Book Review

Book reviewed in this article: Unwelcome Strangers: American Identity and the Turn Against Immigration by David M. Reimers. Immigration and Citizenship in the 21st Century edited by Noah M. J. Pickus.     

Kein Kippen der Mehrheitsverhältnisse an der Mietergesellschaft bei Beteiligung derselben natürlichen Personen

Ein Kippen der Mehrheitsverh?ltnisse indiziert zwar den Machtwechsel, die konkreten Auswirkungen sind aber jeweils im Einzelfall zu prüfen. Ergibt eine solche Prüfung, dass trotz ?nderung der rechtlichen Verh?ltnisse keine wirtschaftliche ?nderung eintritt, weil am Ende eines Verschmelzungsvorgangs unver?nderte Machtverh?ltnisse stehen, ist kein Anhebungsrecht bewirkt. Sind dieselben natürlichen Personen mehrheitlich an der ursprünglichen Mietergesellschaft und nun (über die eine Mehrheitsgesellschafterin, deren Aktien allein von ihnen gehalten werden) an der neuen Mietergesellschaft beteiligt, ist eine ?nderung der Einflussm?glichkeiten innerhalb der Mietergesellschaft iSd § 12a Abs 3 MRG und damit ein Anhebungsrecht zu verneinen.     

Wage differentials and social comparison: An experimental study of interrelated ultimatum bargaining

Equal pay for equal work is discussed in many different legal and political contexts. Our study explores one consequence of this formula, the effect of social comparison for wage acceptance, in multilateral ultimatum games. The results of our laboratory experiments indicate that the availability of information concerning ultimatum offers to other responders influences acceptance behavior even if responders have differing outside options. Particularly, behavior is only partly influenced by self-regarding social comparison; that is, the probability of acceptance decreases significantly for offers that put responders at a substantial disadvantage compared with others. On the contrary, responders are also partly concerned about unfavorable discrimination against others. However, we find that in our setting, i.e. in a setting where the wage offer relation is endogenously chosen, a slightly unequal relation maximizes the joint acceptance frequency for both responders.     

Union Citizenship: Unpacking the Beast of Burden

Law and Philosophy -     

Schadenersatz bei Verletzung der Anzeigepflicht nach § 12a Abs 3 MRG

Für die Zul?ssigkeit der Verfahrensart kommt es auf das konkrete Rechtsschutzbegehren (hier: Anhebungsbegehren nach § 12a Abs 3 MRG) an, nicht aber darauf, welches Rechtsschutzziel (hier: Schadenersatzansprüche wegen Verletzung der Anzeigepflicht des § 12a Abs 1 2. Satz MRG ) der Antragsteller tats?chlich erreichen k?nnte.     

Molecular study of time dependent changes in DNA stability in soil buried skeletal residues

Stamp marks are used as a unique identification for a range of items, but these can be erased for criminal activities. Erased marks can sometimes be recovered by etching or magnetic means. The present study looked at the application of Fry's reagent to recover erased marks from steel. The investigation also demonstrated that Fry's reagent can deteriorate on storing and will require a longer etching time. The effect of different applied forces of stamping was investigated, and the depth of the underlying deformation was determined by etching after varying degrees of metal removal. The amount of metal needing to be removed depends on the force applied to the die. Metal removal also affects the time needed for recovery. The underlying structural change remains as a hidden identification mark, and could potentially be used by manufacturers as an unseen identifier. A model for the underlying deformation is proposed.