Gemeinsamer Senat der Obersten Gerichtshöfe

The Grand Panels are in Germany Special Chamber in the supreme courts of the Federation ( Art. 95 GG ), which were established to ensure the uniformity of decisions of the federal court.

Great Senate

For all federal courts each, there is a senate Large; at the Federal Court there notwithstanding, a Great Senate for civil matters and a Grand Senate for criminal matters due to the double jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in civil matters on the one hand the other hand, in criminal matters.

The Grand Panels are usually composed of the President of the federal court and one member of each panel, in part, there are other members.

Will a Senate to answer a question of law differently than they did in an earlier decision of another Senate ( and the other Senate remains in demand at his initial decision ), it shall determine the question of law before the Great Senate, then the problem for this particular case binding decision. This procedure is also followed when a Senate intends to depart from the jurisdiction of the Senate.

  • Federal Labour Court (BAG ): § 45 of the Labour Court Act ( ArbGG )
  • Federal Fiscal Court (BFH ): § 11 of the Tax Court Rules ( FGO )
  • Bundesgerichtshof ( BGH) [ in civil matters: § 132 of the Judicature Act ( GVG ); in criminal matters: § 132 GVG ]
  • Federal Social Court (BSG ): § 41 of the Social Courts Act ( SGG ).
  • Federal Administrative Court ( Federal Administrative Court ): § 11 of the Administrative Procedure Code (APC )

United Great Senate

If legal issues between the civil and the criminal tribunals of the Federal Court are answered differently, the question to be submitted to the United Grand senates. § 132 GVG (Note: a deviation within the civil divisions but would be submitted to the major Senate for civil matters in the Supreme Court and not the United large division of the BGH This also applies for variations within the criminal panels, which are then presented to the Grand Senate in criminal matters in the Supreme Court. would have to be. )

Joint Senate of the Supreme Courts of the Federal

To avoid discrepancies in the case law between the various federal courts under Art.95 paragraph 3 of the Basic Law (GG) was formed a Joint Senate of the Supreme Courts of the Federation.

Federal Court of Justice of Germany Federal Labour Court of Germany Federal Finance Court of Germany Federal Administrative Court of Germany
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