Key areas of research
Information Society Law
The ‘Law of the Information Society’ Research Centre was established in 2002 at the Faculty of Law of the University of Regensburg. With five participating chairs, it covers the entire spectrum of information law, ranging from civil law (Prof. Dr Jörg Fritzsche) through criminal law (Prof. Dr Henning Ernst Müller) and public law (Prof. Dr Jürgen Kühling, Prof. Dr Gerrit Manssen) to international law (Prof. Dr Robert Uerpmann-Wittzack).
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Thematic Group on Real Estate and Capital Markets
The ‘Real Estate and Capital Markets’ research cluster at the University of Regensburg is a joint initiative of the Faculties of Law and Economics, with the participation of members of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Physics. The bringing together of these different disciplines offers the opportunity to examine the mechanisms and regulatory framework of the property and capital markets, as well as their interrelationships, on as broad a basis as possible.
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IREBS – Institute for Real Estate Economics
The University of Regensburg is the first public university in the entire German-speaking world to offer a comprehensive, interdisciplinary programme in real estate economics. A total of six specialised chairs, six professorships and nine visiting professorships ensure a comprehensive teaching and research programme.
PhD
Completed PhD projects
| Lukas Seiler | "Bird strikes and the prohibition on killing birds under species protection law in the planning of wind turbines" Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 2025 |
| Ji-Youn Lee | "Planning of onshore wind turbines with particular regard to spatial planning control instruments and the Bavarian 10H distance regulation" Peter Lang Verlag, Berlin 2023 | |
| Fabian Kraus | The ‘ideal-typical police officer’ as a standard of judicial review | |
| Sergey Milutin, née Kozlov | Co-operation between the state and private entities in the field of energy supply | |
| Ursula Obermayr | The implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at local authority level in Bavaria – A study of legal facts and legal policy | |
| Angélica-María Arango-D | The influence of provisions on state objectives on the interpretation of the law and the review of the legality of local development plans, using Article 20a of the Basic Law as an example | |
| Denise Gruber | The public transport levy Legal possibilities and limitations of levy-based financing of local public transport Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, Public Law Papers, 2018 | |
| Fabian Michl | Fundamental Rights of the European Union as Shaped by the Legislator Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck (Constitutional Development in Europe), 2018 | |
| Manuel Wenzl | Permanent Assembly A constitutional and administrative law analysis Dr Kovac Publishers, 2018 | |
| Myeongjin Han | The Independence of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, with particular regard to its organisation as a public-law institution with legal capacity Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2015 | |
| Nikolaus Wank | Legal protection under the three-stage test (Section 11 et seq. (4) of the Interstate Broadcasting Treaty) | |
| Stefan Schick | The Use of Biomass for Energy Purposes within the Meaning of Section 35(1)(6) of the BauGB – Legal Requirements and Administrative Practice Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2014 | |
| Tina Voigt | The Spatial Planning Act 2009 and the Bavarian State Planning Act 2012 Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2013 | |
| Jeanine Greim | Legal Protection in the Event of Procedural Errors in Environmental Law Duncker & Humblot, Papers on Environmental Law, 2013 | |
| Inkook Kay | Regulation as a Manifestation of Guarantee Administration Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2013 | |
| Florian Schrems | Is the current law on cemeteries and burials still fit for purpose? Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2012 | |
| Andreas Alscher | Legal options for integrated local transport planning Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2011 | |
| Franz Guttenberger | Claims for compensation under Section 24(2) and Section 25 of the Federal Soil Protection Act Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2011 | |
| Astrid Kühne | The amendments to the provisions on outlying areas in Section 35 of the BauGB (German Building Code) introduced by the Act on the Adaptation of Construction Law to European Law Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2010 | |
| Marion Robl | The fast-track procedure for development plans for inner-city regeneration Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2010 | |
| Benedikt Grünewald | The Emphasis on Procedural Principles in German Administrative Law through European Union Law Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2010 | |
