Law

New European rules are intended to promote data use and data sharing. Lukas Tuschhoff examines how data trustees can be structured under company law. Particular emphasis is placed on the choice of legal form and the specific design of the trust arrangement.

How can fundamental rights protection remain effective as social realities evolve? Lea Norta addresses this fundamental question for the first time through the lens of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and develops criteria for its further development within the European multilevel system of rights protection.

We live in an algorithm-driven and digitalized world in which human behavior is increasingly replaced by information and communication technology. This trend toward digitalization also affects capital markets, where algorithmic trading and its regulation is a prime example of the shift from human behavior to full automation.

In a German-Italian comparative perspective, Luca Silvani presents the judicial referral as a flexible instrument of constitutional adjudication that reflects the differing functional conditions and strategies of the Federal Constitutional Court and the Constitutional Court of Italy.