Law

Law's complex relationship with racism has increasingly become a matter of academic interest. Sociolegal thought tackling this relationship, however, remains scarce. A promising avenue for answers lies in insights generated by critical race theory as reconstructed in this award-winning work.

Koray Çavuşoğlu examines a largely overlooked governance option in German limited liability companies: the board of directors. He refutes the widespread assumption that it is merely a variant of the optional supervisory board and develops an independent understanding in light of SE law.

As one of three borrowing authorisations of the debt brake (Schuldenbremse), the cyclical component allows and requires borrowing and repayment depending on overall economic development. Manuel Ackermann examines how it has realigned fiscal policy since the 1960s and made it verifiable for the first time.

Private international law is based on the premise that legal systems are equivalent. However, in an era of growing politicisation, the question arises as to where this principle reaches its limits. Analysing the neutrality of private international law and international civil procedure can help to answer this question.