Relaparotomie nach Magenresektion

Power and Law in Enlightened Absolutism - Carl Gottlieb Svarez’ Theoretical and Practical Approach

“…57 Reform efforts were only resumed in 1780. 58 Frederick the Great had increasingly been faced with complaints about the slow march of the Prussian judiciary, so that the mistrust he had always held in the legal profession turned into outright dissatisfaction. 59 One court case became a catalyst for the revival of efforts to reform the judiciary: A case that entered German legal history as the so-called Müller-Arnold-Prozess.…”

“…74 Economy of procedure was one of the aims of all those reforms, but in addition to that they were also meant to satisfy the needs of non-jurists in search of legal protection: 75 First of all, the laws were to be written in German and free of any artificial Latin terms, making it easier for the subjects to understand them; secondly, the new simplified language as well as enhanced completeness of the legal rules was meant to diminish the number of disputes and legal proceedings as a whole. 76 The aim was not necessarily to create a new body of laws, but merely to compile and revise existing laws. 77 According to the cabinet order of 14 April 1780, the task consisted in collecting the hitherto existing legal rules, which stemmed mainly from the roman tradition, measuring them against the standards of natural law and adapting them to the characteristics of society at the time.…”

“…77 According to the cabinet order of 14 April 1780, the task consisted in collecting the hitherto existing legal rules, which stemmed mainly from the roman tradition, measuring them against the standards of natural law and adapting them to the characteristics of society at the time. 78 Svarez, who had accompanied Carmer to Berlin as a member of his staff, co-authored the first draft of the codification of Prussian civil law, 79 which was published during the period from 1784 to 1788. 80 Meanwhile, the Prussian and German educated public were also involved in the legislative process (external experts were asked for advice and an academic contest was held).…”