01 August 2026
Wir gehen in die Sommerpause!
Nach arbeitsreichen Monaten verabschieden wir uns in die Sommerpause. Natürlich pausiert nur dieser Newsletter, nicht aber unser Tagesbetrieb. Das sollte Sie wiederum nicht davon abhalten, mal eine Pause zu machen. Wissen Sie noch? Diese kleine Lebenszeit, in der Sie gar nichts machen, keine Sonntagszeitung, kein Scrolling, kein Sudoku, nada! Stattdessen: Stille. Continue reading >>
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01 August 2026
We Take a Summer Break!
After some busy months, we’re off on our summer break. But it’s only this newsletter that is pausing; our daily business continues, of course. Which, by God, shouldn’t stop you from taking a break yourself. Remember that, “breaks”? Those rare stretches of time when you do absolutely nothing – no Sunday papers, no scrolling, no sudoku, nada! Just silence. Continue reading >>
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01 October 2025
The Philosophers’ Dinner, or the Difficulty of Dissent
For centuries, philosophical debates on killing animals for food have been self-servingly distorted. And now that the animal-industrial complex has become a global killing machinery, traditional critical thinkers remain silent on nonhuman exploitation. This contribution challenges this silence, trusting in the new radical oppositional thinking. Continue reading >>
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21 August 2025
Pardons, Criminal Theory, and Political Sociology
Donald Trump’s use of the presidential pardon has transformed a constitutional power into a tool of personal loyalty and partisan retribution. Rather than correcting injustice, his pardons reward allies, shield loyalists, and punish critics. This shift reflects not only a philosophical challenge to the logic of criminal law, but also a deeper sociopolitical trend: the erosion of accountability through transactional governance. As legal boundaries blur and institutional checks falter, the rule of law itself is drawn into the orbit of authoritarian impulse. Continue reading >>
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20 August 2012
Legal Listening: In Pursuit of Dignity
Some weeks ago, I published here impressions of the conference [...] Continue reading >>
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