Law

Johannes Michael Siegel examines racial profiling in policing from a legal perspective. He develops a coherent definition, analyses statutory powers at federal and state level, and explores how discretion and institutional practices may lead to structural discrimination. In addition, legal responses are discussed.

Information asymmetries can determine the outcome of a legal dispute. Laura Schmitt examines how German substantive and procedural civil law seek to redress imbalances in information, the tensions that arise in doing so, and how these tensions can be resolved in a manner consistent with the legal system.

Fabian Michl offers a fresh perspective on German electoral law by contrasting the paradigms of personal and party representation. He shows how parliaments, parties, governments, and courts shape electoral rules beyond power politics, tracing paradigm shifts from the nineteenth century up to recent reforms.

How does the law safeguard elections as the core process of representative democracy? Johanna Mittrop examines the public electoral process through the concepts of electoral integrity and democratic integration, linking Germany's Federal Electoral Regulations (Bundeswahlordnung) to the theoretical foundations of electoral systems.