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Imperial High Commercial Court
Reichsoberhandelsgericht (German)
Bundesoberhandelsgericht
The Georgenhalle, Leipzig, the seat of the court (c. 1860).
Map
51°20′30″N 12°22′50″E / 51.341734°N 12.380449°E / 51.341734; 12.380449
Established5 August 1870 (1870-08-05)
Dissolved30 September 1879 (1879-09-30)
Jurisdiction
LocationGeorgenhalle [de], Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire
Coordinates51°20′30″N 12°22′50″E / 51.341734°N 12.380449°E / 51.341734; 12.380449
LanguageGerman

The Reichsoberhandelsgericht, abbreviated ROHG (English: Imperial High Commercial Court), was a short-lived German supreme court seated in Leipzig, which primarily dealt with appeals concerning commercial law, but later expanded its subject-matter jurisdiction. It was the first German court with local jurisdiction for all German territories since the disintegration of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806.

The court was established in 1870 named Bundesoberhandelsgericht, abbreviated BOHG (English: Federal High Commercial Court), as a body of the North German Confederation. After the establishment of the German Empire in 1871, it was renamed to Reichsoberhandelsgericht and now had jurisdiction for the whole empire. In 1879, the court was dissolved and replaced by the newly formed Reichsgericht. During the 9 years of its existence, the president of the court was Heinrich Eduard von Pape [de].

History of the court

Historical background

With the disintegration of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 the judicial activities of the two German supreme courts – the Reichskammergericht (Imperial Chamber Court) in Wetzlar and the Reichshofrat (Aulic Council) in Vienna – came to an end. For more than six decades no federal supreme court existed in the German territories until the Reichsoberhandelsgericht was formed in 1869.[1] During the time of the German Confederation (1815–1866) and the North German Federation (1867–1871) the only court with jurisdiction for more than one territory was the Oberappellationsgericht der vier Freien Städte (High Court of Appeal of the Four Free Cities) in Lübeck (1820–1879), which had territorial jurisdiction for Bremen, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Lübeck.[1]

Initiatives for the establishment of a federal supreme court

The German Confederation did not establish a federal supreme court, because the Confederation left the sovereignty of the individual territories and states largely untouched.[2] But due to the lack of a federal supreme court, some concern existed in the confederation regarding the fragmentation of the law. These concerns intensified after a uniform German commercial law, the Allgemeines Deutsches Handelsgesetzbuch (General German Commercial Code), was introduced in the Confederation without a federal supreme court being able to ensure its uniform application and interpretation.[1] The German Jurists Forum [de] (Deutscher Juristentag) therefore called in 1860, 1861, 1863, 1864 and 1867 for the establishment of such a court.[1] In 1860, the German Jurist Forum argued, that at least for the unified areas of law – meaning commercial law and the law on promissory notes – a federal supreme court would be a necessity to ensure a more uniform development of the law.[3]

Legislative process

These initiatives bore fruit in 1869: Then, two years after the North German Confederation had been formed, the formal legislative process for the establishment of the Bundesoberhandelsgericht was started by Saxony, a kingdom within the Confederation. On 23 February 1869, the delegate for Saxony, Richard von Friesen, introduced Saxony's bill titled Entwurf eines Gesetzes, betreffend die Errichtung eines obersten Gerichtshofes in Handelssachen (Draft of a law concerning the establishment of a supreme court in commercial matters) in the Bundesrat.[4][5] Saxony's bill proposed the establishment of a Federal High Commercial Court (the Bundesoberhandelsgericht), which should be seated in Leipzig, a city in the Kingdom of Saxony. The court should be headed by a president and the other members of the court should be a vice-president and a number of ordinary judges.[6] All judges should be appointed by the president of the Bundesrat, the King of Prussia, on the recommendation of the Bundesrat.[6] The bill further set out that the court should have subject-matter jurisdiction for the Allgemeines Deutsches Handelsgesetzbuch and the law on promissory notes.[6] The content of Saxony's bill had probably been coordinated beforehand with Prussia.[1]

