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OUTLINE CONTENTS
PART I I N T R O D U C T I ON TO T HE G E R M AN LEGAL SYSTEM
1 GERMAN LEGAL HISTORY AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENT 9
2 SOURCES OF GERMAN LAW 36
3 LEGAL INSTITUTIONS 66
4 LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL PERSONNEL 80
5 THE OPERATION OF JUSTICE 110
PART LL SUBSTANTIVE G E R M AN LAW
6 PUBLIC LAW I: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES AND INSTITUTIONS 145
7 PUBLIC LAW II: BASIC RIGHTS AND THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT 204
8 PUBLIC LAW III: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 248
9 PUBLIC LAW IV: CRIMINAL LAW 295
10 PRIVATE LAW I: THE GERMAN CIVIL CODE 364
11 PRIVATE LAW II: BUSINESS AND LABOUR LAW 482
APPENDIX: EXTRACTS FROM THE GERMAN CONSTITUTION 549
GLOSSARY 563
INDEX 573
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FOREWORD TO THE THIRD EDITION XXI
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION XXV
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION XXVII
PREFACE XXIX
TABLE OF LEGISLATION XXXIII
TABLE OF CASES IV
ABBREVIATIONS LIX
PART I INTRODUCTION TO THE GERMAN LEGAL SYSTEM
1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 HISTORICAL INFLUENCES 3 3 THE CLASSIFICATION AS A
CIVIL LAW COUNTRY 3 4 THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC AND CIVIL (PRIVATE) LAW 4
5 CODE AND STATUTE-BASED LAW 5 6 SOURCES OF LAW 5 6.1 STATUTE (GESETZ) 6
6.2 CUSTOM (GEWOHNHEITSRECHF) 6
6.3 THE ROLE OF THE COURTS, JUDICIARY, AND PRECEDENCE 6 FURTHER READING
7
1 GERMAN LEGAL HISTORY AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENT 9
1 INTRODUCTION 9 2 EARLY DEVELOPMENTS 9 3 THE TRDNKISCH-DEUTSCHE REICH
10 4 CHARLEMAGNE 12 5 THE MIDDLE-TO LATE-MIDDLE AGES 13 6 EARLY MODERN
TIMES: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION 16
6.1 THE RECEPTION OF ROMAN LAW INTO GERMANY 17 7 POST-MEDIEVAL
DEVELOPMENTS 21 7.1 SCHOOL OF NATURAL LAW 22
7.2 HISTORICAL SCHOOL OF LAW 23 7.3 COMMERCE AND UNIFICATION 24 7.4 THE
CIVIL CODE (BURGERLICHES CESETZBUCH: BCB) 26 8 LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY 27
FURTHER READING 34
2 SOURCES OF GERMAN LAW 36
1 INTRODUCTION 36 2 SOURCES OF LAW 37 2.1 THE CONSTITUTION: THE BASIC
LAW (CRUNDGESETZ) 37 2.2 STATUTE (.GESETZ) 37
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2.3 CUSTOMARY LAW (GEWOHNHEITSRECHT) 38 2.4 JUDICIAL LAW-MAKING
(RICHTERRECHT) 39 2.5 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW 42 2.6 INTERNATIONAL LAW 56
2.7 NATURAL LAW AS A SOURCE OF LAW? 57
2.8 SUMMARY 57 3 LEGAL M E T H OD 58
3.1 HIERARCHY OF LEGAL PROVISIONS 58 3.2 SUBSUMTION 59 3.3 GAPS OF
LEGISLATION AND ANALOGIES 59 3.4 STATUTORY INTERPRETATION (AUSLEGUNG VON
GESETZEN) 61
FURTHER READING 64
3 LEGAL INSTITUTIONS 66
1 THE COURTS AND COURT STRUCTURE: INTRODUCTION 66 2 DECENTRALIZATION 66
2.1 THE FEDERAL COURTS (BUNDESGERICHTE) 67 2.2 COURTS OF THE LANDER
(GERKHTE DER LANDER) 67
3 SPECIALIZATION 67 3.1 COURTS OF ORDINARY JURISDICTION 69 3.2
ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS (VERWALTUNGSGERICHTE) 72 3.3 LABOUR COURTS
(ARBEITSGERKHTE) 73 3.4 SOCIAL COURTS (SOZIALGERICHTE) 74 3.5 TAX OR
REVENUE COURTS (FINANZGERICHTE) 75
3.6 CONCLUSION 75
4 THE SITUATION IN THE NEW FEDERAL REGIONS (BUNDESLANDER) 75
5 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT 76 6 THE LANDER CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS
77 7 THE JUSTICE MINISTRIES 78 7.1 THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
(BUNDESMINISTERIUM DERJUSTIZ (BMFI) 78
7.2 THE JUSTICE MINISTRIES OF THE LANDER (LANDESJUSTIZMINISTERIERI) 78
FURTHER READING 79
4 LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL PERSONNEL 80
1 LEGAL EDUCATION 80 1.1 INTRODUCTION 80 1.2 UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE 80 1.3
LEGAL EDUCATION 83
2 THE JUDICIARY AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS 88 2.1 INTRODUCTION 88 2.2 THE
JUDICIARY 89 2.3 LAWYERS 92 2.4 ADDITIONAL LEGAL OCCUPATIONS 700 2.5
RIGHTS ALLOWED NON-GERMAN ATTORNEYS 104 2.6 THE POSITION OF EC ATTORNEYS
704
3 LAY PARTICIPATION IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM 106
FURTHER READING 108
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5 THE OPERATION OF JUSTICE 110
1 LEGAL ADVICE AND LEGAL AID 110 1.1 LEGAL REPRESENTATION 110 2
LITIGATION COSTS 111 2.1 COURT COSTS 111
2.2 FEES FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION 7 12 3 LEGAL AID 113 3.1 THE LEGAL
ADVICE ACT (BERATUNGSHILFEGESETZ: BERHG) 113 3.2 LEGAL AID FOR
REPRESENTATION IN COURT (PROZELIKOSTENHILFE) 115 4 LEGAL PUBLICATIONS,
REPORTING, AND CITATION 116
4.1 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS 116 4.2 PRIVATE REPORTING AND PUBLICATION 119
5 ACADEMIC LEGAL OPINION 121
6 ASPECTS OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 122 6.1 INTRODUCTION 122 6.2 GENERAL
PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 123 6.3 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF
PROCEDURE 126 6.4 THE CIVIL LAW ACTION 128 6.5 SPECIAL PROCEDURES 133
6.6 APPEALS (RECHTSMITTEL) 133 6.7 ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
(ZWANGSVOLLSTRECKUNG) 134 FURTHER READING 235
PART IT SUBSTANTIVE GERMAN LAW
A OUTLINE OF SUBJECT AREAS 139
1 PUBLIC AND CIVIL (PRIVATE) LAW 139
B PUBLIC LAW 139
1 STAATSRECHT 139 2 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 140 3 JUDICATURE AND PROCEDURAL
LAW 140 4 CRIMINAL LAW 141 5 TAX LAW 141 6 SOCIAL LAW 141 7 THE LAW OF
ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION AND LABOUR LAW 142
7.1 THE LAW OF ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION 142 7.2 LABOUR LAW 142
C CIVIL LAW 143
1 THE CIVIL CODE (BURGERLICHES GESETZBUCH: BGB) 143 2 COMMERCIAL LAW 143
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6 PUBLIC LAW I: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES AND INSTITUTIONS 145
1 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 145 1.1 CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL
UNIFICATION 145 1.2 CHANGES MADE TO THE CRUNDGESETZ FOLLOWING
UNIFICATION 147 1.3 CONTENT 748
1.4 CONSTITUTIONS OF THE LANDER 149
2 THE SUPREME POSITION OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 149 2.1 THE PRIORITY OF
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS 149 2.2 INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 750
2.3 DISTINCTION: INTERPRETATION IN THE LIGHT OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 757
2.4 POSITION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 752
3 THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF STATE 153 3.1 REPUBLICANISM 754 3.2 DEMOCRACY
755 3.3 RECHTSSTAAT 163
3.4 PRINCIPLE OF THE SOCIAL STATE (SOZIALSTAATSPRINZIP) 173 3.5
PRINCIPLE OF THE FEDERAL STATE BUNDESSTAATPRINZIP) 174 3.6
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (ART. 20A CG)-A NEW PRINCIPLE? 7 80
4 ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE 181 4.1 BUNDESTAG (FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARY
ASSEMBLY, ARTS 38-49 GG) 181 4.2 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (BUNDESREGIERUNG,
ARTS 62-69 GG) 786 4.3 THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT (BUNDESPRDSIDENT, ARTS
54-61 GG) 189 4.4 THE FEDERAL COUNCIL (BUNDESRAT, ARTS 50-53 GG) 7 92
4.5 FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE 794 5 PROTECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION 198
5.1 AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION 798 5.2 DEFENDING THE FREE DEMOCRATIC
BASIC ORDER 799 FURTHER READING 203
7 PUBLIC LAW II: BASIC RIGHTS AND THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT 204
1 BASIC RIGHTS (GRUNDRECHTE) 204 1.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES 205 2 THE
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS 214 2.1 ARTICLE 1: THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY
(SCHUTZ DER MENSCHENWIIRDE) 214
2.2 ARTICLE 2: THE RIGHT TO PERSONAL FREEDOM (ALLGEMEINES
PERSONLICHKEITSRECHT, ART. 21 GG), RIGHT TO LIFE (RECHT AUF LEBEN), AND
PHYSICAL INTEGRITY (KOPERLICHE UNVERSEHRTHEIT, ART. 2II GG) 216 2.3
ARTICLE 3: EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW (CLEICHHEIT VORDEM CESETZ) 219 2.4
ARTICLE 4; THE FREEDOM OF FAITH, CONSCIENCE, AND CREED (GLAUBENS-,
