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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Judiciary of Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, whose unexpectedly high demands were perceived as humiliating in Germany and as a continuation of the war by other means.
Germany and Berlin were occupied and partitioned by the Allies into four military occupation zones – French in the south-west, British in the north-west, American in the south, and Soviet in the east.
The territory of Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m) in the south to the shores of the North Sea in the north-west and the Baltic Sea in the north-east.
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 Germany | Koordinaten / Informationen / Encyclopedia of terms - Germany
Germany and Berlin were occupied and partitioned by the Allies into four military occupation zones French in the south-west, British in the north-west, American in the south-east, and Soviet in the north-east.
The territory of Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m / 9,718 ft) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the north-west and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the north-east.
Germany is still a primary destination for political and economic refugees from many less industrialized countries, especially Turkey and southern/southeastern Europe, but the number of annual asylum seekers has been declining in recent years, reaching about 50,000+ in 2003.
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 Germany, hotels, cars, information, tips
Germany's social welfare system has deep roots to the early industrialization, to the strong bonds between individual and state/society that followed Reformation and later signified the Prussian revival after the 30 Years War and remain one of the aspects of the German society most Germans are the most proud of.
Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m) in the south to the shores of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in the north.
Germany is still a primary destination for political and economic refugees from many developing countries, but the number of asylum seekers has been dropping in recent years, reaching about 50,000 in 2003.
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  Germany - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, whose unexpectedly high demands were perceived as humiliating in Germany and as a continuation of the war by other means.
Germany and Berlin were occupied and partitioned by the Allies into four military occupation zones – French in the south-west, British in the north-west, American in the south, and Soviet in the east.
The territory of Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m) in the south to the shores of the North Sea in the north-west and the Baltic Sea in the north-east.
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  Germany - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Germany's social welfare system has deep roots to the early industrialization, to the strong bonds between individual and state/society that followed Reformation and later signified the Prussian revival after the 30 Years War and remain one of the aspects of the German society most Germans are the most proud of.
Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m) in the south to the shores of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in the north.
Germany is today often regarded as an open and tolerant country, although conservative politicians have voiced strong criticism against the Islamic minority after the murder of the Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, and said the multi-cultural idea have failed.
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 Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, whose unexpectedly high demands and humiliating aspects were perceived as a continuation of the war with other means in Germany.
Germany and Berlin were occupied and partitioned by the Allies, with West Germany and West Berlin being controlled by the Western allies and East Germany and East Berlin by the Soviet Union.
Germany is among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, cement, chemicals, machinery, motor vehicles, machine tools and electronics, as well as a world leader in the shipbuilding industry.
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 Germany
The treaty was perceived in Germany as a humiliating continuation of the war by other means and its harshness is often cited as having facilitated the later rise of Nazism in the country.
Germany sent a peacekeeping force to secure stability in the Balkans and sent a force of German troops to Afghanistan as part of a NATO effort to provide security in that country after the ousting of the Taliban.
The Judiciary of Germany is independent of the executive and the legislative branches.
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 University of Minnesota Human Rights Library
Germany had also recognized the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights in accordance with article 46 of the European Convention.
It was also asked whether there was in Germany a code of ethics for the police and prison staff and whether any effort was being made in faculties of law to instil awareness of the question of torture.
The Committee welcomed the legal and administrative measures that had been taken in Germany to prevent and, where necessary, punish torture, and it was pleased to note that Germany was doing everything in its power to fulfil the obligations it had assumed in ratifying the Convention.
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 Articles - Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Germany and Berlin were occupied and partitioned by the Allies, with West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany - FRG) and West Berlin being controlled by the Western allies and East Germany (German Democratic Republic - GDR) and East Berlin by the Soviet Union.
Since reunification Germany has resumed its role as a major centre between Scandinavia in the north and the Mediterranean region in the south, as well as between the Atlantic west and the countries of central and eastern Europe.
Germany was also the homeland of scientists like Helmholtz, Fraunhofer, Fahrenheit, Kepler, Haeckel, Humboldt, Einstein, Born, Planck, Heisenberg, Creuzfeldt, Hertz, Koch, Hahn, Leibniz, Liebig and Bunsen; and inventors and engineers such as Gutenberg, Otto,Bosch Siemens, Braun, Daimler, Benz and Diesel.
