The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to provide a comprehensive introduction to the German legal system and covers institutional, public, and private law. Included are extracts from the Grundgesetz and a glossary of German legal terms.
Nigel Foster, FRSA, is Visiting Professor of European Law at the University of Buckingham and at the Europa Institut, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany. His OUP publications include Foster on EU Law; EU Law Directions, EU Treaties and Legislation - the best-selling title of the Blackstone's Statute series; Q&A on EC Law; and German Legal System and Laws. Satish Sule currently works as an official of the European Commission in the Directorate General for Competition. Prior to this, he worked as a research assistant and tutor at the university of the Saarland and as a lecturer for German law and EC Law at Cardiff University.
The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to provide a comprehensive introduction to the German legal system and covers institutional, public, and private law. Included are extracts from the Grundgesetz and a glossary of German legal terms.
Nigel Foster, FRSA, is Visiting Professor of European Law at the University of Buckingham and at the Europa Institut, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany. His OUP publications include Foster on EU Law; EU Law Directions, EU Treaties and Legislation - the best-selling title of the Blackstone's Statute series; Q&A on EC Law; and German Legal System and Laws. Satish Sule currently works as an official of the European Commission in the Directorate General for Competition. Prior to this, he worked as a research assistant and tutor at the university of the Saarland and as a lecturer for German law and EC Law at Cardiff University.
Part I Introduction to the German Legal System
1: German legal history and legal development
2: Sources of German law
3: Legal institutions
4: Legal education and legal personnel
5: The operation of justice
Part II Substantive German Law
6: Public law I: constitutional law, principles and
institutions
7: Public law II: basic rights and the federal constitutional
court
8: Public law III: general administrative law
9: Public law IV: criminal law
10: Private law I: the German civil code
11: Private law II: business and labour law
Appendix: extracts from the German Constitution
Nigel Foster, FRSA, is Visiting Professor of European Law at the
University of Buckingham and at the Europa Institut, Saarland
University, Saarbruecken, Germany. His OUP publications include
Foster on EU Law; EU Law Directions, EU Treaties and Legislation -
the best-selling title of the Blackstone's Statute series; Q&A
on EC Law; and German Legal System and Laws.
Satish Sule currently works as an official of the European
Commission in the Directorate General for Competition. Prior to
this, he worked as a research assistant and tutor at the university
of the Saarland and as a lecturer for German law and EC Law at
Cardiff University.
![]() |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
![]() |