Law

Volume 12 of the HKW contains Kelsen's opus magnum 'Allgemeine Staatslehre' from his Viennese years. The first comprehensive presentation of his Reine Rechtslehre, it was to mark the beginning of the heated phase of the Weimar Richtungs- und Methodenstreit.

What accounts for the attractiveness of international arbitration? Gerhard Wagner provides answers based on an economic analysis, empirical data, and a comparative study of the major European arbitration centers.

Lea Katharina Kumkar explores the scope and limits of non-contractual governance mechanisms in the digital domain. She formulates a theoretical framework for rule-setting grounded in subjective rights and assesses its suitability as a regulatory basis for digital services.

The Foundations of Constitutional Law opens up new perspectives on constitutional law beyond classical dogmatics. Volume 1 of this three-volume handbook presents theoretical and methodological approaches to constitutional law and constitutional thinking and examines the contexts and conditions of validity and effectiveness of constitutional law.