tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705719339981188195.post9104107840463373493..comments2024-01-04T09:58:13.356-05:00Comments on Persuasive Authorities: New German Chief Justice is 46Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705719339981188195.post-23459331845480427312010-03-14T16:28:05.851-04:002010-03-14T16:28:05.851-04:00There is a tradition of half-half: half of the Jus...There is a tradition of half-half: half of the Justices are recruited from the upper Federal courts, usually the Bundesgerichtshof (the highest court for civil law and criminal law), and the other half from academia. His background is not foreign, unlike a lot of new professor he does not hold an LLM degree (shameful) and he did not do any comparative scholarship. Frankly, he is talendet enough to be appointed (not too talented) and boring and unopinionated enough to be appointed (not very opinionated). There you go. It's a bit like with politics.Viktor Winklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669693115780463748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705719339981188195.post-32664383063806499202010-03-13T17:49:09.133-05:002010-03-13T17:49:09.133-05:00Viktor, thanks for the very interesting data. What...Viktor, thanks for the very interesting data. What is the background of this new judge - say, does he have studies in the US? what type of qualities are required to get to that position? are academics chosen?Martín Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114387051577894988noreply@blogger.com