Sąd Krajowy (Landgericht) Wersalskiego Wolnego Miasta Gdańska . Ustrój i kompetencje

Abstract

The article presents the rules governing the internal organization and jurisdiction of the Landgericht against the background of the structure of the judiciary in the Free City of Gdańsk (Danzig) established in the Treaty of Versailles. The subject of the formal-dogmatic analysis is the German legislation governing the organization of judiciary in the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic, which was adopted in the Free City of Gdańsk specifying the structure of the Landgericht. The jurisdiction of this court extended over the whole area of the Free City of Gdańsk. The Landgericht deals in fi rst instance with more important civil, commercial and criminal cases as well hear the appeals of judgments of lower courts in the second instance.