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Germany : legal resources: Cases

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German court decisions (Entscheidungen)

It will be harder to find translations of decisions into English. These web sites have small collections of "leading" cases

 

Printed Resources

  Semi-Official Series  
BVerfGE Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts German 100 E90
BAGE Entscheidungen des Bundesarbeitsgerichts German 100 E70
BVerwGE Entscheidungen des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts German 100 E100
BSGE Entscheidungen des Bundessozialgerichts German 100 E80
BGHZ Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofes in Zivilsachen German 100 E61d
BGHSt Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofes in Strafsachen German 100 E61g


The law journal below publishes civil/commercial law decisions. It can be the quickest way to find recent decisions in print.

NJW-RR   NJW-Rechtsprechungs-Report, Zivilrecht                         German 300 N25

Style of law reporting & judicial practice

If new to this jurisdiction, the following may be helpful