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Since the passage of the Prospectus Directive and the Prospectus Regulation by the European authorities in 2003, that legislation has been carefully observed by the capital markets until today.…
The study is concerned with a dogmatic figure which placed Karl Barth in the centre of programmatic statements but also inflamed massive criticism of his theology - namely the relationship of the…
Companies active on the market and considering contractual decisions are being confronted with a practice-based phenomenon of which the legal classification is still largely unclear: the change of…
In light of the fundamental legal changes that are to take effect shortly, the anticipated revised edition brings this work up to date once again. It offers a coherent and condensed total…
As a result of the Internet, new forms of selling and distributing music have developed that are increasingly replacing the traditional distribution channels. This development is a challenge not…
Book seven, “Of a happy life” (De uita beata), closes Lactanius’ (AD 250-325) “Introduction to Christianity” (Diuinae institutiones). In it the church father, who was…
The point of origin for this work is the question: to which extent the “universal succession by virtue of the transaction” can be made useful for the business transation. The…
Der vorliegene Band enthält die schriftstellerische Bilanz aus Wielands höchst produktiver Zeit als Professor der Erfurter Universität. Seine Beschäftigung mit den…
Are we allowed to do what we are able to do? What principles should we use to decide?These questions have accompanied medical treatment from the beginning. Yet they are particularly salient when…
This handbook introduces an overall presentation on an academic basis above all of private law media processes that arise in connection with the production and marketing, or use, of characters,…
The normative limitations to the investigation of the truth in criminal trials represent the most complex and controversial subject matter in criminal procedural law. It concerns one of the oldest…
This study is the first academic analysis of Georg von Holtzbrinck's business activities before 1948. His companies were on the whole rather insignificant. However, the skill with which…
In light of the current popularity enjoyed by the subject of religion and questions about the consequences arising from this situation, especially for practical theology, the early essays on the…
In this volume, the basic principles of the administrative functions carried out by the Society for Performing and Mechanical Reproduction Rights (GEMA) are presented comprehensively and…
The six volumes of the German Constitutional Documents encompass more than 100 texts from Napoleonic times to the St. Paul's Church Constitution of 1849. They are published as part of the series…
The first volume of letters written to Pestalozzi contains 713 letters written between 1764 and 1804 by illustrious correspondents such as Karl Viktor von Bonstetten, Philipp Emanuel von…
The present study is concerned with the textual history of the Books of Samuel and of Kings, about which scholars have still not been able to agree. Various textual forms can be identified in…
Während über Max Webers Religionssoziologie ganze Bibliotheken geschrieben worden sind, gibt es zu seiner Rechtssoziologie - ungeachtet ihrer von Talcott Parsons herausgestellten…
This is the initial volume in a new series entitled Ars medicinae: The Science of Medicine and Human Salvation. The name of the association behind the series is Initiative Gesundheit (Health…
The diagnostic investigation of menstrual dysfunction and sterility is a routine part of gynecological practice. Hysteroscopy can expand the spectrum of diagnostic possibilities. The 2nd revised…
Millennium transcends boundaries - between epochs and regions, and between disciplines. Like the Millennium-Jahrbuch, the journal Millennium-Studien pursues an international, interdisciplinary…
The three ancient commentaries on Aristotle's On the Soul (De anima) are interesting because the commentators, as neo-Platonists, understand the soul completely differently than Aristotle. For…
The volume examines the interrelationships between the history of medicine and literature from the 17th until the 19th centuries. The papers in the volume analyse these interrelationships using…
What are pure geometric forms? In what sense are there an infinite number of points on a line? What is the relationship between empirically correct statements about real bodily figures (or…
The work presented here is a historical commentary on an ancient biography of one of the Persian Great Kings (Artaxerxes II, reigned 404-359 BC). The author was the Greek scholar Plutarch (c. AD…
