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Following the German scholar Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779–1861) the four main interpretation methods are: Grammatical interpretation: using the literal meaning of the statutory text. Historical interpretation: using the legislative history, to reveal the intent of the legislator.
The law of Germany (German: Recht Deutschlands), that being the modern German legal system (German: deutsches Rechtssystem), is a system of civil law which is founded on the principles laid out by the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, though many of the most important laws, for example most regulations of the civil code (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, or BGB) were developed prior to ...
The State Court for the German Reich was established under Article 108 of the Weimar Constitution by the Law on the State Court of 9 July 1921. [1] Its seat was at Leipzig along with the Reichsgericht (Reich Court or National Court). The State Court did not sit permanently but was convened only as required (§1 of the Law on the State Court).
Influenced by German Civil Code and Japanese Six Codes. Enacted in 1931. Timor-Leste: Based on Portuguese civil law Turkey: Modeled after the Swiss civil law (Zivilgesetzbuch) of 1907. Ukraine: Based on German civil law and was accepted in 2004. Uruguay: The basis for its public law is the 1967 Constitution, amended in 1989, 1994, 1996, and 2004.
The Creation of the Modern German Army: General Walther Reinhardt and the Weimar Republic, 1914-1930. Monographs in German History. Vol. 12. Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-908-6. Shirer, William L. (1990). The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-671-72868-7. Case, Nelson (1902).
The West German Constitution was approved in Bonn on 8 May 1949 and came into effect on 23 May after having been approved by the occupying western Allies of World War II on 12 May. It was termed "Basic Law" (Grundgesetz) to indicate that it was a provisional piece of legislation pending the reunification of Germany. However, when reunification ...
In the beginning, the court's supreme appellate jurisdiction was largely limited to trade law matters, but after the southern German states joined the Confederation in November 1870 to form the German Empire, the court—now known as Reichsoberhandelsgericht —received jurisdiction over various additional areas of civil law. [10]
After World War II, determination of legal status was relevant, for instance, to resolve the issue of whether the post-1949 Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) would be the successor state of the pre-1945 German Reich – with all the implications (at the time uncodified) of state succession, such as the continuation of treaties – or if, according to international law, it would be ...