Law

The relationship between state law and religious law is one of the central points of tension in modern legal systems within religiously pluralistic societies. The author gives a comparative analysis of the treatment of inter-religious marriages in Israel, Lebanon, and Tunisia and investigates the reception of a religion-based ban on marriage by German courts.

Great debates have long shaped company law and continue to do so, yet the subject remains under-explored. This volume maps the key scholarly debates in German and Italian company law, demonstrating that these debates form the core of the field and examining how ideas, concepts and knowledge have developed and continue to evolve.

The 14th edition provides the latest information on European law for study and practice. New literature and current ECJ case law - for example, on EU citizenship and freedom of movement - have been incorporated, supplemented as before by the parallel collection of decisions, which enables an in-depth examination of ECJ case law.

What methods underlie judicial decisions, and what significance do they have? Nico Bilski challenges widespread preconceptions and demonstrates that the value-laden nature of legal decisions does not mark the end of methodological reflection, but rather the beginning of its necessity.