Das seit 1.1.2024 geltende Einwegkunststofffondsgesetz (EWKFondsG) verpflichtet Herstellende von Einwegkunststoffprodukten sowie To-Go-Getränkebehältern zur Zahlung
einer Abgabe in den Einwegkunststofffonds und hat als Hintergrund die Nachhaltigkeit entsprechend den UN-Sustainable Development Goals. [...]
The paper addresses the question how descriptive language is used to express legal norms. Sentences we find in legislative acts, i.e. statutes, constitutions and regulations,
express legal norms. Linguistically speaking, there are various grammatical and lexical ways of expressing norms, such as imperative mood, modal verbs, deontic verbs, [...]
AbstractEmergency services professionals can encounter human remains on a frequent basis, therefore an ability to locate and recognize skeletal elements would be highly beneficial.
While recognizing human bone has a clear utility to those involved in searching for remains, even for first responders who do not aid in the identification and analysis [...]
This article develops a framework to understand the legal profession's participation in providing services to indigent clients. Our theory is based on two factors: whether
lawyers have successful practices, and whether the legal aid delivered to indigent clients is free or below market price. [...]
How does regulatory statehood develop from the regulatory work which governments have always done? This article challenges conventional views that regulatory statehood is achieved
by transition to arm's length agencies and that it replaces court-based enforcement or displaces legislatures in favor of less accountable executive power. [...]
Priority setting by independent regulatory agencies (IRAs) is an invisible, yet essential component of regulatory law enforcement. The selection of which cases to enforce and
which to disregard is vital given IRAs’ finite resources, and due to the function of concretising open-ended administrative norms. [...]