Federal Court of Justice of Germany

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The Federal Court of Justice of Germany is the country’s highest court of ordinary jurisdiction, serving as the final appellate authority in civil and criminal matters.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
abbreviation BGH ⓘ
appealsFrom Higher Regional Courts of Germany ⓘ
Oberlandesgerichte ⓘ
appointingAuthority President of Germany ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Germany ⓘ
buildingLocation Herrenstraße, Karlsruhe ⓘ
cannotReview constitutional complaints ⓘ
city Karlsruhe ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dateEstablished 1950-10-01 ⓘ
decidesOn questions of federal law in civil cases ⓘ
questions of federal law in criminal cases ⓘ
distinctFrom Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ
emblem Bundesadler (Federal Eagle of Germany) ⓘ
establishedBy Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
governedBy Courts Constitution Act of Germany ⓘ
German Basic Law ⓘ
handles revision appeals in civil cases ⓘ
revision appeals in criminal cases ⓘ
hasAdditionalSeat Leipzig ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal law in civil matters ⓘ
federal law in criminal matters ⓘ
hasChambers civil panels ⓘ
criminal panels ⓘ
hasSeat Karlsruhe ⓘ
headTitle President of the Federal Court of Justice ⓘ
hearsCasesInPanelsOf five judges ⓘ
jurisdiction civil law ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ
ordinary jurisdiction ⓘ
languageOfProceedings German ⓘ
legalBasis Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (Courts Constitution Act) ⓘ
legalSystem civil law system ⓘ
locatedIn Karlsruhe ⓘ
locatedInBuilding former Grand Ducal Palace in Karlsruhe ⓘ
linked to: Karlsruhe Palace
officialName Bundesgerichtshof ⓘ
overseenBy Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany ⓘ
partOf judiciary of Germany ⓘ
predecessor Reichsgericht ⓘ
role final appellate authority in civil matters in Germany ⓘ
final appellate authority in criminal matters in Germany ⓘ
highest court of ordinary jurisdiction in Germany ⓘ
shortName BGH ⓘ
typeOfCourt court of cassation ⓘ
website https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de ⓘ

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

Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg → appealsTo → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg → belowInHierarchy → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Karlsruhe → isSeatOf → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → distinctFrom → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Judiciary of Germany → hasHighestCourt → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Judiciary of Germany → hasSupremeCourtForBranch → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Federal Court of Justice of Germany → officialName → Bundesgerichtshof ⓘ
linked to: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
Bavarian courts of appeal → below → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Bavarian courts of appeal → subjectToReviewBy → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Federal Ministry of Justice of Germany → oversees → Federal Court of Justice of Germany (organizationally via federal competence) ⓘ
linked to: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
Federal Administrative Court of Germany → parallelCourt → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Federal Labour Court of Germany → parallelTo → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
court of last resort → hasExample → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Reich Court of Justice → replacedBy → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Supreme Administrative Court of Germany → coexistsWith → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Judicial Selection Committee of Germany → relatedTo → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
BGH → officialName → Bundesgerichtshof ⓘ
linked to: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
Reichsgericht → replacedBy → Bundesgerichtshof ⓘ
linked to: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
Herrenstraße, Karlsruhe → hasLandmark → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Germany → hasSupremeCourt → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
subject linked to: Herrenstraße, Karlsruhe
Federal Public Prosecutor General (officeholder) → seat → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
Innenstadt-Ost, Karlsruhe → contains → Bundesgerichtshof ⓘ
linked to: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
Federal Court of Justice → officialName → Bundesgerichtshof ⓘ
linked to: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
Federal Court of Justice → nativeLabel → Bundesgerichtshof ⓘ
linked to: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
BMJ → oversees → Federal Court of Justice of Germany (within its remit) ⓘ
linked to: Federal Court of Justice of Germany
Federal Patent Court of Germany → higherCourt → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
German law → hasCourtSystem → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ
German federal institutions → includeInstitution → Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