• 3rd Edition of »Economic Methods in Law« published (open access)

    Economic Methods in Law, 3rd edition by Emanuel V. Towfigh and Niels Petersen With contributions by Markus Englerth, Sebastian J. Goerg, Stefan Magen, Alexander Morell and Klaus Ulrich Schmolke Economic arguments are becoming increasingly important for lawyers. This…
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  • Expert Opinion »The General Equal Treatment Act and the Protection against Discrimination by Algorithmic Decision Systems«

    Legal Opinion on behalf of the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency Presented by Prof. Dr. iur. Indra Spiecker gen. Döhmann, LL.M. (Georgetown Univ.) Prof. Dr. iur. Emanuel V. Towfigh Download at ADS • Local File (0,8 MB) Summary of the Results:…
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  • Statement on Draft Bill to amend Constitution of the State of Hesse

    Statement by Prof. Dr. Emanuel V. Towfigh and Alexander Gleixner on the draft bill to amend Article 56 of the Constitution of the State of Hesse (right to education) (Document 20/10508) »The proposal to amend Article 56 of…
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  • WCCL 2022, Johannesburg: Workshop »Democratic Decay: Causes and Remedies«

    World Congress of Constitutional Law (WCCL) 2022 of the International Association of Constitutional Law (IACL) on "Constitutional Transformations", 5-9 December 2022, Johannesburg, South Africa Workshop 7 »Democratic Decay: Causes and Remedies« Chair: Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of…
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  • Lecture: “Diversity in the Legal Academy and Practice”, Academic Workshop, MPI for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg

    The lecture “Diversity in the Legal Academy and Practice” by Emanuel V. Towfigh is part of the panel “Diversity and Pluralism within European Legal Systems” of the Academic Workshop “The Instrumentalization of the Rule of Law – Legislation…
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  • ICON•S 2022, Wrocław: Panel »The Future of Political Parties in Constitutional Democracies«

    International Society of Public Law (ICON•S), 2022 Annual Meeting »Global Problems and Prospects in Public Law«, 4-6 July 2022, Wrocław, Poland Panel 115 »The Future of Political Parties in Constitutional Democracies« July 6th, 2022 • 11:45 - 13:15…
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  • Lecture: “Diversity in Legal Education and Practice”, Training Workshop of EJTN & MPI, Barcelona

    Lecture on 18 November 2021 at the European Network of Councils of the Judiciary (EJTN) & Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology seminar: Cultural diversity in the courtroom - judges in Europe facing new challenges [Slides] [Agenda] Training…
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  • »Economic Methods for Lawyers« now available open access

    The textbook »Economic Methods for Lawyers«, published 2015 (hardcover) and 2017 (softcover) with Edward Elgar, is now available open access (i.e., the PDF files of the chapters are freely available, at no cost) using a CC-BY-NC-ND license: Download…
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