Bundesgerichtshof
Date of establishment: October 1st, 1950
Address and e-mail of the court:
Herrenstraße 45 a,
76133 Karlsruhe
Website:
https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/DE/Home/home_node.html
National database of their case law:
The Supreme Court is the highest Court of general, i.e. civil and criminal, jurisdiction
What does the court decide about:
Mainly: Appeals on points of law (so called “Revision”);
also see description on the own website of the Bundesgerichtshof
(English: https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/EN/Home/homeBGH_node.html - “The Federal Court of Justice;
German: http://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/DE/Service/service_node.html - Broschüre)
The principals of procedure:
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The number of justices and panels:
153 Federal Judges (including 19 Presiding Judges and the President)
13 Civil Panels, 6 Criminal Panels
How are the justices appointed:
The judges of the Federal Court of Justice are elected by the Judges Election Committee and appointed by the Federal President
