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It matters whether we believe in God or not. No one can prove that there isn’t a god and no one can prove that there is. However we can find signposts. In an interesting new book, A New Vision: A Fresh Beginning, Alexander Woolley looks for them and claims to have identified them. Current Christianity is often like a Christmas tree hidden under a canopy of decorations which camouflage the truth. All sorts of improbable ideas have been developed without there being convincing evidence to support the claims made. This book throws these decorations away and finds a real tree underneath it all. This is done by looking for the source of the Fourth Gospel. The access to information about discussions and decisions in the High Priest’s household and entourage is explained because the very young witness had business there, was intensely curious and addicted to running. They knew he was associating with Jesus but his charm and youth enabled him to get away with this. The witness was a constant companion of Simon Peter, but, like Peter, he was illiterate and so his vivid tales of Jesus were unknown until the theologian writer of the Gospel met the witness late on in the lives of them both. The writer was so excited by the discovery that he composed the Gospel. The two met in Ephesus, in modern Turkey, after the witness had saved the life of someone in the public baths there, and so aroused the amazement of the writer. The Gospel was the result of this encounter. Tombs to two Johns were recorded there and A New Vision suggests that these were the tombs of the two Johns responsible for the last canonical Gospel. A compelling, fascinating read for anyone interested in theology.

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Alexander Cockburn was without question one of the most influential journalists of his generation, whose writing stems from the best tradition of Mark Twain, H. L. Mencken and Tom Paine. Colossal Wreck, his final work, finished shortly before his death in July 2012, exemplifies the prodigious literary brio that made Cockburn's name.Whether ruthlessly exposing Beltway hypocrisy, pricking the pomposity of those in power, or tirelessly defending the rights of the oppressed, Cockburn never pulled his punches and always landed a blow where it mattered. In this panoramic work, covering nearly two decades of American culture and politics, he explores subjects as varied as the sex life of Bill Clinton and the best way to cook wild turkey. He stands up for the rights of prisoners on death row and exposes the chicanery of the media and the duplicity of the political elite. As he pursues a serpentine path through the nation, he charts the fortunes of friends, famous relatives, and sworn enemies alike to hilarious effect.This is a thrilling trip through the reefs and shoals of politics and everyday life. Combining a passion for the places, the food and the people he encountered on dozens of cross-country journeys, Cockburn reports back over seventeen years of tumultuous change among what he affectionately called the "thousand landscapes" of the United States.

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Into this personal account, Oldham weaves a brilliant historical reconstruction of life in a cultured and prosperous Berlin - until the darkening shadows of Hitler's anti-semitic laws steadily reduced the freedoms that he enjoyed and threatened his very existence. Why? Alexander's family was Jewish by birth but generations before, had converted to Lutheranism, an act which was to provide no defence in Hitler's Germany. Writing, remarkably, without animosity, Alexander Oldham combines the warmth of his childhood and his intriguing family life with a meticulous and historical exploration of the brutal political processes that forced him, aged twelve, to flee his Berlin childhood to take on a new identity and make a new life in Britain.

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In the English-speaking world, the Spanish Civil War is perhaps best remembered through the exploits of thousands of foreign volunteers from across the globe who joined the International Brigades - a force of communists, socialists and others who took their opposition to fascism to extraordinary lengths. Their passionate political commitment to Spain's cause and determination in battle placed them among the crack troops of the Republic's People's Army. Yet while much has been written about the political, social and cultural significance of the brigades and their experience in Spain, less has been said about their performance as front-line troops. It is this military history that Alexander Clifford focuses on in vivid detail in this highly illustrated new study which reassess their impact within the Republican People's Army. His account tells the story of the brigades as combat units, tracing the course of each major battle in which they fought and showing the drastic changes they underwent as the war progressed - from an untrained militia in 1936, to the tried and tested shock troops of 1937, to a shadow of their former selves by 1938 after repeated maulings and the introduction of Spanish conscripts to fill their ranks.

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More than eighty years after his death, Nietzsche’s writings and his career remain disquieting, disturbing, obscure. His most famous views—the will to power, the eternal recurrence, the Übermensch, the master morality—often seem incomprehensible or, worse, repugnant. Yet he remains a thinker of singular importance, a great opponent of Hegel and Kant, and the source of much that is powerful in figures as diverse as Wittgenstein, Derrida, Heidegger, and many recent American philosophers.Alexander Nehamas provides the best possible guide for the perplexed. He reveals the single thread running through Nietzsche’s views: his thinking of the world on the model of a literary text, of people as if they were literary characters, and of knowledge and science as if they were literary interpretation. Beyond this, he advances the clarity of the concept of textuality, making explicit some of the forces that hold texts together and so hold us together. Nehamas finally allows us to see that Nietzsche is creating a literary character out of himself, that he is, in effect, playing the role of Plato to his own Socrates.Nehamas discusses a number of opposing views, both American and European, of Nietzsche’s texts and general project, and reaches a climactic solving of the main problems of Nietzsche interpretation in a step-by-step argument. In the process he takes up a set of very interesting questions in contemporary philosophy, such as moral relativism and scientific realism. This is a book of considerable breadth and elegance that will appeal to all curious readers of philosophy and literature.

