Citation Patterns of the German Federal Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

Siems, Mathias

Citation Patterns of the German Federal Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

Siems, Mathias

Authors

Mathias Siems

Abstract

This paper presents citation statistics on decisions of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales (CA) and the German Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) for the last 55 years. This data is used in order to identify whether the citation patterns of the CA and the BGH reflect the conventional comparative perceptions about the English and German legal system. For instance, it is addressed how often the CA and the BGH cite the highest national and European courts and higher foreign courts from different legal families. The paper also examines the cross-citations between the highest courts of the United Kingdom (House of Lords, Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland, Court of Session and the High Court of Justiciary).

Citation

Siems, M. (2010). Citation Patterns of the German Federal Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. King's Law Journal, 21(1), 152-171

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Feb 1, 2010
Deposit Date	Jul 8, 2011
Publicly Available Date	Aug 9, 2011
Journal	King's Law Journal
Print ISSN	0961-5768
Publisher	Dickson Poon School of Law
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	21
Issue	1
Pages	152-171
Keywords	Court of appeal of England and Wales, German federal supreme court, Citation patterns, Numerical comparative law.
Publisher URL	http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/hart/klj/2010/00000021/00000001/art00008