Law

The German law of civil liability differentiates systematically according to who benefits from a certain interaction. Felix Berner's study examines the driving force behind this differentiation - the principle of utility - and shows the implications it has for a wide range of discussions in private law as a whole.

The mixed gift is one of the »classics« among problems of civil law. The Federal Court of Justice once called it the »actual impossibility of a settlement which is satisfactory in every respect from a legal perspective.« Carsten Meinert attempts to prove the opposite. He deconstructs a centuries-old discussion, examines the individual elements in relation to their persuasiveness and develops a concept of legal reasoning which brings the interests of the persons affected by the mixed gift into balance.

Noxal liability is a peculiar invention of the Romans. If a slave committed an offence, the owner could choose between paying a fine and noxal surrender of the offender to the injured party. Armin Heßelschwerdt's study is the first monograph to examine the legal problems that arose when such a slave was co-owned as servus communis .

Is there such a thing as ownership of data? Addressing the question of property rights to data from a far-reaching and multifaceted perspective, Johannes Weiß's study takes its findings to justify their existence in the applicable legal system.