Law

For some years now, European capital markets law has been intently focused on the topic of sustainability. Cornelius Baumann examines how this affects teleological interpretation and whether a new regulatory objective of promoting sustainable investments must be recognised in capital markets law.

Luisa Wendel examines the linguistic structure of around 10,000 decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court. With the help of computer-aided methods, she reveals conventions, developments and differences. Her findings provide new insights into the court's jurisprudence beyond individual decisions and contribute to digital legal linguistics.

Since the turn of the millennium, European citizens' data has been increasingly processed by companies located outside the European Union. While these companies need to comply with the GDPR due to its extraterritorial application, many questions remain as to how EU data protection authorities can enforce the GDPR.

What exactly do risk and risk-based regulation mean in European digital law? Dominik Klaus undertakes a thorough analysis of the legal challenges encountered in this field to identify the specific requirements of effective regulation. His resulting proposals aim to further develop and simplify the regulatory framework, thereby strengthening democratic legitimacy through increased transparency and systematic coherence.