Moot Court with Top Justices
am 25.02.2008 von German American Law Journal :: American EditionCK - Washington. Five justices of the Supreme Court in Civil Matters, Bundesgerichtshof, in Karlsruhe, Germany will judge the national moot court competition conducted by the European Law Students Assocation, the court announced today. The teams competing on March 7, 208 will be from law schools at Leipzig and Kiel. The courts press release describes the dispute as one involving the sale of riparian real estate with attached fishing rights and encumbered by upstream milling rights. The buyer wants the first, opposes the second and demands that the …
New Batch of Supreme Judges
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the federal election committee for the judiciary, Bundeswahlausschuss, elected several batches of justices for the various supreme courts. It chose six justices for the Bundesgerichtshof which is the supreme court for civil …
Meals with Justices
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Jurastudentin blog recounts a law student visit with the federal supreme court for civil matters in Karlsruhe, Bundesgerichtshof. She shares her insights gained from dining with the justices: How to get the job. When to ma…
Inviolability of Law Offices
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Searches of, and seizures in, law offices require enhanced constitutional scrutiny, the German Constitutional Supreme Court in Karlsruhe decided. In its press release of May 29, 2008, the court emphasizes the general inviolab…
Celebrating the Justice System
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Karlsruhe, the capital of the German judiciary, hosts the Supreme Constitutional Court, Bundesverfassungsgericht, the Supreme Court in Civil and Criminal Matters, Bundesgerichtshof and numerous other courts. Today, the city co…
Jessup Show Moot Court am 19.07.2006
mindermeinung.de / Der Lehrstuhl von Prof. Dr. Kotzur veranstaltet am 19.07.2006, 18 Uhr zusammen mit ELSA- Leipzig den völkerrechtlichen Phillip C. Jessup Show Moot Court im Landgericht Leipzig. Es werden Jena -das Siegerteam des diesjährigen Deutschlandausscheids…
Violation of Consular Rights
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The ICJ LeGrand decision against the United States provided the German Supreme Court, Bundesgerichtshof, with an opportunity to explore the remedies available to compensate for evidence obtained from foreigners before they re…
Book not to be Published
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Esra, a book by Maxim Biller, may not be published, the Federal Supreme Court for Civil Matters in Karlsruhe ruled on June 21, 20065 in the matter VI ZR 122/04, as Simons Blawg notes today. The publication violates the privac…
German Federal Constitutional Court decision in English/Bundesverfassungsgericht Entscheidung auf Englisch
Transblawg / The decision of the Federal Constitutional Court of 14th October 2004, which was widely commented on in the press - it deals with how far German courts are obliged to enforce decisions of the European Court of Human Rights -...…
Court Expands Jurisdiction
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the Cologne Circuit published a press release in the matter 16 U 36/04 explaining its ruling on an interlocutory appeal dated September 12, 2005. The court expands the jurisdiction of German courts and possibly other Eu…
