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DEU-1951-L-91700
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Federal Constitutional Court Act, 1951.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Germany
Subjects (Classification)
Constitutional law
Adopted on (Date of text)
1951-03-12
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Original title
Bundesverfassungsgerichts-Gesetz (BVerfGG)
Abstract/Citation
Made up of 107 articles, this Law regulates the establishment, composition and functional of the Constitutional Court.
PART I - CONSTITUTION AND COMPETENCE OF THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
PART II - CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PROCEDURE
Section 1. General procedural regulations
Section 2. Access to files outside the case
PART III - INDIVIDUAL CASE TYPES
Section 1. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(1) (Forfeiture of basic rights)
Section 2. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(2) (Prohibition of parties)
Section 3. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(3) (scrutiny of election)
Section 4. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(4) (Impeachment of the Federal President)
Section 5. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(9) (Impeachment of judges)
Section 6. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(5) (Disputes between organs)
Section 7. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(7) (Disputes between the Federation and the Länder)
Section 8. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(8) (Public law disputes of a non-constitutional nature between the Federation and the Länder)
Section 9. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(10) (Constitutional disputes within a Land)
Section 10. Cases under Article 13(6) and 6(a) (Abstract review of laws)
Section 11. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(11) (Concrete review of laws)
Section 12. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(12) (Verification of public international law rules)
Section 13. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(13) (Submission by the constitutional court of a Land)
Section 14. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(14) (Continuation of law as federal law)
Section 15. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(8a) (Constitutional Complaints)
Section 16. Procedure in cases pursuant to Article 13(6b)
PART IV - FINAL PROVISIONS
Related Text region
Related text(s)
1949-05-23 (DEU-1949-C-39140)
Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany (GG).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
IUSCOMP Comparitive Law Society
URL
http://www.iuscomp.org/
File
DUE91700 Eng.pdf (PDF of Act in English as amended up to Act of 16 July 1998)
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
Federal Minsitry of Justice
Country
Germany
URL
http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de
File
DEU91700 Ger.pdf (PDF of Act in German as amended to 12/7/2012)
Monograph region
Monograph title
Constitutions of the Countries of the World
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Place of publication
New York
Country
United States of America
Date
2013-03
Page range
pp. 79-111