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WINNER OF THE SOCIETY FOR MILITARY HISTORY'S DISTINGUISHED BOOK AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY AND THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019, AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'A masterpiece. It deserves to become a classic of military history' Lawrence James, The TimesFrom the prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, a gripping history of the First World War's longest and most terrible siegeIn the autumn of 1914 Europe was at war. The battling powers had already suffered casualties on a scale previously unimaginable. On both the Western and Eastern fronts elaborate war plans lay in ruins and had been discarded in favour of desperate improvisation. In the West this resulted in the remorseless world of the trenches; in the East all eyes were focused on the old, beleaguered Austro-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl.The siege that unfolded at Przemysl was the longest of the whole war. In the defence of the fortress and the struggle to relieve it Austria-Hungary suffered some 800,000 casualties. Almost unknown in the West, this was one of the great turning points of the conflict. If the Russians had broken through they could have invaded Central Europe, but by the time the fortress fell their strength was so sapped they could go no further.Alexander Watson, prize-winning author of Ring of Steel, has written one of the great epics of the First World War. Comparable to Stalingrad in 1942-3, Przemysl shaped the course of Europe's future. Neither Russians nor Austro-Hungarians ever recovered militarily from their disasters. Using a huge range of sources, Watson brilliantly recreates a world of long-gone empires, broken armies and a cut-off community sliding into chaos. The siege was central to the war itself, but also a chilling harbinger of what would engulf the entire region in the coming decades, as nationalism, anti-semitism and an exterminatory fury took hold.'If you read one military history book this year, make it Alexander Watson's The Fortress' Tony Barber, Financial Times

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Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester will love this gripping, all-guns-blazing naval adventure from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent - full of passion and compassion, you'll won't be able to put this one down...!'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times'Shipwreck, survival ... a spirited battle ... a splendid yarn'' -- The Times'Another cracking yarn' -- ***** Reader review'Leaves you breathless' -- ***** Reader review'Yet another awesome tale from the master storyteller'-- ***** Reader review'Draws you in and keeps you engaged the whole way'-- ***** Reader review'Excellent book, you feel you are there in the middle of the fighting' -- ***** Reader review*********************************************************************************1802: Richard Bolitho is summoned to the Admiralty in London and given his orders for a difficult and, to him, distasteful task. Even an advanced promotion to vice-admiral does not compensate for his sudden and thankless mission. Bolitho and his wife are expecting their first child, and for once he is loath to quit the land for the demands of duty.The Peace of Amiens, signed a few weeks earlier, is already showing signs of strain as the old enemies wrangle over the return of colonial possessions won and lost during the war. In the little sixty-four-gun AchatesBolitho sails West for Boston, and thence to the Caribbean where he must hand over the island of San Felipe to the French.Bolitho discovers that to be a man of diplomacy is not enough, and as threat and counter-threat weave a web of intrigue around his lonely command, he balances success against the danger to the men who must follow him even to the cannon's mouth.

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With the epic scenes of action, powerful characterisation and the authentic period detail that we have come to expect from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, this all-action naval adventure is perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester. You'll be hooked from page one!'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times'Shipwreck, survival ... a spirited battle ... a splendid yarn' -- The Times'I recommend it to anyone who liked Sharp, Hornblower and Master and Commander...this series is the daddy!' -- ***** Reader review'This whole series of books is brilliant.' -- ***** Reader review'The story line was gripping, felt the sea in my face and guns in my ears' -- ***** Reader review'These books by Alexander Kent are very well written. I find them riveting and always find myself engrossed completely when I begin reading.' -- ***** Reader review************************************************************************************1801: After eight years of war between Britain and France there is at last a rumour of peace. But the old enemies are well aware that any settlement will be only a breathing space in which to recover from their terrible losses. To obtain the best terms the French muster a show of strength from Biscay to the Channel ports. At the British Admiralty there are some who see a daring opportunity to even the score at any negotiation table - and who better to undertake it than the young Rear Admiral Bolitho!Bolitho's small squadron is still repairing the scars of battle earned at Copenhagen - and as he receives his orders from London, he is, for the first time in his life, torn between the demands of duty and his real desire to marry.When the squadron sails it is joined by an additional ship, a frigate with many memories from the past.But where Bolitho's flag leads so his captains must follow, if necessary to the brink of disaster - for theirs is a tradition of victory.Bolitho's adventures continue in Success to the Brave.

