15 research outputs found
Researching the problem: Would an Rights of Nature Concept be THE solution?
No full textWith a focus on the historical-political impact on the protection of the ecosystem, Prof. Dr. Nitschmann referring to Hsiao (2012) began with the Whanganui River case and used this example to show how law can be successfully used as an instrument for status quo conservation over centuries in favour of economic interests in an anthropocentric system, questioning during her reflections if a Rights of Nature concept is THE solution to actual environmental challenges
Journal of International and Digital Communication: Sustainability Perspectives
No full textThe following collection of manuscripts emerged from an international and interdisciplinary Virtual Exchange that took place during Covid-19 Pandemic in March/April 2021 organised by Prof. Milena Valeva and Prof. Kathrin Nitschmann. Covid 19 had -and still has in parts of the world- led to severe restrictions of fundamental liberties worldwide and thus enhanced debates on ethics and human rights. This debate appeared as a common denominator connecting citizens in countries all over the world. One of the concrete consequences for students was certainly the reduction of mobility, not only in the sense of not being allowed to visit the university but also in canceling planned international exchanges. In this context, the virtual exchange offered a chance not only to overcome the still lasting restrictions on mobility but also to exchange daily life experiences of students in Covid-times, merging into restrictions and/or violation of human rights in a legal and ethical dimension. Students from Peru, Israel and Bulgaria participated in the virtual exchange, which was supported by the International Teaching Award of Trier University of Applied Sciences, within the frame of of a summer school and had the opportunity to work synchronously and asynchronously in international and interdisciplinary teams on the topic COVID-19 - ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS - EXPLORING INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS. Colleagues from Cape Town, Peru, Spain and Israel supported the event by their professional presentations. This special issue and at the same time first issue of the JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION: SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVES is a collection of the manuscripts of the speakers, which at the same time reflects the diversity of the topics discussed and the international perspectives. Since this is a compilation of manuscripts, the authors were responsible for the scientific formulation of the texts.
Content:
Letlhokwa George Mpedi:
Freedom of trade, occupation and profession in times of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
Larissa Glidja-Yao:
Impact of COVID-19 on company & insolvency law: An overview of Luxemburgish responses
Kathrin Nitschmann:
On the development of compulsory vaccation in Germany in the interplay between general health protection and individual self-determination - a never-ending story?
Diego Zegarra Valdivia:
The use of technological tools in the fight against COVID-19 & its implications on the fundamental right to the protection of personal data - an approach
José Joaquín Fernández Alles:
Human rights in the new pact on migration on [and] asylum of European Union: An open society or closed society
Milena Valeva & Yotam Lurie:
Spinning ethical plates in times of pandemic and sustainabilit
Journal of International and Digital Communication: Sustainability Perspectives [new layout]
No full textThe following collection of manuscripts emerged from an international and interdisciplinary Virtual Exchange that took place during Covid-19 Pandemic in March/April 2021 organised by Prof. Milena Valeva and Prof. Kathrin Nitschmann. Covid 19 had -and still has in parts of the world- led to severe restrictions of fundamental liberties worldwide and thus enhanced debates on ethics and human rights. This debate appeared as a common denominator connecting citizens in countries all over the world. One of the concrete consequences for students was certainly the reduction of mobility, not only in the sense of not being allowed to visit the university but also in canceling planned international exchanges. In this context, the virtual exchange offered a chance not only to overcome the still lasting restrictions on mobility but also to exchange daily life experiences of students in Covid-times, merging into restrictions and/or violation of human rights in a legal and ethical dimension. Students from Peru, Israel and Bulgaria participated in the virtual exchange, which was supported by the International Teaching Award of Trier University of Applied Sciences, within the frame of of a summer school and had the opportunity to work synchronously and asynchronously in international and interdisciplinary teams on the topic COVID-19 - ETHICAL DILEMMAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS - EXPLORING INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS. Colleagues from Cape Town, Peru, Spain and Israel supported the event by their professional presentations. This special issue and at the same time first issue of the JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND DIGITAL COMMUNICATION: SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVES is a collection of the manuscripts of the speakers, which at the same time reflects the diversity of the topics discussed and the international perspectives. Since this is a compilation of manuscripts, the authors were responsible for the scientific formulation of the texts.
