Constitutional Court of the Saarland
The constitutional court of the Saarland is the constitutional court of the Saarland . The court also has the special status of a constitutional organ (see: Saarland Constitution ). According to the constitution of December 15, 1947 , the Saarland Constitutional Court is the third organ of the people's will, alongside the state parliament and the state government (Art. 97 SVerf). The more detailed regulations on the Constitutional Court are laid down in the law on the Constitutional Court. The seat of the constitutional court is Saarbrücken .
Composition and choice
The Constitutional Court consists of eight judges. A deputy is assigned to each of these eight judges. The judges and their respective deputies are elected for a term of six years with a two-thirds majority of the statutory number of members of the state parliament. Re-election is possible. There are certain conditions that a member of the Constitutional Court must meet: They must have German citizenship and be eligible for election to the state parliament, be at least 35 years old and be qualified to hold judicial office or higher administrative service. At least two members and their deputies should be professional judges and belong to a higher regional court.
administration
Administration is carried out by the President.
tasks
The Constitutional Court decides:
- on the compatibility of a state law with the constitution ( abstract and specific normative controls )
- about organ disputes
- about constitutional complaints
- on contesting certain decisions of the state parliament or the state government regarding referendums and referendums
- through election and mandate reviews
- on charges against members of the government
- as well as other items mentioned in the Constitutional Court Act.
history
The constitutional court had been provided since the Saarland constitution came into force in 1947, but at that time it had very limited competences. The actual tasks of a constitutional court lay with the constitutional commission, which was created on the model of France. The Constitutional Court initially only existed on paper. Only after the negative referendum on the Saar Statute of October 23, 1955, which paved the way for the political and economic integration of the Saarland into the Federal Republic, was a comprehensive constitutional amendment passed in December 1956, by which the previous powers of the Constitutional Commission were transferred to the Constitutional Court . It began its work in January 1959 with the election of its members and / or its president in February 1959.
Members
Source:
President since 1959
| Surname | Term of office | Another office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erich Lawall | 1959-1964 | President of the Saarbrücken Higher Regional Court |
| 2 | Hans Oehlenschläger | 1964-1966 | President of the Higher Administrative Court of the Saarland |
| 3 | Rolf Best | 1966-1971 | President of the Saarbrücken Higher Regional Court |
| 4th | Philipp Marzen | 1971-1974 | President of the Higher Administrative Court of the Saarland |
| 5 | Wilhelm Gehrlein | 1974-1986 | President of the Saarbrücken Higher Regional Court |
| 6th | Horst Hilpert | 1986-1995 | President of the Saarland Regional Labor Court |
| 7th | Roland Rixecker | since 1995 | President of the Saarland Higher Regional Court |
Current members
| Members | Deputy | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surname | Term of office | Further office / further occupation | Surname | Term of office | Further office / further occupation |
|
Roland Rixecker (President) |
until July 15, 2020 | President of the Higher Regional Court | Christoph Schmit | December 7, 2022 | Presiding judge at the administrative court |
|
Rudolf Wendt (Vice President) |
until July 15, 2020 | University professor | Hans-Peter Freymann | until June 19, 2024 | President at the regional court |
| Roberto Bartone | until June 12, 2024 | Judge at the Finance Court | Steffen Dick | until June 16, 2021 | Vice President at the Regional Social Court |
| Almuth Zempel | until February 16, 2023 | Lawyer | Ulrike Hilpert-Zimmer | until June 25, 2019 | Judge at the district court |
| Daniela bottle | until June 19, 2024 | Judge at the district court | Annemarie Matusche-Beckmann | until June 19, 2024 | University professor |
| Renate Trenz | until July 15, 2020 | Judge at the administrative court | Thomas Caspar | until April 19, 2023 | District Court Judge |
| Hans-Georg Warken | until July 15, 2020 | Lawyer | Markus Groß | until June 19, 2024 | Lawyer |
| Stephan Weth | until July 15, 2020 | University professor | Stefan Crauser | until June 23, 2022 | Lawyer |
Other well-known members
See category: Judges (Constitutional Court of the Saarland)
literature
- Werner Thieme: The Development of Constitutional Law in Saarland from 1945 to 1958 . In: Yearbook of Public Law of the Present. New series / Vol. 9, 1960, pp. 432-462.
Individual evidence
- ^ Constitutional Court of the Saarland: Constitutional Court of the Saarland. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
Web links
- Official website of the Constitutional Court of Saarland
- Constitution of the Saarland (especially Articles 96-97)
- Law on the Constitutional Court of the Saarland
- Rules of procedure of the Constitutional Court of the Saarland
- Overview of the jurisprudence of the Saarland Constitutional Court
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