Editing Politics of Germany (section)

==Judiciary==
{{main|Judiciary of Germany}}
[[File:Karlsruhe bundesverfassungsgericht.jpg|thumb|Constitutional court in [[Karlsruhe]]]]
Germany follows the [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law tradition]]. The judicial system comprises three types of courts.

* [[Ordinary courts]], dealing with [[criminal law|criminal]] and most [[Private law|civil]] cases, are the most numerous by far. The [[Federal Court of Justice of Germany]] ({{lang|de|Bundesgerichtshof}}) is the highest ordinary court and also the highest court of appeals.
* [[Specialized courts]] hear cases related to [[Administrative law|administrative]], [[Labour law|labour]], social, fiscal and [[patent law]].
* [[Constitutional court]] focus on judicial review and constitutional interpretation. The [[Federal Constitutional Court]] ({{lang|de|Bundesverfassungsgericht}}) is the highest court dealing with constitutional matters.

The main difference between the Federal Constitutional Court and the Federal Court of Justice is that the Federal Constitutional Court may only be called if a constitutional matter within a case is in question (e.g. a possible violation of human rights in a criminal trial), while the Federal Court of Justice may be called in any case.