The Berlin Administrative Court ( Verwaltungsgericht ) ruled in favor of information access under the German Freedom of Information Act ( Informationsfreiheitsgesetz , IFG) in a case related to the German passenger car toll system ( Pkw-Maut ). The case revolved around claims from plaintiffs – the prospective toll operators – for specific documents from the Federal Ministry of Transport ( Bundesverkehrsministerium ). The Ministry had claimed various grounds to withhold the information, including potential a
This is a post for conflicts of laws nerds and lovers of legal policy – a lesson in symbolic politics and disregard for private international law expertise. And it takes me back to my days as a student assistant to Professor Schurig at Passau University where I learned the tools of the trade..
Following a referral by the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof), the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) has overturned the Law to Fight Child Marriages ( Gesetz zur Bekämpfung von Kinderehe ). Continue reading →