TY  - UNPD
A1  - Cordes, Albrecht
T1  - Litigating abroad : merchant’s expectations regarding procedure before foreign courts according to the hanseatic privileges (12th - 16th c.)
T2  - LOEWE-Schwerpunkt "Außergerichtliche und gerichtliche Konfliktlösung" : Arbeitspapier = LOEWE research focus "Extrajudicial and judicial conflict resolution" : working paper ; 4
N2  - Between the 12th and 16th centuries the Hanseatic merchants obtained extremely important privileges from the rulers of the countries with whom they traded. These secured their commercial and legal status and the autonomy of their staples in Flanders, England, Norway, Denmark and Russia. Within these privileges no other subject receives so extensive a treatment as court procedure. Here, the single most important concern of the Hanseatic merchants was their position in front of alien courts. The article analyses the great attention given to court procedure in the twenty main Hanseatic privileges: What did the merchants require? Which procedural rules were necessary to encourage them to submit their disputes to alien public court instead of taking the matter into their own hands and turning to extra-judicial methods to resolve matters, e.g. cancellation of business relations, boycotts or even trade wars? This analysis suggests that the two most important concerns reflected in the procedural rules were to avoid delay to the next trading trip and to ensure a rational law of proof. The former was addressed by pressing for short-term scheduling and swift judgment and by the dispensation from appearing before the court in person. The latter included avoidance of duels and other ordeals and the attempt to obtain parity by appointing half of the jurors from Hanseatic cities.
T3  - LOEWE-Schwerpunkt "Außergerichtliche und gerichtliche Konfliktlösung" : Arbeitspapier = LOEWE research focus "Extrajudicial and judicial conflict resolution" : working paper - 4 
KW  - alternative oispute resolution (ADR)
KW  - privileges
KW  - Hanse
KW  - merchants
KW  - courts
KW  - procedure
KW  - procedural rules
KW  - trade jurisdiction
KW  - litigation
KW  - Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
KW  - Privilegien
KW  - Hanse
KW  - Kaufleute
KW  - Gerichte
KW  - Verfahren
KW  - Verfahrensregeln
KW  - Handelsrechtsprechung
KW  - Rechtsstreitigkeiten
Y1  - 2013
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/29016
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-290169
PB  - Goethe-Univ., Fachbereich Rechtswiss., Lehrstuhl für Zivilrecht, Zivilprozessrecht, Internat. Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -