closing and additionally an action-blocking effect. Also, the review of relevant proceedings so far suggests a common practice according to which the compliance with particular formalities was considered necessary, such as a notarisation of the parties’ agreement. It is also highly interesting to what extent especially the Imperial Chamber Court or other official authorities contributed to amicable settlements between the litigants. Possibly, not the parties’ interests alone may have played a role in alternative dispute resolutions. Peter Oestmann already in 2010 interpreted complaints about judges exerting pressure on the parties to find an amicable solution as an indication that the tempting saving of labour for the judge – he did not have to draw up a judgment – actually resulted in a much earlier judicial promotion of amicable settlements than these were bindingly formulated as normative sources for courts. However, consideration shall not be given solely to the contributions by the courts and other official institutions. Another interesting aspect is whether it was required or prohibited that the parties themselves supported the peace efforts of the adverse party or whether a formal consent to a conclusion of the proceedings was necessary, or whether it was sufficient that one of the parties notified that the action was concluded. Legal actions pending at the Imperial Chamber Court are particularly well suited for the issues raised. In particular, the proceedings before the Imperial Chamber Court and the highest court rulings, i.e. the rulings of the Imperial Chamber Court, were as stylus curiae9 taken up also by other supreme courts10 and in lower instance courtrooms,11 so that it seems anja amend-traut 9 On the different meanings of the term, with further substantiation, see Ranieri, Filippo 2012 columns 155-156. 10 Thus especially the Wismar Tribunal, which acted as the high appellate court for the Swedish fief in the Holy Roman Empire of German Nations, and had been established only in 1653, cf. Thomsch, Astrid 2014 pp. 2, 425. 11 An exception in this respect was in part the area of the Saxonian law; more details thereon 79 Research object – content-related and territorial aspects of the selection of Imperial Chamber Court files
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