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The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe is the highest court in the system of ordinary jurisdiction in Germany.It is the supreme court in all matters of criminal and private law.A decision handed down by the BGH can be reversed only by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany in rare cases when the Constitutional Court rules on constitutionality .
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Places to see in ( Karlsruhe - Germany )
Places to see in ( Karlsruhe - Germany )
Karlsruhe is the second-largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in southwest Germany, near the French-German border. The city of Karlsruhe is the seat of the two highest courts in Germany: the Federal Constitutional Court and the Federal Court of Justice. Karlsruhe most remarkable building is Karlsruhe Palace, which was built in 1715. Karlsruhe city centre is the oldest part of town and lies south of the palace in the quadrant defined by nine of the radial streets. The central part of the palace runs east-west, with two wings, each at a 45° angle, directed southeast and southwest (i.e., parallel with the streets marking the boundaries of the quadrant defining the city center).
The market square lies on the street running south from the palace to Ettlingen. The market square has the town hall (Rathaus) to the west, the main Lutheran church (Evangelische Stadtkirche) to the east, and the tomb of Margrave Charles III William in a pyramid in the buildings, resulting in Karlsruhe being one of only three large cities in Germany where buildings are laid out in the neoclassical style. The area north of the palace is a park and forest. Originally the area to the east of the palace consisted of gardens and forests, some of which remain, but the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (founded in 1825), Wildparkstadion football stadium, and residential areas have been built there. The area west of the palace is now mostly residential.
The Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe (VBK) operates the city's urban public transport network, comprising seven tram routes and a network of bus routes. This network is well developed and all city areas can be reached round the clock by tram and a night bus system. The Turmbergbahn funicular railway, to the east of the city centre, is also operated by the VBK. The VBK is also a partner, with the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft and Deutsche Bahn, in the operation of the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, the rail system that serves a larger area around the city. This system makes it possible to reach other towns in the region, like Ettlingen, Wörth am Rhein, Pforzheim, Bad Wildbad, Bretten, Bruchsal, Heilbronn, Baden-Baden, and even Freudenstadt in the Black Forest right from the city centre. The Stadtbahn is well known in transport circles around the world for pioneering the concept of operating trams on train tracks, to achieve a more effective and attractive public transport system, to the extent that this is often known as the Karlsruhe model tram-train system.
Alot to see in ( Karlsruhe - Germany ) such as :
Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Turmberg
Karlsruhe Palace
Karlsruhe Zoo
Botanischer Garten Karlsruhe
Badisches Landesmuseum
Schlossgarten
Karlsruhe, Marktplatz
State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe
Schloss Gottesaue
Friedrichsplatz
Günther-Klotz-Anlage
Schlossgartenbahn
Museum beim Markt
Schlossplatz
Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
Palais du Prince Max
Fritschlach
Karlsburg Castle
Stadtmuseum Karlsruhe
Tierpark Oberwald
Museum of Literature on the Upper Rhine
Verkehrsmuseum Karlsruhe
Oberwald
Kaiser-Wilhelm-I.-Denkmal
Großherzogliche Grabkapelle
Museum Badisches Landesmuseum
Altrhein Maxau
KIT Botanical Garden
Rechtshistorisches Museum
Museum in der Majolika
Indianerbrunnen
Leibdragonerdenkmal
Naturschutzzentrum Karlsruhe-Rappenwört
Falknerei Karlsruhe
Turmberg
Karpatendeutsches Museum
Waldenserweg Palmbach
Affenplätzle
Polster Galerie Canape
Burgau
Kleiner Indianerbrunnen
Drachenwiese Neureut
Wildschweingehege
Bürklin’sches Mausoleum
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Germany: 125,000-strong anti-CETA petition presented to court in Karlsruhe
Scores of people gathered outside the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe, Germany, Wednesday, to present a petition, signed by 125,000 people, against the proposed CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) trade agreement to the Karlsruhe court.
SOT, Roman Huber, Mehr Demokratie spokesperson (German): We want to prevent possible parallel justice, like for instance, with CETA 40,000 US corporations could sue us for billions through Canadian subsidiaries, we don't want that. We do not want a Transatlantic Authority that can set laws which binds us, without parliament, without us being able to agree.
SOT, Roman Huber, Mehr Demokratie spokesperson (German): Against TTIP, we must say not to CETA as well. Both treaties are a mistake and both of them protect the rights of the investors against democracy and the rule of law.
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Karlsruhe, Germany
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Karlsruhe is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.
Founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, the surrounding town became the seat of two of the highest courts in Germany, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Bundesverfassungsgericht) whose decisions have the force of a law, and the Federal Court of Justice of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof) , the highest court of appeals in matters of civil law and criminal law. It therefore considers itself the home of justice in Germany, a role taken over from Leipzig after 1933.