The bill was referred to the judicial committee of the Bundesrat, the Ausschuss für Justizwesen, on 1 March 1869.[5] The judicial committee examined it on 17 and 18 March 1869 and submitted its report to the plenum of the Bundesrat a few days later.[7] The judicial committee's report proposed only minor revisions.[7] On 5 April 1869, the plenum of the Bundesrat dealt with the bill. During the plenary session, Hesse, Mecklenburg and Hamburg argued that the establishment of the Bundesoberhandelsgericht was beyond the competencies of the North German Confederation and would require an amendment of the federal constitution.[8] Hamburg, together with Lübeck, especially feared that the proposed federal court would result in a loss of influence for its Oberappellationsgericht der vier Freien Städte. But these sceptic voices did not prevail, and the bill passed the Bundesrat with only seven votes against it.[9]

On 5 April 1869 the bill was sent to the Reichstag.[10] In the Reichstag, the bill was debated between 10 April and 13 May 1869. During the parliamentary deliberations Johannes von Miquel notably argued with a view to a possible German unification that "from a legal point of view, this Court is provisional, but from a national point of view, it is definitive".[1] The deliberations again resulted in minor revisions only and the bill was approved by the Reichstag on 13 March 1869.[10] According to the legislative process of the North German Confederation, the bill was then sent back to the Bundesrat again, which finally approved it against the opposition of both Mecklenburgs, Bremen and Hamburg.[11]

William I gave his royal assent to the bill on 12 June 1869 and on 18 June 1869 the Gesetz, betreffend die Errichtung eines obersten Gerichtshofes für Handelssachen was published in the official gazette of the North German Confederation, the Bundesgesetzblatt des Norddeutschen Bundes [de].[11]

Establishment of the court

A view of the Georgenhalle in a 1879 issue of the Die Gartenlaube

After the law establishing the Bundesoberhandelsgericht was promulgated, its entry into force on 5 August 1870 was decreed by an ordinance dated 22 June 1870.[12] On this day, the court constituted itself in Leipzig.[13] Contrary to original plans Otto von Bismarck – then the Chancellor of the North German Confederation – was unable to attend the court's investiture in the Georgenhalle [de], the seat of the court in Leipzig,[14][15] due to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War.[14] During the ceremonies, the court' president, Heinrich Eduard von Pape [de], swore in the court's first judges and remarked on the importance of the establishment of the court for future German national and legal unity.[12]

Life of the court

After the establishment of the German Empire in 1871, the Bundesoberhandelsgericht was no longer a court of the North German Confederation, but became a court of the German Empire. It was renamed to Reichsoberhandelsgericht on 2 September 1871 by a plenary declaration of the court.[16][17] The renaming of the court reflected the newly gained jurisdiction for the whole of the German Empire including Bavaria, Württemberg, Baden and Hesse.[18]

In 1871, the court attained minor additions to its subject-matter competence. It was now also responsible for the law of the Flösserei (timber rafting), some copyright law and tort liability concerning the operation of railways.[19]

After the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War, Alsace–Lorraine was now part of the German Empire. This started the process of expanding the court's jurisdiction beyond the confines of commercial law.[20] Shortly after the war, a law dated 14 June 1871 was passed which established the court as the supreme court for Alsace–Lorraine. The court thereby took the place of the French Court of Cassation in Paris for cases stemming from this territory.[14][21][22] Especially important was the fact that the court now was competent to hear criminal cases from this territory and was thus in a position to rule on the new German Criminal Code of 1871.[23]

In 1873, the court was asked to adjudicate a dispute between Saxe-Meiningen and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, two states of the German Empire, as a court of arbitration. The dispute concerned the village Unterwirbach [de]. After Bismarck's approval, the court agreed to take on the case and rendered an arbitral award in 1876.[24]

Between 1873 and 1876, the subject-matter jurisdiction of the court was again expanded and the court then, inter alia, gained jurisdiction for the adjudication of trademark and banking law.[25]