GEWISSENS- UND
BEKENNTNISFREIHEIT) 222 2.5 ARTICLE 5 I GG: FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION;
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, INFORMATION, PRESS, BROADCASTING, AND FILM
(KOMMUNIKATIONSGRUNDRECHTE) 224 2.6 ARTICLE 5 III GG: FREEDOM OF
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND SCIENCE (FREIHEIT VON KUNST UND
WISSENSCHAFT) 227 2.7 ARTICLE 6: MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, CHILDREN BOM
OUTSIDE MARRIAGE (EHE, FAMILIE, NICHTEHELICHE KINDER) 227 2.8 ARTICLE 7:
SCHOOL EDUCATION (SCHULWESEN) 228 2.9 ARTICLE 8: FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY
(VERSARNMLUNGSFREIHEIT) 228 2.10 ARTICLE 9: FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
(VEREINIGUNGSFREIHEIT) 229 2.11 ARTICLE 10: PRIVACY OF CORRESPONDENCE,
POSTS, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (BRIEF-, POST- UND
FERNMELDEGEHEIMNIS) 229 2. 12 ARTICLE 1 1: FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
(FREIZUGIGKEIF) 230 2.13 ARTICLE 12: FREE CHOICE OF OCCUPATION OR
PROFESSION, PROHIBITION OF FORCED LABOUR (BERUFSFREIHEIT) 230
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2.14 ARTICLE 13: PRIVACY OF THE HOME (UNVERLETZLICHKEIT DER WOHNUNG) 232
2.15 ARTICLE 14: PROPERTY, INHERITANCE, EXPROPRIATION (EIGENTUM,
ERBRECHT, ENTEIGNUNG) 233 2.16 ARTICLE 15: PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
{SOZIALISIERUNG) 234 2.17 ARTICLE 16: CITIZENSHIP, EXTRADITION
(AUSBURGERUNG, AUSLIEFERUNG) 234 2.18 ARTICLE 16A: ASYLUM (ASYLRECHT)
235 2. 1 9 ARTICLE 17: RIGHT OF PETITION (PETITIONSRECHT) 235 2.20
ARTICLE 17A: THE RESTRICTION OF THE BASIC RIGHTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES AND THE
ALTERNATIVE SERVICE IN THE CIVIL SECTOR 236 2.21 ARTICLES 18 AND ARTICLE
19 MIL 236 2.22 ARTICLE 19 IV: PROCEDURAL BASIC RIGHTS
{PROZETLGRUNDRECHTE) 236 2.23 ARTICLE 19 IV: RECOURSE TO THE COURTS
(RECHTSSCHUTZGARANTIE) 236 2.24 ARTICLE 101 I GG: RIGHT TO A LAWFUL
JUDGE, PROHIBITION OF EXCEPTIONAL COURTS (RECHT AUF DEN
GESEULICHEN RICHTER, VERBOT VON AUSNAHMEGERICHTERI) 236 2.25 ARTICLE 102
GG: ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY (ABSCHAFFUNG DER TODESSTRAFE) 237 2.26
ARTICLE 1031 GG: RIGHT TO LEGAL HEARING (ANSPRUCH AUF RECHTLICHES
GEHB R) 237 2.27 ARTICLE 10311 GG: NULLA POENA SINE LEGE 237
2.28 ARTICLE 103 III GG: NE BIS IN IDEM 238
3 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURAL LAW 239
3.1 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT (BUNDESVERFASSUNGSGERICHT, BVERFC)
239 4 CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURAL LAW (VERFASSUNGSPROZESSRECHT) 240 4.1
ABSTRACT REVIEW OF STATUTES (ABSTRAKTE NORMENKONTROLLE, ART. 93 I NO. 2,
§§ 13 NO. 6, 76 ET SEQ.
BVERFGG) 24!
4.2 THE SUBMISSION PROCEDURE (VORLAGEVERFAHREN, KONKRETE
NORMENKONTROLLE, ART. 100 I GG, §§ 13 NO. 11, 80-82 BVERFGG) 241 4.3
CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLAINT (VERFASSUNGSBESCHWERDE) 242 4.4 CONSTITUTIONAL
COURTS OF THE LANDER 245
FURTHER READING 245
8 PUBLIC LAW III 248
A GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 248
1 INTRODUCTION 248 1.1 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADMINISTRATION 248 1.2
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AS PART OF PUBLIC LAW 249 1.3 INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN
LAW 250
1.4 GENERAL AND SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 250
2 SOURCES OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 251 2.1 THE CRUNDGESETZ 251 2.2 FEDERAL
AND LOADER STATUTES (BUNDES- UND LANDESGESETZE) 251 2.3 DELEGATED
LEGISLATION (RECHTSVERORDNUNGEN) 251 2.4 BYE-LAWS (SATZUNGEN) 251 2.5
ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES (VERWALTUNGSVORSCHRIFTEN) 252 2.6 EC LAW 253
3 ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES 253
4 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 254 4.1 IMPACT OF
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 254 4.2 DISCRETION (ERMESSEN) 255 4.3 MARGIN OF
APPRECIATION {BEURTEILUNGSSPIELRAUM) 256
4.4 SUBJECTIVE PUBLIC RIGHT (SUBJEKTIVES OFFENTLICHES RECHT) 258
5 TYPES OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION 258 5.1 THE VERWALTUNGSOKT
(ADMINISTRATIVE ACT) 259 5.2 PUBLIC LAW CONTRACT (OFFENTLICH-RECHTLICHER
VERTRAG, § 54 VWVFG) 264
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5.3 PLAN AND PLANNING 264 5.4 OTHER INSTRUMENTS 264
6 ENFORCEMENT BY THE AUTHORITY 265
7 JUDICIAL REVIEW 265 7.1 INFORMAL REMEDIES (FORMLOSE RECHTSBEHELFE) 265
7.2 FORMAL REMEDIES: WIDERSPRUCHSVERFAHREN (§§ 68-73 VWVFG) 265 7.3
FORMAL REMEDIES: TYPES OF ACTION 266
8 CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES 271
FURTHER READING 271
B PARTICULAR ADMINSTRATIVE LAW (BESONDERES VERWALTUNGSRECHT) 272
FURTHER READING 272
C SOCIAL LAW 273
1 INTRODUCTION 273 2 SOURCES OF SOCIAL LAW 273 3 THE AIMS AND BASIC
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL LAW 274 A THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
SOCIAL AID 275
5 SOCIAL WELFARE PROVISION 275 6 BREACHES OF DUTY BY SOCIAL BODIES 277 7
PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL ASSISTANCE 277 FURTHER READING 277
D THE LAW OF ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION (WIRTSCHAFTSVERWALTUNGSRECHT) 278
1 INTRODUCTION 278 2 THE SCOPE OF THE LAW OF ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION 278
3 THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM 279 4 STATE PROMOTION OF THE ECONOMY
(WIRTSCHAFTSFORDERUNG) 280
5 THE GENERAL REGULATION OF BUSINESS 280 5.1 THE TRADE ART
(FIEWERBEORDNUNG: GEWO) 280 5.2 PARTICULAR TRADE LAW (BESONDERES
GEWERBERECHT) 281
6 CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW (VERBRAUCHERSCHUTZRECHT) 281 6.1 SAFETY
LEGISLATION 282 6.2 IDENTIFICATION AND LABELLING 282 6.3 ADVERTISING
LEGISLATION 283 6.4 SALE OF GOODS LAWS 283 6.5 WARRANTY AND LIABILITY
LEGISLATION 284 6.6 OTHER AREAS OF CONSUMER LAW 284 6.7 ENFORCEMENT 284
FURTHER READING 285
E ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (UMWELTRECHT) 285
1 SOURCES 286 2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES 287 2.1 THE PREVENTATIVE OR
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE (VONORGEPRINZIP) 287 2.2 THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE
POLLUTER PAYS (VERURSACHERPRIMIP) 288
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2.3 THE CO-OPERATION PRINCIPLE (KOOPERATIONSPRINZIP) 288 2.4 THE
PROTECTION OF THE EXISTING POSITION PRINCIPLE (BESTANDSSCHUTZPRINZIP)
288 3 PRINCIPAL LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS 288 3.1 THE WATER RESOURCES ACT
(WASSERHAUSHALTSGESETZ: WHO) 288
3.2 THE FEDERAL EMISSIONS CONTROL ACT (BUNDESIMMISSIONSSCHUTZGESETZ:
BLMSCHG) 289 3.3 THE WASTE ACT (ABFALLGESETZ: FLFOFG) 289 3.4 THE
FEDERAL NATURE CONSERVATION ACT (BUNDESNATURSCHUTZGESETZ: BNATSCHG) 290
3.5 THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ACT (UMWELTINFORMATIONSGESETZ: UIG)
290 3.6 THE OZONE ACT (OZONGESETZ: OG) 290 3.7 THE FEDERAL BUILDING CODE
(BAUGESETZBUCH: BAUGB) 291 3.8 THE PACKAGING ACT (VERPACKUNGSVERORDNUNG:
VERPACKV) 291
4 LIABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE 291 4.1 CIVIL
LAW 291 4.2 CRIMINAL SANCTION 292 4.3 PUBLIC LAW 293
5 PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 293 FURTHER READING 293
9 PUBLIC LAW IV 295
A CRIMINAL LAW 295
1 INTRODUCTION 295 2 HISTORY OF CRIMINAL LAW 296 3 STRUCTURE OF THE
CRIMINAL CODE 297 4 APPLICABILITY OF GERMAN CRIMINAL LAW (§§ 3-9 STGB)
298
5 LEADING PRINCIPLES OF GERMAN CRIMINAL LAW 298 5.1 THE PRINCIPLE OF
LEGALITY (CESETZLICHKEITSPRINZIP) 298 5.2 THE PRINCIPLE OF THE
PROTECTION OF LEGAL RIGHTS (RECHTSGUTERSCHUTZPRINZIP) 299 5.3 THE
PRINCIPLE OF GUILT (SCHULDPRINZIP) 299 6 GENERAL CONCEPTS IN CRIMINAL
LAW 300
6.1 FORMS OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES 307 6.2 STRUCTURE OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE
(AUFBAU DER STRAFTAT) 301 6.3 NEGLIGENT OFFENCES
(FAHRLASSIGKEITSDELIKTE) 320 6.4 OFFENCES OF OMISSION
(UNTERLASSUNGSDELIKTE) 321 6.5 ATTEMPT (VERSUCH) 325 6.6 DIFFERENT FORMS
OF PARTICIPATION: TATERSCHAFT UND TEILNAHME, §§ 25-31 330 6.7 LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES: PUNISHMENT AND OTHER MEASURES 335
7 THE INDIVIDUAL OR SUBSTANTIVE OFFENCES 336
B CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL LAW 337
1 INTRODUCTION 337 2 HISTORICAL ASPECTS 338 3 SOURCES 339 4 PRINCIPAL
STAGES OF PROCEDURE 339
4.1 THE PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURE 339 4.2 THE INTERIM PROCEEDINGS
(ZWISCHENVERFAHREN) 340 4.3 THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS (HAUPTVERIAHREN) 340
4.4 APPEAL 340 5 LEADING PRINCIPLES OF PROCEDURAL LAW 340
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5.1 PRINCIPLES ON COMMENCING THE PROCEDURE 340 5.2 PRINCIPLES CONCERNING
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROCEDURE 342 5.3 PRINCIPLES CONCERNING
EVIDENCE 344 5.4 PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE FORM OF PROCEEDINGS 345
6 THE PRE-TRIAL PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION (VORVERFAHREN) 346 6.1 THE
INVESTIGATION (ERMITTLUNGSVERFAHREN) 347 6.2 POWERS OF STATE PROSECUTION
AND POLICE DURING PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION 347 7 THE ROLE OF THE DEFENCE
ATTORNEY (VERTEIDIGER) DURING PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATIONS 351
7.1 RIGHT TO A DEFENCE ATTORNEY 351 7.2 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE DEFENCE
ATTORNEY 352 8 THE INTERIM PROCEEDINGS (ZWISCHENVERFAHREN) 352 8.1 THE
CHOICE OF COURT 352
8.2 RESULT OF INTERIM PROCEEDINGS 353
9 STRUCTURE OF THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS (HAUPTVERFAHRERI) 353 9.1 THE ROLE
OF THE JUDGE 354 9.2 THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS: THE ORAL TRIAL
(HAUPTVERHANDLUNG) 354 10 THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 355
10.1 PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 355 10.2 FORMS OF PROOF
(BEWEISMITTE!) 356 10.3 THE PROHIBITION OF EVIDENCE
(BEWEISVERWERTUNGSVERBOT) 357
11 THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRIAL 359 12 THE ACCELERATED PROCEDURE
(BESCHLEUNIGTES VERFAHREN, §§ 417-420 STPO) 359 13 THE SUMMARY PROCEDURE
(STRAFBEFEHLSVERFAHREN, §§ 407^12 STPO) 359 14 MEANS OF LEGAL REDRESS
(RECHTSMITTET) 360
14.1 COMMON RULES ON ORDINARY MEANS OF LEGAL REDRESS 360 14.2 FORMS OF
APPEAL 360 14.3 THE RE-TRIAL (WIEDERAUFNAHME DES VERFAHRENS) 362 FURTHER
READING 362
10 PRIVATE LAW I: THE GERMAN CIVIL CODE 364
A INTRODUCTION 364
1 THE STRUCTURE OF THE BGB 366 2 METHOD OF ADDRESSING PRIVATE LAW
PROBLEMS: FINDING THE CLAIM (ANSPTUCHSGRUNDLAGE) 367 3 MAJOR PRINCIPLES
369
3.1 FREEDOM OF CONTRACT (VERTRAGSFREIHEIF) 369 3.2 THE PRINCIPLE OF
ABSTRACTION (ABSTRAKTIONSPRINZIP) 370 3.3 POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP
(BESITZ UND EIGENTUM) 371 3.4 VERPFLKHTUNGS- UND VERFUGUNGSGESCHAFTE:
TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF LEGAL TRANSACTION 372
B BOOK ONE: THE GENERAL PART 374
1 INTRODUCTION 374 2 RECHTSSUBJEKTE (HOLDERS OF SUBJECTIVE RIGHTS) 374
2.1 NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS (NATURLICHE UND JURISTISCHE PERSONEN) 375
2.2 DIFFERENT FORMS OF LEGAL CAPACITY 375
3 THE LEGAL TRANSACTION {DAS RECHTSGESCHAFT) 379 3.1 DECLARATION OF
INTENT {WILLENSERKLARUNG) 379 3.2 THE REAL ACT (REALAKF) 382
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3.3 THE LEGAL TRANSACTION (DAS RECHTSGESCHAFT) 383 3.4 THE CONTRACT (DER
VERTRAG) 383 4 INTERPRETATION RULES (AUSLEGUNG) 387 4.1 PARAGRAPH 133
387
4.2 PARAGRAPH 157 388 4.3 PARAGRAPH 242 388 4.4 THE APPLICATION OF § 242
389
5 VOID LEGAL TRANSACTIONS (NICHTIGE RECHTSGESCHAFTE) 390 5.1 BREACH OF
FORMAL REQUIREMENTS (§§ 125-129 BGB) 391 5.2 BREACH OF A LAW OR GOOD
MORALS (§§ 134,1 38 BGB) 391 5.3 DEFECT OF DECLARATION OF INTENT
(WILLENSMANGEL) 393
5.4 THE CONCEPT AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE VOID LEGAL TRANSACTION 398 6
AGENCY (STELLVERTRETUNG) 398 6.1 TYPES OF AGENCY 399 6.2 AGENCY
AUTHORITY (VOLLMACHT) 400
6.3 THE SCOPE OF AGENCY POWERS 400 6.4 LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF AGENCY 407
6.5 LACK OF AUTHORIZATION 401 6.6 PROHIBITION OF SELF CONTRACTING
(VERBOTDES INSICHGESCHAFTS) 402 7 LIMITATION 402
FURTHER READING 403
C BOOK TWO: THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS: GENERAL PART 404
1 INTRODUCTION 404 2 THE OBLIGATIONAL RELATIONSHIP (DAS
SCHULDVERHALTNIS) -GENERAL PRINCIPLES 404 2.1 TYPES AND THE CREATION OF
OBLIGATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS 405
3 CONTENT OF THE OBLIGATIONAL RELATIONSHIP 406 3.1 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
DUTIES (PRIMDR- UND SEKUNDARIEISTUNGSPFLKHTEN) 406 3.2 MAIN AND
ANCILLARY DUTIES (HAUPTLEISTUNGSPFLICHTEN UND NEBENLEISTUNGSPFLICHTEN)
406 3.3 PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL AND GENERIC OBLIGATIONS {GATTUNGS- UND
STUCKSCHULD, §§ 243) 406 3.4 TIME AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE (LEISTUNGSORT
UND -ZEIT, §§ 269, 270, 271) 407 3.5 PASSAGE OF RISK IN PERFORMANCE 408
3.6 STANDARD FORM CONTRACTS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS
(ALLGEMEINE CESCHAFTSBEDINGUNGEN,
§§305-310 BGB) 408 3.7 THIRD PARTIES TO CONTRACTS 410 3.8 EXTINCTION OF
AN OBLIGATIONAL RELATIONSHIP (ERLOSCHEN DES SCHULDVERHDLTNISSES) 4 7 7 4
IRREGULARITIES IN PERFORMANCE 412
4.1 BASIC PROVISION FOR LIABILITY: THE NEW § 280 BGB 412 4.2
IMPOSSIBILITY (UNMOGLICHKEIT DER LEISTUNG) 413 4.3 DELAY (VERZUG) 415
4.4 POSITIVE BREACH OF OBLIGATION/CONTRACT (POSITIVE
FORDERUNGSVERLETZUNG/VERTRAGSVERLETZUNG) 417 4.5 PROBLEMS IN
PRE-CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS (C.I.C.) 419 4.6 COLLAPSE OF FOUNDATION OF
CONTRACT, § 313 (WEGFALL DER GESCHAFTSGRUNDLAGE) 420 4.7 RESCISSION, §§
323-326, 346-349 (RUCKTRITTVOM VERTRAG) 421 5 ASSESSING DAMAGES AND
COMPENSATION 421
5.1 TYPES OF DAMAGE 422 5.2 FAULT (VERSCHULDEN) 423
D BOOK TWO: THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS: SPECIAL PART 424
1 LAW ON CONTRACTS OF SALE (KAUFRECHT) 424 1.1 DUTIES OF SELLER AND
BUYER 425
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1.2 PASSAGE OF RISK 425 1.3 REMEDIES FOR DELIVERY OF DEFECTIVE GOODS
(GEWAHRLEISTUNGSRECHTE) 426 1.4 LIMITATION PERIODS 428 1.5 CONSUMER
PROTECTION 429 2 UNJUSTIFIED ENRICHMENT (UNGERECHTFERTIGTE BEREICHERUNG)
429
2.1 THE ENRICHMENT OF THE OBLIGOR 430 2.2 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
CREDITOR 430 23 THE ABSENCE OF A LEGAL BASIS 430 2.4 ENRICHMENT IN OTHER
WAYS (§ 812 II 2ND ALTERNATIVE) 431
2.5 PERFORMANCE BY A THIRD PARTY 432 2.6 THE SCOPE OF THE OBLIGATION TO
RETURN POSSESSION 432 3 TORT LAW (UNERLAUBTE HANDLUNG) 433 3.1 THE DUTY
TO COMPENSATE FOR DAMAGE 433
3.2 THE INFRINGEMENT OF A PROTECTIVE LAW 435 3.3 INTENTIONAL DAMAGE 435
3.4 OTHER PROVISIONS OF DELICTUAL LIABILITY 436 3.5 VICARIOUS LIABILITY
(HAFTUNG FUR DEN VERRICHTUNGSGEHILFEN) 436
3.6 STRICT LIABILITY (GEFAHRDUNGSHAFTUNG) 436 3.7 PRODUCT LIABILITY 438
3.8 BUILDINGS AND OCCUPIERS LIABILITY 438 3.9 LIABILITY OF THE STATE
438
3.10 COMPENSATION 438 3.11 LIMITATION PERIODS 439
FURTHER READING 439
E BOOK THREE: PROPERTY LAW (SACHENRECHT) 440
1 INTRODUCTION TO THE SCOPE AND SOURCES OF PROPERTY LAW 440 2
DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY LAW 441 2.1 REAL RIGHTS
(DINGLICHE RECHTE) 441 2.2 PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY LAW 441
3 POSSESSION (DERBESITZ) 443 3.1 DIRECT AND INDIRECT POSSESSION 443 3.2
EXCLUSIVE AND JOINT POSSESSION 443 3.3 COMPLETE AND PARTIAL POSSESSION
444
3.4 THE POSSESSOR S AGENT (BESITZDIENER) 444 3.5 THE ACQUISITION AND
LOSS OF POSSESSION 444 3.6 THE PROTECTION OF POSSESSION 445
4 OWNERSHIP (DAS EIGENTUM) 445 4.1 THE ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF OWNERSHIP
447 4.2 THE ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF REAL ESTATE 447 4.3 THE ACQUISITION
AND LOSS OF MOVABLE PROPERTY 451 4.4 GOOD FAITH ACQUISITION 451
5 ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP BY OTHER MEANS 453 5.1 APPROPRIATION
(ANEIGNUNG) 453 5.2 PRESCRIPTION (ERSITZUNG) 453 5.3 UNION OR
COMBINATION (VERBINDUNG) 453 5.4 MIXING (VERMISCHUNG) 454 5.5
MANUFACTURING OR PROCESSING (VERARBEITUNG) 454
5.6 FOUND OBJECTS 454 5.7 SEPARATION OF OBJECTS 455 5.8 SUCCESSION
(GESAMTRECHTSNACHFOLGE) 455
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6 THE PROTECTION OF OWNERSHIP 455 6.1 THE CLAIM FOR RETURN
(HERAUSGABEANSPRUCH, § 985) 455 6.2 RIGHTS UNDER §§ 987 ET SEQ.
