With the example of Uber, I illustrate how law shapes and is shaped by the contemporary, dominant economic system and, thereby, co-constitutes its core features, such as, work, market and social hierarchies. Responsible legal research acknowledges this. LPE research concretizes it and analyzes if and how law could be used to co-organize a more emancipatory … Read more
Bekanntlich sind Gesetze wie Würste. Doch dass man – anders als nach dem Otto von Bismarck zugeschriebenen Zitat – bei beiden durchaus dabei sein sollte, wenn sie gemacht werden, zeigt die momentane Reform des Tierschutzgesetzes (TierSchG). Beworben als umfangreichste tierschutzrechtliche Reform „seit vielen Jahren“, „seit zehn Jahren“ oder „der vergangenen Jahrzehnte“, fand am 26. September … Read more
Every lawyer knows that law and its language are malleable tools that can serve different functions. Over the past year, one of these has gained increasing significance: law’s capacity to act as a medium of communication. At a time where other channels are gradually collapsing, with hostility and silence replacing dialogue and debate, law offers … Read more
Revisiting the distinction between jus ad bellum and jus in bello The fundamental distinction between jus ad bellum and jus in bello – described as “perhaps the most important principle of IHL” – is a vital bulwark against attempts to override International Humanitarian Law (IHL) by appealing to jus ad bellum considerations. It is at … Read more
Crises are a good test case, not only to check the practical performance of the law, but also to gain conceptual clarity about the possibilities of (certain areas of) the law. This post compares a German regulatory approach to private law with the US Law and Political Economy (LPE) movement. At first glance, the LPE … Read more
