The Content and Structure of the Decision Adopted by the Court of First Instance According to the Civil Procedure Norms of Georgia and Germany

Abstract

Georgian judicial practice shows that during the 25 years of existence of the Civil Procedure Code, a certain legal tradition has been formed regarding the structure and content of court decisions. There is a certain understanding of Article 249 of the Civil Procedure Code of Georgia, which the courts usually rely on. This article analyzes to what extent this understanding and existing structural, content and stylistic standards correspond to the requirements of the law and the needs of the addressees of the decision, and to what extent it will be possible to change and improve the existing practice. For this, the author reviews the relevant norms of Georgian and German law and offers Georgian judges an alternative method of decision structuring. The article also contains some stylistic and content recommendations.