Law

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.

Law's complex relationship with racism has increasingly become a matter of academic interest. Sociolegal thought tackling this relationship, however, remains scarce. A promising avenue for answers lies in insights generated by critical race theory as reconstructed in this award-winning work.

What role do personal convictions play in law? What role can, should, and may they play? Which convictions are legitimate, and which might even be necessary?

To balance the competing interests of creditors and debtors and to reduce potential hardship caused by the general statute of limitations for civil claims in German law (§§ 195, 199 German Civil Code), the courts have introduced a reasonableness test. The statute of limitations only begins if the creditor can reasonably be expected to sue the debtor to enforce his or her claim. In this thesis, the author examines and systemizes the intricate case law that has developed around this notion of reasonableness in the law of limitations.