Dienstherrnfähigkeit der Kirchen

»The >Dienstherrnfähigkeit< (ability="" to="" act="" as="" a="" public="" service="" employer)="" of="" the="" churches«="" this="" study="" develops="" a="" new="" approach="" to="" the="" controversial="" question="" of="" whether="" clergymen="" and="" »church="" officials«="" are="" able="" to="" obtain="" legal="" protection="" in="" the="" state="" courts="" regarding="" their="" employment="" relationship.="" the="" »dienstherrnfähigkeit«="" (ability="" to="" act="" as="" a="" public="" service="" employer)="" that="" is="" guaranteed="" by="" the="" basic="" law="" (grundgesetz),="" i.e.="" the="" german="" constitution,="" is="" regarded="" as="" a="" conflict-of-laws="" provision="" here,="" so="" that="" the="" respective="" ecclesiastical="" legal="" order="" comes="" to="" apply,="" and="" can="" therefore="" substitute="" the="" binding="" state="" law="" up="" to="" the="" boundary="" of="" ordre="" public.="" the="" state="" courts="" must="" provide="" legal="" protection="" that="" is="" very="" much="">