Law

To what extent can legal doctrine benefit from the theory of science? On the basis of three influential currents of the 20th century - logical empiricism, falsificationism and historical epistemology - Johannes Herb analyzes how legal knowledge moves in the conflicting fields of normativity and context.

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.

Informational self-determination isolates subjects of fundamental rights, even though digital interactions are only possible within networks. An infrastructural dimension includes participation rights and a right to disconnect inspired by already existing forms of digital commons.

Peter Unruh shows how Article 4 of the Basic Law, as an aid to the interpretation of Article 7(2) and (3) of the Basic Law, opens up new scope for interdenominational and interreligious models of religious education. In this way, corresponding teaching formats can be legitimized under religious constitutional law and made sustainable.