{EIGENTIIMER-BESITZER-VERHALTNIS) 456 6.3 INTERFERENCE WITH OWNERSHIP
(UNTERLASSUNGSANSPRUCH) 457 6.4 OTHER CLAIMS UNDER PRIVATE LAW 457 6.5
JUDICIAL REVIEW 458 7 OTHER TYPES OF PROPERTY RIGHTS 458
8 PROPERTY FINANCE AND SECURITY (SICHERUNGSRECHTE) 458 8.1 SECURITY
INTERESTS IN LAND (GRUNDPFANDRECHTE) 459 8.2 SECURITIES OVER MOVABLES
461 FURTHER READING 463
F BOOK FOUR: FAMILY LAW (FAMILIENRECHF) 464
1 INTRODUCTION 464 2 THE SCOPE OF FAMILY LAW 465 3 MATRIMONIAL LAW
(EHERECHT) 465 3.1 ENGAGEMENT (VERLOBNIS) 465
3.2 THE ACT OF MARRIAGE (DIE EHESCHLIELIUNG) 466 3.3 NON-EXISTENT AND
VOIDABLE MARRIAGES (NICHTEHEN UND AUFHEBBARE CHEN) 466 3.4 LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF MARRIAGE 467 3.5 MARITAL PROPERTY
(EHEGUTERRECHT) 467 3.6 DIVORCE (SCHEIDUNG DER EHE) 468
4 RELATIONSHIP (VENVANDTSCHAFT) 470 4.1 THE LEGAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PARENTS AND CHILDREN 470 4.2 ADOPTION (§§ 1741-1 772) 471
5 GUARDIANSHIP (VORMUNDSCHAFT), CURATORSHIP (PFLEGSCHAFT), AND CARE AND
CONTROL (BETREUUNG) 471 FURTHER READING 472
C BOOK FIVE: THE LAW OF SUCCESSION (ERBRECHT) 472
1 INTRODUCTION, SOURCES, AND SCOPE 472 2 THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
SUCCESSION 473 2.1 THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSAL SUCCESSION
(GESAMTRECHTSNACHFOLGE/UNIVERSAKUKZESSION) 473 2.2 AUTOMATIC INHERITANCE
(VONSELBSTERWERB) 473
2.3 CAPACITY 473 2.4 TESTAMENTARY AND INTESTATE SUCCESSION 473
3 THE ACQUISITION OF THE INHERITANCE 474 3.1 ACCEPTANCE 474 3.2
REPUDIATION OF THE INHERITANCE 474
4 RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES IN SUCCESSION 474
5 HEIRS 475 6 INTESTATE SUCCESSION (GESETZLICHE ERBFOLGE) 475 7
TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION (GEWILLKIIRTE ERBFOLGE) 476 7.1 THE WILL (DAS
TESTAMENT) 476
7.2 THE SUCCESSION CONTRACT (ERBVERTRAG) 477 7.3 THE INEFFECTIVE OR
INVALID WILL 477
8 COMPULSORY PORTION (PFLICHTTEIL) 477
9 THE EXECUTION OF THE ESTATE 478 FURTHER READING 478
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H PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW/CONFLICT OF LAWS 478
1 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL PROCEDURAL LAW (INTERNATIONALES
ZIVILVERFAHRENSRECHT, IZVR) 479 2 INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW
(INTERNATIONALES PRIVATRECHT) 480 FURTHER READING 481
11 PRIVATE LAW II: BUSINESS AND LABOUR LAW 482
A COMMERCIAL LAW AND THE LAW OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 482
1 INTRODUCTION 482 2 COMMERCIAL LAW 483 2.1 HISTORY 483 2.2 THE
STRUCTURE OF THE HGB 483
2.3 HCB BOOK ONE 484 2.4 BOOK TWO: PARTNERSHIPS UNDER THE COMMERCIAL
CODE 488 2.5 BOOK THREE: BUSINESS ACCOUNTS 489 2.6 BOOK FOUR: COMMERCIAL
TRANSACTIONS 489 2.7 COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION 491
3 THE LAW OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 492 3.1 INTRODUCTION 492 3.2
PARTNERSHIPS 493
B COMPANY LAW (GESELLSCHAFTSRECHT) 498
1 THE PRIVATE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 498 1.1 FORMATION 498 1.2
CAPITAL 499 1.3 REGISTRATION 499 1.4 PRE-INCORPORATION STATUS (VOR-GMBH)
500 1.5 THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SHAREHOLDERS (GESELLSCHAFTER) 500 1.6
MANAGEMENT (GESCHAFTSFUHRUNG) 501
1.7 GENERAL MEETINGS 502 1.8 THE SUPERVISORY BOARD (AUFSICHTSRAT) 503
1.9 ALTERATIONS TO THE ARTICLES 503 1.10 DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
(AUFLOSUNG) 503
1.11 COMPANY RESTRUCTURING, MERGERS, AND ACQUISITIONS 503 2 THE JOINT
STOCK CORPORATION 504 2.1 HISTORY 504 2.2 FORMATION 505
2.3 THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT (VORSTAND) 506 2.4 THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
(AUFSICHTSRAT) 507 2.5 THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS
(HAUPTVERSAMMLUNG) 508 2.6 SHARES 508 2.7 MINORITY PROTECTION 509 2.8
ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS 509 2.9 DISSOLUTION (AUFLOSUNG) 509 2.10
ACQUISITION AND MERGERS 510
3 LIMITED STOCK PARTNERSHIP/ASSOCIATION LIMITED BY SHARES 511
4 THE LAW OF GROUPS OF COMPANIES (KONZERNRECHT) 512 FURTHER READING 514
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C COMPETITION LAW AND ANTI-TRUST LAW 515
1 INTRODUCTION 515 2 COMPETITION LAW (WETTBEWERBSRECHT) 516 2.1 THE
GENERAL PROHIBITION 516 2.2 PARTICULAR PROHIBITIONS 518
2.3 REMEDIES 519 3 ANTI-TRUST LAW (KARTELLRECHT) 519 3.1 HORIZONTAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN UNDERTAKINGS 520 3.2 VERTICAL AGREEMENTS 521
3.3 DOMINANT POSITIONS AND MERGERS 521 FURTHER READING 522
D LABOUR LAW (ARBEITSRECHT) 523
1 INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF GERMAN LABOUR LAW 523 2 CATEGORIES OF
LABOUR LAW 525 2.1 INDIVIDUAL LABOUR LAW (INDIVIDUALARBEITSRECHT) 525
2.2 WORKER PROTECTION LAWS (ARBEITSCHUTZRECHT) 525
2.3 COLLECTIVE LABOUR LAW (KOLLEKTIVES ARBEITSRECHT) 525 2.4 PROCEDURAL
LAW 525 3 SOURCES OF LABOUR LAW 526 3.1 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 526
3.2 CIVIL LAW 526 3.3 CASE-LAW 527 3.4 CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS 527 4
LABOUR LAW INSTITUTIONS 528
4.1 UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATIONS 528 4.2 THE WORKS COUNCIL
(BETRIEBSRAT) 529 4.3 THE SUPERVISORY BOARD (AUFSICHTSRAT) 529 4.4
LABOUR LAW COURTS 529 5 INDIVIDUAL LABOUR LAW 530
5.1 THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP 530 5.2 THE FORMATION OF CONTRACTS OF
EMPLOYMENT 53 1 5.3 WORKS COUNCILS AND HIRING EMPLOYEES 533 5.4 GENERAL
TERMS OF CONTRACTS 533 5.5 ENDING THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND
DISMISSAL 535
6 WORKER PROTECTION LAWS 537 7 COLLECTIVE LABOUR LAW 539 7.1 INDUSTRIAL
CONFLICT LAW 540 7.2 WORKER REPRESENTATION AND CO-DETERMINATION 547
8 PROCEDURAL LAW 546 8.1 INDIVIDUAL DISPUTES 546 8.2 COLLECTIVE DISPUTES
547 8.3 JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION 547
FURTHER READING 548
APPENDIX: EXTRACTS FROM THE GERMAN CONSTITUTION 549
GLOSSARY 563
INDEX 573
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PART I I N T R O D U C T I ON TO T HE G E R M AN LEGAL SYSTEM
1 GERMAN LEGAL HISTORY AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENT 9
2 SOURCES OF GERMAN LAW 36
3 LEGAL INSTITUTIONS 66
4 LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL PERSONNEL 80
5 THE OPERATION OF JUSTICE 110
PART LL SUBSTANTIVE G E R M AN LAW
6 PUBLIC LAW I: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES AND INSTITUTIONS 145
7 PUBLIC LAW II: BASIC RIGHTS AND THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT 204
8 PUBLIC LAW III: GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 248
9 PUBLIC LAW IV: CRIMINAL LAW 295
10 PRIVATE LAW I: THE GERMAN CIVIL CODE 364
11 PRIVATE LAW II: BUSINESS AND LABOUR LAW 482
APPENDIX: EXTRACTS FROM THE GERMAN CONSTITUTION 549
GLOSSARY 563
INDEX 573
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FOREWORD TO THE THIRD EDITION XXI
FOREWORD TO THE SECOND EDITION XXV
FOREWORD TO THE FIRST EDITION XXVII
PREFACE XXIX
TABLE OF LEGISLATION XXXIII
TABLE OF CASES IV
ABBREVIATIONS LIX
PART I INTRODUCTION TO THE GERMAN LEGAL SYSTEM
1 INTRODUCTION 3 2 HISTORICAL INFLUENCES 3 3 THE CLASSIFICATION AS A
CIVIL LAW COUNTRY 3 4 THE DIVISION OF PUBLIC AND CIVIL (PRIVATE) LAW 4
5 CODE AND STATUTE-BASED LAW 5 6 SOURCES OF LAW 5 6.1 STATUTE (GESETZ) 6
6.2 CUSTOM (GEWOHNHEITSRECHF) 6
6.3 THE ROLE OF THE COURTS, JUDICIARY, AND PRECEDENCE 6 FURTHER READING
7
1 GERMAN LEGAL HISTORY AND LEGAL DEVELOPMENT 9
1 INTRODUCTION 9 2 EARLY DEVELOPMENTS 9 3 THE TRDNKISCH-DEUTSCHE REICH