After the passage of the German patent act, discussions concerning the addition of patent law to the court's jurisdiction started in 1877 and the court was asked to compile regulations to handle this new material. After these were finished, the court gained appellate jurisdiction for patent law on 1 May 1878, with the passage of an ordnance from the same day.[26]

Succession of the court

The Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz, part of the Reichsjustizgesetze of 1871

Before the Reichsjustizgesetze [de] of 1878 entered into force on 1 October 1879, the Reichsoberhandelsgericht had to end its tenure as the supreme court of the German empire on 30 September 1879.[27] On 1 October 1879 the Reichsoberhandelsgericht was succeeded by the Reichsgericht.[28]

Historical assessment of the court

The case law of the Reichsoberhandelsgericht had a lasting influence on the practice and teaching of German promissory notes law and commercial law in general. As a judge of the court, Levin Goldschmidt argued that it was the natural task of the court to preserve unity in the application of the law and to further the development of the unified areas of law.[29] Due to the expansion of its subject-matter jurisdiction many contemporaries saw the court not as a special court for commercial law but as a general supreme court,[29] a view that is shared by commentators today.[14] In Andreas M. Fleckner [de]'s assessment, the court proved to be the hoped-for keystone for the unification of German commercial law and that it's establishment was an unexpectedly large step for the unification of German civil law in general.[1] Regina Ogorek [de] has argued that the court marked the institutional beginning of the end of an epoch of fragmentation in the law.[30]

The establishment of the court started an institutional tradition that has continued through the Reichsgericht to today's Bundesgerichtshof.[14] Exemplary for this tradition is the collection of its important cases named Entscheidungen des Reichsoberhandelsgerichts (Judgements of the Imperial High Commercial Court), abbreviated ROHGE or BOHGE, in whose tradition the later Entscheidungen des Reichsgerichts (Judgements of the Imperial Court), abbreviated RGZ/RGSt, and the Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs (Judgements of the Federal Court of Justice), abbreviated BGHZ/BGHSt, still stand today.

Organisation of the court

Panels of the Reichsoberhandelsgericht

Originally the Reichsoberhandelsgericht had no panels, the decisions therefore had to be taken in plenary sessions. This was rectified with effect from 1 September 1871 when the court formed two panels.[31] The first panel (Erster Senat) was chaired by the court's president, Heinrich Eduard von Pape [de], while the second panel (Zweiter Senat) was led by its vice president August Drechsler [de].[31] On 9 July 1874 a third panel (Dritter Senat) was formed and chaired by Karl Hocheder [de], who also became an additional vice president of the court.[32] The president of the court distributed the cases to the individual panels.[33] To render a decision seven judges had to participate in the case and a majority for the decision had to be found.[34]

Lawyers before the court

Any qualified lawyer or advocate – a unified bar was not created until 1879 – could plead before the Reichsoberhandelsgericht. No singular admission (Singularzulassung [de]) existed before the court.[35][36]

Jurisdiction

The Reichsoberhandelsgericht could hear appeals when it had local and subject-matter jurisdiction. When it was competent to hear an appeal, it replaced the supreme court of the respective German territory for this case.[37]

Local jurisdiction

In 1870, the local jurisdiction of the court extended throughout the North German Confederation.[38][1][39] When the North German Confederation was succeeded by the German Empire in 1871, the local jurisdiction of the court was now the Empire's territory.[1][40] The last extension of the court's local jurisdiction happened on 14 June 1871, when the Reichsoberhandelsgericht succeeded the French Court of Cassation for all appeals concerning cases originating from Alsace–Lorraine.[41]

Subject-matter jurisdiction

As the name of the court suggests it was originally conceived as a civil court for commercial law matters. Accordingly, its subject-matter jurisdiction only extended to cases concerning commercial law. Section 13[42] of the court's establishment statue elaborated what specific commercial law questions were covered.[43] Later the court's subject-matter jurisdiction was rapidly expanded by statute. For example, matters concerning copyright law, patent law and trademark law were added to the court's docket.[1] But not only newly developing matters like intellectual property law were added, even some specific matters of general civil law – for example matters concerning strict liability for operators of trains – were added to the court's subject-matter jurisdiction.[44] For Alsace–Lorraine, the court even gained jurisdiction in criminal matters, but private law still remained firmly at the centre of the court's jurisdiction.[45]

