Das Oberlandesgericht Koeln zwischen dem Rheinland, Frankreich und Preussen: Festschrift zum 200-jahrigen Bestehen (1819 bis 2019)

The volume documents the history of the Cologne Higher Regional Court between Prussia, France and the Rhineland on the occasion of its 200th anniversary on June 21, 2019. The Rheinische Appellationsgerichtshof zu Coeln, founded in 1819 and renamed Cologne Higher Regional Court in 1879, sat between the chairs. He judged in some areas of law until January 1, 1900 under French law and therefore looked to France, where the Cour de Cassation shaped French law. The higher court superior to him, the Rheinische Revisions- and Kassationsgerichtshof, from 1852 the Prussian High Tribunal, but sat in Berlin until 1879, which lived under Prussian law. His immediate surroundings continued to be shaped by the Rhenish legal traditions of the Ancien Regime. In addition, in Cologne, Catholicism repeatedly came into conflict with the Protestant Prussia. The volume shows how the Rhineland judiciary dealt with the characteristics, wishes and requirements of these different contexts.