KritV Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft

Immanuel Kant's birthday was 300 years ago recently. His essay 'On Perpetual Peace' (Reclam 2014) can be understood as a frame of reference and an early wise warning against (currently misguided) globalisation, which he mockingly referred to as...

Productivity growth in the US has been higher than in Europe for many years, leading to ever-widening differences in per capita income between the two countries. This article documents that lower firm dynamics, i.e. fewer firms entering and leaving...

The White Paper on the Future of Europe presented by then Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in 2017 outlined five possible scenarios for the development of the European Union up to 2025. Against the background of these scenarios, this article...

The prospect of enlargement and the geopolitical challenges of the „Zeitenwende“ (watershed) make reforms in the EU indispensable. Enlargement and reforms must take place in parallel. While the European Parliament, the European Council and the...

The responsibility of the euro member states for their respective independent economic and fiscal policies leads to heterogeneity in the economic fundamentals of the euro member states, which has an impact on the risk premiums for government bonds,...

Despite the extraordinary obstacles of Russia's full-scale aggression, Ukraine is showing significant progress on its way to European Union (EU) membership. This concerns the implementation of the EU acquis in accordance with the Association...

Populist parties are on the rise in Europe, threatening the Union's most precious asset: the rule of law. Experience in recent years has shown that, even with the Regulation on financial conditionality, the Union does not have the means to defend...

On the occasion of the strategic action plan to strengthen the rule of law in the EU, this article examines the question of whether the Union itself respects the rule of law in the area of criminal law. To this end, the definition of criminal...

The article was written as the opening speech for the inauguration of the Jean Monnet Chair for European Law at the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University in Kharkiv. Against the background of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine, which...

The article deals with challenges to establishing a sustainable case law by the Supreme Court of Ukraine in criminal cases. The authors highlight aspects of the definition of ‘legal certainty’ and the peculiarities of its application in the law...

In view of the discussions surrounding the enlargement of the European Union's member states, institutional reforms, the further development of the single market and the strengthening of European competitiveness, social policy issues appear to be...

The article analyses Europe's social challenges and describes them as a function of dysfunctional political structures. The EU lacks institutional mechanisms that continuously mediate between the demand for redistributive mechanisms and its...

In 2017, the European Commission published its White Paper on the Future of Europe. It presents five different scenarios for the development of the EU, but aims for further federalisation. This contribution shows that the integration since 2017 has...

Since the Single European Act of 1986, the requirement of a unanimous Council decision for Union legislative acts has been successively replaced by qualified majority voting. However, the harmonization of national tax legislation still remains a...

In recent years, the European Union has dedicated itself with great vehemence to the fight against international tax avoidance. The result of this policy is the restriction of tax structuring leeway while at the same time significantly increasing...

Enlargement is back on the European agenda. But without a reform of the European Union (EU) it may lead to an ‘overstretch’ and as a consequence to disintegration. Nonetheless, tackling the ongoing European ‘polycrisis’ by adequate reforms...

The article focuses on expectations of citizens towards their fellow European citizens, other EU member states and the EU institutions concerning solidarity. The article is based on empirical analysis of 27 focus groups with citizens from 9 Euro...

In Germany, many students wait for months for state support granted by the Federal Training Assistance Act („BAföG“). In the meantime, they have to cover their living expenses on their own and regularly at the expense of their studies. The...

The article examines the well-known phenomenon of governmental public relations with a special focus on the issue of social media, primarily in the form of the "Twitter Police". The article presents the main research findings of the author's...