Our areas of specialisation
The Centre sees itself as a centre for Eastern European law in the tradition of German institutions specialising in Eastern European law. “Eastern Europe” is understood here in a very broad sense: it encompasses the Eastern European countries in the narrower sense (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), the Central European states (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, the Baltic states) and the South-Eastern European countries (from Slovenia “southwards”); it also includes the states of the South Caucasus and Central Asia. In principle, the entire legal system of these states is examined; the main focus is on the areas of constitutional law, administrative law and international law. Geographically, the focus is on Russia and Ukraine.
Library
The Centre for Eastern European Law (ZOR) does not have a dedicated library. The library’s holdings are spread across several locations. Part of the book and journal collection is located in the office of Univ.-Prof. DDr. Dr. h.c. Bernd Wieser in Building C3, and another part in the office of Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Benedikt Harzl in Building A1. A large proportion is held in the Faculty Library of the Faculty of Law. Among others, the library subscribes to the following Russian specialist journals: Gosudarstvo i Pravo, Konstitucionnoe i municipal'noe pravo, Konstitucionnoe pravo: vostočnoevropejskoe obozrenie/Sravnitel'noe konstitucionnoe obozrenie, Pravo i politika, Pravovedenie, Rossijskij juridičeskij žurnal, Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta (Law Series), Zhurnal konstitutsionnogo pravosudiya, Zhurnal rossijskogo prava.