The present volume proposes a typology of communicative action in corporate settings by interspersing theoretical considerations with empirical examples. Dialogic action games - information,…
This commentary on the 6th book of the Iliad concentrates on the interpretation of two episodes which have received a great deal of scholarly attention: the encounter between Diomedes and Glaukos…
'Harmoniously opposed' is a fundamental phrase in Hölderlin's poetology. Until now, however, there has been no systematic study consistently following this central representational structure…
The central section of Empedocles, On Nature I is reconstructed by combining the Strasburg Papyrus of Empedocles with a series of quotations from Simplicius that comes from the same section…
The Book of Ezekiel is remarkable for its extensive knowledge of Old Testament tradition. Individual texts and motifs are cited in the book and are then subjected to literary interpretation. The…
This Festschrift celebrates the 65th birthday of Dieter Geuenich, who held the Chair of Medieval History at the University of Duisburg-Essen from 1988 to 2008; it contains 41 papers dedicated to…
The book describes the control exercised by the National Socialist state over academic libraries and analyses their collaboration, in particular in the theft of books and the identification of '…
The papers in this volume deal with the relationship between social and private law. The fundamental question of the relationship between state care and civil rights and liberties is placed in…
There has been a trend towards a growing interest in religion, and with it has come increased interest in questions of the perceptibility and reality of God. In this search, semiotics, i.e. the…
This study examines classic modern texts - elements of a 'visionary' poetology -, which on the one hand connect with an idealistic poetics of memory, and on the other create a new tradition. Rilke…
In this publication celebrating the library's 450th anniversary, the authors present a view behind the scenes: As one of the most important collections of source materials in the world, the…
A statement is true, when what is said is actually the case. Heidegger is often accused of wanting to undermine this triviality as well as criteria of rational thinking and speaking along with it…
Theodor Heuss is one of the most significant founders of German politics' new political beginning in Germany. As a liberal party politician and leader of the Württemberg-Baden '…
While writing a word, everybody will have paused for a moment to think about the correct spelling. It is just this behaviour which the present book studies using modern technology. As…
This work deals with concepts of time in pre-Islamic Arabic poetry and in the Koran, placing them in relation to Hellenistic conceptions of time in Late Antique poetry. The analysis shows that…
Nature is not only stable and static but also unstable and dynamical ‑ this has been shown by physics during the last 40 years. Today, instabilities are regarded as productive and creative…
Kierkegaard's criticism of Hegel is usually understood as a religiously-motivated refusal of speculative thought. This corresponds to Kierkegaard's own interpretation of his intentions in his…
Using the Roman province of Macedonia as an example, this work presents a critical analysis of the generally held opinion among social historians that the society of the Roman Empire was based on…
Everybody who thinks or speaks possesses consciousness – but nobody is capable of defining exactly what consciousness is. The phenomenon ‘consciousness’, therefore, is a…
The study examines the influence of 17th century grammarians on the standardisation of the German written language. It is based on a corpus of handwritten records and on the theoretical writings…
What had to happen so that the Middle Ages could come to pass? This book traces the transition from antiquity to the medieval period through the spiritual development of Augustine. The philosopher…
Die chinesische Literatur kann im 20. Jahrhundert dank der Wandlung Chinas zum Nationalstaat die Isolation überwinden und in den Dialog mit der Weltliteratur eintreten. Keine andere Epoche ist…
Punctuation is normally perceived as a system of handed-down norms that is complicated and difficult to manage. This study shows that it is actually a simple, transparent system that serves the…
This encyclopaedia, compiled around 530 AD, is more or less the Byzantine Encyclopaedia Britannica of the ancient world. It lists some 3,600 names of places, mountains, lakes, rivers,…
This volume is the product of an international congress held at the University of Bamberg by the graduate school Generation Consciousness and Generation Conflict in Antiquity and the Middle Ages.…