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This naval page-turner from the pen of the master storyteller of the sea, multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent, is full of action, political intrigue and personal tragedy and is perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester. Dive in and get straight to the heart of the action!'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times'Shipwreck, survival ... a spirited battle ... a splendid yarn'' -- The Times'Really good book, needed to keep turning the pages' -- ***** Reader review'This series is the daddy!' -- ***** Reader review'A jolly good read' -- ***** Reader review'Great novel, great writing, always guaranteed to keep me interested' -- ***** Reader review'Excellent read, you're there with Boltho!' -- ***** Reader review'Exciting throughout. Brilliant!' -- ***** Reader review***************************************************************************************************1803: Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds himself the new master of the Argonaute, a French flagship taken in battle. With the Peace of Amiens in ruins, he must leave the safety of Falmouth. What lies ahead is the grim reality of war at close quarters - where Bolitho will be called upon to anticipate the overall intention of the French fleet. But the battle has also become a personal vendetta between himself and the French admiral who formerly sailed the Argonaute. Bolitho and his men are driven to a final rendezvous where no quarter is asked or given.

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It is January 1819, and Captain Adam Bolitho ships out from Falmouth bound for Freetown, on the old the slave coast of Africa. H.M.S. Onward carries sealed orders in the strongbox below deck. But why all the secrecy and apparent urgency? And why Onward, so soon after the Mediterranean, and that bloody action with Nautilus? On their way back into port having completed their mission, the crew of the Onward spy the debris of an allied frigate, destroyed as if taken by surprise. Bodies are strewn among the shark-infested waters and no enemy in sight. A single word frozen on the lips of the dead. Mutiny. The men begin to question who is friend and who is foe. All is not well aboard the Onward; envy and hunger for power consume some of the crew, but they must band together and risk their lives, in the name of the King. A searing and gripping tale of trouble on the high seas, and of the weakness of the human spirit, In the King's Name heralds the return of our greatest living maritime writer and the legendary Adam Bolitho.. All is not well aboard the Onward; envy and hunger for power consume some of the crew, but they must band together and risk their lives together, in the name of the King. A searing and gripping tale of trouble on the high seas, and of the weakness of the human spirit, In the King's Name heralds the return of our greatest living maritime writer and the legendary Adam Bolitho.

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If you like Patrick O'Brian and C. S. Forester, you will love this all-guns-blazing naval page-turner from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent - guaranteed to have you hooked from page one!'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times'Shipwreck, survival ... a spirited battle ... a splendid yarn' -- The Times'Gripping to the end' -- ***** Reader review'Difficult to put down' -- ***** Reader review'Superb' -- ***** Reader review'Riveting' -- ***** Reader review'Exceptionally well written' -- ***** Reader review'What a story!' -- ***** Reader review***********************************************************************************************1804: England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, expecting an invasion any day. Entrusted with an urgent mission for the King, Vice-Admiral Richard Bolitho hoists his flag above the veteran seventy-four-gun ship Hyperion and sets sail with a new squadron for the Caribbean.Plagued by the knowledge that both his troubled marriage and the eye injured in his last battle with Contre-Amiral Jobert are worsening, Bolitho is eager to leave England less than three months after his return home. But even his beloved old ship Hyperion, hastily restored from an ignominious existence as a hulk, is full of tormenting memories and lost faces.Having navigated several battles along the way, he is roused in Antigua from his darkness of soul by the rediscovery of a passion which defies convention and every risk to his reputation.His future is full of uncertainty as he sails east to Gibraltar, for a rendezvous that all who follow his flag will remember...

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Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace PrizeShortlisted for the Prix Femina 2022Shortlisted for the Prix Médicis 2022'An impressively realistic novel of German soldiers on the Eastern Front' Antony Beevor'Starritt's daring work challenges us to lay bare our histories, to seek answers from the past, and to be open to perspectives starkly different from our own' New York TimesWhen a young British man asks his German grandfather what it was like to fight on the wrong side of the war, the question is initially met with irritation and silence. But after the old man's death, a long letter to his grandson is found among his things. That letter is this book. In it, he relates the experiences of an unlikely few days on the Eastern Front - at a moment when he knows not only that Germany is going to lose the war, but that it deserves to. He writes about his everyday experience amid horror, confusion and great bravery, and he asks himself what responsibility he bears for the circumstances he found himself in. As he tries to find an answer he can live with, we hear from his grandson what kind of man he became in the seventy years after the war.We Germans is a fundamentally human novel that grapples with the most profound of questions about guilt, shame and responsibility - questions that remain as live today as they have always been.

