Law

What makes a criminal trial political? And what are the consequences of such a classification? This volume seeks answers from an array of different disciplinary perspectives and on the basis of specific historical criminal trials, including Auschwitz, Stammheim and Mannesmann. Practical legal and sociological analyses place the phenomenon of the political criminal trial in a wider context.

Increasingly in the face of existential crises and necessary transformations, not just public debate but also the law demands that governments and their agencies act. From different fields of law as well as neighboring disciplines, this volume presents perspectives on the decisive process of attribution - where law determines what exactly which agent is responsible for.

Klaus Ferdinand Gärditz emphasises the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health in his integrative, holistically focused study. He highlights zoonoses, climate change, biodiversity loss, and wildlife trade as key challenges, advocating interdisciplinary approaches and robust legal frameworks to mitigate global health risks.

Affordable housing is a burning social issue in Germany today - but not one that can be solved by looking to the country's Civil Code for answers. In her timely study, Lisa Dudeck reveals how contract law is charged with social, economic and environmental policy objectives that can hardly be reflected in it, while the far greater potential for shaping alternative regulatory mechanisms remains unused.