The nuclear power plant in Temelin, Czech Republic, which is located only approximately 50 km from the Austrian and German borders has been the source of a longstanding and at times bitter dispute between the Czech Republic and Austria. It is far from unusual that nuclear power plants are...

In many countries legal aid is an indispensable tool in order to ensure that everybody has access to the judicial system. In Europe, despite the pride of place that is rightly given to the European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights guarantees are found also within EU law. EU human rights...

It is disputed, whether non-national or transnational law rather than the law of a state, e.g. Swiss law, can be the applicable law in international commercial arbitration, and therefore, if non-national lex mercatoria can be the sole applicable law in International Commercial Arbitration. Even...

Public Private Partnership (PPP) projects play an ever greater role in Germany. Since this role is not yet comparable to the situation e.g. in Great Britain, there is room for more PPP projects in Germany. This article analyses the concession model as an example for Public Private Partnership...