Law

What demands are placed on legislation in the digital age? How can adequate laws be enacted from the supranational to the municipal level despite unstable majorities and time pressure? In addition to essays on these topics, this volume contains a discussion of the »narrative turn« in jurisprudence.

Teleological reduction is an established, though contested, component of legal methodology. It has long been particularly popular in criminal law. Against this backdrop, Kristina Peters takes the opportunity to examine and clarify the remaining open questions surrounding the use of teleological reduction in criminal law.

Climate change, floods, and fires present major challenges for the state and society. Sebastian Bretthauer exposes existing shortcomings and uncertainties in the law and develops guiding principles for an independent legal framework governing disaster management organization - one that ensures effective, legally sound, and cooperative protection.

We live in an algorithm-driven and digitalized world in which human behavior is increasingly replaced by information and communication technology. This trend toward digitalization also affects capital markets, where algorithmic trading and its regulation is a prime example of the shift from human behavior to full automation.