Law and politics
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| description | German trade journal |
| Area of Expertise | Legal policy |
| publishing company | Duncker & Humblot |
| First edition | 1965 |
| founder | Rudolf Wassermann , Gerhard Kunze, Friedrich Piefke |
| Frequency of publication | quarterly |
| ISSN (print) | 0344-7871 |
| ISSN (online) | 2366-6757 |
Law and Politics (RuP) is a legal policy specialist journal in which articles, book reviews and information on German and European legal policy are published. It appears quarterly.
Goal setting
The original goal of RuP was to accompany the legal reform movement in the 1960s in a journalistic way. Legal training, the image of judges in public and the judiciary itself should be adapted to the requirements of the Basic Law and democratized. Corresponding to this objective, legal policy, especially as far as the internal reform of the judiciary was concerned, was defined as actively pursued, shaping social policy, which is why the journal was interdisciplinary from the start. The title of the magazine also takes into account the fact that law and politics are in mutual tension and cannot be separated from one another.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the reforms called for in RuP were largely implemented through judicial policy; today they are a matter of course in everyday judicial life. Programmatically, this led to a redefinition of the magazine's objectives, which focused on selected topics relevant to social and legal policy. After reunification in the 1990s, the focus was on legal issues in the wake of German unification, such as B. the establishment of constitutional structures and a democratic judiciary in the new states as well as the restitution problem.
Since the turn of the millennium, current issues relating to public law have been discussed in an interdisciplinary manner in law and politics, and legally justified reform demands have been made. Topics were e.g. B. the deployment of the Bundeswehr abroad , data protection law , internet law , party law and voting rights as well as European legal developments. The gender and legal policy section was introduced in autumn 2015 . In cooperation with the German Association of Women Lawyers (DJB), RuP wants to contribute to the realization of equal rights and equality for women in all areas of society.
Since January 2017, a new editorial area of responsibility has been the documentation of legally important opinions of the Advocate General at the European Court of Justice (ECJ). With this, RuP wants to take into account the growing importance of the decisions of the ECJ for the national level in terms of legal policy.
history
The journal Recht und Politik, founded in Berlin in 1965, is the first legal journal to deal with legal policy issues in Germany. It was founded by the legal and judicial reformer and later President of the OLG Braunschweig Rudolf Wassermann together with Gerhard Kunze and Friedrich Piefke . Originally a publication by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialdemokratischer Juristen , the magazine has been non-partisan since the mid-1970s, but remains committed to the ideal of a liberal, democratic and social constitutional state.
The editors include: Hendrik Wassermann (responsible), Ernst R. Zivier, Heiko Holste and Robert Christian van Ooyen .
RuP has been published by Duncker and Humblot , Berlin , since January 2017 . With the change, the magazine has greatly expanded its scope.
Focus
The journal has the following legal policy focuses:
- Discussion of current developments v. a. in state and constitutional law from a legal and political science perspective
- Reporting on developments and plans at EU level with documentation of important opinions of the Advocate General at the ECJ
- Honoring outstanding democratic lawyers
- Accompanying the development of the Berlin judiciary and administration
Target group and authors
Law and Politics is aimed at anyone interested in legal politics. These are primarily lawyers and political scientists in the judiciary, parliaments and the higher federal authorities, teachers and students. It is particularly important to RuP to give young people the opportunity to publish in addition to renowned scientists.
swell
- Law and Politics, Issue 1/64
- Aquarius, provision for justice