For the latinist Manfred Fuhrmann (1925-2005) translation was an integral part of making Antiquity accessible. On the basis of examples of his reflections and translations (above all Cicero)…
Is Friedrich Nietzsche a philosopher of culture(s)? This book deals with Nietzsche’s examination of the concept and concrete instances of culture as well as with his plans to create a…
The anonymous author of the Syriac Book of Steps, a contemporary of St. John Chrysostom, is more deliberate than his predecessor, Aphrahat, in portraying the Apostle as the authentic interpreter…
Anyone interested in establishing an intellectual connection between Kant and Bacon must first ask the question as to what similarity could exist between Kant, who carried out a transcendental…
In the rich reception history of Dionysius Areopagita (approx. 500 AD), the writing On the Ecclesiastical Hierarchy is the only text that has not been given philosophical attention. The…
Die Geschichte der chinesischen Literatur ist die bislang umfassendste Darstellung der etwa 3.000-jährigen chinesischen Literaturgeschichte und stellt jedes literarische Genre in seiner historischen…
Der Deutsche Idealismus gehört zu den bedeutendsten und wirkungsmächtigsten Epochen der neuzeitlichen Philosophie. Die Verständigung über den Begriff der Philosophie und über das, was philosophische…
Friedrich Schleiermacher preached in the Reformed Church in Berlin from 1809 onwards. From 1812 up to 1828 he printed a special hymn sheet for each of his main services. But why? To answer this…
This practice-oriented description of hormonal treatment is a must for every gynecologist dealing with endocrine dysfunctions. Beginning with basic principles of endocrinology the book treats such…
The volume provides collected papers by the Indo-Europeanist Günter Neumann (1920-2005) on Germanic, and especially Old Germanic, names. The author's main interest lays in the…
Millennium überschreitet Grenzen, Grenzen zwischen den Epochen und regionalen Räumen wie auch Grenzen zwischen den Disziplinen. Die Schriftenreihe Millennium-Studien ist, genauso wie das Jahrbuch,…
Protestant theologians played a significant role in the modernisation of academic scholarship at 19th century German universities. This comparative study of four important German faculties shows…
The constitution, transmission and preservation of all knowledge about antiquity have always been highly mediated acts. As an epoch long past, antiquity can only be constituted through the…
This study in the history of language and culture is concerned with the discourse on the German Standard language in the 18th century, called High German by contemporary linguists and grammarians…
Everyone talks about orientation, but there have been hardly any attempts since Kant to say exactly what orientation is. It is the most everyday thing, the point from which all things depart and…
In these seven essays published from 1986 to 2008, philosophy is portrayed as an activity in which one gives an account of the experiences that one has and transmits through acting and speaking. A…
The study is located at the interface of text linguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatic stylistics and system theory. It is the first to analyse what is known as the Red Army Faction's 'Info'…
St. Thomas’s Gospel is one of the most hotly debated documents from Early Christianity. No other piece of extra-canonical scripture has given rise to such controversy about whether it…
On the occasion of his 65th birthday, one of the most prominent German rhetoricians, literary critics and publicists, Gert Ueding, was honoured with a festschrift by the School of Rhetoric at the…
Virtual realities are computer-mediated communication spaces. They are also to be found in religion. In its first part, the volume contains contributions to a practical theological understanding…
The Early Modern Age (15th–18th cents) saw the appearance of a vast number of Latin plays. The papers collected in this volume analyse exemplars of individual dramas or complexes of dramas…
In previous exegesis of the Epistle to the Romans, God has scarcely ever been presented as a separate object of study. The present study is devoted to this central topic, and by analysing…
This book offers a succinct and comprehensible presentation of what religion is about and how it is related to other intellectual areas (particularly to science). It emphasizes the practical side…
By addressing the problem of Berlin's cross-border commuters, the author traces a hitherto largely neglected phenomenon in contemporary history. Until the building of the Berlin Wall, numerous…
The history of the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce mirrors the history of Berlin. The author recounts the history of the Chamber, embedding it in the political, social and economic context…
