Law

Volume 4 of the large commentary on the Code of Civil Procedure covers sections 271-327 and thus central standards of first-instance civil proceedings. Case law and literature have been comprehensively evaluated.

The Federal Constitutional Court Act of 1951, enacted two years after the Basic Law entered into force, institutionalised the Federal Constitutional Court as a judicial institution. The Festschrift commemorating its 75th anniversary portrays the Court as a key actor in constitutional life and analyses its role in shaping constitutional development.

Viktoria Kraetzig develops a paradigm for the interface of doctrinal concepts in the European multi-level system. According to it, national law and EU law are linked in such a way that EU law establishes requirements for national private law in terms of its substance and, in some cases, its form, but never in terms of its doctrinal principles.

Anna Henriette Weininger analyses the role of alternative assessment in environmental law. In her study, she highlights its diverse legal foundations, its procedural significance between environmental protection and efficiency, and outlines perspectives for the future development of environmental procedure law.