The city was planned with the tower of the palace (Schloss) at the center and 32 streets radiating out from it like spokes on a wheel, or ribs on a folding fan, so that a nickname for Karlsruhe in German is the fan city (Fächerstadt). Almost all of these streets survive today.
Karlsruhe's rail system, the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe, is well known in transport circles around the world for pioneering the concept of operating trams on train tracks (tram-trains), to achieve a more effective and attractive public transport system. This concept makes it possible to reach other towns in the region, like Ettlingen, Wörth am Rhein, Pforzheim, Bad Wildbad, Bretten, Bruchsal, Heilbronn, Baden-Baden and even Freudenstadt in the Black Forest right from the city centre.
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Karlsruhe (, also US: , German: [ˈkaʁlsˌʁuːə] (listen); formerly spelled Carlsruhe) is the second-largest city of the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart, and its 309,999 (2016) inhabitants make it the 21st largest city of Germany. On the right bank of the Rhine, the city lies near the French-German border, between the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen conurbation to the north, and the Strasbourg/Kehl conurbation to the south. It is the largest city of Baden, a region named after Hohenbaden Castle in the city of Baden-Baden. Karlsruhe is also the largest city in the South Franconian dialect area (transitional dialects between Central and Upper German), the only other larger city in that area being Heilbronn. The city is the seat of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), as well as of the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) and the Public Prosecutor General of the Federal Court of Justice (Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof).
Karlsruhe was the capital of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach (Durlach: 1565-1718; Karlsruhe: 1718-1771), the Margraviate of Baden (1771-1803), the Electorate of Baden (1803-1806), the Grand Duchy of Baden (1806-1918), and the Republic of Baden (1918-1945). Its most remarkable building is Karlsruhe Palace, which was built in 1715. There are nine institutions of higher education in the city, most notably the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie). Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (Flughafen Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden) is the second-busiest airport of Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart Airport, and the 17th-busiest airport of Germany.
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Germany: Russian terror suspect to appear before General Prosecutor
Russian terror suspect Magomed-Ali C arrived at the German Federal Supreme Court of Justice in Karlsruhe on Thursday, to appear before the Public Prosecutor General
The 31-year-old Russian citizen had been arrested on Wednesday in Berlin on suspicion of having planned a bomb attack in Germany together with French Clement B, who, according to press representative of the Federal Prosecutor of Germany Frauke Kohler, was in contact with the perpetrator of the 2016 Berlin Christmas attack that killed 11 people.
Clement B was arrested last year on terror charges in France. Police found three kilos of the highly volatile explosive Triacetontriperoxide (TATP) in Clement B's apartment at the time of his arrest.
No explosives were found in the police search of Magomed-Ali C's apartment in Berlin on Wednesday, although he is alleged to have stored a significant amount of explosives there in October 2016.
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German Federal Police
The Federal Police (Bundespolizei or BPOL) is a (primarily) uniformed federal police force in Germany. It is subordinate to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (Bundesministerium des Innern (BMI)).[1] Ordinary police forces, meanwhile, are under the administration of the individual German states (Bundesländer) and are known as the Landespolizei.
The Bundespolizei was formerly known as the Bundesgrenzschutz (BGS) (Federal Border Guard), which had a more restricted role. Prior to 1994 BGS members also had military combatant status due to their historical foundation and border-guard role in West Germany. In July 2005 the law renaming the BGS as the BPOL was enacted.
The BPOL has the following missions:
Border security, (Grenzpolizei or Grepo) to include passport control and the provision of coast guard services along Germany's 700 km coasts.
Protection of federal buildings such as Schloss Bellevue, the residence of the German Bundespräsident; they also protect the two highest German courts, both in Karlsruhe: The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Bundesverfassungsgericht) and The Federal Court of Justice of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof).
Providing the federal government's mobile response force for internal security events.
Providing transportation security at international airports and on the German railways.
Providing counter-terrorism forces (GSG 9).
Providing air (or sky) marshals.
Supporting international police missions for the United Nations and EU in Kosovo, Sudan, Liberia, Afghanistan, Gaza Strip, Moldova and Georgia.
Providing in-house security for some German embassies.
Providing rescue helicopter service.
The Bundespolizei can also be used to reinforce state police if requested by a state (Land) government. The BPOL maintains these reserve forces to deal with major demonstrations, disturbances or emergencies, supplementing the capabilities of the State Operational Support Units. Several highly trained detachments are available for crisis situations requiring armored cars, water cannon or other special equipment. BPOL has investigators conduct criminal investigations only within its jurisdiction; otherwise the cases are referred to the appropriate state police force or to the federal criminal investigative agency, the Federal Criminal Police (Bundeskriminalamt, BKA). In addition, the Bundespolizei cooperates closely with German state executive authorities, such as prosecutor's offices (Staatsanwaltschaft) in pursuing criminal investigations.
