Economic approaches are becoming increasingly prominent in international law. A few years ago, Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner caused a great stir with their account of The Limits of International Law, in which they argued that international law did not have any effect on state conduct. This...

Soft law plays an important role in the regulation of international tax matters. This paper focuses on the case of the OECD Transfer Pricing Guidelines and analyses the relationship between this non-binding instrument and the formal sources of law. From the perspective of international law, the...

The Practice Guide intends to give an overview of the relevant current legal provisions (including case law) on matters of private international law and posting in the area of employment contracts to assist practitioners . This Guide is not intended to be legally authoritative, nor does it...

Das zuletzt gestiegene Interesse des Staats und der Gesellschaft an der Beteiligung von Handwerkskammern in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit zeigt sich bei der Änderung der Handwerksordnung, in der die Entwicklungszusammenarbeit nun einen eigenen Aufgabenbereich der Kammern darstellt. Die...