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Learn more about the Federal Constitutional Court’s duties and status, its structure and its relations to other courts.
The Federal Constitutional Court consists of two Senates with eight Justices each. As a constitutional organ, it is independent in its organisation.
The Federal Constitutional Court is the “guardian of the Basic Law”. Its duties include providing binding interpretations of the Basic Law and ensuring that fundamental rights are upheld.
The Court’s Justices are assisted by four judicial clerks each, as well as by the Court’s administration.
The Court’s in-house library specialises in public, constitutional and administrative law as well as the general theory of state and of society. Its collection comprises approximately 400,000 volumes.
The Federal Constitutional Court interacts with the supreme federal courts, other national constitutional courts and international courts.
The Federal Constitutional Court was established in 1951. Learn more about its history.