Law

The relationship between state law and religious law is one of the central points of tension in modern legal systems within religiously pluralistic societies. The author gives a comparative analysis of the treatment of inter-religious marriages in Israel, Lebanon, and Tunisia and investigates the reception of a religion-based ban on marriage by German courts.

The 14th edition provides the latest information on European law for study and practice. New literature and current ECJ case law - for example, on EU citizenship and freedom of movement - have been incorporated, supplemented as before by the parallel collection of decisions, which enables an in-depth examination of ECJ case law.

To what extent can legal doctrine benefit from the theory of science? On the basis of three influential currents of the 20th century - logical empiricism, falsificationism and historical epistemology - Johannes Herb analyzes how legal knowledge moves in the conflicting fields of normativity and context.

What methods underlie judicial decisions, and what significance do they have? Nico Bilski challenges widespread preconceptions and demonstrates that the value-laden nature of legal decisions does not mark the end of methodological reflection, but rather the beginning of its necessity.