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Judiciary of Germany



Judiciary of Germany is the basis of the maintenance of rules and the German government in the country. The Judiciary of Germany is based on the concept of Reachtstaat, a concept of granting equal justice to all the citizens of Germany and to treat one and all equally irrespective of religion or sex. The government of Germany is not higher than the law and the government decision can be modified according to the need of the hour to meet out the best judgment to the people of Germany.

The German Court

The German court functions on the basis of Roman Law principles, whereby the cases are solved according to some comprehensive system of legal codes rather than reference to similar case histories. The judges in the German court are specially trained to deal with the somewhat abstract code of law and they are in most cases professional from different backgrounds that specialize and train in the field of law. The German court is subdivided into the Ordinary Court, the Specialized Court and the Federal Constitutional Court.

This Judiciary of Germany is upheld by the three courts, divided into four subcategories. The ordinary court is concerned with cases concerning civil and criminal types. The specialized court on the other hand deals with the social, fiscal, administrative and patent issues. The Constitutional Court is concerned with constitutional understanding judicial reviews. The Federal court of Germany deals with the Basic Law and is the highest court of Germany.