Textkonventionen am Bundesverfassungsgericht auf der Spur
Eine korpusgestützte Untersuchung von Teiltextsorten und Registereigenschaften
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Luisa Wendel untersucht die sprachliche Struktur von rund 10.000 BVerfG-Entscheidungen und zeigt mithilfe computergestützter Verfahren Konventionen, Entwicklungen und Unterschiede auf. Ihre Erkenntnisse erlauben neue Einblicke in die Rechtsprechung des Gerichts jenseits einzelner Entscheidungen.
The linguistic form of decisions of the German Federal Constitutional Court remains largely unexplored. In this dissertation, the author undertakes a systematic empirical analysis that combines close readings of individual texts with large-scale computational methods. The foundation is a corpus of around 3,400 rulings from the Official Digest and 6,900 additional decisions of the German Federal Constitutional Court. Special attention is given to text segments such as rubric, tenor, reasoning, statement of facts, admissibility, merits, and the so-called "standards section". These are annotated either automatically or manually and analysed with respect to their frequency, length, and linguistic properties. The findings show that the degree of conventionalisation varies according to type of decision, outcome, and judicial body, with official rulings being more standardised than chamber decisions. Norm control procedures, for example, produce longer and more complex structures. The study also identifies diachronic developments: texts become longer, more uniform, and more consistently organised, with introductory summary sentences increasingly established. Initial peculiarities-such as missing text segments or unusual subdivisions-disappear over time. By applying digital methods to constitutional jurisprudence, the work uncovers patterns invisible in single-case studies, confirming some scholarly intuitions while challenging others. It thereby opens new avenues for both linguistic and legal research and exemplifies the effective intersection of law and the digital humanities.
The linguistic form of decisions of the German Federal Constitutional Court remains largely unexplored. In this dissertation, the author undertakes a systematic empirical analysis that combines close readings of individual texts with large-scale computational methods. The foundation is a corpus of around 3,400 rulings from the Official Digest and 6,900 additional decisions of the German Federal Constitutional Court. Special attention is given to text segments such as rubric, tenor, reasoning, statement of facts, admissibility, merits, and the so-called "standards section". These are annotated either automatically or manually and analysed with respect to their frequency, length, and linguistic properties. The findings show that the degree of conventionalisation varies according to type of decision, outcome, and judicial body, with official rulings being more standardised than chamber decisions. Norm control procedures, for example, produce longer and more complex structures. The study also identifies diachronic developments: texts become longer, more uniform, and more consistently organised, with introductory summary sentences increasingly established. Initial peculiarities-such as missing text segments or unusual subdivisions-disappear over time. By applying digital methods to constitutional jurisprudence, the work uncovers patterns invisible in single-case studies, confirming some scholarly intuitions while challenging others. It thereby opens new avenues for both linguistic and legal research and exemplifies the effective intersection of law and the digital humanities.
Geboren 1988; Studium in Göttingen und Galway; 2013 Erste Juristische Prüfung und MagistraLegum Europae; Rechtsreferendariat am Kammergericht; 2016 Zweite Juristische Staatsprüfung; Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht, insb. Verfassungsrecht, und Rechtsphilosophie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin; 2024 Promotion.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.11.2025 |
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| Verlagsort | Tübingen |
| Sprache | deutsch |
| Maße | 155 x 232 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
| Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsverfahrensrecht | |
| Schlagworte | automatisierte Inhaltskontrolle • Chilling Effects • Grundrechte • Internetrecht • Künstliche Intelligenz • Meinungsfreiheit • Overblocking • Plattformregulierung • Privatisierung staatlicher Aufgaben • Unionsrecht • Uploadfilter • Verhältnismäßigkeit • Zensur |
| ISBN-10 | 3-16-164821-8 / 3161648218 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-16-164821-2 / 9783161648212 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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