Law

Viktoria Kraetzig develops a paradigm for the interface of doctrinal concepts in the European multi-level system. According to it, national law and EU law are linked in such a way that EU law establishes requirements for national private law in terms of its substance and, in some cases, its form, but never in terms of its doctrinal principles.

The Ecological Analysis of Law proposed by Simon Marx examines the ecological consequences of legal decisions, evaluates state action on the basis of the criteria of resource sufficiency and resource consistency, and develops solutions that ensure livable conditions without disproportionately restricting fundamental rights and freedoms.

Under what conditions may the state use algorithms, and how can their use be subject to judicial review? Tom Lüxmann develops a legal framework that prevents the emergence of a digital sphere of state secrecy.

Simon Oles examines the enforcement of the Digital Services Act (DSA) within a European and cross-sectoral administrative network. He assesses its enforcement framework against EU primary and constitutional law and develops governance-based proposals for its further improvement and optimization.