Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

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The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany is the country's supreme constitutional authority, responsible for safeguarding the German constitution by reviewing laws, resolving constitutional disputes, and protecting fundamental rights.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
BVerfG	2
Bundesverfassungsgericht	1
Federal Constitutional Court	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional court ⓘ federal court ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
appointmentBody	Bundesrat ⓘ Bundestag ⓘ
appointmentMethod	election by Bundestag and Bundesrat ⓘ
bindingForce	decisions bind all constitutional organs ⓘ decisions bind federal and state courts ⓘ decisions bind public authorities ⓘ
composition	two senates ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
country	Germany ⓘ
distinctFrom	Federal Administrative Court of Germany ⓘ Federal Court of Justice of Germany ⓘ Federal Fiscal Court of Germany ⓘ Federal Labour Court of Germany ⓘ Federal Social Court of Germany ⓘ
eachSenateHasJudges	8 ⓘ
established	1951 ⓘ
establishedBy	Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
function	abstract judicial review ⓘ adjudication of constitutional complaints by individuals ⓘ banning of unconstitutional political parties ⓘ concrete judicial review ⓘ impeachment proceedings against the Federal President ⓘ judicial review of statutes ⓘ resolution of constitutional disputes between federal organs ⓘ resolution of disputes between Federation and Länder ⓘ review of election scrutiny decisions ⓘ review of the constitutionality of laws ⓘ
hasSeatIn	Karlsruhe ⓘ
hasSecondSeatIn	Berlin ⓘ
judgeReelection	not permitted ⓘ
judgeTermLength	12 years ⓘ
jurisdiction	Germany ⓘ surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
languageOfCourt	German ⓘ
legalSystem	German law ⓘ
locatedIn	Karlsruhe ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge	68 ⓘ
nativeName	Federal Constitutional Court of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bundesverfassungsgericht
numberOfJudges	16 ⓘ
numberOfSenates	2 ⓘ
partOf	judiciary of Germany ⓘ
presidentTitle	President of the Federal Constitutional Court ⓘ
role	guardian of the German constitution ⓘ protector of fundamental rights ⓘ supreme constitutional authority of Germany ⓘ
shortName	Federal Constitutional Court of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BVerfG
vicePresidentTitle	Vice President of the Federal Constitutional Court ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Federal Constitutional Court to review laws for constitutionality → abbreviation → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

this entity surface form: BVerfG

Basic Law → containsPart → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ

subject surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

this entity surface form: Federal Constitutional Court

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → establishesInstitution → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ

Basic Law → establishesInstitution → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ

subject surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → highestInterpreter → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ

Karlsruhe → isSeatOf → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ

Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → nativeName → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bundesverfassungsgericht

Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → shortName → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: BVerfG

Coat of arms of Germany → usedBy → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