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Many Federal Statutes can be found on the web site of the Federal Ministry of Justice
(http://bundesrecht.juris.de/bundesrecht). Links to many federal and state laws are available at
http://www.jura.uni-muenster.de and http://www.jura.uni-sb.de (under “Recherche” and then
“Jura-Links”).
2.3 Treaties and Conventions
Cite treaties and conventions as described in Section 1.0 on Treaties and Conventions (on page
266), filling in the source information preferably with either the federal gazette (BGBl. II), or
Germany’s treaty series (Verträge der Bundesrepublik Deutschland) by volume, title, series (in
parentheses), and treaty number:
68
[Treaty information], 5 Verträge der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ser. A), No. 1, [date of
entry, etc.].
3.0 Jurisprudence
Cite cases published in official reporters by abbreviated title of the reporter, volume, first page of
the decision, and page referenced:
BGHZ 126, 105, 107.
Cite other cases by abbreviated name of the court, location of the court (unless citing to federal
courts or unique state courts like BayObLG, KG), date (optional and unusual), official
registration number (optional and unusual), abbreviated name of the periodical in which the
decision is published, year, first page of the decision, and page referenced:
OLG Köln, Urteil v. 13.12.1996 (6 U 191/96), NJW 1997, 3179.
OLG Köln, NJW 1997, 3179.
BGH NJW 1994, 831, 835.
3.1 Court Abbreviations
Courts are normally cited by abbreviation. Federal Courts are referred to simply by their official
denomination (e.g., BAG).
All other courts are referred to by level and location (e.g., AG Bonn). Some Courts have kept
their traditional names and are usually cited by them (e.g., KG or Kammergericht, instead of
OLG Berlin; HansOLG or Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht instead of OLG Hamburg;
BayVGH or Bayerischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof instead of VGH München).
The names and abbreviations for courts include: