Winfried Möller

• Die gründliche Tatsachenfeststellung ist elementare Voraussetzung für die Richtigkeit asyl-rechtlicher Entscheidungen. Die Arbeit unterzieht die asylgerichtliche Praxis einer kritischen Analyse und deckt deren Widersprüche und normativ nicht gerechtfertigten Eigenheiten auf mit dem Ergebnis, dass die Gerichte der Verpflichtung zur umfassenden Sachverhaltsaufklä-rung nicht nachkommen, sondern durch extensive Mitwirkungspflichten die Verantwortung für erfolglosen Rechtschutz dem Asylkläger aufbürden.
• The conscientious ascertainment of facts is a basic precondition of any legal decision concern-ing asylum seeking. The German judicial practice in asylum law is subject to this analysis. It reveals the contradictions and particularities compared to normal administrative law and its judicial application: Law courts usually do not meet their obligation to thoroughly clear up facts because they are supported by a legislation that attaches more importance to the acceleration of procedure than to correctness of results. Moreover, they create aThe conscientious ascertainment of facts is a basic precondition of any legal decision concern-ing asylum seeking. The German judicial practice in asylum law is subject to this analysis. It reveals the contradictions and particularities compared to normal administrative law and its judicial application: Law courts usually do not meet their obligation to thoroughly clear up facts because they are supported by a legislation that attaches more importance to the acceleration of procedure than to correctness of results. Moreover, they create a number of asylum seekers’ duties to shift the responsibility even for ineffective legal protection on those seeking asylum. The study proves that law-courts according to the rules of court are liable to do anything possible to clear up the facts of persecution to make lawful decisions.…