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COURTS AND CASES GERMANY

Administrative Appellate Court / Administrative Courts (First Instance) / Administrative Supreme Court / Court of Audit / Federal Constitutional Court / Federal Labor Court / Federal Supreme Court / First Instance Courts / Judiciary (general) / Jurisprudence (Case Law) / Labor Appellate Courts / Labor Courts / Other Courts / Regional courts / State Appellate Courts / State Constitutional Courts / State Supreme Court / Judicial Map

Federal Constitutional Court

Bundesverfassungsgericht

The Federal Constitutional Court is the highest instance for matters relating to the Constitution (Grundgesetz). The court has no jurisdiction on matters relating to the State Constitution (Landesverfassung), which is the exclusive jurisdiction of the State Constitutional Courts. (Verfassungsgerichte). The Court is composed of 16 judges assigned by the two senats for a non-renewable period of 12 years. Main task of the Court is to serve as the main body for the protection of the Constitution by reviewing the constitutionality of statutes, and the protection of constitutional order and fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

Bundesverfassungsgericht (Constitutional Court)

Federal Supreme Court

Bundesgerichtshof

The Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) is located in Karlsruhe. It is the highest instance of appeal for all cases originating in the State's regional and appellate courts and holds no original jurisdiction.

Bundesgerichthof (Supreme Court)

State Constitutional Courts

Verfassungsgericht

Almost each State of germany has a state constitutional court, which is autonomous and indepently of any other government body. The court is neither in the same hierarchical structure as the Federal Constitution Court. Each court is first and last instance in constitutional matters. Whereas the Federal Court has exclusive jurisdiction on matters relating the Federal Constitution, the State Court has exclusive jurisdiction on its State Constitution (landesverfassung)

Verfassungsgerichte :
Landesverfassungsgericht Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Landesverfassungsgericht Sachsen-Anhalt
Landesverfassungsgericht Schleswig-Holstein
Verfassungsgericht Hamburg
Verfassungsgericht des Landes Brandenburg
Verfassungsgerichtshof Bayern
Verfassungsgerichtshof Rheinland-Pfalz
Verfassungsgerichtshof Thüringen
Verfassungsgerichtshof des Freistaates Sachsen
Verfassungsgerichtshof des Landes Berlin
Verfassungsgerichtshof für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen
Verfassungsgerichtshofs des Saarlandes

State Supreme Court

Staatsgerichtshof

Whereas it is not a duty for each state to set up a State Constitutional Court, some of the States have setup a State Supreme Court instead , which is not restricted to constitutional matters.

Staatsgerichtshof Niedersachsen
Staatsgerichtshof der Freien Hansestadt Bremen
Staatsgerichtshof des Landes Hessen
Staatsgerichtshof für das Land Baden-Württemberg

State Appellate Courts

Oberlandesgericht

The State appellate courts (Oberlandesgerichte) are primarily appelate courts to review points of law raised in appeals from the lower courts. They can however be courts of first instance in cases of treason and anticonstitutional activity. For cases originating in local courts, this court is the level of final appeal

Regional courts

Landesgericht

The Regional courts (landesgerichte) are the courts of appeals for decisions from the local courts and courts of first instance in major civil and criminal matters.There are more than 100 regional courts in Germany.

First Instance Courts

Amtsgericht

The Amtsgerichte are the lowest level in the German Federal Court system. These courts decide on cases involving minor criminal offences or small civil suits. There are several hundred amtgerichte in Germany.

Administrative Supreme Court

Bundesverwaltungsgericht (Administrative Court)

Administrative Appellate Court

Administrative Courts (First Instance)

Court of Audit

Bundesfinanzhof (Finance Court)

Federal Labor Court

Bundesarbeitsgericht (Labour Court)

Labor Appellate Courts

Landesarbeitsgerichte:
LAG Baden-Württemberg
LAG Berlin-Brandenburg
LAG Düsseldorf (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
LAG Frankfurt (Hessen)
LAG Freiburg (Baden-Wurttemberg)
LAG Hamburg (Hamburg)
LAG Hamm (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
LAG Köln (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
LAG Mannheim (Baden-Wurttemberg)
LAG Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
LAG München (Bayern)
LAG Nürnberg (Bayern)
LAG Rheinland-Pfalz
LAG Saarbrucken (Saarland)
LAG Sachsen
LAG Sachsen-Anhalt
LAG Schleswig-Holstein
LAG Stuttgart (Baden-Wurttemberg)
LAG Thüringen

Labor Courts

Other Courts

Jurisprudence (Case Law)

Aktuelle Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgericht im Volltext
Entscheidungen Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt
Entscheidungen der Gerichte und Staatsanwaltschaften in Baden-Württemberg
Entscheidungen der hessischen Gerichte
Entscheidungen des Bundesarbeitsgericht
Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgericht
Entscheidungen des Bundesverwaltungsgericht
Entscheidungen des Gerichte Berlin-Brandenburg
Entscheidungen des Landgericht Frankfurt am Main (Hessen)
Entscheidungen des OLG Jena
Entscheidungen des OVG Bremen
Entscheidungen des Verfassungsgericht des Landes Brandenburg
Entscheidungen des Verfassungsgerichthof Rheinland-Pfalz
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court (English abstracts)
Höchstrichterliche Rechtsprechung-Strafrecht
Judgments and other decisions by German courts (German Law Archive)

Judiciary (general)