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 Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Germany is often known as das Land der Dichter und Denker (the land of poets and thinkers).[54] German culture began long before the rise of Germany as a nation-state and spanned the entire German speaking world.
Germany has been, and continues to be, the home of some of the most important researchers in various scientific fields.[58] The work of Albert Einstein and Max Planck was crucial to the foundation of modern physics, that Werner Heisenberg and Max Born were able to develop further.
Germany has been the home of many famous inventors and engineers, such as Johannes Gutenberg, who is credited with the invention of movable type printing in Europe; Hans Geiger, the creator of the Geiger counter; rocket scientist Wernher von Braun; and the prolific Manfred von Ardenne, one of the fathers of radar technology.
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The Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) is the highest court dealing with constitutional matters and has played a vital role through its interpretative rulings on the Basic Law.
The Federal Court of Germany (Bundesgerichtshof) is the highest ordinary court and also the highest court of appeals.
The main difference between the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany and the Federal Court of Germany is, that the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany may only be called if a constitutional matter within a case is in question (e.g.
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 directopedia : Directory : Regional : Europe : Germany
Germany was formed in 1871, after the Franco-Prussian War, which united a scattering of independent states into an empire.
The Holocaust was carried out throughout the areas Germany occupied, and included the use of special killing squads and extermination camps in a massive and centrally-organized effort to murder every possible member of the populations targeted by the Nazis.
Germany is the largest European economy and the fifth largest economy in the world measured by gross domestic product purchasing power parity, placed behind the United States, China, Japan and India.
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 Judiciary
Judiciary Committee U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary This is a disambiguatio...
Judiciary of Germany The judiciary's independence and extensive responsibilities reflect the importance of the rule of l...
LSA Student Judiciary The \'LSA Student Judiciary' is the judicial branch of the student government of the College of Li...
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 wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Politics of Germany takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Federal Chancellor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
The Judiciary of Germany is independent of the executive and the legislature.
This rule, often called the "five percent hurdle", was incorporated into Germany's Election law to prevent political fragmentation and strong minor parties, which was considered a major reason for the inefficacy of the Weimar Republic's Reichstag.
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 Bambooweb: Germany
Willy Brandt, West Berlin's mayor 1957–1966 and West Germany's Chancellor 1969–1974, attempted to soothe the tensions, but particularly his acceptance of the loss of historical Eastern Germany caused much controversy, so that some Germans considered him a traitor, while many others (particularly among the younger generations) consider him a hero.
Germany was reunited in 1990, which caused considerable economic difficulty even up to the present day.
Germany was reunited in 1990, not without economic difficulty.
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Research in Germany indicates that youthful offenders sent to prison had higher rates of recidivism than those given alternative sanctions.
The role of the judiciary In Germany, judges have lifetime appointments and are the sole arbiters in the disposition of cases involving youthful offenders between the ages of 18 and 20.
Pfeiffer is director of the Kriminologisches Forschungsinstitut Niedersachsen and president of Germany's Juvenile Court Judges organization.
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 Germany information - Search.com
Modern Germany is located in Central Europe on the North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark and north of Austria and Switzerland.
Germany's climate is temperate overall, and marine in the northern reaches; characterized by cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers and occasional warm föhn winds.
The territory of Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m / 9,718 ft) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the north-west and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the north-east.
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 Germany
Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, whose unexpectedly high demands and humiliating aspects were perceived as a continuation of the war with other means in Germany.
Germany and Berlin were occupied and partitioned by the Allies, with West Germany and West Berlin being controlled by the Western allies and East Germany and East Berlin by the Soviet Union.
Germany is still a primary destination for political and economic refugees from many developing countries, but the number of asylum seekers has been dropping in recent years, reaching about 50,000 in 2003.
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 Germany
Antisemitism in Germany before the First World War involved a rejection of liberalism, modernism and Jewish emancipation, and was closely connected to the growth of German nationalism and racism.
