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Oberlandesgericht
An (; plural – ; OLG, , or in Berlin '' Kammergericht'': KG) is a higher court in Germany. There are 24 in Germany and they deal with civil and criminal matters. They are positioned above regional courts () and below the Federal Court of Justice (), in family and child law above the local courts ('' Amtsgericht'') and below the Federal Court of Justice. In the ', the offices of the () or district attorney general are located. In criminal cases that are under primary jurisdiction of the Federal Court of Justice (i.e., cases concerning national security), the Oberlandesgerichte act as branches of the Federal Court of Justice, that is, as "lower federal courts" (''Untere Bundesgerichte''). As peSection 120, OLGs have original jurisdiction (''Erstinstanz'') over crimes against public international law under the Völkerstrafgesetzbuch (genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes). This includes trials under universal jurisdiction (that were committed by non-Germans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Higher Regional Court Of Karlsruhe
The Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe (; abbreviated: ') is, alongside the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart, one of the two Oberlandesgericht, Higher Regional Courts of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History Origins On February 4, 1803, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, Margrave Charles Frederick had the highest court created, at that time still under the name ''Badisches Oberhofgericht'', which began its service for the Margraviate of Baden on June 10, 1803. The seat of the ''Badisches Oberhofgericht'' was initially in the Bruchsal Palace, the previous residence of the Prince-Bishopric of Speyer, and from July 23, 1810 to 1879 in the Mannheim Palace. The ''Badisches Oberhofgericht'' consisted of two senates, an ''Oberhofrichter'' (high court judge), a vice chancellor and several councillors. It had the Privilegium de non appellando, meaning it had the final say in legal matters. In civil law, the ''Badisches Oberhofgericht'' was responsible for the second and third instanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Higher Regional Court Of Cologne
The Higher Regional Court of Cologne (; abbreviated: ') is one of the three Higher Regional Courts of North Rhine-Westphalia. History The Higher Regional Court of Cologne is the successor of the Appellate court of Cologne which was formed by Frederick William III of Prussia Frederick William III (; 3 August 1770 – 7 June 1840) was King of Prussia from 16 November 1797 until his death in 1840. He was concurrently Elector of Brandenburg in the Holy Roman Empire until 6 August 1806, when the empire was dissolved ... on 21 June 1819. The Higher Regional Court formed on 27 January 1877, as did every Higher Regional Court due to the Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (Courts Constitution Act). Former presidents of the court * 1879–1886: Heinrich Heimsoeth * 1887: Friedrich Wilhelm Vierhaus * 1987–1899: Johannes Struckmann * 1899–1905: Oskar Hamm * 1905–1908: Adolf Ratjen * 1909–1913: Karl Morkamer * 1914–1916: Albrecht Nückel * 1916–1922: Josef Frenken * 1923–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hanseatisches Oberlandesgericht
The (Hanseatic Higher Regional Court, abbreviated HansOLG or OLG Hamburg, officially without a suffix "Hamburg") is the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany, and thus part of the Hamburg ordinary jurisdiction. It is located at the square of Sievekingplatz in the St. Pauli quarter. The square is named after the first president of the OLG, Ernst Friedrich Sieveking. History and judicial district Originally the court was opened on 1 October 1879 as a joint "Oberappellationsgericht" for the Free Imperial Cities Bremen, Hamburg and Lübeck. Its predecessor was the ''Oberappellationsgericht der vier Freien Städte'', the joint Supreme Appeal Court of the four free cities of Germany, Lübeck, Frankfurt, Bremen and Hamburg, which was founded in 1820 and based in Lübeck. Lübeck lost its independence with the Greater Hamburg Act of 1937, became a part of Schleswig-Holstein and thus fell within the jurisdiction of the then OLG Kiel. In 194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Higher Regional Court Of Dresden
The Higher Regional Court of Dresden (; abbreviated: ') is the Oberlandesgericht, Higher Regional Court of Saxony. History The Oberlandesgericht, Higher Regional Court was established on 1 October 1879, replacing the 1835 established Oberappellationsgericht (High Court of Appeal). In 1945, it's building, the "''Landgerichtsgebäude Pillnitzer Straße''" was destroyed during the bombing of Dresden in World War II. In 1952, the court was dissolved due to a law established by East Germany, stating that the courts jurisdiction would be replaced with the Supreme Court of East Germany. On 1 January 1993, the Higher Regional Court of Dresden was re-established. The Higher Regional Court of Dresden is responsible for the special unit for judicial officers in Saxony, SGO, which was set up in 2019. It protects courts in dangerous trials throughout Saxony. The “Security Group of Judicial Sergeants for the Ordinary Jurisdiction” (SGO) consists of almost 20 officers. Former preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Palatine Higher Regional Court
The Palatine Higher Regional Court in Zweibrücken () is one of two Higher Regional Courts in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, along with the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz. History The Palatine Higher Regional Court is one of the oldest of its kind in Germany. It was established in 1816 when King Maximilian I of Bavaria – also the last Duke of Zweibrücken in personal union – ordered the relocation of the Bavarian court of appeal, which had been established in Kaiserslautern in July 1815. The origins of the Palatine Court of Appeal are closely linked to the administrative reorganisation of the area west of the river Rhine following the fall of Napoleon. In 1815, after the end of French rulership, the royal Austrian and Bavarian regional administration had established a court of appeal in Kaiserslautern for this area of Germany. As a result of the Congress of Vienna, parts of the western shore of the Rhine – corresponding to today's Palatinate and the Saar- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Völkerstrafgesetzbuch
