Constitutional Court of the State of Brandenburg

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Seat of the Brandenburg Constitutional Court in Potsdam

The constitutional court of the state of Brandenburg is the third constitutional body of the state of Brandenburg alongside the state parliament and the Brandenburg state government . As a constitutional court , it is responsible for constitutional disputes.

history

The Constitutional Court was the last of the Brandenburg constitutional bodies to begin its work in 1993.

Seat

The seat of the court is Potsdam . The address is Jägerallee 9–12, 14469 Potsdam .

Composition and ordering

Article 112 of the constitution of the state of Brandenburg regulates the composition and the term of office of the members of the constitutional court. The Constitutional Court then consists of the President, the Vice-President and seven other constitutional judges. It is made up of one third each of professional judges , members with the qualification for judicial office or lawyers and members who do not have to meet these requirements. According to this, members of the constitutional court can also be non-lawyers. This has already been the case in the past, for example in the person of the writer , painter and composer Florian Havemann .

Article 112 of the constitution of the state of Brandenburg allows the number of members of the constitutional court to be increased to twelve by law. The members of the constitutional court must be elected by the state parliament of Brandenburg with a majority of two thirds of the members of the state parliament. Their term of office is ten years without the possibility of re-election. Incidentally, only those who are at least thirty-five years old and can be elected to the German Bundestag can be elected as constitutional judge . The members of the constitutional court may not belong to any other constitutional body of the state or the federal government.

In execution of the requirements of Article 112 of the constitution of the state of Brandenburg, the law on the constitutional court of the state of Brandenburg (VerfGGBbg) contains, among other things, more detailed provisions on election, the personal requirements that the members of the constitutional court must meet, the oath of office to be taken, the compensation , a premature resignation of constitutional judges from office as well as the incompatibility of the office of constitutional judge with other activities. Civil servants and other members of the public service, with the exception of judges and professors at a German university , cannot be members of the constitutional court. Incidentally, constitutional judges can resign from office at any time at their own request.

Competence of the Constitutional Court

According to Article 113 of the Constitution, the Constitutional Court decides in particular on:

  1. Organ disputes within the country,
  2. abstract normative controls against state law on the basis of the constitution,
  3. concrete normative controls against state laws against the standard of the constitution,
  4. Constitutional complaints (by individuals for violating fundamental rights or by municipalities for violating local self-government).

Members

Members of the court are:
(Note: main office / main occupation in brackets)

  1. Markus Möller , President (presiding judge at the tax court )
  2. Michael Strauss , Vice President (judge at the district court )
  3. Ulrich Becker (lawyer)
  4. Andreas Dresen ( film director )
  5. Julia Barbara Finck (writer)
  6. Kathleen Heinrich-Reichow (judge at the social court)
  7. Christine Kirbach (judge at the local court)
  8. Dirk Lammer (Lawyer)
  9. Karen Sokoll (lawyer)

former members

Former members of the court are:

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  1. ↑ Visit to the constitutional court of the state of Brandenburg.Retrieved on August 24, 2012.
  2. ^ Contact, location and address of the Brandenburg Constitutional Court. Accessed on August 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ Tasks of the Constitutional Court of Brandenburg Retrieved on August 24, 2012.
  4. ^ List of members of the Constitutional Court . Retrieved January 22, 2019.
  5. ^ List of former constitutional judges . Retrieved August 24, 2012.

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Coordinates: 52 ° 24 '17.7 "  N , 13 ° 3' 19.6"  E