LINGUISTIC EXPERTISE IN GERMANY
;The article deals with linguistic expertise in the legal system of Germany. Despite the fact that this field of linguistic activity has existed in the judicial practice of Germany for a long time, the role of linguistic experts in Germany is limited to only some traditional areas. This situation is primarily due to the special court principles and the highly structured sources of legal information that judges use for making decisions. In many cases this enables them to analyse and evaluate linguistic issues without any help of a linguist. Furthermore, economic factors play an important role in laying out the scope of activity of linguistic experts. This concerns in particular expert licenses and expert fees. The article provides examples from two legal comments to Section 185 of the German Criminal Code (insult), which are tipical sources on which the court may rely when making decisions.