De Gruyter Praxishandbuch

Many concession agreements will come to an end in the next few years. The second edition of this practical handbook presents the current situation surrounding concession law and provides help to conclude new contracts. It takes into account statutory reforms, e.g., due to the introduction of the duty to give notice of defects pursuant to § 47 EnWG, and the definition of the objectified income value in the determination of the purchase price.

This volume provides a chronological description of procedure under the law of fair-trading practices. It focuses on tactical procedural considerations, illustrates pitfalls, and provides recommendations for action. The new edition includes all changes resulting from the new Act against Unfair Competition (UWG) as well as a chapter on Federal Constitutional Court judgments on the procedural "equality of arms" in the interim injunctive process.

This book addresses copyright claims and how to effectively assert them. After an overview of the individual claims that arise from violations of copyright law (injunctions, removals, damages, information, etc.), it discusses how the law is enforced and executed extra-judicially and judicially by providing practical examples.

This classic of expropriation compensation utilizes a unique, proven format to provide public authorities, courts (construction divisions, civil courtrs of appeal, administrative courts), and legal practitioners in this field, as well as persons affected by it, with extensive, relible information about the issues relating to the reasons for compensating expropriation and its assessment – with the help of alphabetically ordered keywords.

The Handbook of Religious Education analyzes non-confessional, religion-related teaching in schools from the perspective of religious studies. It provides an introductory description of the religious education perspective essential to this kind of teaching. Building on this, the handbook is divided into historical and systematic-comparative chapters, as well as extensive chapters on the state of religious education in all sixteen German states.

Climate protection, energy revolution, digitalization: the energy sector is currently in the midst of a fundamental process of transformation. Nevertheless, consumers still have a right to reliable, fair energy prices. This book provides practical answers to all kinds of questions relating to pricing. After a systematic introduction to the topic, renowned experts and practitioners provide introductions to current data.

The second edition of the "Hoch/Haucap" analyzes both national and European antitrust law in the energy industry in a proven, practical way. It takes both the tenth German Competition Act (GWB) amendment and the latest developments in merger control law (including E.ON/RWE) into account, with references to judgements, tips, and examples for application in practice.

This work introduces the reader to the complex field of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) through typical real-life examples that introduce and explain legal, tax-related, operational, and organizational principles. It offers practical tips, checklists, and boilerplate to implement a business acquisition. Proven solutions are illustrated with examples from experience. A new chapter covers the topic of venture capital.

The creation of the German National Research Data Infrastructure and the European Open Science Cloud is presenting the providers and users of research data with technical, legal, and organizational challenges. This thematically structured practical handbook looks at these challenges and provides researchers and CIOs as well as employees in institutions like libraries and computing centers with the necessary knowledge of research data management.

This work describes the process sequence in unfair competition law, from the initial extrajudicial assertion of claims to their enforcement in court, and includes additional enforcement in cases of violation of a previously issued cease-and-desist order. The focus is on tactical procedural considerations in practice, including an explanation of potential pitfalls with recommendations for action.

This volume aims to assist with practical aspects of corporate risk management. The second edition covers a range of new topics, including tax compliance management systems, IT security, the GDPR, the Trade Secret Protection Act, judgments in competition law, and due diligence compliance in M&A transactions.

Im deutschen Recht bestehen viele unterschiedliche Möglichkeiten, die Haftung des Erben für Verbindlichkeiten des Nachlasses auszuschließen oder zu beschränken. Die Autoren stellen alle Möglichkeiten dar, vergleichen sie und stellen Voraussetzungen, Vorteile und Nachteile der unterschiedlichen Möglichkeiten gegenüber. Der beratende Praktiker erhält umfassend und übersichtlich Empfehlungen für den konkreten Einzelfall.

The work covers estate insolvency procedures, including in particular the interface between inheritance law and insolvency law. An example expert assessment provides rapid orientation for the reader. The new edition includes a detailed presentation of international and tax-law implications of estate insolvency procedures. It also considers new case law on procedural cost deferral and legal aid.

The new edition includes all changes in the 9^th Amendment to the ARC that came into effect in June 2017, fundamentally altering anti-trust law. Classical anti-trust problems arise in company life when working out contracts and in negotiating conditions for purchasing and sales. The work offers companies practical solutions for all their anti-trust concerns.

This title provides a comprehensive, up-to-date, and easily understandable presentation of convergent marketing methods for professionals. The success of marketing efforts depends on the implementation of an integrated approach as well as convergence between strategy, instruments, and marketing organization. This work addresses all dimensions of marketing information services, including marketing analysis and strategic and operational marketing.

