Federal Court of Justice

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The Federal Court of Justice is Germany’s highest court of ordinary jurisdiction, primarily responsible for handling appeals in civil and criminal cases.

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Label Occurrences
Federal Court of Justice canonical 8

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort
supreme court
aim safeguard consistency of case law in ordinary jurisdiction
appealsFrom higher regional courts of Germany
regional courts of Germany in certain cases
appliesLaw German federal civil law
German federal criminal law
country Germany
decidesOn appeals on points of law in civil proceedings
revisions in criminal proceedings
distinctFrom Federal Administrative Court of Germany
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Federal Finance Court of Germany
Federal Labour Court of Germany
Federal Social Court of Germany
establishedBy Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
function develops case law in civil and criminal matters
ensures uniform application of federal law
hears appeals on points of law in civil cases
hears appeals on points of law in criminal cases
hasAbbreviation BGH
hasAdditionalSeat Leipzig
hasChambers civil panels (Zivilsenate)
criminal panels (Strafsenate)
hasPresident President of the Federal Court of Justice
hasSeat Karlsruhe
hasTypeOfProceeding civil appeal on points of law (Revision)
criminal appeal on points of law (Revision)
hasWebsite https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de
hearsCasesFrom all federal states of Germany
jurisdiction civil law
criminal law
ordinary jurisdiction
languageOfCourt German
legalBasis Courts Constitution Act
German Basic Law
levelInCourtSystem highest level of ordinary courts in Germany
locatedIn Karlsruhe
locatedInBuilding Federal Court of Justice building in Karlsruhe
nativeLabel Bundesgerichtshof
officialName Bundesgerichtshof
partOf judiciary of Germany
role highest court of ordinary jurisdiction in Germany
shortName BGH
subordinateTo no other ordinary court in Germany

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Federal Public Prosecutor General of Germany seat Federal Court of Justice
BGH translatedName Federal Court of Justice
President of the Federal Court of Justice partOf Federal Court of Justice
President of the Federal Court of Justice headOf Federal Court of Justice