The BPOL national headquarters (BPOL-Präsidium) in Potsdam performs all central control functions. Eight regional headquarters (BPOL-Direktion) control the BPOL stations conduct rail police and border protection missions. These areas of responsibility conform to the federal state boundaries which they did not do prior to 1 March 2008.
The Federal Constitutional Court: Its Structure and Daily Work
The Federal Constitutional Court (German: Bundesverfassungsgericht; abbreviated: BVerfG) is the supreme constitutional court for the Federal Republic of Germany, established by the constitution or Basic Law (Grundgesetz) of Germany. Since its inception with the beginning of the post-WW2 republic, the court has been located in the city of Karlsruhe—intentionally distanced from the other federal institutions in Berlin (earlier in Bonn) and other cities.
Germany: Ex-Deutsche Bank chiefs escape punishment as acquittal upheld
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The original acquittal of the former Deutsche Bank bosses in connection with the Kirch media group bankruptcy was upheld at the Federal Court of Justice BGH, in Karlsruhe, on Thursday.
In 2016, the former bankers, Rolf Breuer, Josef Ackermann and Jurgen Fitschen, received a not-guilty verdict by a regional court in Munich. On Thursday, the judges ruled that there were no contradictions, false reasoning or gaps in the original judgement. The original ruling did not determine that the bank, or accused had given false testimony, said solicitor Eberhard Kempf.
The verdict marked the end of one of the longest running legal disputes in German history, spanning 17 years. The former bosses were accused of lying under oath to avoid paying damages to German media entrepreneur Leo Kirch in 2002. Kirch, who passed away in 2011, blamed the then, Deutsche Bank chief executive, Breuer, for the collapse of his media enterprise, after Breuer announced on television that the financial sector would not be willing to lend to the company. Kirch media declared bankruptcy a few weeks later and tried to sue Deutsche Bank for €2 billion ($2.2 billion; £1.7 billion), which was settled out of court for €925 million ($1.05 billion; £796 million).
The ex-Deutsche Bank bosses were accused of making false statements to reduce the total pay out to Kirch in the original trial, but today the not-guilty verdict was upheld.
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Court rejects challenge to German role in eurozone bailout
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3. Court sign
4. Reporters and officials gathering outside courtroom ahead of ruling
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5. Wide of Federal Constitutional Court judges standing after entering court room, zoom in as they take off hats and take their seats
6. Mid of Peter Gauweiler, Conservative legislator who sued to try to stop Germany from adopting the euro and challenged the bailout, in audience, standing up and bowing
7. Wide of audience, representative of Federal Government standing up
8. Mid of Andreas Vosskuhle, Federal Constitutional Court chief justice
9. Pull out and pan as audience members stand up for announcement of the ruling
10. SOUNDBITE (German) Andreas Vosskuhle, Chief Justice of Federal Constitutional Court:
In the name of the people, the lawsuits will be connected for a joint decision. The constitutional complaints are rejected.
11. Wide of courtroom
12. Mid of panel of judges
13. Mid of audience
14. SOUNDBITE (German) Andreas Vosskuhle, Chief Justice of Federal Constitutional Court:
The tenor of this decision is extremely tight, but therefore it should not be misinterpreted as a constitutional blank cheque for further rescue packages.
15. Camera pan right over podium and audience
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Germany''s high court on Wednesday upheld the country''s participation in eurozone bailout funds, but ruled that parliament should be more involved in such decisions.
The ruling means that while Germany''s agreement to take part in the financial rescue of Greece will not be affected, participation in future bailouts might become more complicated.
Presiding Judge Andreas Vosskuhle said even though the Federal Constitutional Court had rejected lawsuits arguing that Germany''s participation had violated parliament''s right to control spending of taxpayer money, it was not giving a rubber-stamp to the chancellor''s office.
The verdict should not be misinterpreted as a constitutional blank cheque for further rescue packages, Vosskuhle told the court.
In a rushed vote, Germany''s parliament agreed to join in the May 2010 bailout of Greece to keep it from defaulting on its debts, and to back the 440 billion euro (620 billion US dollar) European Financial Stability Facility with some 147 billion euros (207 billion US dollars) in loan guarantees.
In future, Vosskuhle said there should be greater involvement from parliament in such decisions.
The suits were filed by Conservative legislator Peter Gauweiler and a group of professors who challenged the bailout.
They argued that parliament''s budgetary rights were undermined by the country''s participation in the bailout packages, among other things.
Europe''s response to the debt crisis has already been criticised as too slow, and additional requirements to consult parliament could slow the fund''s reaction time to the crisis.
