Law

In this study to establish an all-encompassing, cross-offence doctrine for the objective conditions of criminal liability, Maximilian Lenk examines the history, constitutional implications, criminal offence system, and the general effects of the conditions of criminal liability on criminal law.

Administrative relations between the EU and its Member States face unique complexity in the area of spending policies. Sven Wedemeyer depicts the interaction between the levels of control ex ante and ex post surrounding the European administrative action and examines the requirements of the underlying regulatory framework, its function and mode of action.

The author studies who is entitled to exercise the right to alter a legal relationship if the parties to the contract change, giving as an example the right of withdrawal. Up to now it has not been possible to provide a satisfactory answer to this question from the perspective of legal dogmatics. In addition to the development of a consistent solution, the author deals with the institution of inherency in the contract.

This work was awarded the Augsburg Alumni Association's 2024 Doctoral Prize.

The general rules of international law constitute a unique layer of law within the German legal system: They rank between federal statutory and constitutional law. This has not always been the case. Originally, general rules of international law were supposed to take precedence over constitutional law as well. The book analyses the 'intermediate rank' from a historical perspective, reflecting a process of political reorientation during the early years of the Federal Republic of Germany.