Law

The author examines the concept of counter-performance in the light of digital remuneration models. She analyses personal data provided as consideration, the contractual and data protection framework, and the limits of counter-performance imposed by mandatory contract law in modern exchange relations.

The Ecological Analysis of Law proposed by Simon Marx examines the ecological consequences of legal decisions, evaluates state action on the basis of the criteria of resource sufficiency and resource consistency, and develops solutions that ensure livable conditions without disproportionately restricting fundamental rights and freedoms.

Self-defence is directed against the attacker - but what applies when defensive action simultaneously affects legal interests of the public at large? Philipp Alexander Burek explores a largely neglected borderline area of criminal law scholarship and recalibrates the law of self-defence where criminal offences protect multiple legal interests.

States of emergencies often pose a greater threat to human rights than to the state itself. Max Milas examines how human rights adjudicative bodies in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and the UN have developed and applied consistent standards in states of emergencies - upholding human rights through a shared, legitimacy-driven approach.