Law

The principle of guilt, a self-evident truth under constitutional criminal law? By no means. Morten Boe demonstrates its contingent development and complex structure, arguing that it should be understood as a standard-setting mechanism of constitutional jurisprudence without an independent claim to validity.

The volume offers a comparative legal analysis of the position of Evangelical Reformed churches in Polish and German religion-state law, examining their constitutional status, diaconal work, and digital transformation against the backdrop of societal change following the Covid-19 pandemic.

Can blockchain technology create a balanced secondary market for digital goods and thus enable the application of copyright exhaustion in the digital environment? Zoi Michalopoulou develops criteria for the formation of a technical standard for the resale of digital copies of works.

Alina Holze examines milieu protection as a land-use regulatory instrument against gentrification. She develops a legal definition of the concept of »milieu« and analyzes the social preservation statute, its limitations, and the possibilities for complementing it through an integrated housing policy approach.