Die höchstrichterliche Zivilrechtsprechung zwischen Rechtsbeurteilung und Gesellschaftsgestaltung : vergleichende Betrachtungen zu Deutschland, England und den USA

Appellate adjudication between legal reasoning and social engineering : comparative observations regarding Germany, England and the United States

  • Law making becomes an increasingly important function of the higher courts in civil law matters. This observation leads to the question of whether the law making function is nevertheless carried out in a “classical” legal-principled way or whether the courts increasingly employ a political-formative style. To answer this question, one should not only focus on the content of the courts’ reasoning but also on their procedural-institutional framework. From that perspective, the processing of so-called legislative facts is a key issue in determining the role of courts between legal reasoning and social engineering. The paper shows that Germany, England and the United States pursue different lines in processing legislative facts. Notwithstanding these differences, it seems to be the case that the increasing importance of law making will also change the institutional framework of appellate courts towards a quasi-legislative forum.

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Author:Felix Maultzsch
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-269733
Parent Title (German):LOEWE-Schwerpunkt "Außergerichtliche und gerichtliche Konfliktlösung" : Arbeitspapier = LOEWE research focus "Extrajudicial and judicial conflict resolution" : working paper ; 1
Series (Serial Number):LOEWE-Schwerpunkt "Außergerichtliche und gerichtliche Konfliktlösung" : Arbeitspapier = LOEWE research focus "Extrajudicial and judicial conflict resolution" : working paper (1)
Publisher:Goethe-Univ., Fachbereich Rechtswiss., Lehrstuhl für Zivilrecht, Zivilprozessrecht, Internat. Privatrecht und Rechtsvergleichung
Place of publication:Frankfurt am Main
Document Type:Working Paper
Language:German
Date of Publication (online):2012/11/08
Date of first Publication:2012/11/08
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2012/11/08
Tag:Amicus Curiae; Gericht; Gerichtssachverständiger; Intervenient; Rechtsetzung; Rechtsfortbildungstatsachen; Sozialtechnik; höchstrichterliche Zivilrechtsprechung; juristische Argumentation
Amicus Curiae; Appellate Adjudication; Courts; Expert Witness; Intervener; Law Making; Legal Reasoning; Legislative Facts; Social Engineering
Page Number:9
HeBIS-PPN:314562095
Institutes:Rechtswissenschaft / Rechtswissenschaft
Wissenschaftliche Zentren und koordinierte Programme / LOEWE-Schwerpunkt Außergerichtliche und gerichtliche Konfliktlösung
Dewey Decimal Classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 34 Recht / 340 Recht
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoDeutsches Urheberrecht