10 4 CHARLEMAGNE 12 5 THE MIDDLE-TO LATE-MIDDLE AGES 13 6 EARLY MODERN
TIMES: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION 16
6.1 THE RECEPTION OF ROMAN LAW INTO GERMANY 17 7 POST-MEDIEVAL
DEVELOPMENTS 21 7.1 SCHOOL OF NATURAL LAW 22
7.2 HISTORICAL SCHOOL OF LAW 23 7.3 COMMERCE AND UNIFICATION 24 7.4 THE
CIVIL CODE (BURGERLICHES CESETZBUCH: BCB) 26 8 LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
TWENTIETH CENTURY 27
FURTHER READING 34
2 SOURCES OF GERMAN LAW 36
1 INTRODUCTION 36 2 SOURCES OF LAW 37 2.1 THE CONSTITUTION: THE "BASIC
LAW" (CRUNDGESETZ) 37 2.2 STATUTE (.GESETZ) 37
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2.3 CUSTOMARY LAW (GEWOHNHEITSRECHT) 38 2.4 JUDICIAL LAW-MAKING
(RICHTERRECHT) 39 2.5 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY LAW 42 2.6 INTERNATIONAL LAW 56
2.7 NATURAL LAW AS A SOURCE OF LAW? 57
2.8 SUMMARY 57 3 LEGAL M E T H OD 58
3.1 HIERARCHY OF LEGAL PROVISIONS 58 3.2 SUBSUMTION 59 3.3 GAPS OF
LEGISLATION AND ANALOGIES 59 3.4 STATUTORY INTERPRETATION (AUSLEGUNG VON
GESETZEN) 61
FURTHER READING 64
3 LEGAL INSTITUTIONS 66
1 THE COURTS AND COURT STRUCTURE: INTRODUCTION 66 2 DECENTRALIZATION 66
2.1 THE FEDERAL COURTS (BUNDESGERICHTE) 67 2.2 COURTS OF THE LANDER
(GERKHTE DER LANDER) 67
3 SPECIALIZATION 67 3.1 COURTS OF ORDINARY JURISDICTION 69 3.2
ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS (VERWALTUNGSGERICHTE) 72 3.3 LABOUR COURTS
(ARBEITSGERKHTE) 73 3.4 SOCIAL COURTS (SOZIALGERICHTE) 74 3.5 TAX OR
REVENUE COURTS (FINANZGERICHTE) 75
3.6 CONCLUSION 75
4 THE SITUATION IN THE NEW FEDERAL REGIONS (BUNDESLANDER) 75
5 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT 76 6 THE LANDER CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS
77 7 THE JUSTICE MINISTRIES 78 7.1 THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
(BUNDESMINISTERIUM DERJUSTIZ (BMFI) 78
7.2 THE JUSTICE MINISTRIES OF THE LANDER (LANDESJUSTIZMINISTERIERI) 78
FURTHER READING 79
4 LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL PERSONNEL 80
1 LEGAL EDUCATION 80 1.1 INTRODUCTION 80 1.2 UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE 80 1.3
LEGAL EDUCATION 83
2 THE JUDICIARY AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS 88 2.1 INTRODUCTION 88 2.2 THE
JUDICIARY 89 2.3 LAWYERS 92 2.4 ADDITIONAL LEGAL OCCUPATIONS 700 2.5
RIGHTS ALLOWED NON-GERMAN ATTORNEYS 104 2.6 THE POSITION OF EC ATTORNEYS
704
3 LAY PARTICIPATION IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM 106
FURTHER READING 108
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5 THE OPERATION OF JUSTICE 110
1 LEGAL ADVICE AND LEGAL AID 110 1.1 LEGAL REPRESENTATION 110 2
LITIGATION COSTS 111 2.1 COURT COSTS 111
2.2 FEES FOR LEGAL REPRESENTATION 7 12 3 LEGAL AID 113 3.1 THE LEGAL
ADVICE ACT (BERATUNGSHILFEGESETZ: BERHG) 113 3.2 LEGAL AID FOR
REPRESENTATION IN COURT (PROZELIKOSTENHILFE) 115 4 LEGAL PUBLICATIONS,
REPORTING, AND CITATION 116
4.1 OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS 116 4.2 PRIVATE REPORTING AND PUBLICATION 119
5 ACADEMIC LEGAL OPINION 121
6 ASPECTS OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 122 6.1 INTRODUCTION 122 6.2 GENERAL
PRINCIPLES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 123 6.3 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS OF
PROCEDURE 126 6.4 THE CIVIL LAW ACTION 128 6.5 SPECIAL PROCEDURES 133
6.6 APPEALS (RECHTSMITTEL) 133 6.7 ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS
(ZWANGSVOLLSTRECKUNG) 134 FURTHER READING 235
PART IT SUBSTANTIVE GERMAN LAW
A OUTLINE OF SUBJECT AREAS 139
1 PUBLIC AND CIVIL (PRIVATE) LAW 139
B PUBLIC LAW 139
1 STAATSRECHT 139 2 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 140 3 JUDICATURE AND PROCEDURAL
LAW 140 4 CRIMINAL LAW 141 5 TAX LAW 141 6 SOCIAL LAW 141 7 THE LAW OF
ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION AND LABOUR LAW 142
7.1 THE LAW OF ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION 142 7.2 LABOUR LAW 142
C CIVIL LAW 143
1 THE CIVIL CODE (BURGERLICHES GESETZBUCH: BGB) 143 2 COMMERCIAL LAW 143
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6 PUBLIC LAW I: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: PRINCIPLES AND INSTITUTIONS 145
1 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 145 1.1 CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENTS UNTIL
UNIFICATION 145 1.2 CHANGES MADE TO THE CRUNDGESETZ FOLLOWING
UNIFICATION 147 1.3 CONTENT 748
1.4 CONSTITUTIONS OF THE LANDER 149
2 THE SUPREME POSITION OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 149 2.1 THE PRIORITY OF
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS 149 2.2 INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION 750
2.3 DISTINCTION: INTERPRETATION IN THE LIGHT OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 757
2.4 POSITION OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 752
3 THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF STATE 153 3.1 REPUBLICANISM 754 3.2 DEMOCRACY
755 3.3 RECHTSSTAAT 163
3.4 PRINCIPLE OF THE SOCIAL STATE (SOZIALSTAATSPRINZIP) 173 3.5
PRINCIPLE OF THE FEDERAL STATE 'BUNDESSTAATPRINZIP) 174 3.6
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (ART. 20A CG)-A NEW PRINCIPLE? 7 80
4 ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE 181 4.1 BUNDESTAG (FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARY
ASSEMBLY, ARTS 38-49 GG) 181 4.2 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT (BUNDESREGIERUNG,
ARTS 62-69 GG) 786 4.3 THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT (BUNDESPRDSIDENT, ARTS
54-61 GG) 189 4.4 THE FEDERAL COUNCIL (BUNDESRAT, ARTS 50-53 GG) 7 92
4.5 FUNCTIONS OF THE STATE 794 5 PROTECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION 198
5.1 AMENDMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTION 798 5.2 DEFENDING THE FREE DEMOCRATIC
BASIC ORDER 799 FURTHER READING 203
7 PUBLIC LAW II: BASIC RIGHTS AND THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT 204
1 BASIC RIGHTS (GRUNDRECHTE) 204 1.1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES 205 2 THE
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS 214 2.1 ARTICLE 1: THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN DIGNITY
(SCHUTZ DER MENSCHENWIIRDE) 214
2.2 ARTICLE 2: THE RIGHT TO PERSONAL FREEDOM (ALLGEMEINES
PERSONLICHKEITSRECHT, ART. 21 GG), RIGHT TO LIFE (RECHT AUF LEBEN), AND
PHYSICAL INTEGRITY (KOPERLICHE UNVERSEHRTHEIT, ART. 2II GG) 216 2.3
ARTICLE 3: EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW (CLEICHHEIT VORDEM CESETZ) 219 2.4
ARTICLE 4; THE FREEDOM OF FAITH, CONSCIENCE, AND CREED (GLAUBENS-,
GEWISSENS- UND
BEKENNTNISFREIHEIT) 222 2.5 ARTICLE 5 I GG: FREEDOM OF COMMUNICATION;
FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, INFORMATION, PRESS, BROADCASTING, AND FILM
(KOMMUNIKATIONSGRUNDRECHTE) 224 2.6 ARTICLE 5 III GG: FREEDOM OF
ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND SCIENCE (FREIHEIT VON KUNST UND
WISSENSCHAFT) 227 2.7 ARTICLE 6: MARRIAGE AND FAMILY, CHILDREN BOM
OUTSIDE MARRIAGE (EHE, FAMILIE, NICHTEHELICHE KINDER) 227 2.8 ARTICLE 7:
SCHOOL EDUCATION (SCHULWESEN) 228 2.9 ARTICLE 8: FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY
(VERSARNMLUNGSFREIHEIT) 228 2.10 ARTICLE 9: FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION
(VEREINIGUNGSFREIHEIT) 229 2.11 ARTICLE 10: PRIVACY OF CORRESPONDENCE,
POSTS, AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS (BRIEF-, POST- UND
FERNMELDEGEHEIMNIS) 229 2. 12 ARTICLE 1 1: FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
