Gemeininteressen im Privatrecht

While common interests - that is, those that cannot be assigned to individuals - are taken into consideration in the ordering of legal relationships between private parties, they are nevertheless perceived as alien to private law. Johanna Croon-Gestefeld employs the methods and insights of discourse theory to explore why this opinion remains influential. Her analysis then shows how common interests in environmental protection, the advancement of infrastructure, and non-discrimination are processed in private law.