Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Stufentheorie

English translation:

stage theory

Added to glossary by Kim Metzger
Oct 21, 2022 13:52
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German term

Stufentheorie

German to English Law/Patents Law (general) geplantes Ausfuhrverbot
Regelungen, die allein die Berufsausübung betreffen, sind nach der Stufentheorie des Bundesverfassungsgerichts bereits durch vernünftige Erwägungen des Gemeinwohls rechtfertigbar, solange der Eingriff verhältnismäßig ist.

Is there a specific term for Stufentheorie? stage/step theory?
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Nov 4, 2022 04:17: Kim Metzger Created KOG entry

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stage theory

Or three-stage theory

Accordingly, in the case of professional freedom the German Federal Constitutional Court has interpreted the guarantee of professional freedom as a uniform fundamental right of choosing and exercising a profession.17 This right is in principle protected against legislative interference in its whole scope of application. It is protected, however, with differing strength, according to the character and intensity of the interference with this freedom, as the German Federal Constitutional Court developed in its “stage theory” (Stufentheorie). Consequently, professional freedom is comprehensively guaranteed according to the standard of proportionality.
https://www.venice.coe.int/webforms/documents/?pdf=CDL-JU(20...

As part of the decision the court presented the so called Three-Stage-Theory (FCC, 6/11 1958). Their jurisdiction determines the conditions that permit the legislator to interfere with occupational freedom.
https://www.soziologie.kit.edu/downloads/WP_Haupt_Witte_Lice...
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three-step test > of legitimate interference

... in employment, as per Kim, developed by the German Fed. Const. Court and ostensibly extrapolated (cribbed) from German copyright law:

> 'Als Drei-Stufen-Test bezeichnet man im Urheberrecht einen in mehreren internationalen Verträgen vorgesehenen dreistufigen Test, mit dem geprüft wird, ob eine Ausnahmeregelung (Schrankenbestimmung) einen akzeptablen Eingriff in die Rechte des Urhebers darstellt.'

+ 'Die vom BVerfG entwickelte Drei-Stufen-Theorie muss im Zusammenhang mit dem Schrankenvorbehalt gesehen werden. Grundsätzlich sagt der Art. 12 I S. 2 GG, dass nur in die Berufsausübung und nicht auch in die Berufswahl „durch Gesetz oder aufgrund eines Gesetzes“ eingegriffen werden darf.' Quaere: 'trades plied' in Red Light districts.

Unless academically slanted jurisprudence, theory night be better labelled a test or doctrine in Anglo-Am. law cf. Lord Denning's 'employment control test' and not to be confused with a 'Stufenklage' - a split trial in English contract & tort (schuldrechtliche - 'law of obligations') cases, first to determine liability and, second, the quantum of damages.
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