Law

Global value chains exist in the blind spots of legal doctrine and are hence marked by a diffusion of responsibility. For private law, this entails a methodological challenge that is exemplary for dealing with globalisation - that is, to apprehend global value chains in both their economic and societal dynamics.

The categories that protect the individual also limit it. Based on Hegel's concept of freedom, Nils Weinberg develops a concept of legal identity as a »form of freedom« of liberal anti-discrimination law: freedom means self-determination in relation to others and requires dynamic, not arbitrary legal categories.

The concept of price relevance (materiality) for the reasonable investor under Art. 7(1)(d) MAR remains underexplored. Thomas Gauweiler addresses the lack of fundamental value analysis in trading information by introducing a distinct assessment basis and analytical perspective.

Indirect perpetration has so far been understood as a mechanism of attribution. Johannes Gründel questions this understanding and examines whether, instead, the causal contribution can be placed at the forefront and the conduct of the direct actor can be taken into account within the framework of objective attribution.