Collection of decisions

All of the 12,173 decisions[α] of the Reichsoberhandelsgericht have been preserved in the 82 volumes of the Sammlung Sämmtlicher Erkenntnisse des Reichs-Oberhandelsgerichts (Collection of all findings of the Imperial High Commercial Court), which is now housed at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe.[47][48] Of those 12,173 decisions, the court identified 2,764 (22.7%) as its most important decisions and published them in its authoritative collection Entscheidungen des Reichsoberhandelsgerichts (Judgements of the Imperial High Commercial Court; 25 volumes).[48] A. Stegemann also collected and published some cases of the court in the 8 volumes of Die Rechtsprechung des deutschen Oberhandelsgerichtes zu Leipzig.[49]

Judges of the court

Heinrich Eduard von Pape, the only president of the Reichsoberhandelsgericht

During the nine years of its existence, the Reichsoberhandelsgericht had only one president, Heinrich Eduard von Pape, who had already been involved in the legislative preparations for the court.[50] The court had two vice-presidents – August Drechsler and Karl Hocheder (the latter joining it in 1873) – and 29 judges (Reichsoberhandelsgerichtsräte) in total.[51] The formal requirement to become a judge of the court was the eligibility to serve at a high court in one of the German territories or to be a professor of law in Germany,[1] Levin Goldschmidt being the only professor of law serving at the court.[1] All judges of the court had life tenure.[1][52]

Of the 32 judges of the Reichsoberhandelsgericht, 20 transferred to the service of the newly formed Reichsgericht.[53] The court's president von Pape did not transfer, he became the chairperson of the first commission to draft a German Civil Code, an activity which in 1896 resulted in the momentous promulgation of the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (the German Civil Code).[1]

President of the court

No. Name Assumption of office End of office Transfer to the
Reichsgericht 		Ref.
1 Heinrich Eduard von Pape [de]
(1816–1888) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870[β] 30 September 1879 No
(became the chairperson of the first commission for a German Civil Code) 		[56][57]

Vice-presidents of the court

No. Name Assumption of office End of office Transfer to the
Reichsgericht 		Ref.
1 August Drechsler [de]
(1821–1897) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a Senatsprasident) 		[56][58]
2 Karl Hocheder [de]
(1825–1913) 		1 March 1874 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a Senatsprasident) 		[56][59]

Members of the court (Reichsoberhandelsgerichtsräte)

