Prof. Dr. H. C. Klaus Vogel turned 70 in December 2000. For his students, colleagues and friends all around the world he has been not only a teacher and academic, but also a researcher and mentor, and this occasion provided the opportunity to honour him with a Festschrift. This celebratory volume, with contributions in German and in English, is published under the title Staaten und Steuern (States and Taxes) by C.F. Muller Verlag in Heidelberg. With the permission of the publisher, the present volume contains the English language contributions as a separate publication. The following articles are included.

This textbook analyses from an economic perspective the phenomena of public law, the constitution, the democratic and political process, federalism, NGOs, administration and state decisions. It also examines selected fields of administrative law, including finance and tax law, public economic law and environmental law. Although the book uses examples from different legal orders, it maintains a focus on continental European law, as it aims to advance the law and economics approach in Europe.

This book analyses the potential for active stakeholder engagement in the energy transition in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) in order to foster clean energy deployment. Public acceptability and bottom-up activities can be critical for enduring outcomes to an energy transition. As a result, it is vital to understand how to unlock the potential for public, community and prosumer participation to facilitate renewable energy deployment and a clean energy transition – and, consequently, to examine the factors influencing social acceptability. Focussing on the diverse BSR, this book draws on expert contributions to consider a range of different topics, including the challenges of social acceptance and its policy implications; strategies to address challenges of acceptability among stakeholders; and community engagement in clean energy production. Overall, the authors examine the practical implications of current policy measures and provide recommendations on how lessons learnt from this ‘energy lab region’ may be applied to other regions. Reflecting an interdisciplinary approach in the social sciences, this book is an essential resource for scholars, students and policymakers researching and working in the areas of renewable energy, energy policy and citizen engagement, and interested in understanding the potential for bottom-up, grassroots activities and social acceptability to expedite the energy transition and reanimate democracies. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

This book analyses the potential for active stakeholder engagement in the energy transition in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) in order to foster clean energy deployment. Public acceptability and bottom-up activities can be critical for enduring outcomes to an energy transition. As a result, it is vital to understand how to unlock the potential for public, community and prosumer participation to facilitate renewable energy deployment and a clean energy transition - and, consequently, to examine the factors influencing social acceptability. Focussing on the diverse BSR, this book draws on expert contributions to consider a range of different topics, including the challenges of social acceptance and its policy implications; strategies to address challenges of acceptability among stakeholders; and community engagement in clean energy production. Overall, the authors examine the practical implications of current policy measures and provide recommendations on how lessons learnt from this 'energy lab region' may be applied to other regions. Reflecting an interdisciplinary approach in the social sciences, this book is an essential resource for scholars, students and policymakers researching and working in the areas of renewable energy, energy policy and citizen engagement, and interested in understanding the potential for bottom-up, grassroots activities and social acceptability to expedite the energy transition and reanimate democracies. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Dieses Buch eroeffnet eine kritische Perspektive auf das OEffentliche Recht, das die Beziehungen des Einzelnen zum Staat und staatlichen Einrichtungen zueinander regelt. Der Standpunkt, von dem aus diese Perspektive eingenommen wird, liegt ausserhalb des OEffentlichen Rechts, ja des Rechts uberhaupt. Die Analyse bedient sich wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Methoden, es geht daher um eine oekonomische Analyse des OEffentlichen Rechts; im angloamerikanischen Sprachraum spricht man von "law and economics".

Der offentliche Personennahverkehr und seine zukunftige Entwicklung sind gegenwartig Gegenstand grundlegender Diskussionen. Die Europaische Kommission versucht seit Langerem, diesen bedeutenden Wirtschaftszweig fur mehr privaten Wettbewerb zu offnen. Insbesondere die bisherigen offentlichen Anbieter sehen hierdurch wichtige offentliche Verkehrsinteressen, den staatlichen Daseinsvorsorgeauftrag und Umweltbelange gefahrdet. Die neue Verordnung 1370/2007 der Europaischen Union versucht, diese Kluft mit einer Kompromissformel zu uberbrucken. Die Tragfahigkeit dieser Brucke und alternative Wege hin zu einem zukunftsfahigen OPNV werden im vorliegenden Band von namhaften Fachleuten aus den Bereichen Verkehrsokologie, Verkehrswissenschaft, Verkehrsokonomie und Verkehrsrecht sowie aus verschiedenen Landern kritisch beleuchtet. Das Greifswalder Forum "Umwelt und Verkehr" ist eine Fachtagung des Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskollegs und wird durch die Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung gefordert.