Elsewhere in Germany, racially motivated violence included an attack on a Turkish-German friendship society in Hannover in August and the severe injury of an Italian worker and several attacks on Turks in Potsdam in October.
Ignatz Bubis, chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said the advertisement, which compared Germany's treatment of Scientologists today with the Nazi persecution of Jews and included an imperial eagle and swastika, was "an insult to victims of the Holocaust".
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 Judiciary of Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A core concept is that of the Rechtsstaat, a government based on law, in which citizens are guaranteed equality and in which government decisions can be amended.
The Länder (see States of Germany) are responsible for the lower levels of the court system; the highest appellate courts alone operate at the federal level.
This federal-Land division of labor allows the federation to ensure that laws are enforced equally throughout the country, whereas the central role of the Länder in administering the courts safeguards the independence of the judicial system from the federal government.
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 Germany at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The war ended in 1918, Germany's emperor was forced to abdicate, and after a quenched revolution the Second Reich was succeeded by the Weimar Republic.
Germany's contributions to the world's cultural heritage are numerous, and the country is often known as das Land der Dichter und Denker.
Germany was the birthplace of composers such as Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Schumann and Wagner; poets such as Goethe and Schiller as well as Heine; philosophers including Kant, Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche, theologians like Luther, authors including Hermann Hesse and Grass; and scientists including Einstein, Born and Planck.
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 GERMANY
Germany is located in Central Europe and shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Swiss in the South and Poland and Czechia in the East.
Germany's climate is temperate overall and marine in the northern reaches; characterised by cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers and occasional warm föhn winds.
The territory of Germany stretches from the high mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 m / 9,718 ft) in the south to the shores of the North Sea (Nordsee) in the north-west and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the north-east.
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Germany is ranked 11th out of 41 countries in the European region, and its overall score is higher than the regional average.
Germany's trade policy is the same as those of other members of the European Union.
However, Germany's wages and fringe benefits remain among the world's highest, and the ability of businesses to fire workers is subject to rigid conditions, all of which serves as a disincentive to invest and create jobs.
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 German Law Journal - The German Judiciary System
The judges in Germany retire (at the la­test) when they are 65 years old (this is different for the  justices of the Federal Constitutional Court who hold their office until they are 68).
In 2001, the judiciary is consequently formed from the age group born be­tween 1936 and 1971.
With the use of statistics on the judiciary, politicians concerned with justice and finance can quite safely conclude from the figures describing the lodging of new cases, case comple­tions, and length of proceedings what approximate number of jud­ges will be necessary in the future to cover the demand.
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 Political system of Germany - Background - German Archive: Politics of Germany takes place in a framework of a federal ...
Political system of Germany - Background - German Archive: Politics of Germany takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Federal Chancellor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
The necessity for the Bundesrat to concur on legislation is limited to bills related to revenue shared by the federal and state governments and those imposing responsibilities on the states, although in practice, this means that Bundesrat concurrence is very often required.
Besides a so-called 'ordinary' judicial branch that handles civil and criminal cases, which is in turn comprised of four levels of courts up to the Bundesgerichtshof in a fairly complex appeals system, there are separate branches for administrative, tax, labour, and social security issues, each with their own hierarchies.
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 Germany 3 from Hospitality North, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Germany is a leading producer of lignite, a low-grade brown coal, with annual extraction totaling 221.7 million metric tons.
Germany's large merchant fleet sails from Hamburg, Wilhelmshaven, Bremen, Nordenham, and Emden to the North Sea, and from Lübeck, Wismar, Rostock, and Stralsund to the Baltic.
Germany is governed under a Basic Law (Grundgesetz) proclaimed on May 23, 1949, for the FRG (West Germany), and later amended several times.
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 Germany -- The 2002 Index of Economic Freedom, The Heritage Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
While Germany accounts for over one-third of total output within the euro zone, it is beset by economic malaise.
Germany's economic problems cannot be explained primarily by the global economic slowdown, as Germany has been affected far more than its Western European peers; rather, the answer lies in the country's structural problems.
Germany's banking system is sound and well-regulated, but it also is dominated by public-sector financial institutions.
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