European leaders agreed to increase the bailout fund''s flexibility at a July 21 summit, giving it the right to buy the bonds of financially weak governments, help recapitalise banks, and quickly loan money to countries before they get into a full-blown debt crisis.
But the changes have run into hurdles.
Finland has demanded collateral from Greece for its contribution, leading to more negotiations, while a junior governing party in Slovakia says no vote can be held until December.
The ruling comes ahead of a vote in Germany''s lower house of parliament at the end of the month on whether to increase the size and scope of the EFSF, which is widely expected to pass.
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Freedom and Security in Constitutional Democracies: A Transatlantic Dialogue
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Judith Areen, Interim Dean, Georgetown University Law Center
Jürgen Chr. Regge, Executive Director, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (Cologne, Germany)
Dieter Feddersen, Member of the Board, Dräger Foundation (Lübeck, Germany)
9:10 - 10:10 a.m - Remarks
Janet Napolitano, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Thomas de Maizière, Federal Minister of the Interior (Berlin, Germany)
Andreas Vosskuhle, President, Federal Constitutional Court (Karlsruhe, Germany)
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Internet is Essential Part of Life, Germany Rules
A German court ruled on Thursday that people have the right to claim compensation from service providers if their Internet access is disrupted, because the Internet is an essential part of life.
The Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe made the ruling after hearing the case of a man who was unable to use his DSL connection, which also offered a telephone and fax line, for two months from late 2008 to early 2009.*
A German court has found the internet is an essential, necessary part of life, granting consumers with unsatisfactory Internet service eligibility for compensation. Is this ridiculous, or completely reasonable in modern times? Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Wes Clark Jr. (Screenwriter, Consultant) discuss.
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Andreas Voskuhle - President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany - 28 October 2014
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The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany is taking an increasingly prominent role, both within Germany and in relation to the European Court of Justice in shaping the future of European economic governance. Its President, Andreas Vosskuhle, delivered a keynote speech on key decisions taken by the Court in recent years and their implications for constitutional questions that run to the core of the European project. As the European Court of Justice had just begun its investigation into the legality of the European Central Bank’s OMT bond-buying programme in the eurozone – a question which was referred to it by the German Constitutional Court – President Vosskuhle’s address was extremely timely.
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Prof. Andreas Vosskuhle is a German legal scholar and the President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. He is number five in the official ranking order of the German hierarchy, following the President, the President of the Bundestag, the Chancellor and the President of the Senate. He also serves as Director of the Institute for Political Science and Philosophy of Law at the University of Freiburg. When the mandate of the former President of the Court, Hans-Jurgen Papier, ended in 2010, Prof. Vosskuhle became the youngest President in the history of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.
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German politics explained #7: The German Federal Constitutional Court
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Germany: German court readies for final ruling on ECB's bond-buying scheme
The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe geared up to deliver their verdict, Tuesday, on the legality of the European Central Bank (ECB) and its chairman Mario Draghi's controversial bond-buying scheme.
SOT, Peter Gauweiler, Former Christian Social Union (CSU) MP (German): The constitutional court had held a cycle here in Karlsruhe, and in a so-called 'Order for Reference' everything that we, as the plaintiffs, had taken to court as with regards to the Basic Law and clarifying the electoral rights of the German people are, in fact, approved. And it was made clear that, yes, there is a lot that suggests, but we're making an appeal for it to be interpreted by the European Court of Justice for according to the agreement. The European Court of Justice had wiped this all away and made it clear the that those using the constitutional court to take the proposals - for example regarding parliamentary limits to cut debts - those don't interest us at all and they have been completely truncated. I thought that we would certainly not be able to convene against the European Court of Justice because the European judges had prepared their legal knowledge with regards to our own constitution.
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Three suspected al-Qaida members leave court building
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Three men suspected of plotting a bomb attack in Germany were flown by police helicopter from the court building in Karlsruhe to an unknown destination on Saturday.
Officials said the suspected al-Qaida members were working on making a shrapnel-laden bomb to attack a crowded place such as a bus - a plot that showed
Europe faced an ongoing threat of militant attacks.
Law enforcement officials said the trio, arrested on Friday after being under surveillance for months, hadn't picked a specific target, but were experimenting with explosives and detonators.
The suspects include a Moroccan, a German with Moroccan citizenship, and a German with Iranian citizenship.
The attack was still in the experimentation stage a federal prosecutor said.
Officials decided to arrest the three in the western cities of Duesseldorf and Bochum after surveillance indicated they were tinkering with making a detonator and had explored possible explosive materials - signs they might be close to carrying out an attack.
The plot was described as part of the effort by al-Qaida's leadership in Afghanistan since 2010 to carry out an attack in Europe.
Late last year, officials were warning of an attack in Europe, possibly modelled after the siege by militants from Pakistan in India's financial capital of Mumbai in November 2008 that killed 166 people.
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