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The remit of the Federal Ministry of Justice includes three of the total of five federal courts as well as other authorities and institutions. These support the Ministry’s work within their area of expertise.
The remit of the Federal Ministry of Justice includes three of the total of five supreme federal courts. The Federal Ministry of Justice is responsible for preparing the selection of the judges for the three supreme federal courts within its remit, i.e. for the Federal Court of Justice, the Federal Administrative Court and the Federal Finance Court.
Federal judges are chosen jointly by the Minister and a judge selection committee, comprising the competent ministers from the sixteen Länder and an equal number of members elected by the Bundestag (article 95 para. 2 of the Basic Law).
The Ministry is also involved at the preparatory stage in the selection of judges for the Federal Constitutional Court. Half of the judges of the Federal Constitutional Court are elected by the Bundestag and half by the Bundesrat (article 94 para. 1 of the Basic Law).