»The Influence of Experts. An Empirical Investigation Using Criminal Legislation as an
Example«: The study deals with the question whether experts who are consulted by the
committees according to § 70 GO BT have an influence on the penal legislation. For this
purpose 30 participants are interviewed and draft laws verbatim reports recommended
resolutions and law gazettes are examined. Since the impression is confirmed that the influence
of the public hearing on legislation is currently only marginal the author discusses possible
approaches for improvement at the end.