Content:
Letlhokwa George Mpedi:
Freedom of trade, occupation and profession in times of the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
Larissa Glidja-Yao:
Impact of COVID-19 on company & insolvency law: An overview of Luxemburgish responses
Kathrin Nitschmann:
On the development of compulsory vaccation in Germany in the interplay between general health protection and individual self-determination - a never-ending story?
Diego Zegarra Valdivia:
The use of technological tools in the fight against COVID-19 & its implications on the fundamental right to the protection of personal data - an approach
José Joaquín Fernández Alles:
Human rights in the new pact on migration on [and] asylum of European Union: An open society or closed society
Milena Valeva & Yotam Lurie:
Spinning ethical plates in times of pandemic and sustainabilit
Der Schutz des Tieres im deutschen Strafrecht (La protection de l’animal en droit pénal allemand)
No full textMediation an der Grenze zwischen Prävention und Repression. Eine bleibende Herausforderung für die juristische Ausbildung
No full textEcology and the protection of fundamental rights: status quo and development potential in the light of the precautionary principle
No full textAlready more than 50 years ago, against the backdrop of the "earth science" findings of the time, voices could be heard in the legal literature expressing concern about the planet's carrying capacity, calling for consistent political rethinking and action and explicitly questioning consumer behavior and the ongoing pursuit of economic growth. The realization that the limits of environmental resources must be respected, and that growth must be shaped effectively within this framework has therefore been omnipresent not only since the "Our Common Future" report by the "World Commission on Environment and Development", or "Brundtland Commission" for short, in 1987 (United Nations General Assembly, 1987). Nevertheless, the current planetary status quo shows that the era of environmentally friendly economic development has by no means been effectively ushered in since then; on the contrary, implementation deficits or a lack of effectiveness of environmental protection measures against the excessive use of ecological resources are to be deplored. The demand for an ecological transformation of society is one of the most urgent on the political agenda and continues then as now, albeit partly with new terminology, at the level of jurisprudence: Currently, it is discussions about intertemporal freedom rights, nature's own rights and the greening of law that dominate the picture. However, the demand for ecologically oriented protection of fundamental rights is not new: the idea of protecting nature from excessive human behavior - also with a view to the generations of tomorrow and their chances of realizing a life in freedom in the future - is reflected not least in the precautionary principle, which is internationally recognized as a legal principle. Its ecological potential will be briefly explored below, culminating in an overview of constitutional tendencies towards an ecologically oriented protection of fundamental rights from a German perspective. This overview at the same time serves as an introduction for selected legal, ethical and social aspects of case studies in Latin America done by students in the context of a Human Rights interdisciplinary seminar in Wintersemester 2023/2024
On the development of compulsory vaccination in Germany in the interplay between general health protection and individual self-determination - a never-ending story? [new layout]
No full textThe study traces the development of compulsory vaccination in Germany against the background of political discussion and legislative activities, focusing on the area of tension between state health protection and the right to medical self-determination in the context of constitutional balancing. It is based on the assumption that the right to medical self-determination traditionally dominates state decisions in a democratic constitutional state and that the scope for decision-making is constantly being further contoured in the face of current challenges
On the development of compulsory vaccination in Germany in the interplay between general health protection and individual self-determination - a never-ending story?
