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German Law: Resources in English

(All materials in the links are in English, unless otherwiseindicated.)

Courts and Court Reports / Statutes / Public Institutions / Miscellaneous Articles and Reviews /
Lawyers in Germany / Other Links

(N.B. Information on Studying Law in Germany is also available on this server.)

Courts and Court Reports

Abstracts of the Constitutional Court Reports - English summaries of the official press releases from the Constitutional Court (BVerfG) (SAARBRÜCKEN)
GLAW - detailed discussion in German of a wide range of Constitutional Court (BVerfG) cases, each with a brief English abstract (from Uni.Wuerzburg)
German Law Archive - judgements, statutes and literature in English (from Uni. Oxford)

BVerfg Judgement on Cannabis - full English text of the whole 1994 judgement (from Drugtext in the USA)

Information on European Labour Law - project from the University of Saarland providing materials in English, German and French, which include the judgements of German and European courts, and the full texts of statutes in Germany (SAARBRÜCKEN)

German Court Structure - a brief introduction to the various jurisdictions (SAARBRÜCKEN)
Federal Constitutional Court - abrief introduction to the role of the Bundesverfassungsgericht (SAARBRÜCKEN)

Statutes

The Federal Constitution (Grundgesetz):-
- English text (from Uni.Wuerzburg)
- Bilingual French/German text (SAARBRÜCKEN)

Introduction to the German Constitution - a guide to the history of the Grundgesetz and its underlying principles (from Government server)

German Penal Code - full text in English (from Buffalo Criminal Law Center)

German Law Archive - judgements, statutes and literature in English (from Uni. Oxford)
Information on European Labour Law - project from the University of Saarland providing materials in English, German and French, which include the judgements of German and European courts, and the full texts of statutes in Germany (SAARBRÜCKEN)
German Anti-Trust Law - a collection of resources in English (by Joachim Rudo)
Law of Electronic and Internet Commerce in Germany - homepage offering English translations of a range of statutes and other documents relating to German regulation in this field (from Christopher Kuner, lawyer)
Data Protection - a collection of materials in English and German on European and international regulations (from Datenschutz Berlin)
Telecommunications Statute - German and English texts of the law in force since 1 August 1996 (from Government server)
Regulation of the Legal Profession - information relating to lawyers' freedom to provide services under EU law (from Institute of European Law, Uni. Birmingham)
German Act aginst Restraints on Competition full text in English (from Government server)
Beer Purity Law - an English translation of the Reinheitsgebot of 1516, perhaps one of the finest pieces of legislation of all time

Statutes in German:-
- Official Journal- the Bundesgesetzblatt with full texts of statutes, and searcher (SAARBRÜCKEN)
- Civil Law Code - full text of the BGB (Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) as valid on 19.12.96 (from REFACT Deutschland)
- JurWeb Databank (ELSA, Uni. Bayreuth)
- REFACT Deutschland - databank
- Index of statutes on the internet (SAARBRÜCKEN)

Public Institutions

Directory of Federal and State Institutions Accessible on the Internet (from Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology)

German Political System - broad range of detailed information (from Government server)
German Government -homepage with information on the Bundesregierung, its various departments and other institutions, and Germany in general
President of the Federal Republic of Germany - homepage, offering background information in German about the Bundespräsident, and texts of his speeches in English
German Anti-Trust Authority - English homepage of the Bundeskartellamt, with a variety of English resources
The Bundestag -homepage with information and the latest news on theorganisation, members and activities of the lower house of the German Parliament (in German only)
The Bundesrat - homepage of the upper house of the German Parliament (in German only)

Miscellaneous Articles and Reviews

N.B. See English Publications in Saarbrücken for more articles and reviews in English on German Law.

Germany Enacts Sweeping Internet/Multimedia Law - article from the November 1997 issue of IP Worldwide
"Internet Domain Names and Rights in Distinctive Marks - Analysis from a German and Austrian Perspective" - by Reinhard Schanda for Computer Law Observer
Legal Education in Germany: becoming a Lawyer, Judge, andProfessor - a detailed article by Philip Leith (from the Web Journal of Current Legal Issues)
Germany's Role in the Post-Cold War World - by Gernot Erler, member of the Bundestag (from Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs)
Restitution vs. Investment - Questions of fairness and efficiency in the former GDR by Ulrich K. Preuss (from East European Constitutional Review)
The Pains of Growing Together: The Case of The East-German Spies - by David P. Currie (from East European Constitutional Review)
The German Recycling Experiment And Its Lessons For United States Policy - by Steven P. Reynolds (from Villanova Environmental Law Journal)
Legal Perspectives on Religious Human Rights - Religious Human Rights in Germany - by Martin Heckel (from Emory International Law Review)
"The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany by David P.Currie" - a book review by William B. Gwyn (from Law and Politics Book Review)
How to Enforce an Irish Judgment in the Federal Republic of Germany paper by Frank Montag for a conference on the Brussels Convention

Online Law Journals:-
- JurPC - weekly journal in German, with some English Articles
- Recht und Praxis Digital - monthly journal in German (from Verlag Recht und Praxis)
- International Journal of Communications Law and Policy - in English (Uni. Munster)
- Humboldt Forum Recht- smaller journal mostly with German articles, but also some in English(from Homboldt-Uni, Berlin)

Lawyers in Germany

Federal Chamber of Lawyers - homepage of the Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer

Germ@n Leg@l Website - a site offering information in English on areas of German tax and business law (under "Firm's Legal Pages"), and also a German-English legal dictionary (from the virtual law office of Dr. Ulrich Eder)

German Lawyers on the Internet - index in German of the services offered, and searcher (SAARBRÜCKEN)

DAJV Homepage- German sister of the U.S. 'German- American Lawyers Association' (GALA), withinformation about its activities