Cultural Studies

In memory of Heike Schweitzer, this volume brings together selected writings of the Kronberger Kreis and thus honors the role of the antitrust lawyer as a bridge builder between different academic disciplines and her tireless commitment to a free legal and economic system.

Current Justification and Significance of the Postulate of Non-Judgmental Science As the recent debates on the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change have shown, the question of whether science is value-impartial is an extremely important issue today. The authors of this volume address this question from an interdisciplinary perspective, including approaches from sociology, law, sustainability studies and theology, among others.

Thirty-five years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany's Peaceful Revolution of 1989 is today either largely ignored, lamented, or partially denied. Yet could remembrance of it not help guard against the current political resignation and pessimism instead? This was the question posed throughout an interdisciplinary series of lectures held at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, the results of which are documented here.

Digitalization changes retail contracting. Where consumers used to buy exclusive use (as ownership) through salespeople, they now often lease or license use (as services) directly from a producer. Do new business models force us to reassess our contract typology? Scholars of business and law jointly explore this question in this interdisciplinary volume.