Law

Koray Çavuşoğlu examines a largely overlooked governance option in German limited liability companies: the board of directors. He refutes the widespread assumption that it is merely a variant of the optional supervisory board and develops an independent understanding in light of SE law.

Nathan Krian compares the requirements and rationales for the claim to restitution of the contractual surrogate under German law with those under the law of England and Wales. He then seeks to make the insights gained from this comparison useful for the German legal discourse.

Alexander Sajnovits analyzes corporate law paradigms in Germany and the United States. He highlights historical foundations, legal structures, and recent developments, while addressing the potential for paradigm shifts and convergence between the two systems.

As institutions of the state, publicly funded schools are obliged to remain neutral. At the same time, their educational mandate is not limited to the teaching of specialised knowledge. Schools are also places where values are formed. The contributors to this volume undertake an interdisciplinary reflection on this dimension of schools.