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Monographs

The legal significance of private regulation of global production standards, Nomos 2010, 396 p.

Liability of multinational corporations in the transfer of production risks to developing countries, TranStates Working Paper No. 4 of the Collaborative Research Centre 596 "Statehood in Transition", Bremen 2004, 58 pp.

Environmental Justice and the South African Legal System, 2003, 84 p.

Editorship

The European Crisis and the Transformation of Transnational Governance: Authoritarian Management versus Democratic Governance, Hart Publishing 2014, with Christian Joerges

Essays

Transfer of Climate Litigation to Biodiversity Protection?, European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance 2023, 416-437.

Legitimacy and effectiveness of the interplay of state and private environmental governance in supply chain regulation, Law 2022, 552-583.

Liability of shipowners and classification societies for environmental damage and unsafe working conditions at recycling yards, Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 2022, 468-482.

The public-private governance regime on sustainable ship recycling - An in-depth analysis, Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law 2022, 268-281.

Regulating certification bodies in the field of medical devices: The PIP breast implants litigation and beyond, European Review of Private Law 2019, 403-428, with Peter Rott.

Achmea and its Implications for Investor Dispute Settlement, Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien 2018, 47-68.

The role and liability of certification organisations in transnational value chains, 23 Deakin Law Review (2018), 83-118, with Peter Rott.

CSR and the Law of the WTO - The Impact of Tuna Dolphin II and EC - Seal Products, Nordic Journal of Commercial Law 2017, 120-148.

The Ruggie Principles, Business Human Rights Self-Regulation and Tort Law: Increasing Standards through Mutual Impact and Learning, Nordic Journal of Human Rights 35 (2017), 15-34.

Le scandale PIP devant les juridictions allemandes, Revue Internationale de Droit Economique 2015, 87-98, with Peter Rott.

The liability of the certification body in product safety law, Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht 2015, 192-210, with Peter Rott.

Too much fear of European law? The energy transition between national political sovereignty and the European internal market, Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien 2014, 235-255.

Competing Transnational Regimes under WTO Law, Utrecht Journal of International and European Law 2014 (Vol.30/No.78), 44-67.

Private Norms as International Standards? - Regime Collisions in Tuna-Dolphin II, The European Journal of Risk Regulation 2012, 545-560.

Victory and Defeat for Green Genetic Engineering, Journal of Environmental Law 2011, 526-530.

Responsible Consumerism: Consumers as Guardians of the Global Environment and Global Social Rights, International Journal of Environmental Consumerism 2007, 28-35, with Peter Rott.

Environmentally friendly and ethical consumer behaviour in harmonised sales law, European Journal of Business Law 2003, 649-654, with Peter Rott.

Environmental Justice in South African Law and Policy, Constitution and Law Overseas 2003, 49-74.

Chemicals and Biotechnology, Yearbook of European Environmental Law 2002, 381-407.

Environmental Litigation in South Africa, Law in Africa 2000, 107-132.

Waste Incineration - Legal Protection in European Environmental Law, Journal of Environmental Law 2000, 129-154, with Peter Rott

Book contributions

Business Human Rights Due Diligence Duties towards Seafarers, in: Irini Papanicolopulu/Anna Petrig (eds.), The Oxford Handbook on Human Rights at Sea, Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2026.

Effective and legitimate supply chain governance, in: Claudia Ituarte-Lima (ed.), Legal and governance innovations for living in harmony with nature, IOS Press, to be published in 2026.

Supply chain liability, in: Claudia Ituarte-Lima (ed.), Legal and governance innovations for living in harmony with nature, IOS Press, forthcoming 2026.

The Growing Relationship between Human Rights Due Diligence and Tort Law, in: Larry Cata Backer/Claire Methven O'Brien (eds.), The current state and future trajectories of human rights due diligence laws, Routledge, forthcoming 2026.

Carbon Storage and Waste Law, in: Stephen Girvin/Vibe Ulfbeck (eds.), Carbon-Free Shipping and Shipping Carbon, Hart Publishing, 2024, 271-284.

Biodiversity protection in transnational value chains, in: Endrius Cocciolo/Jordi Jaria-Manzano/Aitana de la Varga-Pastor/Maria Marques-Banque (eds.), Rethinking environmental law - Connectivity, intersections and conflicts in the global environmental crisis, Intersentia, 2024, 41-61.

Market Freedoms and 'Democratically Sound' Re-Embedding of Markets? The Example of CETA, in: Achilles Skordas/Gabor Halmai/Lisa Mardakian (eds.), Economic Constitutionalism in a Turbulent World, Edward Elgar, 2023, 250-280.

Sustainable Shipping: The new Governance Approach to Ship Recycling, in: Stephen Girvin/Vibe Ulfbeck (eds.), Maritime Organisation, Management and Liability, Hart Publishing, 2021, 109-130.

