Law

Jörg Spörl examines Erik Wolf's significant narrative of the Great Legal Thinkers of German Intellectual History using an innovative analytical framework and situates it within contemporary political, sociological, literary-historical, pedagogical, philosophical, and legal discourses.

Alexander Archner's study begins with a thorough analysis of the history of arbitration award scrutiny and its present application by various arbitral institutions. This analysis is then used to assess the legitimacy of this control in its various forms and to explore the question of the purpose of the scrutiny.

The contributors examine the interrelation of democracy and law from a Japanese-German perspective, focusing on democratic legitimacy, norm-setting, and the interaction of public and private law within modern democratic orders.

Since August 2026, law enforcement authorities in the EU Member States have been empowered to issue cross-border orders requiring digital companies to disclose data. Peter Meißner contextualizes this mechanism and subjects it to an analysis under EU constitutional law.