| English | German |
| administrative law Body of law created by administrative agencies in the form of rules, regulations, orders and decisions to carry out regulatory powers and duties of such agencies | Verwaltungsrecht |
| admiralty law | Seerecht |
| air traffic law | Luftverkehrsgesetz |
| air traffic law International rules and conventions relating to air transportation | Luftverkehrsgesetz |
| Amagat's law | Amagat-Gesetz |
| aviation law | Luftfahrtrecht |
| aviation law International rules regulating air transportation | Luftfahrtrecht |
| business law | Handelsrecht |
| buys ballot's law | barisches Windgesetz |
| civil law Law inspired by old Roman Law, the primary feature of which was that laws were written into a collection; codified, and not determined, as is common law, by judges. The principle of civil law is to provide all citizens with an accessible and written collection of the laws which apply to them and which judges must follow | Zivilrecht |
| class action suits law Legal action initiated by a single person or a few people on behalf of a group with similar claim or claims | Verbandsklagerecht |
| class action suits law | Verbandsklagerecht |
| commercial law The whole body of substantive jurisprudence applicable to the rights, intercourse and relations of persons engaged in commerce, trade or mercantile pursuits | Handelsrecht |
| commercial law | gerichtl. anerkanntes Handelsgewohnheitsrecht |
| Community law The law of European Community (as opposed to the national laws of the member states) It consists of the treaties establishing the EC (together with subsequent amending treaties) community legislation, and decisions of the court of justice of the European Communities. Any provision of the treaties or of community legislation that is directly applicable or directly effective in a member state forms part of the law of that state and prevails over its national law in the event of any inconsistency between the two | Gemeinschaftsrecht |
| EU Community law | Europarecht |
| comparative law The study of the principles of legal science by the comparison of various systems of law | Rechtsvergleichung |
| competition law That part of the law dealing with matters such as those arising from monopolies and mergers, restrictive trading agreements, resale price maintenance and agreements involving distortion of competition affected by EU rules | Wettbewerbsrecht |
| constitutional law That branch of the public law of a nation or state which treats of the organization, powers and frame of government, the distribution of political and governmental authorities and functions, the fundamental principles which are to regulate the relations of government and citizen and which prescribes generally the plan and method according to which the public affairs of the nation or state are to be administered | Verfassungsrecht |
| Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law | Übereinkommen über den Schutz der Umwelt durch das Strafrecht |
| criminal law | Straf- und Ordnungswidrigkeitenrecht |
| criminal law | Strafgesetz |
| criminal law That body of the law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute, prosecuted and punished by the government | Strafrecht |
| criminal law procedure The rules of law governing the procedure by which crimes are investigated, prosecuted, adjudicated, and punish | Strafprozess |
| dangerous goods law | Gefahrgutgesetz |
| data processing law | Datenverarbeitungsrecht |
| EIA law Law concerning the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, based on the EC Directive n. 85/337 | UVP-Gesetz |
| EIA law | UVP-Gesetz |
| environment law | Umweltrecht |
| environmental criminal law The aggregate of statutory enactments pertaining to actions or instances of ecological negligence deemed injurious to public welfare or government interests and legally prohibited | Umweltstrafrecht |
| environmental criminal law | Umweltstrafrecht |
| environmental law A wide spectrum of options from binding "hard" laws, such as international treaties and national legislation, to "soft" laws, covering guiding principles, recommended practices and procedures, and standards. Environmental law also attempts to reconcile international considerations with concerns that focus on very specific problems such as soil degradation, marine pollution or the depletion of non-renewable resources | Umweltgesetz |
| environmental law enforcement Any variety of activities associated with promoting compliance and obedience to those binding rules of a state that have been promulgated to safeguard ecological integrity, preserve natural resources and protect human health | Umweltrechtliche Strafverfolgung |
| environmental law enforcement | Umweltrechtliche Strafverfolgung |
| European hunting law | Europäischer jagdkodex |
| family law Branch of specialty of law, also denominated "domestic relations" law, concerned with such subjects as adoption, annulment, divorce, separation, paternity, custody, support and child care | Familienrecht |
| federal law A binding rule or body of rules established by a government that has been constituted as a union of independent political units or states | Bundesrecht |