This volume provides a comprehensive, systematic overview of the background and structures of online liability issues. The second edition takes into account the implementation of the EU Digital Content Directive and the contract law provisions of the Modernization Directive. New additions include chapters on the "internet of things" and the associated product liability as well as artificial intelligence.

The Basic Regulation on Data Protection has reformulated existing data protection law. The book helps familiarize the reader with the new statutory provisions and shows practical ways for firms to comply with the requirements of the EU Data Protection Regulation (EU-DSGVO). The impending changes from BDSG 2018 (Federal Data Protection Act) are already included in the discussion.

This guide explains how creditors can file their claims and obtain a judgment. In addition, it discusses insolvency schedule disputes. The presentation suggests practical solutions for situations in which Federal Supreme Court judicature does not offer sufficient guidance. The volume includes case examples and practical tips.

This book introduces open access publishing from the perspective of the author and the institution. It describes workflows and important tools while also offering a classification of various business models. While the book focuses on the publication of manuscripts, it also surveys data publishing.

This work aims to prevent errors during the rental process, to show involved parties how to protect themselves in advance and to explain how a clever defense strategy can be applied if anything does go wrong. This work takes into consideration the tenancy law reform and includes tricks and tips as well as strategies for landlords, legal professionals and attorneys.

This book offers a practical perspective on the potentials of big data technology and explains both the technical and operational contexts, while never losing sight of the challenges big data poses to small and mid-sized firms. It places special emphasis on transferability to day-to-day operations.

Public service authorities are required to solicit bids for architectural and engineering services. This work helps to structure the bidding process. It offers procedural recommendations, discusses options for awarding contracts when specific thresholds have not been met by bids, makes specific suggestions for coordinating bidding with the planning process, and presents typical problems that arise in architectural and engineering contracts.

Typically, antitrust law problems do not start out as punitive damages or merger control proceedings before antitrust authorities. Instead, they initially arise in daily business life when designing contracts and negotiating purchase and sales conditions. This work discusses the full range of critical problems that occur in each subject area and offers concrete suggestions for managing them.

Labor law in the energy industry is governed by a special regulatory regime. The strong ties between many firms and public authorities and the exploitation of new energy sources outside of Germany have created multi-faceted problems. This study takes a reasoned position on all issues related to the special labor regime for the energy industry, offering practical guidance.

Strategic legal presentation of commercial real estate rental law from the landlord’s perspective, including all the tricks and tips. Thorough but free of any extra verbiage, easily understandable through checklists, sample formulations, general instructions, and sample contracts.

The increasing internationalization of business leads to a cornucopia of differing cross-border exchanges in one's daily work. Participants and other beneficiaries of this internationalization include not only multi-national companies but also SMEs (small and mid-sized enterprises), for which the increased global market access offers substantial opportunities. With the growth of internationalization, too, comes an increase in employee assignments. In business practice, the number of questions from foreign companies, management, HR, tax and legal professionals, investors and non German employees etc., ist growing.

In order to be certain that sending employees to or from Germany on work assignments can take place as smoothly and efficiently as possible, relevant questions asked by companies and workers need to be taken into consideration. This text does just that with a focus on answering common expat-relevant questions posed by professionals. It is a reference work for those foreigners subject to and applying German law.

The new provisions of the German Energy Industry Act (EnWG) present new challenges for the operators of local and plant networks as well as of upstream service networks and energy utility companies. This study offers assistance to the reader in responding to many legal and practical issues. The new legal provisions are aimed indiscriminately at all operators of closed energy distribution systems.

This handbook for entrepreneurs offers corporate practitioners and attorneys an introductory guide to help them navigate the veritable legal jungle involved in drawing up an employment contract. The textbook shows which legal framework conditions apply to specific contractual clauses, how to formulate legally watertight provisions, and where there is room for maneuver.

This work serves the non-expert reader as an introduction to the complex field of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). It uses typical practical examples to explain underlying legal, tax-related, operational, and organizational principles. Numerous practical tips, checklists, and sample formulations help with implementation. It presents proven solutions based on practical experience.

This volume is a practical guide to formulating contracts in the energy industry as well as under renewable energy law. Sample forms facilitate implementation in real-world practice. The guide contains templates for all important supplier contracts for electricity, natural gas and heat utility service. It also takes into account contract design under renewable energy law.

