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Posted by: Jenny Gesley
This blog post describes the achievements of the German lawyer and judge Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit on the occasion of her death at the age of 90 in September 2023.
Posted in: Global Law, Guest Post, Women's History
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
Are you looking for a legitimate reason to browse adorable dog pictures at work? Well, this blog post might just be what you were looking for! In December 2019, the Golden Retriever “Watson” started his work as a “justice dog” in the German state of Baden-Württemberg as part of a pilot project. Justice dogs are trained …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News
Posted by: Jenny Gesley
Conscription in the German Federal Republic began on July 21, 1956 when the German Compulsory Military Service Act (Wehrpflichtgesetz) entered into force. It lasted for 55 years until, on July 1, 2011, the German Bundestag (parliament) decided to suspend conscription and convert the German Armed Forces into an army of professional and volunteer soldiers. Instead of …
Posted in: Global Law, In the News