Fine Art, High Finance

正China becomes the art market's boomtown in the emerging East Buying art can be as prestigious as owning a downtown luxury apartment, a high-powered Mercedes-Benz or other pricy toys the rich use to fight ennui and establish status. In China's modern times, the main difference between a fancy limousine and a painting is that the limousine     

Informationsverein Lentia und die Folgen

Der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte hat mit dem berühmten "Lentia"- Urteil Ende 1993 die österreichische Rundfunkrechtslage als konventionswidrig qualifiziert. Die Öffnung des Rundfunkmonopols erfolgte daraufhin nur zögerlich und war zudem durch mehrere Aufhebungen der Rechtslage durch den VfGH begleitet. Seit dem Jahr 2001 hat sich der rechtliche Rahmen für das duale Rundfunksystem dynamisch entwickelt und stark wettbewerbsrechtliche Züge angenommen. Michael Holoubek hat sowohl als Wissenschaftler, als auch als Mitglied der Rundfunkbehörden maßgeblich zur Entwicklung dieses Rechtsgebiets beigetragen.     

Post-mortem radiological CT identification based on classical ante-mortem X-ray examinations

Radiological identification is important in forensic medicine. Identification using comparison of individualising structures with ante- and post-mortem conventional radiographs has been known for a long time. New radiological procedures such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are being increasingly used for identification. In this paper, a new comparative approach using various radiological methods is described and its application demonstrated. This new approach is the comparison of ante-mortem conventional radiographs with projected images calculated from post-mortem CT data. The identification procedure will be illustrated with reference to the frontal sinus and the pelvis.     

The Social Issue Courtroom Drama as an Expression of American Popular Culture

Drawing on recent works of commercial Hollywood cinema and topical made-for-television movies, this paper explores the cultural implications of two distinct varieties of the American courtroom picture: the problem film in the guise of a legal drama and the trial movie which may take the form of a social issue film. Both types merge into a category that overtly abounds with liberal stances and humanitarian attitudes, films that portray actual or – only rarely – fictional excesses of rigid conservative orthodoxy, movies that have also succeeded in capturing the interest of the public on both sides of the Atlantic. Further, the aesthetics of the documentary tradition related to this generic strain is examined in such a way as to cast light on the quality of critical reflection and certain ideological inferences thereof.     

Incidental findings in CT colonography: literature review and survey of current research practice

Incidental findings (IFs) of potential medical significance are seen in approximately 5-8 percent of asymptomatic subjects and 16 percent of symptomatic subjects participating in large computed tomography (CT) colonography (CTC) studies, with the incidence varying further by CT acquisition technique. While most CTC research programs have a well-defined plan to detect and disclose IFs, such plans are largely communicated only verbally. Written consent documents should also inform subjects of how IFs of potential medical significance will be detected and reported in CTC research studies.     

Inside versus outside lobbying: How the institutional framework shapes the lobbying behaviour of interest groups

Different types of interest groups use different lobbying strategies. This article presents an investigation of this already well‐established hypothesis once more, but additionally proposes that the institutional framework of the country in which interest groups operate also influences their lobbying behaviour. More specifically, it is shown that groups working in the interest of the public are better integrated into the policy‐making process when direct democratic instruments, such as referendums, occur regularly (as in Switzerland) than when referendums are the exception (Germany). The article demonstrates that Swiss cause groups – often also referred to as ‘public interest groups’ in the literature – use a more balanced mixture of insider and outsider strategies than their German peers, but also that this moderating effect cannot be found for specific interest groups, such as industry groups or unions.     

Speculative fees and their impact on access to justice: German experiences

The paper explores the long road to the Federal Constitutional Court's 2006 landmark decision on the unconstitutionality of the century-old prohibition of output-based remuneration of lawyers, analyses the court's ruling and outlines the regulation of speculative fee agreements that is now in place in Germany. Another focus of the paper is an analysis of how the change has affected the German legal services market, drawing on empirical research on the subject carried out between 2006 and 2014.