Price formation in the energy supply industry is one of the most widely discussed issues in today's energy economy. This work provides practical answers to a wide range of questions. After a systematic introduction to the topic, renowned experts and practitioners examine the particular factors affecting price formation in each sub-area or value chain.

Risk management, risk controlling, internal audits, compliance, corporate organization: this book aims to provide an integrated presentation of the concept of risk by bringing together practical knowledge from all of these sub-areas, illustrating their interactions, and demonstrating meaningful correlations. It is written by practitioners for practitioners.

This volume provides a practical presentation of essential regulations for facility operators. It covers the regulatory framework for facility planning, construction, and daily operation, including management of the facility after decommissioning. The aim is to give corporate directors a comprehensive picture of the statutory and regulatory basis for facility management.

In their long-term sales relationships with clients and business partners, companies have a strong need to simplify and unify their procedures and legal conditions. Drawing on various examples texts, this work enables one to review whether a firm’s terms and conditions are effective or if they fail to meet important regulatory requirements. It can also serve as a template for designing a firm’s general terms for sales and delivery.

This work provides a clear presentation of the legal foundations and labor court precedents for attorneys and non-attorneys alike, along with specific suggestions for a more flexible approach to essential working conditions. Especially because flexibilization is still in legal flux, the work is sure to be an indispensable reference work for everyone involved in drafting labor contracts.

The new edition has been extensively revised and enlarged. It considers the case law developed since the prior edition and the new legal situation effective as of 1 May 2014. This topically arranged comprehensive work on criminal administrative traffic law (Verkehrs-OWi) provides assistance in preparing an effective defense, and its practical focus has been enhanced with additional sample boilerplate.

Compensation systems are being increasingly designed to recognize the role played by individual employees in generating company value. Yet employers must exercise care when developing variable compensation systems, as German law requires these systems to be clear and transparent, and courts generally rule against the employer in the event of ambiguity.

Recent business developments directed at ever-greater flexibility and cost savings have led companies to hire more workers under “sham” work contracts as a way of circumventing the legal consequences of an employment relationship. In these cases the work contract is being misused. The use of such sham work contracts may have adverse legal implications for the firm.

The Internet sales market is growing exponentially, but from a legal perspective, Internet commerce is a subject area with many special features. Some important questions of law have yet to be clarified. This volume presents the structures and frameworks of the relevant regulations illustrated with practical suggestions and testing schemes for applying them in everyday practice.

Frequent illness, burnout, addiction problems, and chronic low performance may be signs of structural problems that demand lasting solutions. For this purpose, executives, managers, and works councils need to create the right environment by making full use of available options.

Until a few years ago, ship funds were extremely popular among investors. Since the sector became volatile and entered a deep crisis in 2008, interest has shifted to issues surrounding liability, restructuring, and insolvency. This practice handbook considers these current issues, discussing in detail underlying legal principles while suggesting solutions for problems in relation to ship funds.

This book is addressed to practitioners and for the first time, offers a broad comparative overview of current legal provisions regarding employee participation in Europe.

Das Unternehmerhandbuch führt den Praktiker durch den Dschungel der Rechtsprechung und Rahmenbedingungen, wenn es um die Beendigung von Arbeitsverhältnissen geht. Es liefert für alle Fragen im Zusammenhang mit der Arbeitgeberkündigung und Personalabbau in größerem Maße die richtige Antwort. Die Vorgaben des kollektiven Arbeitsrechts werden praxisorientiert dargestellt und so ein umfassender Überblick über die möglichen Rechtsprobleme ermöglicht.

Negotiating and drafting business contracts is an important task for senior corporate managers and attorneys. Yet serious errors are frequently made that cannot be remedied at a later time point and incur major costs. This work provides a comprehensive overview of options for contract design, presents a broad range of disputed cases, and offers practical suggestions for manageable solutions.

The present book is written for “on site” practitioners. They will be given an opportunity to acquire information on the fundamental questions of expropriation law and the latest court decisions quickly, comprehensively and reliably. The book deals with the principles for quantifying compensation for expropriated property in key terms in alphabetical order.

The construction of utility infrastructure requires meticulous, long-term planning from both an economic and legal perspective. Recent changes in energy policy aimed at promoting renewables have placed even greater focus on utility infrastructure planning. This book takes current developments as a starting point for an exhaustive overview of the legal environment in utility planning. While specific attention is devoted the the latest developments in the energy sector (NABEG, EnLAG), other types of relevant infrastructure (roads, pipelines, and so on) also receive due treatment.

