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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Federal Court of Justice canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