Germany… Regulating Assisted Dying: A Comparative Analysis of Legislative Failure 29 Jul 20262 Nov 2026 The regulation of physician-assisted dying (PAD), and in particular assisted suicide, represents one of the most contentious and conceptually demanding challenges in contemporary legal systems. Drawing on a comparative perspective…
Constitutional… Comments on Irini Katsirea, Press Freedom & Regulation in a Digital Age (OUP 2024) by Thomas Gibbons 11 Jul 20252 Nov 2026 Press Freedom and Regulation in a Digital Age is an excellent documentation and critical analysis of the way that a set of technological path dependencies has dominated regulatory approaches in…
Consumer… Can a non-discrimination law lens enrich our understanding of consumer vulnerability? – Comparative insights considering the regulation of sexist advertisement may provide some answers, by Jule Mulder 14 Feb 202529 Oct 2026 Vulnerability within EU Consumer Law How to protect vulnerable consumers is one of the key issues of our time. The European ideal of a well-informed, observant and circumspect consumer that…
Consumer… Low-income energy consumers in France, Germany and the UK – Protection of vulnerable customers versus self-responsibility,By Prof. Dr. Peter Rott 25 Oct 202430 Oct 2026 Vulnerability of consumers can have many causes. One is poverty, or low income. One of the most tangible problems of low-income consumers is energy poverty, which the EU Commission has…
Germany… A Bidirectional Anglo-German Comparison of Consideration in Contract Law, by Johannes Ungerer 14 Apr 202329 Oct 2026 The concept of consideration is often perceived as one of the most distinctive elements of English contract law in comparison to contract law in Civilian legal systems, such as Germany.…
Germany… Is the German Law of Torts prepared for climate disruption?, by P Semmelmayer 3 Jun 202229 Oct 2026 With the case of Lliuya v RWE AG, the question of the extent to which climate change and tort law are “compatible” has also reached Germany. In the following, I…