This volume explores the legal, technical, ecological, economic, financial, and tax-related dimensions of green building and sustainable construction. Energy efficient buildings are becoming ever more important for investors and builders. Environmental awareness pays off: green building offers measurable economic benefits while also making a significant contribution to global climate protection.

This practical handbook covers principles and problems in labor law related to company pension plans. It addresses various issues with regard to taxation, social insurance, business management, and insurance accounting. It provides professionals with guidelines for the effective management of company pension plans, and is a well-founded compendium of information, offering solutions for many important issues that may arise.

The preservation of vibrant and appealing inner cities is the core concern of urban development and thus of urban policy as well. A number of legal and strategic errors can occur in the process of developing and redeveloping locations for retail business. Errors of this kind can jeopardize the success of an entire undertaking. Projects to establish and revitalize retail businesses are warmly welcomed and promoted by communities, and, as a result, are often centrally managed. Not infrequently, specific stumbling blocks may arise for investors and developers at the municipal level. Legal regulations and judicial decisions may pose significant hurdles that entail major economic risks, not only when developing new retail businesses but also when restructuring existing retail locations. This handbook is written in a user-friendly and clear manner. The needs of real-world practice dictate the depth of the handbook's presentation and relative weight given to legal, economic, and strategic aspects. In keeping with this approach, an in-depth presentation is provided when the details matter. The handbook includes examples, forms, and templates, thus ensuring immediate applicability to day-to-day professional practice.

This book describes the significant aspects and special features of the corporate law mandate from commencement of the mandate to its conclusion, and includes advisory as well as litigation aspects of the mandate for the various parties to the proceedings. This work's high level of practical usability is enhanced by editorially emphasized tips for the legal practice, references to important individual aspects, case and formulation examples as well as fundamental case law decisions.

Corporate law is a very complex area of law. This new edition of the “Practical Manual of Corporate Law” offers practice-based knowledge related to every type of company, both for the establishment of company structures as well as for procedural practice. The authors, who are well-versed in the field, take tax considerations into account. The contents are designed to serve the needs of attorneys: the manual includes a discussion of legal principles along with typical practical examples, over 360 templates (with online access), and numerous checklists.

This handbook presents the significant labor law principles and problems concerning employees assigned abroad in an application-oriented manner. In addition, it addresses the applicable legal aspects of the work relationship specific to the posting abroad with regard to income tax and social insurance.

Volume 5 considers the liability of Internet providers, the protection of personal data, and the criminal liability of users and firms. It offers practical explanations of laws pertaining to telemedia, telecommunications, databases, IT security, and media criminal liability.

Volume 4 offers a practical presentation of press law and broadcasting law. It also includes sports law and theater law along with legal questions related to child protection and protection of personal images.

Volume 3 deals with the relationships between firms in relation to media products. It examines issues of media concentration in the fields of music, the press, and broadcasting as well as related topics in copyright law, competition law, brand-name law, and domain rights, including protection of work titles, seals, and logos.

Volume 2 provides a practice-oriented presentation of the content and scope of copyright protection for media products. It explains copyright laws applicable to different categories of works and offers suggestions for contract design.

Volume 1 presents the full range of European media law with a practical orientation. It covers EU directive policy along with the problems encountered in translating Community law into national contexts. In addition, the Handbook discusses issues related to the practical enforcement of claims and licensing rights in the realm of intellectual property.

This work explains the regulations in the newly created Maritime Labor Act. It reviews the Act’s areas of application and definitions, describes differences between labor relationships with crew and trainees, and discusses on-board controls and emergencies. It presents specific issues that pertain to the fishing industry. It includes a checklist of required on board labor law documentation and a listing of the relevant laws.

The Practical Handbook offers an updated presentation of penal provisions regarding commercial copyrights. In a single volume, it compiles previously dispersed treatments of intellectual property criminal law, furnishing useful practical tips and sample boilerplate. The authors incorporate many years of experience in practice, including well-publicized major cases, to give the reader a first-hand account of the law and legal tactics.

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the legal regulations, contractual practices, and typical problems arising in international commercial transactions. The discussion is enhanced through practical examples, figures, templates, and checklists. The appendix contains important sample clauses and standard regulations. The work is addressed to attorneys and economists with legal experience.

The term “app” typically refers to software applications run on mobile devices. The market for apps has grown explosively in recent years. From a legal point of view, however, mobile apps largely represent uncharted territory. Many important legal questions have yet to be clarified. This volume explains the legal basis for the creation, sale, and use of mobile applications.

