In teaching:
The Institute for Business Law (IWR) offers an interesting range of business law courses, in particular the Bachelor's degree in Business Law and the Master's degree courses in Business Law as well as Social Law and Social Economy. In addition, the IWR is responsible for the law subjects in the economics and many other degree courses.
In research:
The IWR's subject areas cover the full breadth of business law from a specific legal perspective; they are interdisciplinary and networked. Special emphasis is placed on modern and currently highly relevant areas, in particular the law of digital transformation and labor and social law. The IWR incorporates the activities of the law departments into university-wide research networks. In addition to the individual research objectives and projects of the departments, the IWR coordinates cooperation in the areas of commercial law, e-commerce, economic analysis of law, energy and environmental law as well as vocational training law.
The IWR contributes to solving business law problems in Europe and in the Federal Republic of Germany, particularly in the North Hesse region. Its members advise governments, ministries and parliaments at federal and state level, companies, associations and trade unions.
