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.

Corporate liability in supply chains is a key aspect of the current sustainability debate. Christiana Bradshaw examines how its application in private international law can be secured through overriding mandatory provisions and, in doing so, also highlights the opportunities and limitations of this legal instrument.

Drawing on a comparative analysis of U.S. law, Anna-Katharina Klus examines the limits of single-axis approaches to discrimination and develops a doctrinal approach to recognizing intersectional discrimination within German anti-discrimination law.

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.