The law surrounding dismissal from employment based on conduct is of significant importance in labor law practice. Almost no other aspect of labor law is more dependent on the specific circumstances of each case – and, by extension, on the judge’s legal assessment – than dismissal based on the perceived violation of the duties arising out of an employment relationship. Nevertheless, there are firm prerequisites for dismissal based on conduct as well as typical case scenarios.

With practical usefulness in mind, this volume summarizes the case law of Germany’s labor law courts with a view to typical case scenarios, both in terms of material facts and legal proceedings. In order to illuminate the scope and limits of dismissal based on conduct, typical circumstances leading to an ordinary and extraordinary dismissal are presented systematically from A–Z along with source references to legal scholarship and case decisions.

In modern employment practice, the question of who falls under the jurisdiction of German labor law (employees, freelancers, employers, works councils, labor unions, representatives for the disabled, employer’s associations, etc.) is an increasingly salient issue faced by foreign firms and firm owners, human resource, tax, and legal departments, as well as investors and foreign employees.

Specifically, many firms have questions concerning the application of German law for establishing, managing, and terminating employment contracts with foreign or German workers within Germany. In this connection, issues frequently arise concerning foreign assignment, residency, and visa law, and an extremely wide range of legal provisions must be taken into account, including the AGG (General Non-Discrimination Act), BetrVG (German Employees Representation Act), Tarifrecht (Collective Bargaining Law), BUrlG (German Federal Leave Act), TzBfG (Part-Time Work and Fixed-Term Employment Act), AÜG (Employee Transfer Act), BDSG (German Federal Data Protection Act), KSchG (German Protection Against Dismissal Act), EntgeltfortzahlungsG (Continued Remuneration Act), GewO (German Industrial Code), and MutterschutzG (Maternity Protection Act).

Beyond this, secondary questions related to income tax law, international taxation, and social security law may arise. Against this complex backdrop, the present work intends to answer questions most frequently asked by foreigners when dealing with German employment law.

Data privacy is becoming ever-more important for firms, not least because it impacts so many areas, including a firm's website, electronic business transactions, HR databases, and customer management. Who is subject to data privacy obligations, and what rights can be asserted? How do social networks affect data privacy requirements? This work provides answers to all questions related to corporate data security.

The German Mediation Act introduced new rules for mediation procedures and for the duties and rights of the mediator. It also set standards for educational courses, and replaced the system of judicial mediation with mediation by “conciliation judges” (Güterichter). The handbook explains these regulations, providing a detailed presentation of issues relevant to mediation practice while also offering forms and templates.

New EU directives on energy efficiency stipulate that municipalities must modernize their street lighting by 2017. This practical handbook helps those responsible for implementing EU directives to meet this difficult task. It offers comprehensive information on all aspects of street lighting as a cost factor and runs the gamut thematically, from street lighting as a municipal "problem child" to a field of business with potential.

Not only in the private sphere but also in the world of business, social media have become an integral element in internal and external communication. Social media are evolving – and being transformed into services, products, and organizational structures. This work examines all of the common contemporary legal issues related to social media.

This book is a comprehensive guide to all practically relevant areas of leasing law. It offers professionals practical solutions to leasing law problems of all sorts – from drafting a contract to conducting foreclosure proceedings. Particular attention is devoted to new consumer protections and recent German Supreme Court decisions that have significant implications for leasing practices.

Cloud computing is one of the hottest topics in recent memory. It promises great benefits, from the uncomplicated use of desired applications to cost savings from the more economical use of resources. Yet the network scenario that underlies “the cloud” raises a number of security concerns along with multiple legal issues. This exhaustive presentation of the subject provides a well-substantiated exploration of all of the legal problems associated with cloud computing and offers meaningful advice for resolving them in practice.

Professionals involved in company and personnel management are facing increasingly difficult tasks concerning the correct handling of the numerous specialized employment contracts in terms of employment law, income tax and social insurance law. In this context, there are a number of - often unknown - legal and factual aspects to consider during preparation and initiation, contract drafting, implementation as well as termination of the employment relationship.

This handbook presents the current legal framework of the law on concession agreements and fees in the fields of energy and water supply. The unsettled legal and factual issues and the diverse opinions within the fields and the involved public authorities are presented.

The handbook integrates criminal insolvency law with the law of criminal procedure and of commercial, corporate, and bankruptcy law. As a result, the work offers practitioners of criminal law an exposition on all the necessary legal foundations along with practical approaches for managing cases related to criminal insolvency law. Insolvency trustees will obtain helpful assistance to avoid mistakes with potentially criminal relevance.

