Law

The state is responsible for securing an energy supply that sustains society, the economy, and public institutions, yet legal and practical limits constrain its role. Despite extensive regulation, its influence remains restricted, as responsibilities are shared among many actors and multiple objectives must be balanced.

Climate change, floods, and fires present major challenges for the state and society. Sebastian Bretthauer exposes existing shortcomings and uncertainties in the law and develops guiding principles for an independent legal framework governing disaster management organization - one that ensures effective, legally sound, and cooperative protection.

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.

Teleological reduction is an established, though contested, component of legal methodology. It has long been particularly popular in criminal law. Against this backdrop, Kristina Peters takes the opportunity to examine and clarify the remaining open questions surrounding the use of teleological reduction in criminal law.