Forests are receiving increasing attention from public authorities and civil society. They provide raw materials and valuable reserves of biodiversity. They also have recreational

and ecosystem functions. The law is also evolving and facing the same societal, environmental, economic and health challenges. [...]

How is access to asylum and other forms of extraterritorial protection regulated in the European Union? Is the EU acquis in these areas in conformity with international law?

Which tools does international law offer to solve collisions between both? And, finally, is law capable of bridging the foundational oppositions embedded in migration [...]

The author examines the institution of the employee’s illness which, although it entails the temporary impossibility to work, it also guarantees the worker the continuation

of the employment relationship and the right to remuneration. The absence due to illness creates a conflict between the productivity needs of the companies and the [...]

In this volume, the law of parental responsibility in Europe is examined on a comparative basis for Belgium, Germany, England and Wales, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden.

This closes a gap in the research, as there is currently no such current study available. [...]

This book explores recent developments, constraints and opportunities relating to the advancement of sexual and reproductive health and rights in Africa. Despite many positive

developments in relation to sexual and reproductive health in recent years, many Africans still encounter challenges, for instance in poor maternity services, living [...]

Internationale Arbeitnehmerrechte gewinnen durch die voranschreitende Globalisierung weiter an Bedeutung. Basierend auf Fallstudien und Experteninterviews diskutieren die Autorinnen

und Autoren die UN-Leitprinzipien für Wirtschaft und Menschenrechte. Dabei stellen sie Anknüpfungspunkte für Gewerkschaften und Betriebsräte heraus und zeigen [...]

The chapters in this volume focus on the future of law and related disciplines: human rights and access to medical care, corruption and money laundering in state procurement,

counterfeit medical products, IPR waiver on COVID-19 vaccines, emergency powers, freedom of expression, prison healthcare, the impact on labour law, access to courts [...]

The topics covered in this volume range from classics of the on-going discussion on the economic analysis of international law – such as the issue of legitimacy of customary

international law – to more recent topics such as internet privacy, private military contractors, the fight against piracy, the International Criminal Court and [...]

The Baden Administrative Court was the first administrative court to be established in Germany and began its work in October 1863 in Karlsruhe. In 2013, the anniversary of

its founding provided the occasion to reflect on the 150-years history of administrative justice in Germany. [...]

Hans Kelsen's »Pure Theory of Law«, which was published in 1934, is one of the key works on legal theory in the 20th century. In it, Kelsen presents a theory in which he

separates the law from morality on the one hand and on the other hand from proven fact, a theory which was also critical of ideologies. [...]