The handbook offers easy-to-understand knowledge of cartel law in the energy sector. Practical yet rigorous, the work is designed to be the primary reference work for practitioners, with supplementary tips, examples, and information on court rulings. It provides background information on current legislation as well as suggestions for everyday legal practice.

This practical handbook deals with all questions regarding the German register of vessels. It explains the organization and management of the vessel register, including the register for seagoing and inland waterway vessels. Certificates relating to the ship, the shipbuilding register, a change of register, certificates, legal remedies and the cost of ship registration matters are explained and complemented with practical examples, applications, and registration samples. Courts and notary practices, libraries and shipping companies are provided with a current overview from practitioners for practitioners.

The Handbook of American Legal Practice is particularly targeted to German attorneys that encounter American or English law in their daily practice but may also prove a useful aid to economists and senior management of internationally active companies. The presentation especially focuses on the fields of civil procedural law, criminal procedural law as well as contract law and also provides the reader with sample forms and contracts (in English).

This book addresses copyright claims and their effective enforcement, explaining substantive and procedural law together. It provides an overview of copyright law, emphasizing aspects that are particularly relevant to the practice of legal enforcement. The second edition deals with the fundamental challenges posed by generative AI.

Climate protection, the energy transition, and digitalization: the energy industry is currently undergoing a fundamental process of transformation. At the same time, consumers have a right to serious, fair energy prices. This volume provides practice-based responses to all issues of pricing. After a systematic introduction to the topic, experts and practitioners present its current features.

The third edition contains all of the changes made in the tenth and eleventh amendments to the German Competition Act, which have completely transformed antitrust law. Classic antitrust law problems manifest in business life as early as during the drafting of contracts and while negotiating the terms of procurements and sales. This volume provides companies with practical solutions to their questions about antitrust law.

This practical handbook presents the principles of providing access to film in libraries and developing audiovisual holdings. In the age of one-click culture, libraries and media libraries are having to develop their physical media offerings alongside new digital video streaming offerings. Together with video on demand services, factors like data management and exchange, interoperability, and the linking of film data are gaining in significance.

The work deals with the statutory and regulatory obligations in place to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. It describes in detail the multifaceted obligations that the Money Laundering Act (GwG) and other laws give rise to and how they can be implemented in practice. It covers the new EU Money Laundering Regulation, the new EU Money Laundering Directive, the AMLA Regulation, and the Fighting Financial Crime Act.

Inclusive libraries provide equal access to information, education, and culture for people with and without disabilities. The prerequisite is accessibility – in architecture, media offerings, communication, and (online) services. This practical handbook supports libraries on their way to becoming more inclusive, clarifies the legal framework, presents inclusive concepts and projects, and reports on good examples from practice.

This volume outlines best practice for responsible company management. It provides support in all issues relating to risk management, organization, and company compliance. The third edition takes into account all the changes that have taken place in relation to whistleblowing and money laundering. It also addresses the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

This classic of expropriation compensation utilizes a unique, proven format to provide public authorities, courts (construction divisions, civil courtrs of appeal, administrative courts), and legal practitioners in this field, as well as persons affected by it, with extensive, relible information about the issues relating to the reasons for compensating expropriation and its assessment – with the help of alphabetically ordered keywords.

The Practical Handbook of IT Principles for Librarians provides a clear introduction to central aspects of IT applications for librarians. The second edition has been completely revised and expanded with, e.g., a chapter on software methodology. Basic topics such as data modeling, data security, and network structures have also be reconceptualized and updated.

Das Werk führt den Leser anhand typischer Praxisbeispiele in die komplexe Materie Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) ein und erläutert die rechtlichen, steuerlichen, betriebswirtschaftlichen und organisatorischen Grundlagen. Praxistipps, Checklisten und Musterformulierungen helfen bei der Umsetzung. Anhand von praktischen Erfahrungswerten werden bewährte Lösungsvorschläge aufgezeigt.

Libraries are caught in an ethical balancing act with their acquisition decisions: on the one hand, they must uphold freedom of expression and information, and use their collections to reflect the plurality of society. On the other, they are only supposed to offer vetted, ideologically acceptable content. Alongside a theoretical framework, the practical examples in this volume demonstrate paths to developing one’s own position.

This practical handbook provides an overview of the professional field of academic library service against the backdrop of emerging fields of action and roles, as well as changes taking place in the way that academic librarians see themselves in the context of digital transformation. It is less about the shifts taking place in forms of service and organization and more about the actors in academic libraries themselves.