KritV Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft

Up until very recently, the term »terrorism« was unknown in German law. Although »terrorism« has been an integral part of the political vocabulary in the field of internal and judicial policy for decades, it was unheard-of in the German legal...

Protocol No. 16 to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which came into force in August 2018, enables the member States to request the European Court of Human Rights to give advisory opinions on questions of principle relating to the...

Die vorliegende Untersuchung behandelt das Verhältnis der Förderung direkter ausländischer Investitionen und dem Umweltschutz in Laos, ein umstrittenes Thema in einem Entwicklungsland in Anbetracht dessen, dass die Anwerbung ausländischer...

Dieser Beitrag behandelt das Verhältnis von Juristenausbildung und Rechtsstaat in Laos, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit den Erfahrungen des interuniversitären Kooperationsprojektes zwischen der Universität Luxemburg und der Nationalen...

Le texte suivant témoigne de trois rapports d’expérience réalisés par des doctorantes et doctorants qui ont contribué à organiser de façon décisive l’un des séminaires proposés par l’Université Nationale du Laos sur la méthodologie...

The Christian churches speak out against the legalization of assisted suicide in a variety of documents by using religiously distant and profane arguments that, however, do not stand up to critical scrutiny. This is all the more astounding as the...

This paper aims to present and discuss how the right to health has been considered a fundamental right and duty in the Brazilian constitutional order, in particular as a positive enforceable entitlement. The main purpose is to analyze - in light of...

In this paper, the author examines the effects that the judgment of the German Constitutional Court concerning the party ban in Art. 21 I GG (17 January 2017) had on government, legislator and society since it was rendered roughly two years ago. For...

The communication via internet is simple. Thanks to low access barriers and widespread occasions for unimpeded development it is almost an ideal medium for the exchange of ideas and therefore seems particularly suited for the exercise of...

Just a nudge into the right direction? It is in line with this maxim that the behavioural theory of liberal paternalism - recently met with increasing worldwide attention and approval - suggests to motivate citizens to healthy and sustainable...

Mit zunehmendem Zugang zum Internet hat sich das explorative Verhalten von Kindern zu Sexualität auch auf den Onlinebereich ausgeweitet. Dies führte zu einer Wiederbelebung der moralischen Panik rund um die kindliche Sexualität, insbesondere in...

Michel Foucault, in Surveiller et punir. Naissance de la prison notes the change of paradigm in criminal law through the history of the prison. The book was published in 1975 at a time when a revolution of the prisoners took place in France,...

This article critically approaches the recent decision of the German Federal Constitutional Court regarding the ban on strikes for civil servants. It shows that the judgment cannot be seen as a decision committed to international public law, as some...

Le 12 décembre 2017 la Commission de l’Union Européenne déposait une proposition relative à l’interopérabilité des systèmes d’information de l’Union Européenne. La proposition prévoit que tous les systèmes d’information...

Au cours des dernières décennies, la législation de l’UE sur les marchés publics a évolué en incluant des préoccupations sociales entre les facteurs à prendre en compte par l'entité adjudicatrice. Entre cette préoccupation, les clauses...

According to Kant, the path to an eternal peace demands the foundation of transnational legal relations. Kant’s prediction of the necessity of a global world order becomes true in a remarkable way in light of the world-wide surveillance of...