Organization

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Initial jurisdictions of the proceedings involving the concrete review of statutes
(Art. 100 Abs. 1 GG)
seit 1991

Initial jurisdiction 1991 to 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Total
First Senate Second Senate First Senate Second Senate First Senate Second Senate First Senate Second Senate First Senate Second Senate First Senate Second Senate
Civil courts 120 93 5 -- 3 -- 1 -- 1 -- 2 -- 225
Criminal courts 7 83 -- -- -- 49 -- 2 -- 6 5 2 154
Administrative courts 46 82 -- 8 -- 5 2 6 2 9 9 19 188
Social courts 133 1 6 -- 7 -- 7 -- 3 5 4 -- 166
Labour courts 30 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 2 -- -- -- 34
Finance courts 14 29 1 6 1 7 4 5 3 2 -- 5 77
other courts -- 90 -- -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 93
Total 350 380 12 14 13 61 14 13 11 22 20 27 937