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A young sailor with the weight of the world on his shoulders, a brother in the line of fire, and the greatest naval battle of all time…Jutland, 1916: In the icy waters of the North Sea, the Royal Navy awaits the challenge of the Kaiser’s High Sea Fleet.Sub-lieutenant Nick Everard could never have imagined the terror he would face as his destroyer races to launch its torpedoes into the blazing guns of a horizon obscured by dreadnoughts.But when the steering-gear on HMS Warspite jams, it is up to Nick, along with his brother, Hugh, to save thousands of lives.Dramatic, action-packed and brimming with suspense, The Blooding of the Guns launches the epic career of Nicholas Everard, and is perfect for fans of C. S. Forrester, Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.Praise for Alexander Fullerton‘The most meticulously researched war novels that I have ever read’ Len Deighton‘His action passages are superb and he never puts a period foot wrong’ Observer‘The research is unimpeachable and the scent of battle quite overwhelming’ Sunday Times

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As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump claimed he would only hire "the best people." It hasn't quite turned out that way. From high-flying former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, whose penchant for first-class travel and a highly suspect housing arrangement raised Washington's collective eyebrow, to Education Secretary Betsy Devos, who vowed to protect children from "potential grizzlies," members of the Trump Cabinet have shown a startling penchant for headline-grabbing behavior. Despite Trump's pledge to "drain the swamp," petty corruption abounds. But what's really going on in the executive branch?In The Best People, journalist Alexander Nazaryan takes readers deep inside the Trump government. Nazaryan shows how laughable "scandals" like Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson's attempted purchased of a $31,000 dining set have masked far more important and potentially devastating developments: a coordinated, systematic effort by extreme right-wing Republicans to shred established institutions. Dogged in their conviction that the scope of government (apart from the military) should be reduced, Trump's Cabinet secretaries--many of them smarter than their gaffe-prone personalities might indicate--are dismantling the federal bureaucracy, showing long-term employees the door and gutting regulations. The result is a leaner, dumber government--one that will be far less equipped to protect the interests of regular Americans. The consequences will be felt for decades to come.In the tradition of Fire and Fury and It's Even Worse Than You Think, The Best People will be a riveting, harrowing, and essential read of Trump-era Washington.

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" La revolución feminista geek " es una colección de ensayos de Kameron Hurley sobre feminismo, la cultura, experiencias personales, las relaciones de poder o las redes sociales. Comprende numerosas entradas de su blog, así como ensayos escritos específicamente para este libro. Con un estilo beligerante y directo, al tiempo que cuidadosamente elaborado, reflexiona sobre cuestiones como la lucha contra la invisibilización de las mujeres, la perseverancia necesaria para progresar como escritora, la importancia del cambio cultural... que encuentran eco en muchas personas, interesadas o no en la cultura geek. Su escritura elocuente, provocadora y brutalmente honesta, es universal.

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Cómo la inmigración está cambiando el semblante de Europa y nuestra vida cotidiana Massimo Franco Cómo la inmigración está cambiando el semblante de Europa y nuestra vida cotidiana Hubo un millón de nuevos inmigrantes en Europa en 2015: es correct

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En la medida en que uno se acerca a las mil facetas de la China actual, se encuentra sorprendido por su incomparable complejidad.Es un país que conserva la tradición y se lanza a la postmodernidad sin frenos ni fronteras.

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Renewable energy sources have become a key research focus in the field of global environmental governance. Within this context, new technical innovations seek to overcome challenges resulting from volatile renewable energy production and a lack of storage capacities. Blockchain, a distributed ledger technology using cryptography, has gained prominence as an integral component within the increasingly decentralized and digitalized global energy infrastructure. Against this background, Alexander Freier argues that the application of blockchain technologies represents a viable option to enhance the efficiency and balancing of renewable energy as well as to subsequently reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if the following three components are met: the ongoing implementation of technological advancements, an adequate global normative framework, and general trust on the part of key market actors to promote blockchain in the energy sector on a global scale. Departing from an analysis of the

