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TU Darmstadt | Öffentliches RechtMain topics
The subject area contours "Cyberlaw" - the law of the distribution of opportunities and risks, of duties and rights in cyberspace. It is the conviction of the Public Law Department that cyberspace requires control. The word "cyber" - kybernetiké téchne - already contains this control aspect conceptually. The chair researches the extent to which this cyberspace should or should not be made accessible to control (gubernatio) and thus explores the limits of (non-)law.
Teaching
The Department of Public Law sees itself as a bridging and pioneering chair. On the one hand, bridges are to be built to traditional law as well as to non-law students; on the other hand, current and future-oriented legal issues of digital networking are to be presented as early and as qualified as possible in teaching and solutions are to be proposed. Examples include work on RFID law and on electronic justice.
Research
The Chair of Law has a global research perspective that is accessory to the global nature of technology. Even though the chair has only been able to fulfil this research profile in a very selective manner for reasons of capacity and competence, it remains ambitious to research the cyberlaw of different states as a reflection of their technological and social culture. E-justice, online demonstrations, cyberbullying, gene data organizations, Internet blocking, data retention, forum liability, (video) surveillance, and online searches are scenarios that occur in many states and for which many legal cultures are searching for legal answers. The perspective of the chair is opportunity-, risk-, consequence- and enforcement-oriented (legal realism). Characteristic is the concrete and abstract distance to uncritical affinity for technology on the one hand and emotional technophobia on the other. TU Darmstadt | Zivilrecht, Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Uhrheberrecht, Recht der InformationsgesellschaftThe department has set itself the following thematic and research priorities within the legal sciences:
Copyright law, in particular with regard to the protection of the so-called new media namely computer software, databases, multimedia works;
Patent law, investigation of an appropriate legal protection also for such achievements which cannot be directly attributed to the traditional inventions from the field of technology;
Special legal issues of electronic commerce, in particular with regard to the conclusion of contracts on the Internet as well as the distribution of digital goods, also in cross-border legal transactions;
Contract law and contract drafting, investigation of new types of contracts not regulated by law and adaptation of old types of contracts to changing external conditions;
General terms and conditions of business, drafting and drafting of pre-formulated contracts that stand up to a judicial review of their content.
The courses offered are oriented towards the main topics and research areas. In addition to the basic course "Contract Law, Drafting of Contracts and Legal Obligations", the department regularly offers courses on patent and copyright law as well as software law and electronic commerce. Seminars on these topics are also held at regular intervals. TU Darmstadt | Bürgerliches Recht und UnternehmensrechtThe research focus of the department is on German and European corporate law, banking and capital markets law as well as on the civil law aspects of technology law.
In corporate law, a particular focus of interest is devoted to the buzzwords "compliance" and "regulation". Although a first wave of compliance failures went through banks and industrial groups more than ten years ago, the cultural change in management has not yet taken place. Thus, stricter regulation is once again on the horizon, which is supposed to encourage companies to have functioning compliance management systems. Already today, breaches of the rules by companies often prove to be existentially threatening.
In banking and capital market law, particular interest is directed at the regulatory objective of investor protection. Here, the focus is on questions concerning the relationship between investor and consumer protection and the guiding principles behind them. The currently prevailing information model is to be critically scrutinized and alternatives are to be identified. In addition, the field is focusing its attention on modern forms of financing (FinTech) and the foreseeable changes at the legal level.
In technology law, too, the legal handling of innovations is the focus of research interest: the requirements placed on products - just like the products themselves - are becoming increasingly complex. This increases the responsibility of developers and manufacturers, who are liable for ensuring that the products they place on the market are safe. Technical products and systems that adapt to changing environmental conditions without human intervention (smart products) pose new legal challenges for product and manufacturer liability. Accordingly, product compliance in the context of digitalisation is another research focus of the department. TU Darmstadt | Rechnungswesen, Controlling und WirtschaftsprüfungThe focus of the department RCW is on teaching and research in the field of accounting, controlling and auditing.
Within the scope of teaching, the department offers courses in the basic area as well as a variety of specialization options. In addition, the department supervises undergraduate, bachelor and master theses.
Research at the department RCW covers a broad spectrum. In addition to the further development of concepts and instruments of controlling, the development of solutions for accounting problems as well as the development of requirements and the assessment of the quality of reports that go beyond the annual financial statement, the research focuses in particular on questions of auditing. The current focal points are:
Auditor independence
Efficient and effective audit methods
Non-financial reporting
Business risk oriented auditing
The department cooperates with various partners in practice. For example, the department regularly offers guest lectures on current topics to accompany the lectures, round table discussions with lecturers from the auditing practice as well as regular workshops with major auditing firms. Furthermore, the department cooperates closely with the practice in the assignment of scientific papers and internships. TU Darmstadt | Marketig und PersonalmanagementThe Department of Marketing & Human Resource Management combines two areas of business administration that are central to corporate success. This results in three thrusts for research and teaching: Marketing, Human Resource Management and the interface between Marketing and Human Resource Management.
In the field of marketing, research and teaching focus on two aspects: on the one hand, the design of the marketing mix elements in the context of pricing, product, communication and distribution policy and, on the other hand, customer relationship management.
Research and teaching in the area of human resource management focus on three facets: design of human resource management systems, leadership of employees and teams, and newer challenges of human resource management (e.g. leadership in an intercultural context, dealing with demographic change).
In addition, the department conducts research on topics at the interface between marketing and human resource management. Exemplary topics from this area are the market-oriented management of organizations or personnel marketing. In order to transfer this interdisciplinary orientation into teaching, the department offers the specialization Marketing and Human Resource Management.
To underline its interdisciplinary orientation, the department cooperates with representatives of various scientific disciplines. In addition, the department maintains diverse cooperations with partners from business practice. The Preferred Partnership Program enables a regular exchange on current topics of business management between companies and the department and creates a platform for dialogue between partner companies and students. 