The collection of rulings publishes the administration of justice by governmental courts in the Federal Republic of Germany pertaining to the relationship of church and state, and also regarding…

With an increasing concentration of legal harmonization and a rising number of decisions by the European Court of Justice, methodological questions, and the associated constitutional issues, are…

The Early Modern Period is increasingly perceived as a time of antagonism and conflict in different discursive fields. In the context of this topic the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 573…

This work offers a unique overview of the formative decisions made by the Federal Supreme Court (BGH) and the Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) on criminal matters in the year 2010. It is…

The 'Schaubühne', the 13th volume in the series, contains the first printing of the ten dramas from the 'Schaubühne' andhandwritten drafts of the plays; in addition, it presents and explicates…

During the 19th century, photography was almost absolutely considered to represent a medium guaranteeing authenticity. By contrast, in literature and film of the 20th century, it was precisely…

The writings of Volker Gerhardt have had substantial influence on recent Nietzsche research. This volume collects a variety of his influential essays and makes them available to scholars and…

Banking Law Day 2010 in Bonn addressed the topics of “Investor Protection in the Securities Business” and “Terms and Conditions in the Banking Industry”. Under the…

The author presents an introduction to Systematic Theology which illustrates the essential relationship between dogmatics and ethics. This relationship is based on the idea that religion and…

This handbook presents the central concepts, theories and methods of text linguistics and describes the different sorts of text, primarily from a functional perspective. The description is not…

The Dictionary of German Literature. The 20th Century contains authors writing in German whose main work was created in the 20th century. Volume 16 includes articles onJutta Heinrich, Hans-…

The author's name is associated with concepts of originality and legal codification. These conditions of reading change if the name of the author is unknown. The contributions of this volume,…

How is the continuity of family enterprises and of aristocratic and bourgeois dynasties ensured? This is the question given close attention in German-language novels at the end of the 19th…

Leibniz and Kant are two of the most important founders of modern philosophy, and their thought continues to be relevant to philosophy and intellectual culture even today. This volume deals with…

The development of European media law is highly significant for the understanding of national media law. The harmonization of national media law continues to be an ongoing task for the…

Media law as a regulatory framework also includes provisions regarding a company's marketing strategies in order to ensure that media products are profitably sold in an arena of fair competition…

Technical advances are currently playing a prominent role in media law. The terms of use for media products have radically changed since the introduction of the Internet and the process of…

Education, knowledge, equal opportunity, autonomy and a good life. These are the keywords shaping current social debate. Is education just an economic program or does knowledge have a value in…

This volume illuminates the work and influences of three leading antique theologians from a different perspective than the usual history of Christian dogma. With his anthropology of freedom,…

Salomo A. Birnbaum (1891‑1989) is the uncontested pioneer in two large closely related research areas, namely historical Jewish linguistics and the palaeography of Hebrew and all Jewish…

This standard introduction to the spoken romance languages, which has long been out of print, is now being released in an up-to-date and revised new edition. The topic “spoken language…

Millennium transcends boundaries - between epochs and regions, and between disciplines. Like the Millennium-Jahrbuch, the journal Millennium-Studien pursues an international, interdisciplinary…

The question of meaning is perceived as being at the root of religion. Philosophy presents secular competition with its radical criticism of the concretizations used in theological language and…

This textbook is an introduction to the various areas of Italian linguistics: Along with the methods of modern linguistics and their description using Italian examples, aspects of the history of…

Against the backdrop of a classic plot, Ödön von Horváth's comedy Figaro Gets a Divorce (written between 1934 and 1936) treats highly explosive topics of his time such as revolution and…

This work examines discourse analysis in terms of its theory and methodology and their empirical implementation. The linguistics of discourse is seen as being based in action theory. A…

The contributors to this anthology present a fascinating spectrum of research, dealing partly with Theophrast von Hohenheim (Paracelsus) and partly with the scientific discourse on health and…

The influence of the Platonic theory of forms is to be found in nearly all periods in the history of Western philosophy. Much less well known is the fact that in all ages Arabic philosophers…

This volume presents the current linguistic debate on the relationship between lexicon and grammar and on the status of constructions. It makes reference to investigations of phenomena relating…

In this work the author examines the latest developments with regard to laws on money laundering. Beginning with a consideration of the legal and criminological foundations of this field of law…

Der Großkommentar zum AktG bietet die umfassendste und vollständigste Darstellung des geltenden Aktienrechts, die in deutscher Sprache erhältlich ist. Sein hohes Ansehen beruht vor allem auf einer…

The theory of legal acts as the core of the General Part of the German Civil Code (BGB) is taught in the first semester and is intended as training in the classification and conceptuality of the…

The fourth edition of JURA Examination Preparatory Course contains up-to-date exams, including numerous original exams, and thereby offers essential assistance to those preparing for the state…

Joachim W. Dudenhausen, Direktor der Klinik für Geburtsmedizin der Charité, Berlin.

Whoever has thoughts, feelings, perceptions, wishes or impressions also knows that he himself has these states. This assumption has a long history in philosophical discussion of self-…

The theory of communication series is suggested as an alternative to discourse linguistics because it focuses not only on mass communications with reference to a thematic context, but examines…

The outline of grammar in the work of Quintilian's The Orator's Education (1,4-8) is the earliest and at the same time most reliable presentation of the Roman ars grammatica. This new edition…

Despite their marginal existence in research, Utopian novels written in the Hellenistic period were very popular in Antiquity and inspired a number of authors in the modern period (Th. Morus, T…

The wars and processes of change in Southeast Europe in recent years have demonstrated the significant role that outdated myths, legends and traditions still play in the region. This volume from…

Peter Kindler, Universität Augsburg; Ernst-Thomas Kraft, Hengeler  Mueller, Frankfurt am Main; Peter Küting, Universität Mannheim; Jens Wüstemann, Universität…

Volume 2 seizes upon central, typical and significant topics and problems and discusses them in an academic manner. The release of this volume marks the 60-year anniversary of the establishment…

The newly published special edition Bar Exam Course, which is made up entirely of exercises and model exams with answer keys, provides the law student with an additional study resource for the…

The successful Introduction to Logic, now appearing in its third edition, has retained its tried-and-tested textbook concept. The work is designed both for beginning students as well as for…

This single-volume standard work on the history of the German language has now been revised and updated. It provides a profound overview using the latest research on language change in German from…

Modern linguistics makes increasing use of abstract theories to describe the human capacity for language. This textbook provides a clear overview of the current theoretical concepts and analytical…

This textbook provides an introduction into linguistically based language criticism for students of German studies and other philologies as well as for general readers interested in language…

The new revised introduction to French morphology is comprised of three main parts: Part I develops the basic concepts and the descriptive methods of structural morphology, Part II deals with…

The Grammar is intended as a textbook to support Hebrew classes which gives the teachers the maximum latitude for the selection and application of different teaching methods and for the students…

The third edition of the New History of German Literature follows the successful concept of previous editions. The book covers the development of German literature from the 14th century to the…