“…Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the need for increased counterterrorism (CT) and homeland security (HS) efforts at the federal, state, and local levels has taken the spotlight in public safety efforts. …”

“…The institutions involved in the better regulation policy have played a key role in enhancing regulatory quality. This includes the Federal Regulatory Improvement Commission (COFEMER), the Ministry of Economy, and the Ministry of Public Administration. …”

“…In Germany, legislation concerning the treatment of prisoners and detainees in forensic psychiatric institutions, as well as the interpretation of the relevant law have to a large extent been shaped by the case-law of the Federal Constitutional Court. The author, from 2002 to 2014 Associate Justice on the Federal Constitutional Court, presents a comprehensive survey of that case-law on the basis of extracts from decisions, covering general principles – concerning, for example, security, resocialisation, the implementation of preventive detention, and the admissible reach of privatisations – as well as all kinds of living conditions and measures to which prisoners and other detainees may or may not be subjected, and the relevant constitional requirements concerning judicial protection…”

“…The way in which Anne Frank's diary is received in the Federal Republic of Germany directly interacts with political events and revolves around a variety of interpretative patterns…”