Law

Heinrich Amadeus Wolff, Bastian Stemmer

Das Akteneinsichtsrecht gem. § 29 VwVfG und das Recht der externen Gutachter auf Anonymität im Berufungsverfahren

Section: Treatises
Wissenschaftsrecht (WissR)

Volume 47 () / Issue 4, pp. 361-370 (10)

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As a rule, the legal regulations concerning professorial appointment procedures provide for an evaluation by external assessors. The question which therefore arises is whether the candidates' right of access to documents granted to them in the framework of the administrative procedure also includes the right to be informed about the names of the assessors. This question has not yet been conclusively clarified in court. It has to be distinguished from the separate question as to whether the candidates, if they take legal action, have the right to be informed about the name of the assessors in the course of the legal proceedings. Some state laws contain an explicit regulation for the administrative procedure. As long as no special regulation exists, the question is referred to section 29 VwVfG (= Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz, i.e. the Administrative Procedure Act). For manifold reasons, according to the opinion stated here, section 29 VwVfG grants the candidates the right to be informed about the contents of the assessment, but not about the name of the assessors. The most important argument is that the contents of the assessment would be less objective if the assessors had to reckon with their names being disclosed.
Authors/Editors

Heinrich Amadeus Wolff Geboren 1965; 1985–90 Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in Regensburg, Tübingen, Bonn, Freiburg und Heidelberg; 1990–93 Wiss. Mitarbeiter in Heidelberg; 1994 zweite jurist. Staatsprüfung; 1994 Wiss. Mitarbeiter beim Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe und an der Deutschen Hochschule für Verwaltungswissenschaften in Speyer; 1995–99 wiss. Assistent in Speyer; 1996 Promotion; seit 1996 Lehrbeauftragter in Speyer; 1998 Habilitation; seit 1999 Oberregierungsrat im Bundesministerium des Innern.

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