Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 2 / 2017, pp. 181-203, 2017/12/20
Privatrecht in unsicheren Zeiten
Zivilgerichtsbarkeit im Nationalsozialismus
This article examines the still unpublished judgements of the Supreme Court of the German 'Reich' applying general clauses of Austrian law within its Senates' jurisdiction. The analysis focuses on the categories of unconscionability ('contra bonos mores') in s. 879 of the Austrian General Civil Law Code (ABGB), good faith ('Treu und Glauben') and so-called 'healthy popular sensibilities' ('gesundes Volksempfinden') in s. 48 of the Testaments Act (TestG).
Keywords: Analysis of judicature - General clauses - Private law - Supreme Court of the German Reich