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Das Phänomen »Massentierhaltung« wird in der Öffentlichkeit, insbesondere von Verbrauchern und Tierschutzverbänden, aber auch von der Politik und Ethik, zunehmend kritisch wahrgenommen. In der Arbeit wird mit dem »System Massentierhaltung« ein rechtspolitisch wie rechtsdogmatisch hoch aktuelles und juristisch brisantes Sachproblem untersucht, das das Verfassungsrecht vor ganz neue Herausforderungen stellt: Letztlich steht nicht weniger als der zentrale Handlungsbereich der nationalen Landwirtschaftspolitik auf dem verfassungsrechtlichen Prüfstand. -- Der Schwerpunkt der Untersuchung liegt auf der Prüfung der Vereinbarkeit der Massentierhaltung mit dem Grundrecht auf körperliche Unversehrtheit (Art. 2 Abs. 1 GG) und dem Schutz der natürlichen Lebensgrundlagen und der Tiere (Art. 20a GG). Welch große Bedeutung die Nutztierhaltung in pandemischer Zeit besitzt und auch in post-pandemischer Zeit besitzen wird, analysiert der Autor im letzten Kapitel »Zoonosen, insbesondere COVID 19 und Massentierhaltung«. / »The System of Factory Farming in Constitutional Law«: Public opinion is increasingly critical of animal husbandry. This dissertation analyses the »factory farming system«, the central area of agricultural policy, from the perspective of constitutional law. The key goal of this investigation is to assess whether factory farming is compatible with the fundamental right to physical integrity as well as the protection of the natural foundations of life and animals as well as its impact on other fundamental rights through zoonoses, such as COVID-19.

Die Arbeit beschäftigt sich zum einen mit der materiellen Verfassungsmäßigkeit der §§ 8c, 8d KStG und knüpft an die Rechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zu § 8c Abs. 1 Satz 1 KStG a.F. sowie an den Vorlagebeschluss des Finanzgerichts Hamburg zu § 8c Abs. 1 Satz 1 KStG an. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, ob § 8d KStG den verfassungswidrigen Zustand von § 8c KStG heilen kann. Schwerpunkt der Arbeit ist die Prüfung, ob § 8d KStG im Lichte des Bestimmtheitsgebots, des allgemeinen Gleichheitssatzes sowie des Verhältnismäßigkeitsgrundsatzes verfassungskonform ist. Zum anderen knüpft die Arbeit an die Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs zur sog. Sanierungsklausel an und unterzieht § 8d KStG einer europarechtlichen Beihilfeprüfung. -- Jens Denninger kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass § 8d KStG nur in Teilen mit Art. 3 Abs. 1 GG vereinbar ist und gegen den Grundsatz der Verhältnismäßigkeit verstößt. § 8d KStG stellt hingegen keine europarechtswidrige Beilhilfe dar. / »The Tax Exception Clause Sec. 8d Corporate Income Tax Act. An Analysis under Constitutional and European Law« -- The thesis deals with the question whether Sec. 8d Corporate Income Tax Act (KStG) can cure the unconstitutional condition of Sec. 8c KStG. Subject of the thesis is the analysis of Sec. 8d KStG in the light of the constitutional principle of legal certainty, general principle of equality and principle of proportionality. In addition, Sec. 8d KStG is subject to a review under EU state aid law.

