Redaktionelle Leitsätze

English translation: Key points (of a judgment)

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German term or phrase:Redaktionelle Leitsätze
English translation:Key points (of a judgment)
Entered by: Emma Grubb

14:31 Jun 14, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
German term or phrase: Redaktionelle Leitsätze
This term appears in a heading as part of a decision handed down in patent nullity proceedings:


"Redaktionelle Leitsätze und Gründe des Urteils"


I'm wondering whether it means "Editorial principles", or is that too straightforward?
Emma Grubb
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:47
Key reported point/s ... of the judgment
Explanation:
Surely refers to the short-form headers - separated by dashes ? - to the judgment in point, so a digest or the highlights 'in a nutshell', rather than to any extraneous case citations or summaries contained therein.
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Adrian MM.
Austria
Grading comment
Thanks Adrian. This term came up in a couple of judgments I'm translating and "Key points" appears to suit the context best.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2Legal background / Reasoning
Lancashireman
4editorial headnote
Chris Pr
3 +1editorial summaries (of key legal decisions)
Johanna Timm, PhD
4unofficial headnotes
Michael Martin, MA
3editorial principles/directives
David Hollywood
2Key reported point/s ... of the judgment
Adrian MM.


Discussion entries: 10





  

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Legal background / Reasoning


Explanation:
"the relevant Issues of Facts and Law peculiar to the court's reasoning and decision in the case (named here as Legal Background)"

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DrgwBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA47&lpg...

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Example of Legal Background (i.e. the "relevant Issues of Facts and Law") here:
https://steuerdelikt.de/service/urteile/15-steuerhinterziehu...

Lancashireman
United Kingdom
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Daniel Arnold (X)
21 hrs

agree  Ramey Rieger (X)
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editorial principles/directives


Explanation:
:)

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maybe "guiding principles" but I also like "directives"

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although I think that in a legal context "guiding principles" is more appropriate as "directives" is more applicable to official or authoritative instructions in a corporate or institutional context...

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anyway let's see what others have to say on this

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might also be "holding"

This confusion does not happen as easily in common-law jurisdictions where ... the so-called Leitsätze (the holding), which contain the basic legal arguments on ...
Michaela Hailbronner - 2015 - ‎Law

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although I still think "guiding principles" is more than sufficient

...perspective that will assume law and the corresponding normative reasoning ... law to identify the essential guiding principles ('Leitsätze') 61 that govern the.
Luís Morais - 2014 - ‎Law

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Schmitt argued, were guiding principles (Leitsätze) and the modification of ... the prohibition of analogical reasoning in German law, to illustrate the latter technique.
Jens Meierhenrich - 2018 - ‎Law

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the "redaktionell" component might also be rendered by "draft"

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but that's more "Entwurf" so....

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anyway just bouncing ideas around and you decide

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in light of the discussion I would go with "(draft) grounds"

David Hollywood
Local time: 15:47
Native speaker of: English
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editorial headnote


Explanation:
"Ein Leitsatz ist ein vom Entscheidungsorgan selbst aus dem Zusammenhang des Inhalts einer gerichtlichen Entscheidung (eines Urteils, Beschlusses, Gerichtsbescheids oder einer Verfügung) entnommener und deren wesentliche Essenz enthaltender Satz.
Er dient insbesondere der Öffentlichkeit, um dieser die Lektüre des meist mehrere Seiten umfassenden, komplexen Entscheidungstextes zu ersparen."
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leitsatz

Source:
Clara-Erika Dietl Dictionary of Legal, Commercial and Political Terms
https://forum.dict.cc/forum-questions/detail-326629-x.html

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"The duty of the European Patent Office to examine, ex officio..."

"Der Einspruch konnte deshalb nicht "als Bereich des Geschäftsbetriebs der Einsprechenden" übertragen werden (s. Leitsatz der Entscheidung G 4/88)."

"The opposition could not therefore have been transferred "as part of the opponent's business assets" (see headnote to Decision G 4/88)."
https://www.epo.org/law-practice/case-law-appeals/recent/t04...

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And lastly, we might add:

Court /Legal /Case Headnote

...in case the asker might prefer to broaden the term somewhat...

Chris Pr
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:47
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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editorial summaries (of key legal decisions)


Explanation:
Ein redaktioneller Leitsatz ist die redaktionelle Bearbeitung eines Leitsatzes= Orientierungssatz

Beim „Leitsatz“ handelt es sich um eine richterliche Zusammenfassung der Kernaussage(n) einer Entscheidung. Der Leitsatz ist damit amtlicher Bestandteil einer Entscheidung.
Ein „Orientierungssatz“ ist eine redaktionell erstellte Zusammenfassung in Ergänzung des Leitsatzes oder Ersatz für einen fehlenden Leitsatz.
https://www.juris.de/jportal/portal/page/fshelp.psml?cmsuri=...

“editorial summary of key legal decision”
https://tinyurl.com/y7kaxetg


Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Local time: 11:47
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Chris Pr: Isn't this just a synonym..? "A headnote is a brief summary of a particular point of law..." : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headnote
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agree  writeaway
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unofficial headnotes


Explanation:
Redaktionelle Leitsätze = nichtamtliche" Leitsätze
"Nichtamtliche Leitsätze - also solche, die von einer Redaktion stammen und nicht vom jeweiligen Gericht - stehen hingegen nicht zur freien Verfügung." https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/recht-steuern/urheber...

"Als Leitsatz bezeichnet man eine Zusammenfassung eines wichtigen Aspektes eines Urteils.

Es gibt "amtliche" Leitsätze
OffeneFrage: Wer schreibt die eigentlich? Der/die Richter?

und

"nichtamtliche" Leitsätze
Diese werden meist von einem JuristischerVerlag verfasst."
https://www.jurawiki.de/LeitSatz

Compare:
"*) Die (nicht amtlichen) Leitsatze sind entnommen
aus Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte
1991, 93 wo auch der vollständige Text der Entscheidung veröffentlicht ist

) Translation; the (non-official) headnote is taken
from Mitteilungen der deutschen Patentanwälte
1991, 93, in which the complete text of the
decision was reported"
http://archive.epo.org/epo/pubs/oj1991/p549_588.pdf

"(Non-official headnote of a decision by the Federal Constitutional Court, BVG, 29.7.1988 - 1 BvR 1047/88)."
https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:20021683

"German Federal Court of Justice (FCJ) takes different view on undisclosed disclaimers than recent EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1-16 – FCJ “Phosphatidylcholin” (19 September 2017)
Posted on January 8, 2018
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Unofficial Headnote:"

https://patentlygerman.com/tag/undisclosed-disclaimer/




Michael Martin, MA
United States
Local time: 14:47
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Redaktionelle/r Leitsatz/sätze ... des Urteils
Key reported point/s ... of the judgment


Explanation:
Surely refers to the short-form headers - separated by dashes ? - to the judgment in point, so a digest or the highlights 'in a nutshell', rather than to any extraneous case citations or summaries contained therein.

Example sentence(s):
  • Dass redaktionelle Leitsätze geschützt sind, hat der Bundesgerichtshof bereits vor Jahren entschieden (Az.: 1 ZR 190/89). Damals hatte eine Zeitschrift zum Steuerrecht redaktionelle Leitsätze übernommen.
  • Key points of Supreme Court judgment that suspending parliament unlawful.

    Reference: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/recht-steuern/urheberr...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Thanks Adrian. This term came up in a couple of judgments I'm translating and "Key points" appears to suit the context best.
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