Reviews questions of law only (Revision) in civil and criminal matters, working through specialised senates whose case law effectively determines the meaning of the BGB and StGB.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Supreme court of ordinary jurisdiction
- Jurisdiction
- National civil and criminal law
- Seat
- Karlsruhe
- Established
- 1950
Where an appeal goes next
Constitutional complaint to the Bundesverfassungsgericht
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