<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> This second edition of the compendium addresses the challenges currently faced in the area of higher education and science law. A focus is placed on the reform of the salary regulations for professors in the German states that was undertaken following a judgment handed down by the German Supreme Court at the end of 2012. The work also discusses how to handle cases of academic plagiarism in a legally sound manner.