Der deutsche König als oberster RIchter Im Hoch- und Spätmittelalter: Eine neue Positionsbestimmung

• Bernhard Diestelkamp ^[1]
  1. [1] Akademie der wissenshafte und der Literatur Mainz
• Localización: Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Germanistische Abteilung, ISSN 0323-4045, Nº 136, 2019
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • Conventionally its is assumed that the king was the highest judge in the medieval Empire. However, many times this turns out to be misconception. The idea of a 'highest' judge suggests a relationship of superiority and inferiority as well as asuccessive stages of appeal which in fact, did not exist in the costumary law. The article analyzes sources form the late medieval Imperial Aulic Court examining when and in which contexts the term 'highest judge' was used first. Aside from little evidence in the 14th century numerous records can be found in 15th century documents. It is hardly a coincidence that these findings concur with the increase of references on appeal trials based on the learned law around this time. In this respect the designation of the king as the highest judge marks the transition of the judicial organization in the wake of the reception of the Roman and canon law.