| federal law for the protection against emissions | Bundesimmissionsschutzgesetz |
| federal state law | Landesrecht |
| fertiliser law | Düngemittelgesetz |
| fishing law | Fischereirecht |
| fishing law Rules concerning fishing activities; in international law the matter is ruled by the 1958 Geneva Convention | Fischereirecht |
| forage law | Futtermittelgesetz |
| forestry law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to regulate any extensive area of woodland, for the protection and preservation of game, timber and other forest resources | Forstgesetz |
| forestry law | Forstgesetz |
| harmonisation of law The process by which two or more states, sometimes under the auspices of an interstate or international organization, change their legislation relevant to some area of common concern to conform their statutes and to facilitate compliance and enforcement across borders | Rechtsvereinheitlichung |
| harmonisation of law | Rechtsvereinheitlichung |
| immission control law | Immissionsschutzgesetz |
| implementation law | Ausführungsgesetz |
| international economic law The recognized rules guiding the commercial relations of at least two sovereign states or private parties involved in cross-border transactions, including regulations for trade, finance and intellectual property | internationales Wirtschaftsrecht |
| international law The system of law regulating the interrelationship of sovereign states and their rights and duties with regard to one another | Internationales Recht |
| labour law The branch of the legal system which lays down the rules governing employment relationships, trade union relations, and state intervention to provide protection against particular situations of need for citizens who are workers | Arbeitsrecht |
| law amendment An alteration of or addition to any statute with legal force that, if approved by the appropriate legislative authority, supersedes the original statute | Gesetzesnovellierung |
| law amendment | Gesetzesnovellierung |
| law branch A subdivision of the body of principles and regulations established by a government or other authority, generally defined by its scope or application | Rechtsgebiet |
| law branch | Rechtsgebiet |
| law draft The form in which proposed statutes, resolutions or special acts are introduced into a legislative body, before they are enacted or passed | Gesetzentwurf |
| law enforcement Any variety of activities associated with promoting compliance and obedience to the binding rules of a state, especially the prevention, investigation, apprehension or detention of individuals suspected or convicted of violating those rules | Gesetzesvollzug |
| law enforcement | Gesetzesvollzug |
| law relating to prisons Binding rules and regulations pertaining to the construction, use and operation of jails, penitentiaries and other places of legal confinement and punishment | Strafvollzugsrecht |
| lead-in-petrol law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to reduce or eliminate the lead content in petroleum fuels used in vehicular and other engines that pollute the air with lead-carrying exhaust | Benzinbleigesetz |
| lead-in-petrol law | Benzinbleigesetz |
| Lithuanian waste management law | Litauisches Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz |
| maritime law That system of law which particularly relates to marine commerce and navigation, to business transacted at sea or relating to navigation, to ships and shipping, to seamen, to the transportation of persons and property by sea, and to marine affairs generally | Seerecht |
| mining law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to regulate the potentially harmful activity of enterprises concerned with the extraction and processing of precious or valuable metals | Bergrecht |
| mining law | Bergrecht |
| model arson law | Mustergesetz über Brandstiftung |
| model fireworks law | Mustergesetz über Feuerwerk |
| municipal law Broadly, a law or body of laws that pertains solely to the citizens and inhabitants of a state; narrowly, a law or body of laws pertaining to towns, cities, villages and their local governments | Gemeinderecht |
| municipal law | Gemeinderecht |
| natural independence law The inviolable, moral claim of non-human organisms and their habitats to exist unharmed or unchanged by human activity as postulated by certain environmental ethicists | Natureigenrecht |
| natural independence law | Natureigenrecht |
| nature conservation law | Naturschutzrecht |
| neighbourhood law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to protect human health and the environment, manage growth and development or enhance the quality of life in small geographical and social areas within cities where residents share values and concerns and interact with one another on a daily basis | Nachbarschaftsrecht |
| neighbourhood law | Nachbarschaftsrecht |
| planning law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to organize, designate and regulate land use within its domain through zoning laws, subdivision regulations, rent and sign controls, growth management and other measures designed to protect human health and ecological integrity | Planungsrecht |