(FREIZUGIGKEIF) 230 2.13 ARTICLE 12: FREE CHOICE OF OCCUPATION OR
PROFESSION, PROHIBITION OF FORCED LABOUR (BERUFSFREIHEIT) 230
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2.14 ARTICLE 13: PRIVACY OF THE HOME (UNVERLETZLICHKEIT DER WOHNUNG) 232
2.15 ARTICLE 14: PROPERTY, INHERITANCE, EXPROPRIATION (EIGENTUM,
ERBRECHT, ENTEIGNUNG) 233 2.16 ARTICLE 15: PUBLIC OWNERSHIP
{SOZIALISIERUNG) 234 2.17 ARTICLE 16: CITIZENSHIP, EXTRADITION
(AUSBURGERUNG, AUSLIEFERUNG) 234 2.18 ARTICLE 16A: ASYLUM (ASYLRECHT)
235 2. 1 9 ARTICLE 17: RIGHT OF PETITION (PETITIONSRECHT) 235 2.20
ARTICLE 17A: THE RESTRICTION OF THE BASIC RIGHTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
ARMED FORCES AND THE
ALTERNATIVE SERVICE IN THE CIVIL SECTOR 236 2.21 ARTICLES 18 AND ARTICLE
19 MIL 236 2.22 ARTICLE 19 IV: PROCEDURAL BASIC RIGHTS
{PROZETLGRUNDRECHTE) 236 2.23 ARTICLE 19 IV: RECOURSE TO THE COURTS
(RECHTSSCHUTZGARANTIE) 236 2.24 ARTICLE 101 I GG: RIGHT TO A LAWFUL
JUDGE, PROHIBITION OF EXCEPTIONAL COURTS (RECHT AUF DEN
GESEULICHEN RICHTER, VERBOT VON AUSNAHMEGERICHTERI) 236 2.25 ARTICLE 102
GG: ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY (ABSCHAFFUNG DER TODESSTRAFE) 237 2.26
ARTICLE 1031 GG: RIGHT TO LEGAL HEARING (ANSPRUCH AUF RECHTLICHES
GEHB'R) 237 2.27 ARTICLE 10311 GG: NULLA POENA SINE LEGE 237
2.28 ARTICLE 103 III GG: NE BIS IN IDEM 238
3 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURAL LAW 239
3.1 THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT (BUNDESVERFASSUNGSGERICHT, BVERFC)
239 4 CONSTITUTIONAL PROCEDURAL LAW (VERFASSUNGSPROZESSRECHT) 240 4.1
ABSTRACT REVIEW OF STATUTES (ABSTRAKTE NORMENKONTROLLE, ART. 93 I NO. 2,
§§ 13 NO. 6, 76 ET SEQ.
BVERFGG) 24!
4.2 THE SUBMISSION PROCEDURE (VORLAGEVERFAHREN, KONKRETE
NORMENKONTROLLE, ART. 100 I GG, §§ 13 NO. 11, 80-82 BVERFGG) 241 4.3
CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLAINT (VERFASSUNGSBESCHWERDE) 242 4.4 CONSTITUTIONAL
COURTS OF THE LANDER 245
FURTHER READING 245
8 PUBLIC LAW III 248
A GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 248
1 INTRODUCTION 248 1.1 DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADMINISTRATION 248 1.2
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AS PART OF PUBLIC LAW 249 1.3 INFLUENCE OF EUROPEAN
LAW 250
1.4 GENERAL AND SPECIFIC ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 250
2 SOURCES OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 251 2.1 THE CRUNDGESETZ 251 2.2 FEDERAL
AND LOADER STATUTES (BUNDES- UND LANDESGESETZE) 251 2.3 DELEGATED
LEGISLATION (RECHTSVERORDNUNGEN) 251 2.4 BYE-LAWS (SATZUNGEN) 251 2.5
ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDELINES (VERWALTUNGSVORSCHRIFTEN) 252 2.6 EC LAW 253
3 ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES 253
4 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW 254 4.1 IMPACT OF
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 254 4.2 DISCRETION (ERMESSEN) 255 4.3 MARGIN OF
APPRECIATION {BEURTEILUNGSSPIELRAUM) 256
4.4 SUBJECTIVE PUBLIC RIGHT (SUBJEKTIVES OFFENTLICHES RECHT) 258
5 TYPES OF ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION 258 5.1 THE VERWALTUNGSOKT
(ADMINISTRATIVE ACT) 259 5.2 PUBLIC LAW CONTRACT (OFFENTLICH-RECHTLICHER
VERTRAG, § 54 VWVFG) 264
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5.3 PLAN AND PLANNING 264 5.4 OTHER INSTRUMENTS 264
6 ENFORCEMENT BY THE AUTHORITY 265
7 JUDICIAL REVIEW 265 7.1 INFORMAL REMEDIES (FORMLOSE RECHTSBEHELFE) 265
7.2 FORMAL REMEDIES: WIDERSPRUCHSVERFAHREN (§§ 68-73 VWVFG) 265 7.3
FORMAL REMEDIES: TYPES OF ACTION 266
8 CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES 271
FURTHER READING 271
B PARTICULAR ADMINSTRATIVE LAW (BESONDERES VERWALTUNGSRECHT) 272
FURTHER READING 272
C SOCIAL LAW 273
1 INTRODUCTION 273 2 SOURCES OF SOCIAL LAW 273 3 THE AIMS AND BASIC
PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL LAW 274 A THE ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
SOCIAL AID 275
5 SOCIAL WELFARE PROVISION 275 6 BREACHES OF DUTY BY SOCIAL BODIES 277 7
PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR SOCIAL ASSISTANCE 277 FURTHER READING 277
D THE LAW OF ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION (WIRTSCHAFTSVERWALTUNGSRECHT) 278
1 INTRODUCTION 278 2 THE SCOPE OF THE LAW OF ECONOMIC ADMINISTRATION 278
3 THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM 279 4 STATE PROMOTION OF THE ECONOMY
(WIRTSCHAFTSFORDERUNG) 280
5 THE GENERAL REGULATION OF BUSINESS 280 5.1 THE TRADE ART
(FIEWERBEORDNUNG: GEWO) 280 5.2 PARTICULAR TRADE LAW (BESONDERES
GEWERBERECHT) 281
6 CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW (VERBRAUCHERSCHUTZRECHT) 281 6.1 SAFETY
LEGISLATION 282 6.2 IDENTIFICATION AND LABELLING 282 6.3 ADVERTISING
LEGISLATION 283 6.4 SALE OF GOODS LAWS 283 6.5 WARRANTY AND LIABILITY
LEGISLATION 284 6.6 OTHER AREAS OF CONSUMER LAW 284 6.7 ENFORCEMENT 284
FURTHER READING 285
E ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (UMWELTRECHT) 285
1 SOURCES 286 2 GENERAL PRINCIPLES 287 2.1 THE PREVENTATIVE OR
PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE (VONORGEPRINZIP) 287 2.2 THE PRINCIPLE THAT THE
POLLUTER PAYS (VERURSACHERPRIMIP) 288
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2.3 THE CO-OPERATION PRINCIPLE (KOOPERATIONSPRINZIP) 288 2.4 THE
PROTECTION OF THE EXISTING POSITION PRINCIPLE (BESTANDSSCHUTZPRINZIP)
288 3 PRINCIPAL LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS 288 3.1 THE WATER RESOURCES ACT
(WASSERHAUSHALTSGESETZ: WHO) 288
3.2 THE FEDERAL EMISSIONS CONTROL ACT (BUNDESIMMISSIONSSCHUTZGESETZ:
BLMSCHG) 289 3.3 THE WASTE ACT (ABFALLGESETZ: FLFOFG) 289 3.4 THE
FEDERAL NATURE CONSERVATION ACT (BUNDESNATURSCHUTZGESETZ: BNATSCHG) 290
3.5 THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ACT (UMWELTINFORMATIONSGESETZ: UIG)
290 3.6 THE OZONE ACT (OZONGESETZ: OG) 290 3.7 THE FEDERAL BUILDING CODE
(BAUGESETZBUCH: BAUGB) 291 3.8 THE PACKAGING ACT (VERPACKUNGSVERORDNUNG:
VERPACKV) 291
4 LIABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT FOLLOWING ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE 291 4.1 CIVIL
LAW 291 4.2 CRIMINAL SANCTION 292 4.3 PUBLIC LAW 293
5 PUBLIC ENFORCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 293 FURTHER READING 293
9 PUBLIC LAW IV 295
A CRIMINAL LAW 295
1 INTRODUCTION 295 2 HISTORY OF CRIMINAL LAW 296 3 STRUCTURE OF THE
CRIMINAL CODE 297 4 APPLICABILITY OF GERMAN CRIMINAL LAW (§§ 3-9 STGB)
298
5 LEADING PRINCIPLES OF GERMAN CRIMINAL LAW 298 5.1 THE PRINCIPLE OF
LEGALITY (CESETZLICHKEITSPRINZIP) 298 5.2 THE PRINCIPLE OF THE
PROTECTION OF LEGAL RIGHTS (RECHTSGUTERSCHUTZPRINZIP) 299 5.3 THE
PRINCIPLE OF GUILT (SCHULDPRINZIP) 299 6 GENERAL CONCEPTS IN CRIMINAL
LAW 300
6.1 FORMS OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES 307 6.2 STRUCTURE OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENCE
(AUFBAU DER STRAFTAT) 301 6.3 NEGLIGENT OFFENCES
(FAHRLASSIGKEITSDELIKTE) 320 6.4 OFFENCES OF OMISSION
(UNTERLASSUNGSDELIKTE) 321 6.5 ATTEMPT (VERSUCH) 325 6.6 DIFFERENT FORMS
OF PARTICIPATION: TATERSCHAFT UND TEILNAHME, §§ 25-31 330 6.7 LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES: PUNISHMENT AND OTHER MEASURES 335
7 THE INDIVIDUAL OR SUBSTANTIVE OFFENCES 336
B CRIMINAL PROCEDURAL LAW 337
1 INTRODUCTION 337 2 HISTORICAL ASPECTS 338 3 SOURCES 339 4 PRINCIPAL
STAGES OF PROCEDURE 339
4.1 THE PRE-TRIAL PROCEDURE 339 4.2 THE INTERIM PROCEEDINGS
(ZWISCHENVERFAHREN) 340 4.3 THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS (HAUPTVERIAHREN) 340
4.4 APPEAL 340 5 LEADING PRINCIPLES OF PROCEDURAL LAW 340
