Law, economics, social sciences

Das Medium des Rechts ist seine Sprache: Ohne Wörter und Sätze kein Paragraph und kein Gesetzbuch, kein anwaltlicher Schriftsatz und kein richterliches Urteil. Die Juristerei ist im Kern ein Kampf um Begriffe. Der diesjährigen Aufsatzwettbewerb lädt dazu ein, Rechtssprache einmal aus einer anderen Perspektive zu betrachten: In welcher Sprache sollen Gesetze formuliert sein? Mit welcher Sprache sollen Juristen Recht denken, finden und sprechen? Konkret: Ist die Rechtsprache eine Fachsprache, die nur Eingeweihten zugänglich ist und sein soll? Oder können und...

The present 12th volume of the publication series of the Hessian Lawyers' Foundation is based on a student essay competition advertised by the foundation in 2020 on the topic "LegalTech: Curse or blessing for the legal profession? If law is automated - what does that mean for the profession of lawyer?” Christian Solmecke, LL.M., Managing Director of the cloud-based law firm management software Legalvisio and one of the most distinguished lawyers in the field of digitization, selected the works collected...

The central subject of this study is Directive 2011/24/EU on the exercise of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare, which codifies the principles of ECJ case law on cross-border healthcare services. This study examines the extent to which the Directive succeeds in striking a balance between the interests of the Member States in maintaining the functionality and affordability of their health systems, the interests of patients in legally secure, Union-wide use of health services and the Union's goal of a European...

Manche Auseinandersetzungen innerhalb einer Zivilgesellschaft werden schnell sehr emotional geführt und ziviler Ungehorsam wird als probates und/oder (einzig?) effektives Mittel zum Erreichen oder zur Abwehr bestimmter Ziele angesehen. Hierfür stehen etwa die „68er“, „Brokdorf“, „Gorleben“, „Hambacher Forst“, „Black Lives Matter“, „Fridays for Future“ und ganz aktuell die Aktionen der „Letzten Generation“. Personen mit unterschiedlichen Wertvorstellungen begegnen sich nicht nur friedlich und unvoreingenommen im Diskurs. Die Grenzen des Rechtsstaats werden ausgetestet. Doch wo verlaufen sie? Wahrnehmung berechtigter Interessen durch friedliche Sitzblockade...

Traditionally, trademark rights apply uniformly to the entire protected area for which they are granted. This principle faces new challenges in the case of the community trademark on the territory of the EU. The present thesis examines the conflict between territorially divergent perceptions of traffic in Europe and the scope of an infringement of a community trademark. The author goes into the different offenses and clarifies the relevance of the specific traffic perception. Furthermore, the author deals with the principle...

The present volume 11 of the publication series of the Foundation of the Hessian Lawyers' Association is based on a student essay competition advertised by the foundation in 2019 on the topic "Much ado about nothing? A firework of arguments on collective punishment in sport”. Prof. Dr. Anne Jakob, specialist lawyer for sports law, and Dr. Jörg Dauernheim, co-editor of the "Reichert-Handbuch des Vereins- und Verbandsrechtes", selected the four works presented here from the many submissions from all over Germany...

The Foundation of the Hessian Lawyers' Association has been holding a student essay competition on current legal topics for 10 years now. The number of works submitted, but especially their high quality, confirms our concern to offer students a suitable forum and to send Hessian impulses into the legal world. We are pleased that some of the topics of the previous competitions and the works submitted have now gained importance far beyond Hesse. With various contributions to the questions we...

The present volume 10 of the publication series of the Foundation of the Hessian Lawyers' Association is based on a student essay competition advertised by the Foundation in 2018 on the topic "Proposals for the reform of asylum law in Germany". Lawyer Prof. Dr. Roland Fritz, M.A., former President of the Administrative Court in Frankfurt am Main, and Dr. Stefan Fuhrmann, Chief Magistrate Director and Head of the Legal Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main, selected the seven...

The present volume 9 of the publication series of the Foundation of the Hessian Lawyers' Association is based on a student essay competition advertised by the foundation in 2017 on the topic "Help - my judge wears a burqa". Dr. Klaus Maier, judge at the Frankfurt am Main Higher Regional Court, selected the seven works presented here from the many submissions from all over Germany in the essay competition; the Foundation of the Hessian Lawyers' Association awarded it a monetary...

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...

The present volume 8 of the publication series of the Foundation of the Hessian Lawyers' Association is based on a student essay competition advertised by the foundation in 2016 on the topic "Internet crime is booming - does the criminal code need an update?" Dr. Benjamin Krause, public prosecutor at the Central Office for Combating Cybercrime (ZIT) of the General Public Prosecutor's Office in Frankfurt am Main, selected the six works presented here from the many submissions from all over...

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...