Law

Current anti-discrimination legislation does not fully reflect actual cases of discrimination and where different grounds intersect inseparably, a gap in protection appears. Anna Kristin Biedermann reveals the social power structures underlying the law and illustrates the need to close this gap. Looking to EU law, she comes up with a legally feasible way to anchor such cases of intersectional discrimination in the private employment relationship.

Since its discovery, the question of how to identify the relevant choice of law rule has been one of the fundamental problems of private international law. Leonard Wagner outlines the historical development of the discourse on the problem of qualification and, building on this, addresses current issues.

Successful corporate restructurings require a legal framework that encourages the parties involved to find efficient restructuring solutions. Stephan Zündorf examines the optimal design of the relevant provisions. Based on legal and economic findings on decision-making and value distribution, he criticizes current law and develops his own regulatory proposal.

Christoph Jarno Burghoff counters the inconsistency of monetary compensation case law, which leads to uncertainty in press and expression law. He also reveals the lack of preventive effect when it comes to damages awarded in cases of forced commercialisation of personality by the media. He proposes two solutions: the pillar model and a constitutionally compliant skimming of profits.