| Albert J. Schmid | Suitability as a criterion for access to public office, with particular regard to the employer’s right to question Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2009 | |
| Marcus Schnaitter | Possibilities and Limits in Shaping the Programming Mandate of Public Service Broadcasters Lit Verlag, Law of the Information Society, 2008 | |
| Eun Sun Lee | Law on Services and Service Provision in the Hospital Sector Peter Lang Verlag, European University Publications | |
| Stefan Diemer | The Liability of the Governing Bodies of Public-Law Competition Insurance Institutions Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2008 | |
| Anja Rösch | The ‘A’ Model in Federal Motorway Construction Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2007 | |
| Ursula Schneider | The Skimming of Benefits under Section 43 of the Telecommunications Act Lit Verlag, Law of the Information Society, 2007 | |
| Norbert Vogl | The Circular Economy for Electrical and Electronic Equipment Dr Kovac Publishers, 2007 | |
| Eva Billmeier | The Düsseldorf Blocking Order Lit Verlag, Law of the Information Society, 2007 | |
| Jessica Ehrlichmann | The Constitutionality of the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (KJM) and its Activities Lit Verlag, Law of the Information Society, 2007 | |
| Ursula Trettenbach | The Development of Czech Administrative Jurisdiction and Czech Administrative Procedural Law after 1989 Shaker Verlag, Reports from the Field of Law, 2006 | |
| Markus Tändler | Environmental Assessment and Environmental Monitoring in Urban and Regional Planning Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2006 | |
| Anne Lehrke | Pluralism in the Media Lit Verlag, Law of the Information Society, 2006 | |
| Thomas Placzek | General Right of Personality and the Protection of Information and Data under Private Law Lit Verlag, Law of the Information Society, 2006 | |
| Ingrid Wein | Limit Values in Local Authority Wastewater Management By-laws Dr Kovac Publishers, 2006 | |
| André Zorger | The Advisory Board for Urban Design of the City of Regensburg – A study on admissibility under building and local government law Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2005 | |
| Georg Stath | Protection of Minors in the Field of Films and Entertainment Software Lit Verlag, Law of the Information Society, 2005 | |
| Stephan Brunner | Discretionary powers under the new law on the protection of minors in the media – A legal concept that no longer exists? Lit Verlag, Law of the Information Society, 2005 | |
| Marco Heß | The liability of service providers for information on the internet following the amendment of the Teleservices Act Lit Verlag, Information Society Law, 2005 | |
| Jan Skrobotz | Electronic Administrative Procedures – The Electronic Signature in E-Government Duncker & Humblot, Essays on Information Law, Volume 14, 2005 | |
| Simone Koitek | Wind Turbines in Spatial Planning Peter Lang Verlag, Regensburg Contributions to Constitutional and Administrative Law, 2005 | |
| Martin Reich | Neutral Expenditure and its Consideration within the Framework of Tariff Regulation Peter Lang Verlag, European University Publications, 2005 | |
| Antje Kanngießer | Mediation for Conflict Resolution in Planning Approval Procedures: Limitations and Prospects Dr. Kovac Publishers, Papers on Planning, Transport and Technical Law, 2004 | |
| Rudolf Dobmeier | The supplementary procedure under Section 215a(1) of the BauGB, with particular regard to the position of the developer S. Roderer Verlag, Theory and Research in Legal Studies, 2004 | |
| Christian Braun | Harmonisation of urban land-use planning and sectoral planning through Section 7 of the BauGB Shaker Verlag, 2004 | |
| Susanne Radlsbeck | Online Magazines – A Legal Assessment of Journalistic and Editorial Online Services Duncker & Humblot, Papers on Communication Issues, Volume 36, 2004 | |
| Andrea Rinsdorf | The Land-Use Plan as a Municipal Planning Tool Peter Lang Verlag, European University Publications, 2004 | |
| Gerhard Dobmeier | Data Protection in Law Firms S. Roderer Verlag, Theory and Research in Law, 2004 | |
| Agnes Balawejder | Polish Telecommunications Law: Efforts to Transpose and the Current Status of the Acquis Communautaire in Polish Telecommunications Law Prior to Poland’s Accession to the European Union Peter Lang Verlag, Studies of the Institute for Eastern European Law, Munich, 2003 | |
| Holger Steinwede | Preservation of Planning in Town and Country Planning Law through Statute and Judicial Development of the Law Duncker & Humblot, Public Law Series, Volume 937, 2003 | |
| Markus Mairgünther | The Regulation of Content in Internet Services – A Legal Analysis of Legal and Technical Possibilities and Limitations Peter Lang Verlag, European University Publications, 2003 | |
| Jürgen Stadler | Regulations on interventions under nature conservation law in federal motorway planning, illustrated by the example of Bavarian state law Tectum-Verlag, 2002 | |
