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Human rights violations in global supply chains have been a focus of public discussions for nearly three decades. To address such violations in global supply chains, pressure was put on transnational corporations (TNCs) to use their economic power to prevent such harms from occurring at supplier factories, often located in the Global South. TNCs with well-known brands started to introduce codes of conduct for their suppliers as early as the 1990s. However, this approach was rarely, if ever, addressed or monitored through international or national law. Ensuring socially responsible supply chains was anchored in the voluntary assumption of responsibilities by private corporate actors. The inadequacies of the business-driven soft law approach to improve working conditions at supplier factories and natural resource collection sites drove a shift toward legal regulation. The shift toward national legal regulation consequently established a definitive link between soft and hard international human rights law and national law. The linking of international law to national through human rights due diligence is the focus of this chapter.
This entry discusses the role of sustainability in the law school. It traces the concept of sustainability in law and it argues that, in recent years, ‘Sustainability Law’ has evolved as a new field of law. This view is supported through applying theory on the creation of legal fields. There is an increasing number of regulation (particularly EU Directives) aimed at promoting sustainability and there is a growing number of journal articles as well as law school courses on this issue. There are several longstanding debates in legal modules which already overlap with the three pillars of sustainability (i.e. the economic, environmental and social pillars). Students should be alerted to these links. Finally, the chapter argues that the concept of sustainability should be integrated in modules across the curriculum in law schools as a contribution to UNESCO’s mission to promote Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
This article discusses the trend towards environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related laws in Germany in the context of Germany’s membership of the European Union (EU). As an EU member state, Germany is subject to a wave of recent directives and regulations that the EU passed as part of its so-called “European Green Deal”. However, Germany also has its own tradition of promoting the goal of sustainability in the law, including company law. The article first distinguishes relevant terminology as some regulations refer to ESG, whereas others to “sustainability”. It then traces the historic development of such laws in German law, including the traditional debate about the interest of the company in German law. This discussion is followed by a case study that critically examines the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act of 2021 that continues to be subject to heated political discussions. The article demonstrates how ESG has, in recent years, become a compliance issue in Germany that is now a matter of consideration for boards.
Der Aufsatz untersucht anhand empirischer Daten zu ca. 400 Studierenden wirtschaftsjuristischer Bachelor-Studiengänge an der Westfälischen Hochschule eine Reihe etablierter und neuer Indikatoren für den Studienerfolg. Insbesondere schulnotenbezogene Prädiktoren erweisen sich dabei als nur noch bedingt aussagefähig, andere bekannte (insbes. Motivationslevel) und neue (insbes. Berufsausbildung vor dem Studium) erweisen sich als verlässliche, wenn auch nicht starke Prädiktoren.
Steuerschulden als Grund für die Versagung oder Entziehung verwaltungsrechtlicher Erlaubnisse
(2025)
Allgemeines Verwaltungsrecht
(2025)

