Damages for Pain and Suffering
am 15.04.2006 von German American Law Journal :: American EditionHG - Washington. Klaus Weber compares in his article of April 13, 2006 Schmerzensgeldansprüche in Deutschland und in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika the legal principles for damages for pain and suffering in Germany and the United States of America. He explains the basic rules, function, types and assessment of these damages in both legal systems and cites some precedent. The article closes with a comparison of the two approaches and arrives at the interesting conclusion that the formerly significant gap in the assessment of these damages in Germany and the …
Punitive damages / Strafschadensersatz
Transblawg / Professor Volker Behr wrote a paper in 2003 in which he said that the USA and Germany are moving closer together on the issue of punitive damages. The USA has always recognized both a compensatory and a punitive element in damages, but they are…
D&O Liability in Banking
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CS - Cologne. Anne Lehder gives an overview of, and introduction into, the liability of bank directors and officers in German law. In Director and Officer Indemnification by Bank Under German Law, Anne Lehder first outlines the liability of ba…
Conference on German American Law
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The association of German American lawyers, Deutsch-Amerikanische Juristen-Vereinigung begins its annual meeting and conference on October 27. Through October 29, 2006, DAJV offers presentations and workshops on issues in lega…
German-American Law Conference
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. After an encouraging and stimulating introduction by Ambassador Scharioth of the German Embassy in Washington, DC and both Ludwig Leyendecker and Georgetown University Law School Dean Alexander Aleinikoff relating German-Amer…
What now?
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The future of legislative projects in Germany appears clouded, at least within the first two hours of the close of polling stations in all of Germany except Dresden. In German-speaking circles in Washington, skepticizm meets d…
Dr. SJD or PhD in Germany
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In Doktor Verboten for Non-European PhDs, the Washington Post touches on German police investigations of Americans who use and describe, apparently entitled to do so, their America-earned PhDs as the German equivalent Dr. Som…
Strafschadensersatz bei Treuepflicht
German American Law Journal :: US-Recht auf Deutsch / KW ? Washington. Einen Strafschadensersatz, punitive Damages, wegen Vertragsbruchs sieht das amerikanische Recht nicht vor. Zulässig ist er jedoch bei verletzten Treuepflichten, fiduciary Duties. Zwischen der Klägerin und der Bek…
Procedure in Germany and United States
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Criminal procedure differs greatly between Germany and the United States, an analysis discovered by Streitsache blog explains. Authored by Jupp Joachimski, the presiding judge at the Bavarian appellate court, the comparative r…
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