This recorded commission intervention, spanning pages 177–178, concerns whether economic courts (Wirtschaftsgerichte) are suited to adjudicate municipalization questions. Lederer begins with an apology for an oversight, then recalls the conclusion of an earlier discussion:
Über diese Frage ist ausführlich gesprochen worden, und wir waren alle schließlich der Meinung, daß die Wirtschaftsgerichte nach ihrer Zusammensetzung kaum ein kompetentes Forum für die Beurteilung dieser im wesentlichen lokalen Frage darstellen würden, in welcher die Gerichtsbehörde des Verwaltungsstreitverfahrens eher Einblick und auch Praxis hat.
English translation: This question has been discussed at length, and we all ultimately agreed that, given their composition, the economic courts would hardly constitute a competent forum for assessing this essentially local question, into which the court responsible for administrative litigation has greater insight and practical experience.
His argument connects institutional composition with relevant expertise. The proposed economic court would comprise a judicial chair and two assessors, drawn respectively from employer and employee circles and selected by the chair. Such representation does not, in itself, equip the court to judge municipalization. Lederer questions the assessors’ ability to offer an informed opinion because their selection serves a different purpose: adjudicating disputes within economic life.
Mit Rücksicht darauf wird die Auswahl der Vertreter erfolgen, und es war die Meinung, daß das nicht ein Forum ist, das gerade über Kommunalisierungsfragen zu urteilen kompetent ist.
English translation: The representatives will be selected with that in mind, and the view was that this is not a forum competent specifically to adjudicate questions of municipalization.
The intervention thus distinguishes competence in economic disputes from competence in local administrative questions. Its significance lies in this jurisdictional distinction: employer–employee representation cannot substitute for the practical knowledge needed to judge municipalization. Lederer’s narrow institutional objection concerns the appropriate adjudicating body, rather than the merits of municipalization itself.
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