| police law | Ordnungsrecht |
| police law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government to regulate the employment and tactics of police or other civil agents organized to maintain order, prevent and detect crimes and promote obedience to civil regulations and authority | Polizeirecht |
| police law | Polizeirecht |
| private international law The part of the national law of a country that establishes rules for dealing with cases involving a foreign element | Internationales Zivilrecht |
| private international law | Internationales Zivilrecht |
| private law The branch of law dealing with such aspects of relationships between individuals that are of no direct concern to the state | Privatrecht |
| procedural law Law which prescribes method of enforcing rights or obtaining redress for their invasion. Laws which fix duties, establish rights and responsibilities among and for persons, natural or otherwise, are "substantive laws" in character, while those which merely prescribe the manner in which such rights and responsibilities may be exercised and enforced in a court are "procedural laws" | Prozessrecht |
| provincial/regional law D | Landesrecht |
| public international law The general rules and principles pertaining to the conduct of nations and of international organizations and with the relations among them | Völkerrecht |
| public-law | öffentlich-rechtlich |
| public law A general classification of law, consisting generally of constitutional, administrative, criminal and international law, concerned with the organization of the state, the relations between the state and the people who compose it, the responsibilities of public officers to the state, to each other, and to private persons, and the relations of states to one other. The branch or department of law which is concerned with the state in its political or sovereign capacity, including constitutional and administrative law, and with the definition, regulation, and enforcement of rights in cases where the state is regarded as the subject of the right or object of the duty, - including criminal law and criminal procedure, - and the law of the state, considered in its quasi private personality, i.e., as capable of holding or exercising rights, or acquiring and dealing with property, in the character of an individual | Öffentliches Recht |
| radiation protection law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by government to establish measures to keep humans and natural resources safe from harmful exposure to energy waves released by nuclear materials, electromagnetic current and other sources | Strahlenschutzrecht |
| radiation protection law | Strahlenschutzrecht |
| recycling management and waste law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by government to establish and regulate provisions for the minimization of waste generation through recovery and reprocessing of re-usable products | Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz |
| recycling management and waste law | Kreislaufwirtschafts- und Abfallgesetz |
| regulative law | Ordnungsrecht |
| rural law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government pertaining to matters of importance to residents of sparsely populated regions, especially agricultural and other economic issues | Ländliches Recht |
| rural law | Ländliches Recht |
| special law One relating to particular persons or things; one made for individual cases or for particular places or districts; one operating upon a selected class, rather than upon the public generally. A law is special when it is different from others of the same general kind or designed for a particular purpose, or limited in range or confined to a prescribed field of action or operation | Sonderrecht |
| special law | Sonderrecht |
| tax law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by a government stipulating the sum of money and manner of collection it demands for governmental support, facilities and services, usually levied upon income, property, sales or other financial resources | Steuerrecht |
| the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the conservation and management of straddling stocks fish which are found both inside and outside exclusive economic zones and highly migratory fish stocks | Seerechtsübereinkommen der Vereinten Nationen vom 10.Dezember 1982 über die Erhaltung und Bewirtschaftung von Fischbeständen,die sowohl innerhalb als auch außerhalb der ausschließlichen Wirtschaftszonen vorkommengebietsübergreifende Bestände,und von weit wandernden Fischbeständen durch die Europäische Gemeinschaft |
| transport law Rules concerning the movement of goods or persons by sea, railway or road | Transportrecht |
| urban development law A binding rule or body of rules prescribed by government to regulate public services and the competing claims of residential, commercial and industrial interests in municipal areas generally characterized by moderate to high population density | Stadtentwicklungsrecht |
| urban development law | Stadtentwicklungsrecht |
