Law

J. Amadeus Waltz' s examines offshore foundations and trusts in the jurisdictions Vanuatu, the Cook Islands, and Nevis. It explores the legal frameworks and resulting misuse potential with a comparison to German foundation law. The study provides insights, methods and materials regarding offshore jurisdictions.

In recent years, clawback clauses have gained significant importance in German listed stock corporations. Christian Stemberg examines the rapid spread of these clauses from empirical, comparative law, law and economics, and legal doctrinal perspectives.

The protection of pre-contractual freedom of choice and the decision-making process is implemented in civil law through a variety of regulatory instruments. Daniel Friedrich examines whether and to what extent the new tort law concept of the so-called requirement of fair negotiation can be of advantage to the traditional system of protection for general civil law and the law of obligations.