Der Staat als Unternehmer

The prerequisites for state-owned enterprises have undergone a fundamental change in the past 15 years. In the past, the law pertaining to these companies was seen as a problem of civil law, whereas now efforts are being made to put them back into the realm of public law. In this work, the author shows how current European and German constitutional and administrative regulations have joined together to create a new set of rules. Based on these rules, he develops a theory which integrates both sides of the state-owned enterprises: the state as a regulator on one side and the market participant on the other side.