No. Name Assumption of office End of office Transfer to the
Reichsgericht 		Ref.
1 Bernhard Friedrich Gustav Ponath [de]
(1812–1881) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 30 September 1879 or 9 September 1879 No
(retired) 		[56][60]
2 Wilhelm Albert Kosmann [de]
(1825–1875) 		1 July 1870 1 April 1874 No
(retired) 		[56][61]
3 Wilhelm Schmitz
(1811–1875) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 17 November 1875
(died) 		No
(died) 		[56][62]
4 Friedrich Gallenkamp [de]
(1818–1890) 		1 July 1870 or 13 September 1870 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[56][63]
5 Friedrich Moritz Hoffmann [de]
(1818–1882) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[56][59]
6 Gustav Ludwig August Fleischauer [de]
(1819–1891) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[56][64]
7 Adolph Schliemann [de]
(1817–1872) 		1 July 1870 19 January 1872
(died) 		No
(died) 		[56][65]
8 Jeremias Theodor Boisselier [de]
(1826–1912) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[56][66]
9 Levin Goldschmidt
(1829–1897) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 31 August 1875 No
(became a professor
at the University of Berlin) 		[56][67]
10 Johann Friedrich Voigt [de]
(1804–1886) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 30 September 1879 No
(retired) 		[56][68]
11 Karl Julius August von Vangerow [de]
(1809–1898) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[56][68]
12 Karl Friedrich Werner [de]
(1820–1877) 		1 July 1870 or 5 August 1870 31 August 1877
(died) 		No
(died) 		[56][69]
13 Marquard Adolph Barth [de]
(1809–1885) 		1 August 1871 30 September 1879 No
(retired) 		[56][70]
14 Johann Wernz [de]
(1819–1895) 		1 August 1871 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[56][71]
15 Ernst Sigismund Puchelt [de]
(1820–1885) 		1 August 1871 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[56][60]
16 Robert Römer [de]
(1823–1879) 		1 August 1871 30 September 1879 No
(retired) 		[56][72]
17 Friedrich von Hahn [de]
(1823–1897) 		1 May 1872 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][74]
18 Wilhelm Mohrmann [de]
(1815–1891) 		1 January 1873 30 September 1879 No
(retired) 		[73][75]
19 Wilhelm Langerhans [de]
(1816–1902) 		1 March 1874 or 1 April 1874 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][61]
20 Heinrich Wiener [de]
(1834–1897) 		1 April 1874 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][61]
21 Hermann Gustav Ludwig Theodor Krüger
(1825–1903) 		1 July 1874 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][76]
22 Lothar Schilling [de]
(1832–1879) 		1 April 1875 27 May 1879
(died) 		No
(died) 		[73][77]
23 Wilhelm Buff [de]
(1825–1900) 		1 April 1875 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][78]
24 Viktor von Meibom [de]
(1821–1892) 		1 September 1875 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][79]
25 Karl Heinrich Dreyer [de]
(1830–1900) 		1 March 1876 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][80]
26 Baum Hambrook [de]
(1818–1897) 		1 September 1877 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][81]
27 Hermann Wittmaack [de]
(1833–1928) 		2 September 1877 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][82]
28 Wilhelm Maßmann [de]
(1837–1916) 		3 September 1877 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][83]
29 August Hullmann [de]
(1826–1887) 		1 January 1878 30 September 1879 Yes
(as a judge) 		[73][84]

References

Notes

  1. ^ Reynolds[46] lists 11,236 cases.
  2. ^ If the dates concerning the assumption or end of office conflict between sources, the first date is the one given by Lobe[54] and the second date the one provided by Reynolds[55].

