Der Einfluss von Sachverständigen

»The Influence of Experts. An Empirical Investigation Using Criminal Legislation as an Example«: The study deals with the question whether experts, who are consulted by the committees according to § 70 GO BT, have an influence on the penal legislation. For this purpose, 30 participants are interviewed and draft laws, verbatim reports, recommended resolutions and law gazettes are examined. Since the impression is confirmed that the influence of the public hearing on legislation is currently only marginal, the author discusses possible approaches for improvement at the end.