RuZ - Recht und Zugang

In the continuation of the essay on the handling of child and youth pornographic documents in the archives, it is examined whether it is possible to present corresponding contents in the reading room apart from criminal law regulations. As long as...

Many paragraphs of the Austrian “Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch” (ABGB) have been in force for over 200 years and have remained largely unaltered linguistically. With the “Modernisation of the ABGB” project, Peter Bydlinski and his...

With Section 37a of the Austrian Copyright Law (öUrhG), the Austrian legislator intended to introduce a provision for secondary exploitation that is essentially modeled on Section 38 (4) of the German Copyright Law (dUrhG). In addition to the...

The Online Commentary (Onlinekommentar) dares to be new. It is the first non-profit platform for Open Access commentaries in Switzerland. It meets the highest level of Open Access: Diamond or Platinum Open Access. This means that the Online...

Scientific research heavily relies on the exchange of ideas, knowledge and information. Thus, access to academic papers and scientific results is crucial for scholars and the broader public. In light of the current academic publishing system, the...

The article presents the initiative for open jurisprudence “OpenRewi”. The original goal of the initiative is to create a supporting infrastructure and platform for legal scholars who want to publish textbooks and other teaching materials, as...

Although the secondary publication right has been enshrined in German and Austrian copyright law, its scope remains limited and open to interpretation. In Switzerland, the secondary publication right was not even included in the last copyright...

Open Access publishing in law and legal studies remains at a low level despite all efforts through institutional awareness campaigns and university and national funding instruments. Do research funding agencies offer effective and adequate funding...

For large, international publishers, open access has long become a business model. Article Processing Charges (APCs), i.e. fees that authors have to pay in order to be able to publish in a journal, are a way for them to secure their revenue. In...