An Introduction to German Law

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Robbers

doi:10.5771/9783748935902

Summary

The "Introduction to German Law" presents the areas and basic questions of German law that are essential for understanding and practical application. Students in their first semesters, foreign students and practitioners as well as interested laypersons will find an overview and initial information on the German legal system. The new edition has been expanded to include separate chapters on the relationship of German law to European law and international law.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-3-7560-0011-1
ISBN-Online: 978-3-7489-3590-2
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: NomosEinführung
Language: English
Pages: 318
Product type: Educational Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 16
1. 1. 1. The Legal Tradition No access
  2. 1. a) Private Law – Public Law – Criminal Law No access
    2. b) Substantive and Adjective Law No access
    3. c) Relationship to European and International Law No access
  3. 1. a) Statutory Instruments No access
    2. b) Decisions of the Courts No access
    3. c) Custom No access
    4. d) The Hierarchy of Norms No access
    5. e) Interpretation No access
2. 1. 1. General Structures and Principles No access
  2. 2. The Structure of the Court System No access
3. III. Legal Education and Careers No access
4. IV. Sources of Legal Information and Research Tools No access
1. I. History of Constitutional and Administrative Law No access
2. 1. 1. a) Concept, Nature and Function of the Constitution No access
    2. b) Territorial Applicability No access
  2. 1. a) General Principles No access
    2. b) The Various Fundamental Rights No access
  3. 1. a) Democracy No access
    2. b) Constitutional state under the rule of law No access
    3. c) Social State No access
    4. d) Republic No access
    5. e) Federation No access
    6. f) European Integration No access
    7. a) The President of the Federation No access
    8. b) The German Bundestag (Parliament) No access
    9. c) The Bundesrat No access
    10. d) The Federal Government No access
    11. e) The Federal Constitutional Court No access
  4. 5. Political Parties No access
  5. 6. The Financial Constitution No access
  6. 7. Military Defence No access
  7. 9. Religious Communities No access
3. 1. 1. a) Duties and Organisation of the Public Administration No access
    2. b) The Legal Forms of Administrative Action No access
    3. c) Public Property No access
    4. d) Administrative Procedure No access
    5. e) State Liability and Rights to Compensation No access
  2. 1. a) Police Law No access
    2. b) Environmental Law No access
    3. c) The Law Relating to Foreigners and Asylum No access
    4. d) Social Security Law No access
    5. e) The Law of Communal Administration No access
    6. f) Public Construction Law No access
    7. g) Identity Documents and Residence Registration No access
    8. h) Data Protection No access
    9. i) Public Service Law No access
    10. j) The Law Relating to Cultural Administration No access
    11. k) Media Law No access
    12. l) Traffic Law No access
    13. m) Economic Administrative Law No access
    14. n) Law of Taxation No access
  3. 3. Administrative Procedural Law No access
1. 1. 1. History No access
  2. 2. System No access
2. 1. 1. Basic Principles No access
  2. 2. Commission of an Act Corresponding to the Elements of a Crime No access
  3. 3. Intention and Negligence No access
  4. 4. Liability as a Principal and other Forms of Participation No access
  5. 5. Completed Crimes and Attempts No access
  6. 6. Illegality and Grounds of Justification No access
  7. 7. Culpability (Mens Rea) and Factors Excluding a Culpable State of Mind No access
  8. 8. Mistake in the Context of Criminal Law No access
  9. 9. The System of Penalties No access
3. III. Specific Offences No access
4. IV. The Law on Juvenile Offenders (Jugendstrafrecht) No access
5. V. The Law of Criminal Procedure No access
1. 1. 1. History No access
  2. 2. Structure No access
2. 1. 1. Capacity to Have Rights and Duties No access
  2. 2. Capacity to Perform Legal Acts No access
  3. 3. Legal Persons No access
  4. 4. Declaration of Will No access
  5. 5. Void and Voidable Declarations No access
  6. 6. Legal Transactions No access
  7. 7. Contract No access
  8. 8. Standard Form Contracts No access
  9. 9. Form No access
  10. 10. Agency No access
  11. 11. Public Policy No access
  12. 12. Limitation of Actions (Prescription) No access
3. 1. 1. a) Fundamental Principles No access
