Law
Marie Herberger
Von der »Schlüsselgewalt« zur reziproken Solidarhaftung
Zugleich ein Beitrag zum Rechtsprinzip der nachwirkenden ehelichen Solidarität
[From »Schlüsselgewalt« to Reciprocal Joint and Several Liability. Including a Contribution on the Legal Principle of Marital Obligations after Divorce.]
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Published in German.
The purpose of the perplexing »Schlüsselgewalt«-regulation (maternal power to bind the other to obligations necessary to fulfil family requirements) has been puzzled over ever since it was introduced to the German Civil Code. Demonstrating that one of its objectives is to secure lasting marital solidarity after divorce, Marie Herberger proposes a reformulation de lege ferenda that could restore the regulation's reputation.