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5.1 PRINCIPLES ON COMMENCING THE PROCEDURE 340 5.2 PRINCIPLES CONCERNING
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROCEDURE 342 5.3 PRINCIPLES CONCERNING
EVIDENCE 344 5.4 PRINCIPLES CONCERNING THE FORM OF PROCEEDINGS 345
6 THE PRE-TRIAL PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION (VORVERFAHREN) 346 6.1 THE
INVESTIGATION (ERMITTLUNGSVERFAHREN) 347 6.2 POWERS OF STATE PROSECUTION
AND POLICE DURING PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION 347 7 THE ROLE OF THE DEFENCE
ATTORNEY (VERTEIDIGER) DURING PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATIONS 351
7.1 RIGHT TO A DEFENCE ATTORNEY 351 7.2 RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE DEFENCE
ATTORNEY 352 8 THE INTERIM PROCEEDINGS (ZWISCHENVERFAHREN) 352 8.1 THE
CHOICE OF COURT 352
8.2 RESULT OF INTERIM PROCEEDINGS 353
9 STRUCTURE OF THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS (HAUPTVERFAHRERI) 353 9.1 THE ROLE
OF THE JUDGE 354 9.2 THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS: THE ORAL TRIAL
(HAUPTVERHANDLUNG) 354 10 THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 355
10.1 PRINCIPLES OF THE LAW OF EVIDENCE 355 10.2 FORMS OF PROOF
(BEWEISMITTE!) 356 10.3 THE PROHIBITION OF EVIDENCE
(BEWEISVERWERTUNGSVERBOT) 357
11 THE CONCLUSION OF THE TRIAL 359 12 THE ACCELERATED PROCEDURE
(BESCHLEUNIGTES VERFAHREN, §§ 417-420 STPO) 359 13 THE SUMMARY PROCEDURE
(STRAFBEFEHLSVERFAHREN, §§ 407^12 STPO) 359 14 MEANS OF LEGAL REDRESS
(RECHTSMITTET) 360
14.1 COMMON RULES ON ORDINARY MEANS OF LEGAL REDRESS 360 14.2 FORMS OF
APPEAL 360 14.3 THE RE-TRIAL (WIEDERAUFNAHME DES VERFAHRENS) 362 FURTHER
READING 362
10 PRIVATE LAW I: THE GERMAN CIVIL CODE 364
A INTRODUCTION 364
1 THE STRUCTURE OF THE BGB 366 2 METHOD OF ADDRESSING PRIVATE LAW
PROBLEMS: FINDING THE CLAIM (ANSPTUCHSGRUNDLAGE) 367 3 MAJOR PRINCIPLES
369
3.1 FREEDOM OF CONTRACT (VERTRAGSFREIHEIF) 369 3.2 THE PRINCIPLE OF
ABSTRACTION (ABSTRAKTIONSPRINZIP) 370 3.3 POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP
(BESITZ UND EIGENTUM) 371 3.4 VERPFLKHTUNGS- UND VERFUGUNGSGESCHAFTE:
TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF LEGAL TRANSACTION 372
B BOOK ONE: THE GENERAL PART 374
1 INTRODUCTION 374 2 RECHTSSUBJEKTE (HOLDERS OF SUBJECTIVE RIGHTS) 374
2.1 NATURAL AND LEGAL PERSONS (NATURLICHE UND JURISTISCHE PERSONEN) 375
2.2 DIFFERENT FORMS OF LEGAL CAPACITY 375
3 THE LEGAL TRANSACTION {DAS RECHTSGESCHAFT) 379 3.1 DECLARATION OF
INTENT {WILLENSERKLARUNG) 379 3.2 THE "REAL ACT" (REALAKF) 382
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3.3 THE LEGAL TRANSACTION (DAS RECHTSGESCHAFT) 383 3.4 THE CONTRACT (DER
VERTRAG) 383 4 INTERPRETATION RULES (AUSLEGUNG) 387 4.1 PARAGRAPH 133
387
4.2 PARAGRAPH 157 388 4.3 PARAGRAPH 242 388 4.4 THE APPLICATION OF § 242
389
5 VOID LEGAL TRANSACTIONS (NICHTIGE RECHTSGESCHAFTE) 390 5.1 BREACH OF
FORMAL REQUIREMENTS (§§ 125-129 BGB) 391 5.2 BREACH OF A LAW OR GOOD
MORALS (§§ 134,1 38 BGB) 391 5.3 DEFECT OF DECLARATION OF INTENT
(WILLENSMANGEL) 393
5.4 THE CONCEPT AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE VOID LEGAL TRANSACTION 398 6
AGENCY (STELLVERTRETUNG) 398 6.1 TYPES OF AGENCY 399 6.2 AGENCY
AUTHORITY (VOLLMACHT) 400
6.3 THE SCOPE OF AGENCY POWERS 400 6.4 LEGAL CONSEQUENCES OF AGENCY 407
6.5 LACK OF AUTHORIZATION 401 6.6 PROHIBITION OF SELF CONTRACTING
(VERBOTDES INSICHGESCHAFTS) 402 7 LIMITATION 402
FURTHER READING 403
C BOOK TWO: THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS: GENERAL PART 404
1 INTRODUCTION 404 2 THE OBLIGATIONAL RELATIONSHIP (DAS
SCHULDVERHALTNIS) -GENERAL PRINCIPLES 404 2.1 TYPES AND THE CREATION OF
OBLIGATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS 405
3 CONTENT OF THE OBLIGATIONAL RELATIONSHIP 406 3.1 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
DUTIES (PRIMDR- UND SEKUNDARIEISTUNGSPFLKHTEN) 406 3.2 MAIN AND
ANCILLARY DUTIES (HAUPTLEISTUNGSPFLICHTEN UND NEBENLEISTUNGSPFLICHTEN)
406 3.3 PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUAL AND GENERIC OBLIGATIONS {GATTUNGS- UND
STUCKSCHULD, §§ 243) 406 3.4 TIME AND PLACE OF PERFORMANCE (LEISTUNGSORT
UND -ZEIT, §§ 269, 270, 271) 407 3.5 PASSAGE OF RISK IN PERFORMANCE 408
3.6 STANDARD FORM CONTRACTS AND GENERAL CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS
(ALLGEMEINE CESCHAFTSBEDINGUNGEN,
§§305-310 BGB) 408 3.7 THIRD PARTIES TO CONTRACTS 410 3.8 EXTINCTION OF
AN OBLIGATIONAL RELATIONSHIP (ERLOSCHEN DES SCHULDVERHDLTNISSES) 4 7 7 4
IRREGULARITIES IN PERFORMANCE 412
4.1 BASIC PROVISION FOR LIABILITY: THE NEW § 280 BGB 412 4.2
IMPOSSIBILITY (UNMOGLICHKEIT DER LEISTUNG) 413 4.3 DELAY (VERZUG) 415
4.4 POSITIVE BREACH OF OBLIGATION/CONTRACT (POSITIVE
FORDERUNGSVERLETZUNG/VERTRAGSVERLETZUNG) 417 4.5 PROBLEMS IN
PRE-CONTRACTUAL RELATIONS (C.I.C.) 419 4.6 COLLAPSE OF FOUNDATION OF
CONTRACT, § 313 (WEGFALL DER GESCHAFTSGRUNDLAGE) 420 4.7 RESCISSION, §§
323-326, 346-349 (RUCKTRITTVOM VERTRAG) 421 5 ASSESSING DAMAGES AND
COMPENSATION 421
5.1 TYPES OF DAMAGE 422 5.2 FAULT (VERSCHULDEN) 423
D BOOK TWO: THE LAW OF OBLIGATIONS: SPECIAL PART 424
1 LAW ON CONTRACTS OF SALE (KAUFRECHT) 424 1.1 DUTIES OF SELLER AND
BUYER 425
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1.2 PASSAGE OF RISK 425 1.3 REMEDIES FOR DELIVERY OF DEFECTIVE GOODS
(GEWAHRLEISTUNGSRECHTE) 426 1.4 LIMITATION PERIODS 428 1.5 CONSUMER
PROTECTION 429 2 UNJUSTIFIED ENRICHMENT (UNGERECHTFERTIGTE BEREICHERUNG)
429
2.1 THE ENRICHMENT OF THE OBLIGOR 430 2.2 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE
CREDITOR 430 23 THE ABSENCE OF A LEGAL BASIS 430 2.4 ENRICHMENT IN OTHER
WAYS (§ 812 II 2ND ALTERNATIVE) 431
2.5 PERFORMANCE BY A THIRD PARTY 432 2.6 THE SCOPE OF THE OBLIGATION TO
RETURN POSSESSION 432 3 TORT LAW (UNERLAUBTE HANDLUNG) 433 3.1 THE DUTY
TO COMPENSATE FOR DAMAGE 433
3.2 THE INFRINGEMENT OF A PROTECTIVE LAW 435 3.3 INTENTIONAL DAMAGE 435
3.4 OTHER PROVISIONS OF DELICTUAL LIABILITY 436 3.5 VICARIOUS LIABILITY
(HAFTUNG FUR DEN VERRICHTUNGSGEHILFEN) 436
3.6 STRICT LIABILITY (GEFAHRDUNGSHAFTUNG) 436 3.7 PRODUCT LIABILITY 438
3.8 BUILDINGS AND OCCUPIERS' LIABILITY 438 3.9 LIABILITY OF THE STATE
438
3.10 COMPENSATION 438 3.11 LIMITATION PERIODS 439
FURTHER READING 439
E BOOK THREE: PROPERTY LAW (SACHENRECHT) 440
1 INTRODUCTION TO THE SCOPE AND SOURCES OF PROPERTY LAW 440 2
DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY LAW 441 2.1 REAL RIGHTS
(DINGLICHE RECHTE) 441 2.2 PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY LAW 441
3 POSSESSION (DERBESITZ) 443 3.1 DIRECT AND INDIRECT POSSESSION 443 3.2
EXCLUSIVE AND JOINT POSSESSION 443 3.3 COMPLETE AND PARTIAL POSSESSION
444
3.4 THE POSSESSOR'S AGENT (BESITZDIENER) 444 3.5 THE ACQUISITION AND
LOSS OF POSSESSION 444 3.6 THE PROTECTION OF POSSESSION 445
4 OWNERSHIP (DAS EIGENTUM) 445 4.1 THE ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF OWNERSHIP
447 4.2 THE ACQUISITION AND LOSS OF REAL ESTATE 447 4.3 THE ACQUISITION
AND LOSS OF MOVABLE PROPERTY 451 4.4 GOOD FAITH ACQUISITION 451
5 ACQUISITION OF OWNERSHIP BY OTHER MEANS 453 5.1 APPROPRIATION
(ANEIGNUNG) 453 5.2 PRESCRIPTION (ERSITZUNG) 453 5.3 UNION OR
COMBINATION (VERBINDUNG) 453 5.4 MIXING (VERMISCHUNG) 454 5.5
MANUFACTURING OR PROCESSING (VERARBEITUNG) 454
5.6 FOUND OBJECTS 454 5.7 SEPARATION OF OBJECTS 455 5.8 SUCCESSION
(GESAMTRECHTSNACHFOLGE) 455
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6 THE PROTECTION OF OWNERSHIP 455 6.1 THE CLAIM FOR RETURN
(HERAUSGABEANSPRUCH, § 985) 455 6.2 RIGHTS UNDER §§ 987 ET SEQ.
