Supreme Court of East Germany

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Supreme Court of the GDR
Oberstes Gericht der DDR
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B0708-0014-017, Oberstes Gericht, Globke-Prozess, Richterbank.jpg
Established1949
Dissolved1990
Location East Berlin
LanguageGerman

The Supreme Court of the German Democratic Republic (German : Oberstes Gericht der DDR) was the highest judicial organ of the GDR. It was set up in 1949 and was housed on Scharnhorststraße 6 in Berlin. The building now houses the district court in Berlin, Germany 2 Instance and the District Court Berlin-Mitte. In the early days, 14 judges made up the court. It was disestablished in 1990. [1]

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Supreme Court in 1963 Bundesarchiv Bild 183-B0708-0014-008, Oberstes Gericht, Globke-Prozess, Sachverstandige.jpg
Supreme Court in 1963

Responsibilities

Among the responsibilities of the court included

Later other tasks were added, mainly due to the process of simplification which is attributable to the pace of DDR-Justiz.

Neither separate constitutional court nor special administrative, social and financial court systems existed in the GDR.

Notable figures

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References

  1. Marshall, Tyler (1991-04-25). "COLUMN ONE : Germany's Judicial Nightmare : The east's system served the Communist Party more than the concept of justice. But in the sudden shift to western legal principles, courts are in a state of collapse". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-04-15.

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