Preconditions and constraints of effective private environmental governance, in: Marlon Boeve, Chris Backes, Sanne Akerboom and Marleen van Rijswick. (eds.), Environmental Law for Transitions to Sustainability, Intersentia, 2021, 59-77.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Liability for Environmental Damage, in: Barbara Pozzo/Valentina Jacometti (eds.), Environmental Loss and Damage in a Comparative Law Perspective, Intersentia, 2020, 111-132.

Liability for Deficient Product Safety Standards, in: Mariolina Eliantonio/Caroline Cauffmann (eds.), The Legitimacy of Standardisation as a Regulatory Technique in the EU, Edward Elgar, 2020, 131-155, with Peter Rott.

Certification of the Sustainability of Biofuels in Global Supply Chains, in: Peter Rott (ed.), Certification - Trust, Accountability, Liability, Springer 2019, 163-185.

UN Guiding Principles, business self-regulation and tort law: alternatives to binding international law norms for companies?, in Markus Krajewski (ed.), Staatliche Schutzpflichten und unternehmerische Verantwortung für Menschenrechte in globalen Lieferketten, Erlangen 2018, 44-102.

'Regulatory Expropriation' under German Constitutional Law and International Investment Law - The Case of Vattenfall, in: Björn Hoops et al. (eds.), Rethinking Expropriation Law: Context, Criteria and Consequences of Expropriation Law, Vol. II, The Hague 2015, 193-222.

Legal Constraints and External Effects of the German "Energiewende": A Search for Sound Responses to European Conflict Constellations, in: Carola Glinski/Christian Joerges (eds.), The European Crisis and the Transformation of Transnational Governance: Authoritarian Management versus Democratic Governance, Oxford 2014, 157-180.

European Unity in Diversity? A Conflicts-Law Re-Construction of Controversial Current Developments, in: Kai Purnhagen/Peter Rott (eds.), Varieties of European Economic Law and Regulation - Liber amicorum for Hans Micklitz, Dordrecht et al. 2014, 285-314, with Christian Joerges.

"Ramsch-Implantate" - Ein Lehrstück europäischer Produktsicherheit, in: Christian Joerges/Tobias Pinkel/Ulf Uetzmann (eds.), Josef Falke zum 65. Geburtstag, Bremen 2014, 137-152, with Peter Rott.

Private Regulation as a Balance between World Trade and the Protection of Public Goods? - Regime collisions in Tuna-Dolphin II, in: Josef Falke/Christian Joerges (eds.), Handelsliberalisierung und Sozialregulierung in transnationalen Konstellationen, Baden-Baden 2013, 325-361.

Law and global risk governance - a three-stage model, in: Jörg Scharrer/Marcel Dalibor/Katja Fröhlich/Katja Rodi/Paul Schächterle (eds.), Risiko im Recht - Recht im Risiko, Proceedings of the 50th Conference on Public Law, Baden-Baden 2010, 241-256.

Bridging the Gap - The Legal Potential of Private Regulation, in: Olaf Dilling/Martin Herberg/Gerd Winter (eds.), Responsible Business: Self-Governance and the Law in Transnational Economic Transactions, Oxford 2007, 41-66.

Corporate Self-Regulation: Moral or Legal Obligation?, in: Doreen McBarnet/Aurora Voiculescu/Tom Campbell (eds.), The New Corporate Accountability: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Law, Cambridge 2007, 119-147.

Self-Regulation of Transnational Corporations: Neither Meaningless in Law Nor Voluntary, in: Sorcha MacLeod (ed.), Global Governance and the Quest for Justice - Corporate Governance, Oxford 2006, 197-220.

Liability of Multinational Enterprises for Environmental Damage in Foreign Direct Investments, in: Gerd Winter (ed.), Die Umweltverantwortung multinationaler Unternehmen, Baden-Baden 2005, 231-282.

Production claims and protection of legitimate expectations in sales and advertising law, in: Gerd Winter (ed.), Die Umweltverantwortung multinationaler Unternehmen, Baden-Baden 2005, 187-229.

Environmental quality (waste; chemicals and pesticides), in: Hans-W. Micklitz/Norbert Reich, Europäisches Verbraucherrecht, 4th ed., Nomos Vertragsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden 2003, 939-1030.

The Right to Health and Safety and Remedies of Individuals Against Detrimental Incineration Plants and Landfills under EC Law, in: Nathalie Boucquey (ed.), European Consumer Law and Waste Management, Louvain-la-Neuve 1999, 179-246, with Peter Rott.

Project reports

Anforderungen an die Gestaltung von staatlich anerkannten oder geregelten Standardisierungssystemen und Zertifizierungen, expert opinion commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, 2023, pdf here.

Liability framework of sustainable certification in international supply chains, expert opinion on behalf of the Federation of German Consumer Organisations, 2021, with Peter Gailhofer (Öko-Institut e.V.), pdf here.

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