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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Redaktionelle Leitsätze

English translation:

Key points (of a judgment)

Added to glossary by Emma Grubb
Jun 14, 2020 14:31
3 yrs ago
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German term

Redaktionelle Leitsätze

German to English Law/Patents Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright
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?
Proposed translations (English)
2 Key reported point/s ... of the judgment
3 +2 Legal background / Reasoning
4 editorial headnote
3 +1 editorial summaries (of key legal decisions)
4 unofficial headnotes
3 editorial principles/directives

Discussion

Chris Pr Jun 18, 2020:
In other words... ...a synonym was chosen after all over the 'official' term...

Headnote
A brief summary of a legal rule or a significant fact in a case that, among other headnotes that apply to the case, precedes the full text opinion printed in the reports or reporters. A syllabus to a reported case that summarizes the points decided in the case and is placed before the text of the opinion.
Each jurisdiction usually determines whether headnotes are part of the law or only an editorial device to facilitate research.
https://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/headnotes

But at least it's an improvement over the 'wildly popular', yet erroneous (read guesswork), "Legal background / Reasoning"...
Emma Grubb (asker) Jun 18, 2020:
As an additional point of note, I discovered that the word "Redaktionelle" simply refers to the fact that the key points were added by the "Redaktion" or "editorial team", i.e. they were added by the editor(s) to aid those reading the judgment and do not form part of the judgment itself.
Chris Pr Jun 14, 2020:
Synonym alerts (pl)... "A headnote is a brief summary...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headnote

And was the question "redaktionelle" or "nichtamtliche" Leitsätze...?

There's even a correct (almost) glossary entry for this term:
https://www.proz.com/kudoz/165727
David Hollywood Jun 14, 2020:
see my note at 54 mins
David Hollywood Jun 14, 2020:
that's why I suggested "draft" and we're getting there
philgoddard Jun 14, 2020:
Editorial is not the right word - that refers to things like books and magazines. My guess would be 'drafting principles", but it would still be good to see the German.
Klaus Beyer Jun 14, 2020:
Editorial principles... and reasoning underlying the court's decision

But not "judgment" and "directives"
David Hollywood Jun 14, 2020:
I can't get away from "guiding principles"
Emma Grubb (asker) Jun 14, 2020:
The text underneath this heading sets out the grounds for the decision. The "Redaktionelle Leitsätze" are not further mentioned.
philgoddard Jun 14, 2020:
If it's a heading, what does it say underneath?

Proposed translations

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German term (edited): Redaktionelle/r Leitsatz/sätze ... des Urteils
Selected

Key reported point/s ... of the judgment

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:

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/urheberrecht-leitsaetze-werden-gern-kopiert-1756482.html

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. 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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Legal background / Reasoning

"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...
Peer comment(s):
agree Daniel Arnold (X)
21 hrs
agree Ramey Rieger (X)
23 hrs
"Erroneous, erroneous, wherefore art thou erroneous?" (See Discussion Box)
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editorial principles/directives

:)

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Note added at 10 mins (2020-06-14 14:42:37 GMT)
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maybe "guiding principles" but I also like "directives"

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Note added at 15 mins (2020-06-14 14:47:09 GMT)
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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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Note added at 16 mins (2020-06-14 14:47:44 GMT)
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anyway let's see what others have to say on this

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Note added at 24 mins (2020-06-14 14:55:40 GMT)
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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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Note added at 27 mins (2020-06-14 14:59:02 GMT)
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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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Note added at 29 mins (2020-06-14 15:01:22 GMT)
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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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Note added at 54 mins (2020-06-14 15:26:21 GMT)
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the "redaktionell" component might also be rendered by "draft"

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Note added at 56 mins (2020-06-14 15:27:45 GMT)
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but that's more "Entwurf" so....

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-06-14 15:34:03 GMT)
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anyway just bouncing ideas around and you decide

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-06-14 16:02:15 GMT)
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in light of the discussion I would go with "(draft) grounds"
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editorial headnote

"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...
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editorial summaries (of key legal decisions)

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
Peer comment(s):
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
2 hrs
thank you for your comment!
agree writeaway
8 hrs
Thank you :-)
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unofficial headnotes

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
1
Unofficial Headnote:"

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


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