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Mit seinem Urteil in der Rechtssache Nikiforidis hat der EuGH im Jahre 2016 bestätigt, dass im internationalen Vertragsrecht über Art. 9 Rom-I-Verordnung nur Eingriffsnormen des Forumstaates und des Erfüllungsstaates Beachtung finden. Eingriffsnormen anderer Herkunft können jedoch innerhalb des auf den Vertrag anwendbaren Rechts als "tatsächliche Umstände" berücksichtigt werden. Alexander Kronenberg stellt das Konzept dieser sachrechtlichen Berücksichtigung auf ein breiteres Fundament, das neben einer Analyse des Art. 9 Rom-I-Verordnung auch die grundrechtliche Dimension in den Blick nimmt. Zudem prüft er, inwieweit die Lösungen der deutschen Rechtsprechung zur Rechtslage vor der Rom-I-Verordnung auf das heute geltende Recht übertragbar sind, und entwickelt ein Gesamtkonzept der sachrechtlichen Berücksichtigung von Eingriffsnormen.

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Nicht zuletzt im Zuge des Dieselskandals hat die Debatte um den kollektiven Rechtsschutz wieder an Fahrt gewonnen. Ein Kernthema von Kollektivverfahren ist die adäquate Repräsentation der Geschädigten. In deren Interesse muss auch bei einer einvernehmlichen Streitbeilegung eine faire und angemessene Lösung gewährleistet werden. Deshalb gehört es zum internationalen Standard, dass ein Vergleich vom Gericht überprüft und genehmigt werden muss, um Bindungswirkung zu erlangen. Für die US-amerikanische class action und das niederländische WCAM kann hier auf langjährige Erfahrungen verwiesen werden. Bei der Musterfeststellungsklage und dem KapMuG fehlen diese jedoch noch. Alexander Eggers untersucht die gerichtliche Kontrollfunktion daher aus rechtsvergleichender Perspektive. Neben ihren Ausgangsbedingungen und Maßstäben berücksichtigt er unter anderem die Frage nach der Entscheidungsgrundlage des Gerichts. Sein Anliegen ist es Lösungsansätze zu finden, die eine effiziente Streitbeilegung ermöglichen und zugleich die Interessen der Repräsentierten wahren.

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Alexander Schnell stellt Überlegungen darüber an, welche Rolle der Sinnbildung und Sinnstiftung unserem Verständnis der "Realität" zukommt. Vom phänomenologischen Standpunkt der Analyse des intentionalen Bewusstseins ausgehend, versucht er aufzuzeigen, dass der grundlegende Bezug zu jeglichem "Realen" nicht durch die Wahrnehmung geleistet wird, sondern durch die Einbildungskraft vermittelt ist. Das "Reale" "haben" wir nicht einfach, es wird aber auch nicht durch den Verstand bloß abstrakt konstruiert, sondern es impliziert Sinnbildungsprozesse, die jeweils durch eine epistemisch legitimierende Dimension ausgezeichnet sind. Über den Versuch hinaus, mit dem Grundmotiv der Phänomenologie (nämlich der Erkenntnisbegründung) ernst zu machen, werden zu diesem Zweck einige bedeutsame Begriffe der Phänomenologie - Sinn, Einbildungskraft, Unbewusstes, Realität, Wahrheit, Zeit, Raum, Mensch, Subjektivität, Transzendenz - wieder aufgenommen und neu behandelt. Hierdurch soll diese wirklichkeitsbildende Funktion der Einbildungskraft herausgestellt werden. Dieser Band bietet einen Überblick über einige Grundpositionen des heutigen phänomenologischen Diskurses, arbeitet aber in erster Linie eine eigenständige Position aus. Und zugleich trägt er zur Realismus-Idealismus-Debatte bei, die in den letzten Jahren dank des "Neuen Realismus" neu entfacht und in welcher der Phänomenologie über ein Jahrhundert nach ihrer Gründung wieder eine bedeutsame Rolle zugestanden wurde.

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Alexander Proelß widmet sich der Vermeidung und Lösung von Rechtsprechungskonflikten zwischen dem Bundesverfassungsgericht einerseits und der überstaatlichen Gerichtsbarkeit, insbesondere dem Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union, dem Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte und dem Internationalen Gerichtshof andererseits. Diese Konflikte können sich aus der Überlagerung gerichtlicher Zuständigkeiten im Rahmen des bestehenden Mehr-Ebenen-Systems der friedlichen Streitbeilegung ergeben. Vom Standpunkt des positiven Rechts aus analysiert der Autor Anwendbarkeit, dogmatische Verortung, Reichweite und Konsequenzen von prozeduralen und prozessualen Mechanismen, die den verfassungsgerichtlichen Prüfungsmaßstab bzw. die entsprechende Kontrolldichte und damit letztlich die Kompetenzen des BVerfG determinieren.

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