Intro -- PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL SUCCESSION AND CONTINUITY -- PRESIDENTIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL SUCCESSION AND CONTINUITY -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION: PERSPECTIVES, CONTEMPORARY ANALYSIS, AND 110TH CONGRESS PROPOSED LEGISLATION -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- PERSPECTIVE: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN THE CONSTITUTION AND FEDERAL LAW, 1787-1967 -- CONTEMPORARY ANALYSIS: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN THE POST-9/11 ERA -- Succession Issues - Constitutional -- Succession Issues - Political and Administrative -- SUCCESSION DURING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS AND TRANSITIONS -- 110TH CONGRESS: PROPOSED LEGISLATION -- H.R. 540, the Presidential Succession Act of 2007 -- H.J.RES. 4-THE EVERY VOTE COUNTS AMENDMENT -- OTHER OPTIONS FOR CHANGE -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- APPENDIX: PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIALSUCCESSIONS -- End Notes -- Chapter 2: THE PRESIDENT-ELECT: SUCCESSION AND DISABILITY ISSUES DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- SUCCESSION BETWEEN THE POPULAR ELECTION AND THE MEETING OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE -- SUCCESSION BETWEEN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE AND THE ELECTORAL VOTE COUNT BY CONGRESS -- SUCCESSION BETWEEN THE ELECTORAL VOTE COUNT AND INAUGURATION -- End Notes -- Chapter 3: CONSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES TO CONTINUITY OF CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS -- SUMMARY -- ASSURING CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION: BACKGROUND -- CONTINUITY OF CONGRESS-RELATED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, 2001-2009 -- 111th Congress -- 110th Congress -- 109th Congress -- 108th Congress -- 107th Congress -- COLD WAR-ERA PROPOSALS, 1945-1963 -- ANALYSIS -- Arguments in Support of Constitutional Proposals -- Arguments in Opposition to Constitutional Proposals -- CONCLUSION -- End Notes -- CHAPTER SOURCES -- INDEX

"In Limiting Rights Janet Hiebert addresses a dilemma of judicial review that threatens to undermine claims that what courts do can be distinguished from the discretionary decisions of policy makers and raises concerns about whether judicial review of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms is consistent with democratic principles. Limiting Rights is an in-depth exploration of who is, and who should be, responsible for determining whether legislation that conflicts with the entrenched rights of the Charter should nevertheless be upheld as a reasonable limit on protected rights."--Jacket

This work provides a unique overview of the critical decisions handed down by the Federal Supreme Court and the Federal Constitutional Court in criminal cases during 2014. It highlights the key decisions with selected passages and concise explanations. Numerous practical tips and hints facilitate direct application in daily practice for the practitioner of criminal law

The right to housing in the International Bill of Rights -- The right to housing in subject-specific international conventions -- The right to housing in regional covenants -- The right to housing as a constitutional right : South African and Indian experiences -- The de-radicalised right to housing : an assessment of interpretive failings -- Privacy -- Identity -- Space -- Possibilities, politics, law.

Protection of fundamental rights in Europe takes place in a tense balance between EU law, the Convention on Human Rights, and national constitutions. The author draws potential parallels to the relationship between the Federal Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice, and proposes a dogmatic model for the complimentary protection of fundamental rights.

Drawing on international relations theory, law and historical analysis, this book compares European integration with the antebellum USA to assess what makes the EU viable despite contestation over the rules of the game of integration. It reveals that changing the system of representation is no shortcut solution for the EU's constitutional woes.

In a series of remarkable forays, Post develops an original account of how law functions in a democratic society. He draws on work in sociology, philosophy, and political theory, to offer a radically new perspective on some of the most pressing constitutional issues of our day, such as the regulation of racist speech, pornography, and privacy.

There is an ever-increasing interest in the question of how and why legal norms can effectively guide human action. This compact volume demonstrates how economic tools can be used to examine this question and scrutinize these legal norms. Indeed, this is one of the first text to be based on civil law instead of the more usual common law, situating the study of both private and public law within the framework of institutional economics, with recommendations for further reading and a list of key terms in each chapter. Besides the standard economic problems in property, tort, contract, crime and litigation, areas covered include: new institutional economics public choice constitutional law public administrations regulatory impact analysis. This book is essential reading for students in law schools and economics departments alike, particularly those engaged with the methodology of law and economics, applied economics and economic methods of legal policy