No full textThe study traces the development of compulsory vaccination in Germany against the background of political discussion and legislative activities, focusing on the area of tension between state health protection and the right to medical self-determination in the context of constitutional balancing. It is based on the assumption that the right to medical self-determination traditionally dominates state decisions in a democratic constitutional state and that the scope for decision-making is constantly being further contoured in the face of current challenges
Niemiecki tłumacz‑polonofil Heinrich Nitschmann (1826–1905) i jego gdańskie debiuty literackie
No full textThe article is devoted to Heinrich Nitschmann, a German translator and propagator of Polish literature in Germany, one of the most influential participants in Polish‑German cultural contacts in the second half of the 19th century. The article emphasizes the regional, borderland aspect of the translator’s biography which was connected with Elbląg, paying attention, however, primarily to Nitschmann’s connections with Danzig, which have been overlooked in previous studies. The paper focuses on Nitschmann’s long‑term cooperation with the Danzig bookseller and publisher Karl Theodor Bertling who enabled his debut as a translator (as editor of several anthologies containing his own translations of Polish poetry) and as an author (a collection of essays Erinnerungen an Oliva, expressing both the translator’s emotional bond with Pomerania and the attitude to nature characteristic of the educated German bourgeoisie of the 19th century). The article posits that it was the Danzig publisher who paved the way for Nitschmann to enter the publishing market in Germany: in Leipzig and Dresden, significantly contributing to his later success. Nitschmann’s publications: his translation anthologies and his popular outline of Polish literature (Geschichte der polnischen Litteratur) had many reprints and shaped the image of Polish culture among German audiences of the Wilhelminian era. The example of Nitschmann’s and Bertling’s successful collaboration shows how the synergy of action between translator and publisher – figures often marginalized from a literary‑historical perspective – resulted in greater power in the literary field and in the possibility of influencing Polish‑German literary contacts in the 19th century.The article is devoted to Heinrich Nitschmann, a German translator and propagator of Polish literature in Germany, one of the most influential participants in Polish‑German cultural contacts in the second half of the 19th century. The article emphasizes the regional, borderland aspect of the translator’s biography which was connected with Elbląg, paying attention, however, primarily to Nitschmann’s connections with Danzig, which have been overlooked in previous studies. The paper focuses on Nitschmann’s long‑term cooperation with the Danzig bookseller and publisher Karl Theodor Bertling who enabled his debut as a translator (as editor of several anthologies containing his own translations of Polish poetry) and as an author (a collection of essays Erinnerungen an Oliva, expressing both the translator’s emotional bond with Pomerania and the attitude to nature characteristic of the educated German bourgeoisie of the 19th century). The article posits that it was the Danzig publisher who paved the way for Nitschmann to enter the publishing market in Germany: in Leipzig and Dresden, significantly contributing to his later success. Nitschmann’s publications: his translation anthologies and his popular outline of Polish literature (Geschichte der polnischen Litteratur) had many reprints and shaped the image of Polish culture among German audiences of the Wilhelminian era. The example of Nitschmann’s and Bertling’s successful collaboration shows how the synergy of action between translator and publisher – figures often marginalized from a literary‑historical perspective – resulted in greater power in the literary field and in the possibility of influencing Polish‑German literary contacts in the 19th century.Artykuł jest poświęcony postaci Heinricha Nitschmanna – niemieckiego tłumacza i popularyzatora literatury polskiej w Niemczech, jednego z najbardziej wpływowych uczestników polsko‑niemieckich kontaktów kulturowych w drugiej połowie XIX w. W artykule podkreślono regionalny, pograniczny aspekt biografii tłumacza, związanego całe życie z Elblągiem, zwracając jednak uwagę przede wszystkim na pomijane w dotychczasowych opracowaniach związki Nitschmanna z Gdańskiem. Skupiono się na jego wieloletniej współpracy z gdańskim księgarzem i wydawcą Karlem Theodorem Bertlingiem. Umożliwił on Nitschmannowi debiut translatorski (jako wydawcy antologii własnych przekładów poezji polskiej) i autorski (zbiór esejów Erinnerungen an Oliva, wyrażający zarówno emocjonalną więź tłumacza z Pomorzem, jak i stosunek do natury charakterystyczny dla wykształconego niemieckiego mieszczaństwa XIX w.). W artykule postawiono tezę, że to gdański wydawca utorował Nitschmannowi drogę na rynek wydawniczy w Niemczech: w Lipsku i Dreźnie, w istotny sposób przyczyniając się do jego późniejszych sukcesów. Publikacje Nitschmanna: jego antologie przekładowe oraz popularny zarys literatury polskiej (Geschichte der polnischen Litteratur) miały wiele wznowień i kształtowały obraz polskiej kultury wśrod niemieckich odbiorców epoki wilhelmińskiej. Przykład udanej współpracy Nitschmanna i Bertlinga pokazuje, jak synergia działań tłumacza i wydawcy – postaci z perspektywy historycznoliterackiej często marginalizowanych – przekładała się na władzę w polu literackim i możliwość wpływu na polsko‑niemieckie kontakty literackie w XIX w