| Wolfgang Bomba | The constitutionality of advertising restrictions under professional and disciplinary law for members of the liberal professions, illustrated by the regulations governing solicitors, doctors and pharmacists Duncker & Humblot, Public Law Series, Volume 917, 2002 | |
| Jochen Zaremba | The fee for telecommunications licences Shaker Verlag, Reports on Legal Science, 2001 | |
| Barbara Stamm | Tariff Regulation under the Telecommunications Act Duncker & Humblot, Papers on Communications Issues, Volume 28, 2001 | |
| Peter F. Reinke | The Purpose of the Telecommunications Act Peter Lang Verlag, European University Publications, 2001 | |
| Ralph Möller-Bösling | Informal Requests for Information by the Regulatory Authority in Telecommunications Markets Nomos Verlag 2001 | |
| Hyun Im | Local authorities’ discretion in setting charges 2001 | |
| Dirk Friedrich | The obligation of private telecommunications companies to facilitate state surveillance and the recording of telecommunications Shaker Verlag, Reports from the Field of Law, 2001 | |
| Thomas Fischl | Competition regulation in the media sector: between development and reorientation 2001, Peter Lang Verlag, European University Publications | |
| Christina Klein | The Liberalisation of the Telecommunications Market in the European Union, with Particular Reference to the Provision of Universal Service in France and Germany 2000, Verlag Dr. Kovac, Series: Studies in Law | |
| Michael Bernhardt | Einkünfte versus Income Duncker & Humblot, Public Law Papers, 2000 |
Notes
Admission requirements and doctoral procedures
Information and forms relating to this, as well as the current doctoral regulations, can be found on the Faculty of Law’s website.
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Guidance on writing legal papers
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Basic principles of academic integrity
in accordance with the resolution of the Faculty Council of 25 January 2012
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Press
19 March 2017
How independent are local councils?
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An article by: Georg Bayerle
Source: BR
DECEMBER 2013
Specialist magazine for road safety: DVR report No. 4/2013
“Timid decision-makers?”
DVR press seminar: “Emotions on the roads” on 7 and 8 November 2013
What can the legislator do to reduce recklessness and aggression on the roads?
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15 November 2013
Mittelbayerische Zeitung on the 4th Regensburg Symposium on the Law of the Information Society – Is public service broadcasting failing to fulfil its remit?
“We don’t need Lanz-style talk shows”
At the University of Regensburg, experts discussed the public service broadcasting remit and conflicts with commercial broadcasters and the press.
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4 September 2013
Wochenblatt
"Greater safety through an anonymous hotline for reckless drivers"
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11 April 2013
Interview by “Endstation rechts” with Prof. Dr Gerrit Manssen
on the Bayreuth Administrative Court’s ruling, which led to the cancellation of the NPD federal party conference.
"About 10 days ago, the NPD had actually intended to hold its federal party conference in a marquee near Coburg. As is well known, things turned out differently. Since then, even the NPD itself has been spreading the story that its party conference was thwarted by the earth mounds piled up by the district authority and the construction work that had been started. The decision of the Bayreuth Administrative Court paints a different picture, as the administrative law expert Prof. Dr Gerrit Manssen also confirmed to us in an interview.”
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11 October 2012
Legal Tribune ONLINE – Interview with Prof. Dr Gerrit Manssen
“The EEG is a self-service shop.”
On Thursday, Federal Environment Minister Altmaier outlined his plans for a comprehensive reform of the EEG. In doing so, he hailed the Act as a “success story”. Gerrit Manssen explains in an LTO interview why he does not necessarily share this view. Earlier this year, the constitutional law expert concluded in an expert report for the textile industry that the green levy is unconstitutional.
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JUNE 2012
Bayerische Staatszeitung
“Airport expansion is becoming a distant prospect”
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MAY 2012
Frankenpost – EEG levy
“Rebellion in the Fichtelgebirge” and “Expert deems levy unconstitutional”
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MARCH 2012
Interview in ACE Lenkrad with Prof. Dr Gerrit Manssen
“Speeding is not an administrative offence but a criminal offence”
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2012
Reaction to the EEG expert report; article in Welt online
“The Renewable Energy Sources Act is unconstitutional”
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2010
Mittelbayerische Zeitung