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.

Lena Carla Weber examines the scope and dimension of the established legal doctrine of estoppel for claims for injunctive relief under unfair competition law. The impetus for this is a paradigm shift in German case law on the handling of such claims as a central instrument of the law on fair trading practices.

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.

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.