# Bundesgerichtshof **Domain:** German judiciary **Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node **Maturity:** Developed **Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]] ## Definition The **Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice)** is Germany's highest court for civil and criminal matters. Its Pechstein judgment examined sports arbitration through German competition and procedural law. ## Significance The case shows national courts testing a transnational sports order without simply replacing its adjudicative machinery. ## Sources - [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]] - [Primary or institutional source](https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/) ## Routes [[wiki/Claudia Pechstein|Claudia Pechstein]] · [[wiki/EU Competition Law|EU Competition Law]] · [[wiki/Court of Arbitration for Sport|Court of Arbitration for Sport]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]