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From the Years of the Convention to the Years of Brexit. Where Do We Go from Here? -- I. The Cautious Mandate to the 2002 Convention -- II. In the Convention the Lost Battle of the Federalists -- III. 15 Years Later is it Time for a New Convention? -- IV. Again Federalist and Functional Views Facing Each Other -- V. On Behalf of the Functionalist View -- VI. The Case of the Eurozone and the Prospect of a Multi-cluster Europe -- VII. Brexit and the Lost Benefits of a Multi-cluster Europe -- 3. Constitutionalisation without Constitution: A Democracy Problem -- I. The Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe - Treaty or Constitution? -- II. The Distinction between Constitutional and Ordinary Law as a Precondition of Democracy -- III. Constitutionalisation of the Treaties through the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice -- IV. The Democratic Costs of Over-constitutionalisation -- V. The Remedy: Re-politicisation by De-constitutionalisation -- 4. The EU's Constitutional Moment: A View from the Ground Up -- 5. Treaty Amendment, the Draft Constitution and European Integration -- I. Constitutional Treaty: Rationale for the Convention -- II. Convention on the Future of Europe: Emergence of the Draft Constitutional Treaty -- III. European Integration: The Significance of the Constitutional Treaty -- IV. European Integration: Present Challenges -- V. Conclusion -- 6. The European Constitution and Europe's Dialectical Federalism -- I. Introduction -- II. The Dialectical Tension -- III. A Federation Out of Reach: The European Constitution -- IV. The Future of Federalisation: A Return to the Past -- 7. The Two Europes -- I. Two Visions of Europe -- II. The Grand Bargain and the Draft Constitution -- III. Conclusion

Human and Minority Rights Protection by Multiple Diversity Governance provides a comprehensive overview and critical analysis of minority protection through national constitutional law and international law in Europe. Using a critical theoretical and methodological approach, this textbook:
provides a historical analysis of state formation and nation building in Europe with context of religious wars and political revolutions, including the (re-)conceptualisation of basic concepts and terms such as territoriality, sovereignty, state, nation and citizenship;


deconstructs all primordial theories of ethnicity and provides a sociologically informed political theory for how to reconcile the functional prerequisites for political unity, legal equality and social cohesion with the preservation of cultural diversity;



examines the liberal and nationalist ideological framing of minority protection in liberal-democratic regimes, including the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice;



analyses the ongoing trend of re-nationalisation in all parts of Europe and the number of legal instruments and mechanisms from voting rights to proportional representation in state bodies, forms of cultural and territorial autonomy and federalism.


This textbook will be essential reading for students, scholars and practitioners interested in European politics, human and minority rights, constitutional and international law, governance and nationalism.

The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

The 'rule of law' is more than the mere existence and application of law within the sphere of state activity. Contemporary Chinese debate on the 'rule of law' underlines the limiting of arbitrary government, the materialisation of 'human rights', legal protection of 'rights and interests' and the principle of equality in the impartial legal mediation of conflicts within society's 'structure of interests'. Based upon China interviews and a comprehensive survey of the domestic press and Chinese-language legal journal materials, this book places pre- and post-Tiananmen Square legal reform in political context. The evolving contents of specific laws across the departments of constitutional, administrative, criminal, civil and economic law are assessed in light of the politics and intellectual dynamic of China's legal circles in their struggle to create a 'rule of law'

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1. Defending dual federalism: A self-defeating act -- 2. Defending dual federalism: A bad idea, but not self-defeating -- 3. The puzzling persistence of dual federalism -- 4. Foot voting, federalism, and political freedom -- 5. Federalism and subsidiarity: perspectives from u.s. constitutional law -- 6. Subsidiarity, the judicial role, and the warren court's contribution to the revival of state government -- 7. Competing conceptions of subsidiarity -- 8. Subsidiarity and robustness: building the adaptive efficiency of federal systems -- 9. Cities and federalism -- 10. Cities, subsidiarity, and federalism -- 11. The constitutional entrenchment of federalism -- 12. Federalism(s)' forms and norms: contesting rights, de-essentializing jurisdictional divides, and temporizing accommodations -- Index