Law

Volume 12 of the HKW contains Kelsen's opus magnum 'Allgemeine Staatslehre' from his Viennese years. The first comprehensive presentation of his Reine Rechtslehre, it was to mark the beginning of the heated phase of the Weimar Richtungs- und Methodenstreit.

Koray Çavuşoğlu examines a largely overlooked governance option in German limited liability companies: the board of directors. He refutes the widespread assumption that it is merely a variant of the optional supervisory board and develops an independent understanding in light of SE law.

Nathan Krian compares the requirements and rationales for the claim to restitution of the contractual surrogate under German law with those under the law of England and Wales. He then seeks to make the insights gained from this comparison useful for the German legal discourse.

Alexander Sajnovits analyzes corporate law paradigms in Germany and the United States. He highlights historical foundations, legal structures, and recent developments, while addressing the potential for paradigm shifts and convergence between the two systems.