{"id":1016,"date":"2026-09-30T15:07:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooperation.law\/?page_id=1016"},"modified":"2026-09-30T19:51:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:51:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cooperation.law\/en\/about","title":{"rendered":"About cooperation.law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What this site is for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">cooperation.law is a knowledge site on how acting together succeeds and how the law sustains it. It is written for people and organisations who work together across borders or intend to: networks, associations, projects, research and learning groups, teams, shareholders and management boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The focus is on cooperation online. This is not a restriction but a method: online is where it becomes clearest what cooperation consists of. The site therefore brings together four perspectives: guidance for each phase of a cooperation, the practice of working together online, law as the constitution of every cooperation, and a short section on theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The publisher<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a lawyer (Rechtsanwalt), a certified specialist in information technology law (Fachanwalt f\u00fcr Informationstechnologierecht) and a business mediator. I also do academic work on Hegel&#8217;s philosophy of right. The question this site pursues comes from all three directions: what binds people who act together, and what form the law gives to that bond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much of what is written here also draws on my own experience of cooperating online: a reading group, language lessons, professional training, video hearings in court and video calls with family. Client matters are never a source for this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the site is written<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The texts are my own. The law in force is presented neutrally and with references, and statutory provisions are cited precisely. Where a question is disputed, each view is attributed to those who hold it. My own theses are identified as such.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">German law is the starting point. Where a cooperation extends across borders, this is addressed expressly. Every page on law carries a date of currency, because the law changes and a text is only as reliable as its date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This site does not provide legal advice. It explains general principles; whether and how they apply to a particular case can only be judged individually. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/cooperation.law\/en\/disclaimer\">disclaimer<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I use AI, currently Claude by Anthropic, to assist in preparing the texts. I review every text, and I am responsible for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where Hegel is cited on this site, I refer to the edition of his Groundlines of the Philosophy of Right at <a href=\"https:\/\/grundlinien.de\/en\/\">grundlinien.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corrections, additions and suggestions are welcome by email: <a href=\"mailto:kanzlei@bauer.legal\">kanzlei@bauer.legal<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wilko Bauer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What this site is for cooperation.law is a knowledge site on how acting together succeeds and how the law sustains it. 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