Law

The new edition of this successful textbook provides an up-to-date comprehensive overview of administrative law. A new focus is placed on the digitalization of public administration. The range of learning materials has been further improved through new case studies and overviews for students, supplemented by additional digital resources.

Rudolf von Jhering (1818-1892) was one of the leading Roman lawyers in nineteenth century Germany and famously developed a sophisticated methodology for the »Begriffsjurisprudenz« (conceptual jurisprudence) of his time. At mid-career, however, he turned to a sociological and instrumentalist jurisprudence and shaped twentieth century legal thought in Germany and beyond, especially in the United States.

By applying post-categorical approaches and transferring civil liberties dogmatics, Luisa Lehning develops a dogmatic framework that identifies multidimensional inequalities that have previously been overlooked in legal terms and makes it possible to determine their specific intensity for members of marginalized groups.

In a modern economy characterized by a division of labor and constant change, contracts and declarations of intent that require subsequent completion can hardly be dispensed with. Despite their many forms, such »blank« instruments raise very similar legal issues. Tim Robers addresses these issues on the basis of the general legal rules.