Joy Steigler-Herms is a research associate in subproject B02, “How and Why Do Courts Cite? Citations and References in Judgments of the Federal Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Canada,” at the Collaborative Research Center 1385 “Law and Literature” at the University of Münster.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Concept of Citation.- 3. Functions of Citations.- 4. Citing and Positioning: Modality and Evidentiality.- 5. Zitationspraktiken in Citation Practices Depending on Legal Systems: Common Law and Civil Law.- 6. How and Why Do Courts Cite? An Empirical Study Using the Example of the Federal Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Canada.- 7. Overall Conclusion, Review, Outlook.

Joy Steigler-Herms is a research associate in subproject B02, “How and Why Do Courts Cite? Citations and References in Judgments of the Federal Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Canada,” at the Collaborative Research Center 1385 “Law and Literature” at the University of Münster.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Concept of Citation.- 3. Functions of Citations.- 4. Citing and Positioning: Modality and Evidentiality.- 5. Zitationspraktiken in Citation Practices Depending on Legal Systems: Common Law and Civil Law.- 6. How and Why Do Courts Cite? An Empirical Study Using the Example of the Federal Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Canada.- 7. Overall Conclusion, Review, Outlook.

Joy Steigler-Herms is a research associate in subproject B02, “How and Why Do Courts Cite? Citations and References in Judgments of the Federal Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Canada,” at the Collaborative Research Center 1385 “Law and Literature” at the University of Münster.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Concept of Citation.- 3. Functions of Citations.- 4. Citing and Positioning: Modality and Evidentiality.- 5. Zitationspraktiken in Citation Practices Depending on Legal Systems: Common Law and Civil Law.- 6. How and Why Do Courts Cite? An Empirical Study Using the Example of the Federal Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Canada.- 7. Overall Conclusion, Review, Outlook.