The present study is devoted to an exact analysis of the Oracles against Tyre in the Book of Ezekiel, which are handed down in the Old Testament in Ez 26-28. The first main section locates the Old…
The fate of the Trojan priest Laokoon was related in Antiquity by, among others, Sophocles, Virgil and Quintus Smyrnaeus. The rediscovery of the Laokoon statue group in Rome in 1506 led to…
The relationship between 'Seneca philosophus' and 'Seneca tragicus' is still fundamental to any interpretation of his tragedies. The author focuses on this problem within the field of theology.…
This study investigates the presentation, evaluation, and literary appropriation of sport, physical education, and physical exercise in the works of Robert Musil. In Musil’s day the modern…
In the 18th century, the science of man opened up the conceptual framework for re-interpreting the origins and development of the human species itself. It was the ever more popular reports of '…
This volume is the first comparative study of the political tools employed by the Popes and the perception of the Papacy in different regions, so combining the perspectives of the Roman center…
The book deals with a central question for the understanding of reality and the way in which human beings relate to it. Humans are creatures that can deliberate and define their actions by virtue…
The goal of this book is to compare the various versions of Thomas Hobbes' famous and influential theory of the state of nature, and to emphasize their differences. This should provide a better…
The present volume examines Coptic (Sahidic) manuscripts of New Testament accounts of the Resurrection from the 4th to 13th centuries. Firstly, textual variants in the Coptic mss. are demonstrated…
This study deals with the origins of kingship among the Germanic speaking barbarians. Its starting point is a long overdue methodical review of the old view that the kingship of the Migration…
This book provides the general reader with an account of the diverse and often highly complex oracular techniques which made verbal communication with the gods possible. As negative oracles and…
The 15 articles in this volume are dedicated to the analysis of fundamental cultural developments between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Archaeologists and historians offer new…
Until 1531, Rhenanus (1485–1547) had been known almost exclusively as a philologist and editor. Then he produced Res Germanicae, an historical work superior in both its methodology and…
How do animals make themselves move? Unlike most modern theories, Aristotle answers this question through a general theory of animal movement valid for both humans and animals. This book…
Over the last few years, emotions have been rediscovered as a central object of ethics, philosophical anthropology, and philosophy of mind. The subject of emotions has a long tradition in…
The present volume contains writings by the renowned Marburg Old Testament scholar Otto Kaiser on the theology, anthropology and ethics of the Book of Ecclesiastes, or Kohelet, and on The Wisdom…
Kaiser Julian II., der sogenannte Apostat (Abtrünnige), versuchte während seiner kurzen Regierungszeit im 4. Jahrhundert, das Christentum philosophisch zu bekämpfen und eine am überkommenen…
This book contrasts Nietzsche's and Levinas' deconstructions of Greco-European thought and their critiques of morality. Through examining their approaches to deconstruction, the author reveals the…
This volume is based on the 35th Cologne Medieval Studies Conference on the Duration of Being. Andreas Speer und David Wirmer, Universität zu Köln.
The present volume provides an overview of the present state of knowledge of the archaeology of the Early and High Middle Ages. A comprehensive account is given of the most recent…
Thomas Gärtner addresses Johannis , the great epic about the military commander by the late antique poet Corippus. This work is dedicated to the achievements of Johannis Troglita, the general…
The six volumes of the German Constitutional Documents encompass more than 100 texts from Napoleonic times to the St. Paul's Church Constitution of 1849. They are published as part of the…
In discussions of National Socialism one question occurs with particular frequency ‑ How was it possible in the country of poets and thinkers for people educated in the humanities to follow…
This work is to be understood from the systematic perspective as an extension of John Rawl’s Theory of Justice . Constituting a normative vanishing-point, the individual’s moral self-…
The first biopics of poets were shown in cinemas in the USA in 1909 and in Germany in 1912. Since these early beginnings, a constant and rich tradition has developed of biopics of figures from…