Law

Private insurance law is dogmatically challenging, dynamic, and economically significant. Christian Armbrüster explores systematically the structures and guiding principles of this area of law, highlights current developments and combines academic depth with clear, concise presentation.

In comparative analyses of constitutional courts, the United Kingdom is regularly left aside. Even so, the UK Supreme Court served as a guardian of the constitution during the Brexit crisis. Christian Magaard establishes a model theory of British constitutional adjudication and demonstrates its self-empowerment.

Benedikt Linder's study fills a research gap on minimum penalties, a topic rarely explored despite a high legislative interest. It examines their legal, constitutional, and practical implications, showing through empirical data that excessive minimum penalties are rarely applied and usually avoided in practice. The work outlines the various problems caused by this phenomenon and suggests possible solutions.

Fundamental rights in the classical sense are based on a principle of primacy. At least in an overall view of holders and addressees of fundamental rights, human beings must enjoy a higher level of protection than the state. In no case do fundamental rights protect the state against its citizens.