Federal Republic of Germany 1 | March 2018

+ Background Judiciary
In the period after WWII, Germany was divided into four Judges: A tribunal can be
zones. The arrangement was only going to be temporary, made up of a single judge or
a combination of
but as the Cold War tensions grew, it was evident that the
professional judges and “lay
division between non-communist and communist judges”
controlled sections of Germany was permanent. In May of
Ordinary Courts: Civil,
1949, the West German Parliamentary Council
criminal, family, and
met and declared the establishment of the Federal marriage laws.
Republic of Germany. In October of 1949, the German
Specialized courts: Labor
Democratic Republic was announced. These actions ended law courts, social law courts,
all ideas of a reunified Germany. In 1990, East and West and financial courts.
Germany were unified as one.

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