一、德国、葡萄牙法院案例作用机制的主要特点作为继承罗马法传统的大陆法国家,德国和葡萄牙原则上都以成文法作为其唯一的法律渊源,法官必须在审判中自觉遵守和适用成文法律。但在司法实践中,德国和葡萄牙法官通过判决弥补立法之不足,赋予 First, the main features of the case mechanism of court action in Germany and Portugal As a continental law country inheriting the tradition of Roman law, Germany and Portugal regard the statute law as their sole source of law in principle. Judges must conscientiously abide by and apply written law at trial. However, in judicial practice, German and Portuguese judges make up for the lack of legislation through judgments,