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Fleckner 2009.
  2. ^ Müßig 2012, pp. 269–270.
  3. ^ Müßig 2012, p. 272.
  4. ^ Müßig 2012, p. 274.
  5. ^ a b Reynolds 1997, p. 133.
  6. ^ a b c Reynolds 1997, p. 134.
  7. ^ a b Reynolds 1997, p. 138.
  8. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 139.
  9. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 141.
  10. ^ a b Reynolds 1997, p. 143.
  11. ^ a b Reynolds 1997, p. 144.
  12. ^ a b Reynolds 1997, p. 148.
  13. ^ Müßig 2012, p. 275.
  14. ^ a b c d e Fischer 2015, p. 94.
  15. ^ Grieß 2015, p. 115.
  16. ^ Müßig 2012, p. 276.
  17. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 148–149.
  18. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 149.
  19. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 150.
  20. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 151.
  21. ^ Fischer 2010, p. 1081.
  22. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 150–151.
  23. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 153.
  24. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 154–155.
  25. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 155.
  26. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 156–157.
  27. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 155–164.
  28. ^ Fischer 2010, p. 1083.
  29. ^ a b Müßig 2012, p. 284.
  30. ^ Müßig 2012, p. 290.
  31. ^ a b Winkler 2001, p. 45.
  32. ^ Winkler 2001, p. 47.
  33. ^ Fischer 2015, p. 95.
  34. ^ Winkler 2001, pp. 50–51.
  35. ^ Winkler 2001, pp. 40–44.
  36. ^ § 10 des Gesetzes, betreffend die Errichtung eines obersten Gerichtshofes für Handelssachen, vom 12. Juni 1869.
  37. ^ Winkler 2001, pp. 52–53.
  38. ^ Winkler 2001, p. 53.
  39. ^ § 1 des Gesetzes, betreffend die Errichtung eines obersten Gerichtshofes für Handelssachen, vom 12. Juni 1869.
  40. ^ § 2 der Verfassung des Deutschen Reichs (1871).
  41. ^ Winkler 2001, p. 55.
  42. ^ § 13 des Gesetzes, betreffend die Errichtung eines obersten Gerichtshofes für Handelssachen, vom 12. Juni 1869.
  43. ^ Winkler 2001, pp. 56–61.
  44. ^ Winkler 2001, p. 65.
  45. ^ Winkler 2001, pp. 133–134.
  46. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 162.
  47. ^ Fischer 2010, p. 1082.
  48. ^ a b Winkler 2001, p. 99.
  49. ^ Stegemann 1873, p. 399.
  50. ^ Winkler 2001, pp. 34–35.
  51. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 161.
  52. ^ § 23 des Gesetzes, betreffend die Errichtung eines obersten Gerichtshofes für Handelssachen, vom 12. Juni 1869.
  53. ^ Lobe 1929, pp. 337–338.
  54. ^ Lobe 1929.
  55. ^ Reynolds 1997.
  56. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Lobe 1929, p. 337.
  57. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 410–411.
  58. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 396–397.
  59. ^ a b Reynolds 1997, p. 405.
  60. ^ a b Reynolds 1997, p. 413.
  61. ^ a b c Reynolds 1997, p. 407.
  62. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 417.
  63. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 400.
  64. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 398–399.
  65. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 158, 416–417.
  66. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 393.
  67. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 401.
  68. ^ a b Reynolds 1997, p. 422.
  69. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 423–424.
  70. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 392.
  71. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 424.
  72. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 414.
  73. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Lobe 1929, p. 338.
  74. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 402.
  75. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 410.
  76. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 424–425.
  77. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 416.
  78. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 394.
  79. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 409.
  80. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 397–398.
  81. ^ Reynolds 1997, pp. 160–161.
  82. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 425.
  83. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 408.
  84. ^ Reynolds 1997, p. 406.

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Further reading

  • Endemann, Wilhelm (1869). "Das Gesetz vom 21. Juni 1869, betreffend die Errichtung des Bundes-Oberhandelsgerichts zu Leipzig". Archiv für Theorie und Praxis des allgemeinen deutschen Handelsrechts (in German). 17: XLVII–CXX.
  • Goldschmidt, Levin (1871). "Das Bundesoberhandelsgericht". Zeitschrift für das gesamte Handelsrecht (in German). 16: 153–167.
  • Henne, Thomas (2004). "Jüdische Richter" am Reichs-Oberhandelsgericht und am Reichsgericht bis 1933". In Ephraim-Carlebach-Stiftung (ed.). Antisemitismus in Sachsen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (in German). Dresden. pp. 142–155. ISBN 3-932434-23-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • ——————— (2004). "Richterliche Rechtsharmonisierung: Startbedingungen, Methoden und Erfolge in Zeiten beginnender staatlicher Zentralisierung analysiert am Beispiel des Oberhandelsgerichts". Kontinuitäten und Zäsuren in der europäischen Rechtsgeschichte (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Lang. pp. 335–355. ISBN 9783631348826.
  • Kronke, Herbert (1997). "Rechtsvergleichung und Rechtsvereinheitlichung in der Rechtsprechung des Reichsoberhandelsgerichts". Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht (in German). 5: 735–750.
  • Ogorek, Regina (1986). "Privatautonomie unter Justizkontrolle – Zur Rechtsprechung des Reichsoberhandelsgerichts (1870–1879)". Zeitschrift für das gesamte Handelsrecht und Wirtschaftsrecht (in German). 150: 87–116.
  • Silberschmidt, Wilhelm (1894). Die Entstehung des deutschen Handelsgerichts: Nach archivalischen Quellen (in German). Duncker & Humblot.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Weiss, Axel (1997). Die Entscheidungen des Reichsoberhandelsgerichts in Strafsachen (in German). Marburg: Elwert Verlag. ISBN 9783770810765.
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