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On the Role of Precedents and Legal Certainty in German Private Law
- Source :
- Studia Iuridica Lublinensia 27 (2018), Nr. 1, Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, Vol 27, Iss 1 (2018), Prof. Dr., Dr. h.c. Bernd H. Oppermann, Prof. h.c. (UMCS), LL.M. (UCLA)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Lublin : Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie, 2018.
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Abstract
- The article discusses the role of precedents in the German judicial practice. In the European continental tradition, law enactment is within the legislature, whereas the role of the judiciary is to enforce law. In the continental system, precedent does not constitute a source of law sensu stricto , that is, a formal source of law. In order to guarantee the law utility and, ultimately, the legal certainty, courts interpret legal provisions in a unified manner. It is noteworthy that during the recent years the coherent interpretation of legal provisions and, by the same token, the commitment to law development, have increased. That means that a unified interpretation of law performed by courts may be considered a precedent. In this context, precedents and stare decisis have been replacing the logical interpretation of law in German courts.
- Subjects :
- Public Administration
FOS: Political science
Private law
FOS: Law
Context (language use)
precedent
German
JF20-2112
Political science
Sources of law
legal certainty
Legal certainty
Sensu
Precedent
Continental System
Dewey Decimal Classification::300 | Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie::340 | Recht
Interpretation (philosophy)
Legislature
language.human_language
german legal system
legal method
ddc:340
Law
language
Political institutions and public administration (General)
interpretatio logica
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Studia Iuridica Lublinensia 27 (2018), Nr. 1, Studia Iuridica Lublinensia, Vol 27, Iss 1 (2018), Prof. Dr., Dr. h.c. Bernd H. Oppermann, Prof. h.c. (UMCS), LL.M. (UCLA)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....5abc6ffe97c55d565f91c7639ea38ad0