{EIGENTIIMER-BESITZER-VERHALTNIS) 456 6.3 INTERFERENCE WITH OWNERSHIP
(UNTERLASSUNGSANSPRUCH) 457 6.4 OTHER CLAIMS UNDER PRIVATE LAW 457 6.5
JUDICIAL REVIEW 458 7 OTHER TYPES OF PROPERTY RIGHTS 458
8 PROPERTY FINANCE AND SECURITY (SICHERUNGSRECHTE) 458 8.1 SECURITY
INTERESTS IN LAND (GRUNDPFANDRECHTE) 459 8.2 SECURITIES OVER MOVABLES
461 FURTHER READING 463
F BOOK FOUR: FAMILY LAW (FAMILIENRECHF) 464
1 INTRODUCTION 464 2 THE SCOPE OF FAMILY LAW 465 3 MATRIMONIAL LAW
(EHERECHT) 465 3.1 ENGAGEMENT (VERLOBNIS) 465
3.2 THE ACT OF MARRIAGE (DIE EHESCHLIELIUNG) 466 3.3 NON-EXISTENT AND
VOIDABLE MARRIAGES (NICHTEHEN UND AUFHEBBARE CHEN) 466 3.4 LEGAL
CONSEQUENCES AND THE OBLIGATIONS OF MARRIAGE 467 3.5 MARITAL PROPERTY
(EHEGUTERRECHT) 467 3.6 DIVORCE (SCHEIDUNG DER EHE) 468
4 RELATIONSHIP (VENVANDTSCHAFT) 470 4.1 THE LEGAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PARENTS AND CHILDREN 470 4.2 ADOPTION (§§ 1741-1 772) 471
5 GUARDIANSHIP (VORMUNDSCHAFT), CURATORSHIP (PFLEGSCHAFT), AND CARE AND
CONTROL (BETREUUNG) 471 FURTHER READING 472
C BOOK FIVE: THE LAW OF SUCCESSION (ERBRECHT) 472
1 INTRODUCTION, SOURCES, AND SCOPE 472 2 THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF
SUCCESSION 473 2.1 THE PRINCIPLE OF UNIVERSAL SUCCESSION
(GESAMTRECHTSNACHFOLGE/UNIVERSAKUKZESSION) 473 2.2 AUTOMATIC INHERITANCE
(VONSELBSTERWERB) 473
2.3 CAPACITY 473 2.4 TESTAMENTARY AND INTESTATE SUCCESSION 473
3 THE ACQUISITION OF THE INHERITANCE 474 3.1 ACCEPTANCE 474 3.2
REPUDIATION OF THE INHERITANCE 474
4 RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES IN SUCCESSION 474
5 HEIRS 475 6 INTESTATE SUCCESSION (GESETZLICHE ERBFOLGE) 475 7
TESTAMENTARY SUCCESSION (GEWILLKIIRTE ERBFOLGE) 476 7.1 THE WILL (DAS
TESTAMENT) 476
7.2 THE SUCCESSION CONTRACT (ERBVERTRAG) 477 7.3 THE INEFFECTIVE OR
INVALID WILL 477
8 COMPULSORY PORTION (PFLICHTTEIL) 477
9 THE EXECUTION OF THE ESTATE 478 FURTHER READING 478
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H PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW/CONFLICT OF LAWS 478
1 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL PROCEDURAL LAW (INTERNATIONALES
ZIVILVERFAHRENSRECHT, IZVR) 479 2 INTERNATIONAL PRIVATE LAW
(INTERNATIONALES PRIVATRECHT) 480 FURTHER READING 481
11 PRIVATE LAW II: BUSINESS AND LABOUR LAW 482
A COMMERCIAL LAW AND THE LAW OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 482
1 INTRODUCTION 482 2 COMMERCIAL LAW 483 2.1 HISTORY 483 2.2 THE
STRUCTURE OF THE HGB 483
2.3 HCB BOOK ONE 484 2.4 BOOK TWO: PARTNERSHIPS UNDER THE COMMERCIAL
CODE 488 2.5 BOOK THREE: BUSINESS ACCOUNTS 489 2.6 BOOK FOUR: COMMERCIAL
TRANSACTIONS 489 2.7 COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION 491
3 THE LAW OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 492 3.1 INTRODUCTION 492 3.2
PARTNERSHIPS 493
B COMPANY LAW (GESELLSCHAFTSRECHT) 498
1 THE PRIVATE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 498 1.1 FORMATION 498 1.2
CAPITAL 499 1.3 REGISTRATION 499 1.4 PRE-INCORPORATION STATUS (VOR-GMBH)
500 1.5 THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF SHAREHOLDERS (GESELLSCHAFTER) 500 1.6
MANAGEMENT (GESCHAFTSFUHRUNG) 501
1.7 GENERAL MEETINGS 502 1.8 THE SUPERVISORY BOARD (AUFSICHTSRAT) 503
1.9 ALTERATIONS TO THE ARTICLES 503 1.10 DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
(AUFLOSUNG) 503
1.11 COMPANY RESTRUCTURING, MERGERS, AND ACQUISITIONS 503 2 THE JOINT
STOCK CORPORATION 504 2.1 HISTORY 504 2.2 FORMATION 505
2.3 THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT (VORSTAND) 506 2.4 THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
(AUFSICHTSRAT) 507 2.5 THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS
(HAUPTVERSAMMLUNG) 508 2.6 SHARES 508 2.7 MINORITY PROTECTION 509 2.8
ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS 509 2.9 DISSOLUTION (AUFLOSUNG) 509 2.10
ACQUISITION AND MERGERS 510
3 LIMITED STOCK PARTNERSHIP/ASSOCIATION LIMITED BY SHARES 511
4 THE LAW OF GROUPS OF COMPANIES (KONZERNRECHT) 512 FURTHER READING 514
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C COMPETITION LAW AND ANTI-TRUST LAW 515
1 INTRODUCTION 515 2 COMPETITION LAW (WETTBEWERBSRECHT) 516 2.1 THE
GENERAL PROHIBITION 516 2.2 PARTICULAR PROHIBITIONS 518
2.3 REMEDIES 519 3 ANTI-TRUST LAW (KARTELLRECHT) 519 3.1 HORIZONTAL
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN UNDERTAKINGS 520 3.2 VERTICAL AGREEMENTS 521
3.3 DOMINANT POSITIONS AND MERGERS 521 FURTHER READING 522
D LABOUR LAW (ARBEITSRECHT) 523
1 INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY OF GERMAN LABOUR LAW 523 2 CATEGORIES OF
LABOUR LAW 525 2.1 INDIVIDUAL LABOUR LAW (INDIVIDUALARBEITSRECHT) 525
2.2 WORKER PROTECTION LAWS (ARBEITSCHUTZRECHT) 525
2.3 COLLECTIVE LABOUR LAW (KOLLEKTIVES ARBEITSRECHT) 525 2.4 PROCEDURAL
LAW 525 3 SOURCES OF LABOUR LAW 526 3.1 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 526
3.2 CIVIL LAW 526 3.3 CASE-LAW 527 3.4 CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS 527 4
LABOUR LAW INSTITUTIONS 528
4.1 UNIONS AND EMPLOYERS' ASSOCIATIONS 528 4.2 THE WORKS COUNCIL
(BETRIEBSRAT) 529 4.3 THE SUPERVISORY BOARD (AUFSICHTSRAT) 529 4.4
LABOUR LAW COURTS 529 5 INDIVIDUAL LABOUR LAW 530
5.1 THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP 530 5.2 THE FORMATION OF CONTRACTS OF
EMPLOYMENT 53 1 5.3 WORKS COUNCILS AND HIRING EMPLOYEES 533 5.4 GENERAL
TERMS OF CONTRACTS 533 5.5 ENDING THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP AND
DISMISSAL 535
6 WORKER PROTECTION LAWS 537 7 COLLECTIVE LABOUR LAW 539 7.1 INDUSTRIAL
CONFLICT LAW 540 7.2 WORKER REPRESENTATION AND CO-DETERMINATION 547
8 PROCEDURAL LAW 546 8.1 INDIVIDUAL DISPUTES 546 8.2 COLLECTIVE DISPUTES
547 8.3 JUDICIAL INVESTIGATION 547
FURTHER READING 548
APPENDIX: EXTRACTS FROM THE GERMAN CONSTITUTION 549
GLOSSARY 563
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