Constitutional Court of Rhineland-Palatinate
The Constitutional Court of Rhineland-Palatinate is the constitutional court founded in 1947 and the highest court in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is an equal constitutional body alongside the state parliament and the state government of Rhineland-Palatinate . As a court it is not subject to any authority of the government or parliament.
Jurisdiction
Its task is to monitor all activities of the public authority ( legislative , executive , judicial ) of the state for compliance with the provisions of the constitution for Rhineland-Palatinate . The Constitutional Court interprets the state constitution in a legally binding manner. However, it is only active on request in the cases provided for in the state constitution . In practice, the most important types of complaint are constitutional complaints , judicial review and organ dispute proceedings . Procedural regulations result from the state constitution and from the state law on the Constitutional Court.
Headquarters, staff and organization
The seat of the court is Koblenz . It is housed in the building of the Higher Administrative Court of Rhineland-Palatinate , through whose offices the Constitutional Court also handles its proceedings.
President of the Constitutional Court is Lars Brocker , who in personal union also acts as President of the Higher Administrative Court. Vice President of the Constitutional Court and the Higher Administrative Court is Dagmar Wünsch.
The judges of the Constitutional Court are first of all the president and professional judges , who must be qualified to be judges , and five other members who do not have to be qualified to be judges. These are considered the full members of the Constitutional Court. The Constitutional Court also includes the Vice-President of the Higher Administrative Court as deputy to the President, three other professional judges and five other members. In addition to the President of the Court and the Vice-President, the full and deputy members of the Constitutional Court are elected by the Landtag for a period of six years. Two thirds of the vote is required for each election.
Members of the Constitutional Court
Current members
| Surname | Member since | function |
|---|---|---|
| Lars Brocker | June 8, 2012 | President of the Constitutional Court and President of the OVG Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Dagmar Wünsch | February 7, 2013 | Vice-President of the OVG Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Ulrich Mildner | 2nd June 2016 | President of the Rhineland-Palatinate Finance Court |
| Marliese Dicke | May 3, 2017 | President of the OLG Koblenz |
| Stefanie Theis | June 4, 2009 | Lawyer |
| Michael Hassemer | February 14, 2014 | University professor |
| Ulrike Nagel | 19th November 2014 | District administrative director of the Alzey-Worms district |
| Meinrad Dreher | December 25, 2014 | University professor |
| Peter Krause | since 2000 | deputy member |
| Georg Moesta | February 7, 2019 | Lawyer |
President of the Constitutional Court
| Name (life data) | activity | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| appointment | Retirement | reason | ||
| Ernst Biesten (1884–1953) | President of the Regional Administrative Court | June 4, 1947 | Apr 30, 1951 | retirement |
| Adolf Süsterhenn (1905–1971) | President of the Higher Administrative Court | June 13, 1951 | Oct 6, 1961 | Election to the Bundestag member |
| Gerhard Meyer-Hentschel (1911-2005) | President of the Higher Administrative Court | Dec 8, 1961 | Sep 30 1976 | retirement |
| Heribert Bickel (1927-2010) | President of the Higher Administrative Court | Oct. 1, 1976 | May 18, 1983 | Appointment as State Minister of Justice |
| Jürgen Piwowarsky (1933–2019) | President of the Higher Administrative Court | July 21, 1983 | Dec 31, 1995 | retirement |
| Karl-Friedrich Meyer (* 1947) | President of the Higher Administrative Court | 1st Mar 1996 | 31 Mar 2012 | retirement |
| Lars Brocker (* 1967) | President of the Higher Administrative Court | June 7, 2012 | ||
former members
- Hubert Armbruster (1950–)
- Heribert Bickel (1976-1983)
- Ernst Biesten (May 18, 1947–)
- Karl Christoffel (1959–1967) deputy member
- Walter Dury (1995-2009)
- Friedhelm Hufen (2008-2016)
- Detlef Merten (1983-)
- Karl-Friedrich Meyer (1988–1999)
- Gerhard Meyer-Hentschel (1961–1976)
- Maximilian Raitz von Frentz (1950)
- Sabine Röhl (1999–2009)
- Gerhard Robbers (2008-2014)
- Georg Adolf Schnarr (May 2002–)
- Martin Steinkühler (January 2007–)
- Adolf Süsterhenn (1951–1961)
- Gertrud Wetzel (1975–1987)
- Karl-Heinz Weyrich (1991–)
See also category: Judges (Constitutional Court of Rhineland-Palatinate)
Web links
- Website of the Constitutional Court of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Overview of the jurisprudence of the Rhineland-Palatinate Constitutional Court
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