An Introduction to the Federal Constitutional Court

German Law Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  Kommers, Donald P ^a  

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EID: 85177496211     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20718322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2071832200003515     Document Type: Article

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1. G. HARUTYUNYAN, A. MAVÈIÈ, CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODERN WORLD (A COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS) 16 (1999).
2. A recent survey identifies the following nations as employing “The ‘Austrian’ Model” of constitutional review: (Europe) Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, the Bosnian/Herzegovina Federation, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, the Former Republic of Yugoslavia, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Poland, Romania, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine; (Africa) Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Madagascar, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia; (Middle East) Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, Yemen; (Asia) Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan; (Central/South America) Chile, Surinam. G. HARUTYUNYAN, A. MAVÈIÈ, CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW AND ITS DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODERN WORLD (A COMPARATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS) 30-32 (1999).
3. Justice Wolfgang Zeidler, Public Address; cited in Kommers, p. 14, note 60; the current President of the Court, Justice, Professor Jutta Limbach, recently remarked: “Using a constitutional complaint, anyone claiming to have gad a fundamental right infringed by an act of the authorities may seek protection from the Federal Constitutional Court . . . this right of appeal [has a] . . . paradigmatic effect on the decisions that is important for the future conduct of politicians, officials, and judges.” Jutta Limbach, The Role of the Federal Constitutional Court, 53 SMU L. REV. 429 (2000).
4. Luise Barnstedt, Administration of the Federal Constitutional Court, Conference of Secretaries General of Constitutional Courts and bodies of equivalent jurisdiction
5. Article 3: At least 40 years of age, eligible for election to the Bundestag and qualified to exercise the functions of a judge.
6. Article 4: 12 years, not to exceed the age of mandatory retirement.
7. Articles 5-9: Half of each panel is elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat.
8. (8) Article 2.
9. (9) Article 14.
10. The years in { x } represent the terms for which currently sitting justices were elected.