The Federal Ministry of Justice (german: Bundesministerium der Justiz, ), abbreviated BMJ, is a
cabinet-level ministry of the
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between ...
. Under the German federal system, individual
States are most responsible for the
administration of justice
The administration of justice is the process by which the legal system of a government is executed. The presumed goal of such an administration is to provide justice for all those accessing the legal system. The phrase is also commonly used to ...
and the application of penalties. The Federal Ministry of Justice devotes itself to creating and changing law in the classic core areas related to Constitutional law. The Ministry also analyzes the legality and constitutionality of laws prepared by other ministries. The German
Federal Court of Justice
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, the
German Patent and Trade Mark Office
The German Patent and Trade Mark Office (german: Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt; abbreviation: DPMA) is the German national patent office, with headquarters in Munich, and offices in Berlin and Jena. In 2006 it employed 2556 people, of which ab ...
(GPTO), and the German Patent Court all fall under its scope. The ministry is officially located in
Berlin
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.
The BMJ was founded on January 1, 1877, as the Imperial Justice Office (''Reichsjustizamt''). After Germany became a republic in 1919, it was renamed ''Reichsministerium der Justiz'' (Imperial ministry of Justice). The ministry was refounded as the ''Bundesministerium der Justiz'' in 1949. In several laws predating 1949, the ministry and the minister are however referred to as ''Reichsministerium der Justiz'' and ''Reichsminister der Justiz'', respectively. This has gradually been replaced with the new name and title when laws have been amended, most recently in 2010.
List of ministers
State Secretaries for Justice, 1876–1918
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Heinrich Friedberg 1876–1879
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Hermann von Schelling Hermann or Herrmann may refer to:
* Hermann (name), list of people with this name
* Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language
* Éditions Hermann, French publisher
* Hermann, Mis ...
1879–1889
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Otto von Oehlschläger
Otto Karl von Oehlschläger (16 May 1831 – 14 January 1904) was a German jurist and politician.
Biography
Oehlschläger was born Otto Oehlschläger in Gut Heiligenwalde (modern Święty Gaj, Poland), he was ennobled ("von Oehlschäger") in 18 ...
1889–1891
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Robert Bosse 1891–1892
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Eduard von Hanauer 1892–1893
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Rudolf Arnold Nieberding 1893–1909
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Hermann Lisco
Gustav Amandus Hermann Lisco (January 30, 1850 - November 7, 1923) was a German lawyer and government minister in the early 20th century.
Biography
His father was Emil Gustav Lisco, a priest at the Berlin St. Marienkirche. Between 1859 and 1 ...
1909–1917
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Paul Georg Christof von Krause
Paul George Christoph von Krause (4 April 1852 – 17 December 1923) was a German jurist and politician.
Biography
Paul von Krause was born Paul Krause in Karbowo (near Brodnica), West Prussia (modern Poland), he was ennobled ("von Krause") ...
1917–1919
Ministers of Justice, 1918–1945
Federal Ministers, since 1949
Political Party:
References
External links
Official homepage in German(translation available)
Organization chart of the ministryTasks and organisation of the ministry(in German)
Baden-Württemberg(in German)
(in German)
Berlin(in German)
Online-Portal(in German)
Richtlinie 2001/95/EG(in German)
(in German)
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Justice, Federal Ministry of
Justice
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Ministries established in 1877
Germany
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Consumer ministries
1877 establishments in Germany