Law

Trademark protection for cultural assets has negative cultural effects. Trademark law has so far prevented or limited these effects inadequately; the problem could be addressed through the ground for refusal based on a violation of public policy. Victoria Voges classifies the state's responsibility for culture as a constitutional principle.

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.

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.