.... In the German context, however, the limited quantity of direct uses of foreign law by courts should be weighed against the relatively rich comparative law scholarship. Bundesgerichtshof Bundesverfassungsgericht Bundesverwaltungsgericht Germany complaint constitutionality Rechtsdogmatik Zweigert Konrad...

... in the judiciary’s decentralization, pursuant to which the federation and states share responsibility for administering justice. Two courts help illustrate these features: the Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice) and the Bundesverfassungsgericht (Federal Constitutional Court...

...The BGB contains some specific conditions which are meant to complement the general clause in § 812 para. 1 sent. 1 BGB. This chapter begins with the one which the Bundesgerichtshof applied in the above case. It then discusses the performance between three or more parties...

... is, of course, determined by a plethora of rules governing contract formation, its interpretation, and the restrictions imposed by positive law and public policy. Austrian law Baldus de Ubaldis Bundesgerichtshof Cicero English law French law German law Geschäftsgrundlage Iavolenus Italian law...

...This chapter contains seventeen translations of key judgments by the Bundesgerichtshof which relate to unjustified enrichment and restitution. Twelve of these were published in 1997, both in the German Law Archive and appeared in The German Law of Obligations, Vol. I...