Law

The monetary and economic reform of June 1948 is considered the birth of the social market economy in Germany. Melvin John examines the history of ideas that led to the liberalisation of consumer goods prices at that time, probing in particular the theoretical works of Ludwig Erhard.

Nils Meyer-Eller analyzes the challenges of sustainable investment funds, focusing on marketing through labels, which aim to guide investors but risk enabling greenwashing. While the Sustainable Finance regulation seeks to enhance transparency and trust, effective enforcement mechanisms are missing.

The parent company of a joint venture can be both a shareholder and a competitor. This dual role leads to tensions between structural and behavioural control as well as between antitrust and company law, particularly in the case of a minority shareholding. Lucia Oegel investigates to what extent antitrust limits the exercising of shareholder rights.

How are music industry agreements that govern the far-reaching exploitation of artists' ancillary rights designed, and what regulatory limits in civil and copyright contract law underly them? In her study, Diana Spikowius explores how those extensive music industry contracts, known as 360 deals, are composed.