemnation of the then incumbent head of state of Liberia, Charles Taylor. The author appreciates the case law in the light of the overall development of international...
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The debt-equity swap as a takeover instrument in self-administered insolvency plan proceedings
With the law to further facilitate the restructuring of companies (ESUG), the legislature had set out to subject the German insolvency law, which is systemically geared towards breaking up and liquidation, to a new restructuring culture. The present study contributes to the legal discussion about the problems raised in this context and in particular investigates the question of whether the insolvency law reform has created easier conditions for the takeover of companies in addition to a legally secure and planning-safe...
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The value-added tax content of the business with receivables
In recent years, practice has developed a remarkable range of variations in receivables transactions. The aim of the present study is to enable a consistent VAT assessment of these receivables transactions. To this end, the author examines which performance elements characterize the different types of factoring. To this end, he primarily deals with the current case law on factoring and the sale of non-performing loan portfolios. He also includes asset-backed securities transactions and forfaiting transactions in the investigation. With the...
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The initiation of pre-trial detention
The work deals with the legal comparison of detention law in Germany and the United States of America and draws important conclusions on the need for change in German law. After an outline of German law regarding arrests, the US legal system in general is presented. This is followed by explanations of the theory and practice of initiating pre-trial detention in the USA. Both the federal law of the United States of America and state law are discussed. State practice...
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