The ''Völkerstrafgesetzbuch'' (, "Code of Crimes against International Law"), abbreviated ''VStGB'', is a German law that regulates crimes against (public) international law. It allows cases to be brought against suspects under international criminal law provisions, meaning that suspects can be prosecuted even though both they and their victims are foreigners and the crime itself took place abroad.Tobias Buck (29 October 2019)Germany charges two Syrians with crimes against humanity''Financial Times''. The VStGB was created to bring the German criminal law into accordance with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. It was announced on 26 June 2002 and became law 30 June 2002. Contents The VStGB covers the following offenses: *Genocide (§ 6) *Crimes against humanity (§ 7) *War crimes (§§ 8–12) * Wars of aggression (§ 13) None of these are subject to a statute of limitations (§ 5). The general principles of criminal law under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Landgericht (Germany)
The judiciary of Germany is the system of courts that interprets and applies the law in Germany. The German legal system is a civil law mostly based on a comprehensive compendium of statutes, as compared to the common law systems. In criminal and administrative law, Germany uses an inquisitorial system where the judges are actively involved in investigating the facts of the case, as compared to an adversarial system where the role of the judge is primarily that of an impartial referee between the prosecutor or plaintiff and the defendant or defense counsel. In Germany, the independence of the judiciary is historically older than democracy. The organisation of courts is traditionally strong, and almost all federal and state actions are subject to judicial review. Judges follow a distinct career path. At the end of their legal education at university, all law students must pass a state examination before they can continue on to an apprenticeship that provides them with broad trai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kammergericht
The Kammergericht (KG) is the , the highest state court, for the city-state of Berlin, Germany. As an ordinary court according to the German Courts Constitution Act (''Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz''), it deals with criminal and civil cases, superior to the local '' Amtsgerichte'' and the Landgericht Berlin. Its name differs from other state courts for historic reasons; it is the only court called Kammergericht in Germany. History A Kammergericht was first mentioned in 1468, when it adjudicated in the chambers () of the prince-electors of Brandenburg. According to the '' privilegium de non-appellando'' granted by the Holy Roman Emperor, the Brandenburg subjects were prohibited from appealing to the Imperial authority. Therefore, the Kammergericht acted as supreme court in the Imperial estate ruled by the Hohenzollern electors. As the appellate court of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia from 1701, it was since 1698 based in the central Cölln quarter of Berlin. In 173 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Federal Court Of Justice
The Federal Court of Justice ( , ) is the highest court of Private law, civil and Criminal law, criminal jurisdiction in Germany. Its primary responsibility is the final appellate review of decisions by lower courts for errors of law. While, legally, a decision by the Federal Court of Justice is only binding with respect to the individual case in which it enters, ''de facto'' the court's interpretation of the law is followed by lower courts with almost no exception. Decisions handed down by the Federal Court of Justice can only be Vacated judgment, vacated by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, Federal Constitutional Court for violating a provision of the German constitution, the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, Basic Law. In addition to the court's appellate duties, a few judges of the Federal Court of Justice act as Examining magistrate, investigating judges in criminal investigations led by the Public Prosecutor General (Germany), Public Prosecutor Gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hamburg
Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-largest in the European Union with a population of over 1.9 million. The Hamburg Metropolitan Region has a population of over 5.1 million and is the List of EU metropolitan areas by GDP, eighth-largest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. At the southern tip of the Jutland Peninsula, Hamburg stands on the branching River Elbe at the head of a estuary to the North Sea, on the mouth of the Alster and Bille (Elbe), Bille. Hamburg is one of Germany's three city-states alongside Berlin and Bremen (state), Bremen, and is surrounded by Schleswig-Holstein to the north and Lower Saxony to the south. The Port of Hamburg is Germany's largest and Europe's List of busiest ports in Europe, third-largest, after Port of Rotterdam, Rotterda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bavaria
Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total land area of Germany, and with over 13.08 million inhabitants, it is the list of German states by population, second most populous German state, behind only North Rhine-Westphalia; however, due to its large land area, its population density is list of German states by population density, below the German average. Major cities include Munich (its capital and List of cities in Bavaria by population, largest city, which is also the list of cities in Germany by population, third largest city in Germany), Nuremberg, and Augsburg. The history of Bavaria includes its earliest settlement by Iron Age Celts, Celtic tribes, followed by the conquests of the Roman Empire in the 1st century BC, when the territory was incorporated into the provinces of Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Higher Regional Court Of Bamberg
The Higher Regional Court of Bamberg is one of three Bavarian higher regional courts, alongside the Higher Regional Court of Munich and the Higher Regional Court of Nuremberg. History In 1803, the Bamberg Court of Appeal was established in the Kingdom of Bavaria as an appeal court. The Organic Edict on the Judicial Constitution of July 24, 1808, Part III, converted it into a Bavarian Court of Appeal. The Courts of Appeal ruled in senates with five members each. In 1856, the Courts of Appeal became the appeal court for the decisions of the district courts. In 1873, the Courts of Appeal for Upper and Lower Franconia were combined in Bamberg. The Court of Appeal in Aschaffenburg was thus dissolved and its duties transferred to the Court in Bamberg. Until 1875, the Court of Appeal in Bamberg had a senate (staffed by Protestant judges) for contentious marriage cases of Protestants and dissidents. In 1879, the Court of Appeal in Bamberg was converted into a higher regional court when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
