The Federal Constitutional Court

Second Senate - Constitutional complaints

2. Constitutional complaints lodged against:					2008	2009
2.1. Decisions of the	a) courts of ordinary jurisdiction				2.126	2.401
	of them		2008	2009
		1. in civil matters (including matters of non-contentious jurisdiction)	458	843
		2. in criminal matters	1.668	1.558
	b) administrative courts				338	347
		- of them asylum proceedings: 55 (50) -
	c) social courts				3	1
	d) labour courts				--	2
	e) finance courts				80	70
	f) patent courts				--	1
	g) lawyers' disciplinary courts				--	--
	h) disciplinary courts, disciplinary courts for the professions				--	4
	i) Federal Court of Justice in Lawyer and Notary Matters				1	1
	j) Land constitutional courts				--	12
2.2.	a) laws and ordinances (directly)				36	30
	b) legislative omission				23	18
2.3. other sovereign acts by:	a) European authorities				1	3
	b) supreme federal authorities				7	17
	c) Land authorities				3	71
	d) local government authorities				1	4
2.4 other general matters of challenge					14	79
					2.633	3.061
	of them:	with counsel			1.327	1.449
		without counsel			1.306	1.612

( ) = figures from the previous year