Selbstverpflichtungen der Wirtschaft

Trade and industry's self-commitments are becoming an increasingly important form of cooperation with the state. Current examples of this are the agreements on climate protection and abandoning nuclear energy. What is the relationship between self-commitments and the economic system according to the E.U. agreement and the German constitution (Grundgesetz) and the relationship between self-commitments and the principles of democracy and the state governed by the rule of law? Walter Frenz does a comprehensive study of the prerequisites, limitations and legal consequences of this, from the standpoint of the law on competition and tax law as well.