El recurso de casación directo: de un análisis histórico y comparado a una propuesta de lege ferenda.

The direct appeal or appeal per saltum is that which is filed immediately against judgments issue in the first instance. This paper make a historical analysis of the appeal per saltum in the LEC 1881 and a compared study between the Spanish and German legal order. In addition, it examines from a lex ferenda perspective the opportunity to reintroduce this type of appeal and the regulation that would best suit the system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]