充分发挥中国特色案例指导制度作用 积极履行人民法院历史使命

法律是社会管理的基本手段。社会主义法律体系形成后,弘扬社会主义法治精神,加强宪法和法律的实施工作显得尤为紧迫,对司法工作提出了更高的要求。进一步加强公正高效权威的社会主义司法制度建设，需要理论和实践的总结与创新。     

Die Fischereigenossenschaft nach dem LFischG NRW: Was ist das?

Natur und Recht - Vor 50 Jahren – im Jahr 1972 – wurde in Nordrhein-Westfalen das Preußische Fischereigesetz von 1916 durch das Landesfischereigesetz NRW a.F. abgelöst. Dieses...     

Integrating biodiversity: a longitudinal and cross-sectoral analysis of Swiss politics

Policy Sciences - The effective conservation and promotion of biodiversity requires its integration into a wide range of sectoral policies. For this to happen, the issue must receive attention...     

Der verfassungsrechtliche Anspruch auf Gewährleistung des Existenzminimums (Teil 2)

Der Aufsatz behandelt die Frage nach dem verfassungsrechtlich garantierten Existenzminimum in Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz. Ausgehend von der Frage, ob überhaupt soziale Grundrechte in den drei Verfassungsordnungen normiert sind, wird jeweils ausführlich auf die Herleitung und Begründung sowie auf den konkreten Inhalt eines allenfalls existierenden Grundrechts auf Sicherung des Existenzminimums eingegangen. Neben den historischen Grundlagen und dogmatischen Weiterentwicklungen ist es vor allem die höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung, die sowohl für Umfang als auch Ausformung des behandelten Grundrechts eine entscheidende Rolle spielt(e) und die deshalb besonders detailliert dargestellt wird.     

The resource curse revisited: governance and natural resources

The paper analyzes the impact of natural resource abundance on selected governance indicators. We use a panel data set with observations on a large number of countries over an extended period of time and employ an instrumental variable technique to account for endogeneity. The results show that exports of natural resources have, above all, led to an increase in corruption. This result is robust to both different model specifications and an alternative indicator for natural resource abundance. For other governance indicators, such as law and order and bureaucratic quality, we either find no results or results that lack robustness.     

Profits and Cold War - Politically Motivated Export Finance in West Germany during the 1950s: Two Case Studies

The importance of exports in the process of West Germany's reintegration into the international community after the Second World War is well documented. In addition to political rehabilitation and the fundamental need for hard currency, there were also political reasons for the importance the federal government placed upon exports. In order to support American Cold War strategy, it was drawn into a risky credit programme to Yugoslavia, which at one stage was also used to further Adenauer's own agenda. Changes in West German political priorities, resulting partly from the Hallstein Doctrine, forced the government into still more politically motivated export finance and foreign aid. Without losing importance as the engine of German economic growth, export finance and economic aid became increasingly important to the country's foreign policy from the late 1950s onward.     

The Chancellor's forgotten blunder: Konrad Adenauer's foundation for refugees and expellees

Adenauer's major political mistakes towards the end of his political career are fairly well remembered but hardly anyone recalls his disastrous attempt to set up a foundation for refugees and expellees prior to the 1953 general elections. This article explains the reasons for the establishment and its failure but also the reasons why this blunder is hardly remembered anymore although it is a prime example of Adenauer's thinking and realpolitische acting.