Outbound Extradition
am 31.08.2004 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. On August 23, 2004, the new European directive on arrest warrants came into effect for Germany, and two days later, a German court extradited a German citizen for the first time to a foreign jurisdiction. …
Extradition Stopped
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / SWM - Berlin. The German Constitutional Court, Bundesverfassungsgericht, stopped the extradition of German citizen Mamoum D. to Spain. D. is suspected of supporting terroristic groups, including Al Quaida, since the late nineties. Most of the …
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…
Analysis of Arrest Warrant Ruling
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / MAG - Washington. The European Arrest Warrant was to be implemented in German law as an EU-wide arrest and surrender warrant. The new system promised to swiftly resolve EU cross-border criminal enforcement. It aims to bring both victim and…
More Extraterritoriality
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / LL - Washington. The German Federal Ministry of Justice prepares to close of a gap in transnational corruption enforcement. On May 30, 2007, the federal cabinet in Berlin decided to amend the corruption provisions of the German Crimin…
Merger Directive
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Germany intends to enact legislation to comply with the E.U. merger directive 2005/56 which entered into force on December 15, 2005. Transborder mergers between German and other European companies will require a merger certifi…
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 -...…
Arrest Warrant Law Void
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Federal Supreme Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe voided the German statute on the European arrest warrant on Monday and explained the rationale for its decision in the matter 2 BvR 2236 /04 in an English-language press re…
Pleading Jurisdictional Defects
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In a victory for foreign plaintiffs, the eighth civil division of the Federal Supreme Court, Bundesgerichtshof, in Karlsruhe decided on June 1, 2005 that a motion to dismiss for lack of local jurisdiction should be construed t…
Police to Police PCs
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. In its press release no. 82/2007, the Supreme Constitutional Court of Germany in Karlsruhe announces the hearing of October 10, 2007 in the matters 1 BvR 370/07 and 1 BvR 595/07 on the constitutionality of the governments use…
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