Deutsches Beweisrecht im Rechtsstaat
CK • Washington. Ob es sich wohl empfiehlt, Amerikanern das deutsche Beweisverfahren so darzustellen? Oder werden sie denken, Deutschland sei kein Rechtsstaat?[Litigation Germany, Beweisverfahren ]
Discovery is an unknown quantity in Germany. My evidence is mine and yours is yours--that is the German rule. The shifting of evidentiary burdens under substantive law may affect it, but the German law of evidence does not open floodgates to the archives of opponents.
If you lack evidence of your own, and there are no third-party documents or witnesses supporting your position, don't litigate--that is the effect of the German rule. Nobody can hope to build a case through a fishing expedition.