    2. b) How Obligations Come Into Existence No access
    3. c) How Obligations End No access
    4. 1. aa) Good faith No access
      2. bb) Place of Performance No access
      3. cc) Obligations to supply ascertained goods and obligations to supply unascertained goods No access
      4. dd) Liability for the actions of third parties (Vicarious liability) No access
      5. ee) Contracts for the Benefit of a Third Party No access
      6. ff) Plurality of Creditors and Debtors No access
      7. gg) Assignment and novation No access
      8. hh) Damages No access
      9. ii) Causation No access
      10. jj) Contributory Negligence No access
    5. 1. aa) Impossibility of Performance (Frustration, and Certain Forms of Mistake and Breach) No access
      2. bb) Failure to Perform Within the Prescribed Time (Mora) No access
      3. cc) Pre-Contractual Liability (Culpa in Contrahendo) No access
  2. 1. 1. aa) Fundamental Principles No access
      2. bb) Special Rules Protecting Private Consumers No access
      3. cc) The Contract of Sale No access
      4. dd) Contract of Donation No access
      5. ee) Contracts of Lease, Hire, Loan and Loan for Consumption No access
      6. ff) The Contract of Service and the Contract for Specific Services No access
      7. gg) Other Types of Contract No access
    2. b) Necessitous Intervention (Negotiorum Gestio) No access
    3. c) Unjustified Enrichment (Restitution) No access
    4. 1. aa) Basic Principles No access
      2. bb) The Main Basis of Liability in Tort No access
      3. cc) Other Forms of Tort No access
      4. dd) Extent of Liability No access
      5. ee) Mandatory and Prohibitory Injunctions No access
      6. ff) Strict Liability No access
4. 1. 1. Basic Principles No access
  2. 2. Possession No access
  3. 3. Ownership No access
  4. 4. Limited Real Rights No access
5. 1. 1. Basic Principles No access
  2. 2. Engagement to Marry No access
  3. 1. a) Entering a Marriage No access
    2. b) Rights and Duties Arising From Marriage No access
    3. c) Matrimonial Property No access
    4. d) Divorce No access
  4. 4. The Registered Partnership for Life No access
  5. 5. The Law on Children No access
  6. 1. a) Relationship by Consanguinity (Blood) and by Affinity (Marriage) No access
    2. b) Adoption No access
    3. c) Guardianship, Custodianship, and Curatorship for Specific Matters No access
6. 1. 1. Basic Principles No access
  2. 2. Intestate Succession No access
  3. 3. Deliberate Regulation of Succession (Including Wills) and Specific Gifts No access
  4. 4. Family Provision – The Minimum Claim of the Spouse and Blood Relatives No access
  5. 5. The Position of the Heir (Beneficiary) No access
7. VII. Conflict of Laws (Private International Law) No access
8. 1. 1. Commercial Law No access
  2. 1. a) Basic Principles No access
    2. b) Aktiengesellschaft (AG) No access
    3. c) Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH) No access
    4. d) Genossenschaft No access
    5. e) Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts No access
    6. f) Offene Handelsgesellschaft No access
    7. g) Kommanditgesellschaft and Related Forms No access
9. IX. Negotiable Instruments and Securities No access
10. 1. 1. Competition Law No access
  2. 2. Monopolies and Anti-Competitive Practices No access
  3. 3. Patents and Trade Marks No access
11. XI. Copyright No access
12. XII. Labour Law No access
13. XIII. The Law of Insolvency No access
14. 1. 1. Basic Principles No access
  2. 2. The Course of Civil Proceedings No access
  3. 3. Summary Proceedings for the Recovery of Liquidated Claims No access
  4. 4. Model Declaratory Action No access
  5. 5. Execution of Judgement No access
  6. 6. Special Procedures In Family and Miscellaneous Matters (Freiwillige Gerichtsbarkeit) No access
1. I. Structures No access
2. 1. 1. a) Primary law No access
    2. b) Secondary law No access
    3. c) Subsidiary law No access
    4. d) International agreements No access
  2. 1. a) The European Council No access
    2. b) The Council of the European Union No access
    3. c) The European Parliament No access
    4. d) The European Commission No access
    5. e) The Court of Justice of the European Union No access
    6. f) The European Central Bank No access
    7. g) The European Court of Auditors No access
  3. 3. Basic principles of EU law No access
1. I. Structures No access
2. 1. 1. The United Nations No access
  2. 2. The Council of Europe No access
  3. 3. The European Convention on Human Rights No access
Glossary No access Pages 265 - 310
Index No access Pages 311 - 318