Die brandenburgische Landesregierung hat vor gut zehn Jahren begonnen, ihre Förderpolitiken neu auszurichten und räumlich auf "starke Standorte" (sog. Regionale Wachstumskerne) zu fokussieren. Die Wachstumskerne sind die brandenburgischen Standorte mit - im Landesmaßstab -...

Die brandenburgische Landesregierung hat vor gut zehn Jahren begonnen, ihre Förderpolitiken neu auszurichten und räumlich auf "starke Standorte" (sog. Regionale Wachstumskerne) zu fokussieren. Die Wachstumskerne sind die brandenburgischen Standorte mit - im Landesmaßstab -...

AbstractThe EC harmonized market entry regulation for pharmaceuticals from the early sixties on, but it achieved neither its goal of uniform national regulatory decisions nor that of automatic mutual recognition. Subsequent attempts to Europeanize the procedures themselves resulted in two...

This article aims to provide a better understanding as to why different institutional arrangements have the particular structural properties which they are found to have. Drawing on the system theoretical tradition in sociology and on ‘complexity theory’, this paper presents an analytical...

Abstract: As the distinction between interpretation and politics diminishes, the need for pluralism in interpretation increases. The Article argues, first, that the rule of law requires that no one tribunal possess the power to subordinate a whole legal system to its politicized rule. The...

The preliminary reference procedure requires the Court of Justice to interpret the Treaty and national courts to apply that interpretation to the facts. However, often the Court gives such specific interpretations that the role of the national court is rendered trivial. This paper argues that...