02908oam 2200529 450 991041831510332120230621135643.03-8325-9988-6https://doi.org/10.30819/4411(CKB)4340000000242300(MiAaPQ)EBC5216259(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/64463(ScCtBLL)f894e1ac-5b1d-41d9-8b40-3927367b0ff1(EXLCZ)99434000000024230020180508h20162016 fy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe occurrence of separate opinions at the Federal Constitutional Court an analysis with a novel database /Caroline Elisabeth WittigBerlin/GermanyLogos Verlag Berlin2016Berlin :Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH,[2016]©20161 online resource (xvi, 162 pages) illustrations, charts; digital file(s)Originally presented as the author's thesis--University of Mannheim, 2016.Print version: 3832544119 Includes bibliographical references.Courts with the right to constitutional review exert considerable power in a political system. However, especially for Kelsenian constitutional courts there are hardly any large-N studies. This is mainly due to a lack of data. For the German Federal Constitutional Court, this gap has been closed by building a novel database, the development of which is depicted in this book. Employing data from this database, the occurrence of separate opinions in general and their different types in particular are analyzed. The book introduces a new, universal theory that reconciles and expands existing explanations. In a second step, the theory is applied to the German Federal Constitutional Court. It can be proven that one factor that has been neglected so far plays a decisive role: The judges' behavior depends on the profession they pursue after their time in office. Moreover, the study shows that -- contrary to the common literature -- it is not mainly the topic that determines a case's conflict potential but rather the number of issues a decision has to address.Judicial opinionsGermanyJudicial PoliticsGerman Federal Constitutional CourtJudicial BehaviorDatabasesQuantitative AnalysesJudicial opinions342.43Wittig Caroline Elisabeth882275Universität Mannheim,MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQUkMaJRUBOOK9910418315103321The occurrence of separate opinions at the Federal Constitutional Court1970675UNINA