Courts contribute to the interpretation and development of the law. Within the German legal system, however, there is no doctrine of binding precedent. Against this background, Mehrdad Payandeh develops a constitutional approach to the effects of judicial precedents and analyzes judicial law-making as a function of the third branch within the German constitutional order.
Courts contribute to the interpretation and development of the law. Within the German legal system, however, there is no doctrine of binding precedent. Against this background, Mehrdad Payandeh develops a constitutional approach to the effects of judicial precedents and analyzes judicial law-making as a function of the third branch within the German constitutional order.
Mehrdad Payandeh
holds the Chair of International Law, European Law and Public Law at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg.
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