Law

After the epochal change of 1918/1919, a wave of codification began in the new states of Central Eastern Europe. However, the penal codes drafted during this period fell into oblivion after 1945. The contributions gathered in this volume analyse these interwar codes and reveal surprising perspectives on transnational networks of experts.

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.

The success of European integration depends on an application and development of law which is guided by specific underlying assumptions. In this book, the author examines those assumptions, how they are translated into legal method and doctrinal constructs, and how they unfold, evolve, and pose challenges for the interconnected democratic orders.