Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citations - New York ...
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Federal Constitutional Court: Bundesverfassungsgericht (BVerfG)<br />
State Constitutional Court: L<strong>and</strong>esverfassungsgericht (LVerfG)<br />
Federal Court of Justice: Bundesgerichtshof (BGH)<br />
BGH’s predecessor court: Reichsgericht (RG)<br />
BGH, en banc: Bundesgerichtshof Großer Senat (BGH GS)<br />
BGH, en banc, for civil matters: Bundesgerichtshof Großer Senat für Zivilsachen (BGH GS Z)<br />
BGH, en banc, for criminal matters: Bundesgerichtshof Großer Senat für Strafsachen (BGH GS St)<br />
BGH, united en banc panels: Vereinigte Große Senat<br />
Common Chamber of Supreme Federal Courts: (GmS)<br />
Local court (ordinary): Amtsgericht (AG)<br />
Regional court (ordinary): L<strong>and</strong>gericht (LG)<br />
Regional court of appeals (ordinary): Oberl<strong>and</strong>esgericht (OLG)<br />
Supreme court of appeals (ordinary) for Bavaria: Bayerisches Oberstes L<strong>and</strong>esgericht (BayObLG)<br />
Local labor court: Arbeitsgericht (ArbG)<br />
Labor court of appeals: L<strong>and</strong>esarbeitsgericht (LAG)<br />
Federal Labor Court: Bundesarbeitsgericht (BAG)<br />
Local administrative court: Verwaltungsgericht (VG)<br />
Administrative court of appeals: Oberverwaltungsgericht (OVG) or Verwaltungsgerichtshof (VGH)<br />
Federal Administrative Court: Bundesverwaltungsgericht (BVerwG)<br />
Local social court: Sozialgericht (SG)<br />
Social court of appeals: L<strong>and</strong>essozialgericht (LSG)<br />
Federal Social Court: Bundessozialgericht (BSG)<br />
Finance court: Finanzgericht (FG)<br />
Federal Finance Court: Bundesfinanzhof (BFH)<br />
Federal Court for Patent Matters: Bundespatentgericht (BPatG)<br />
3.2 Reports<br />
Official reporters (<strong>and</strong> abbreviations) are:<br />
Federal Constitutional Court reporter: Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts (BVerfGE)<br />
Federal Labor Court reporter: Entscheidungen des Bundesarbeitsgerichts (BAGE)<br />
Federal Administrative Court reporter: Entscheidungen des Bundesver-waltungsgerichts (BVerwGE)<br />
Federal Social Court reporter: Entscheidungen des Bundessozialgerichts (BSGE)<br />
Federal Finance Court reporter: Sammlung der Entscheidungen und Gutachten des Bundesfinanzhofs (BFHE)<br />
Federal Court of Justice reporter in civil matters: Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in Zivilsachen<br />
(BGHZ)<br />
The Federal Court of Justice reporter in criminal matters: Entscheidungen des Bundesgerichtshofs in<br />
Strafsachen (BGHSt)<br />
Reichsgericht reporter in civil matters (now defunct): Entscheidungen des Reichsgerichts in Zivilsachen (RGZ)<br />
Reichsgericht reporter in criminal matters (now defunct): Entscheidungen des Reichsgerichts in Strafsachen<br />
(RGSt)<br />
Some lower level courts also have their own reporters, e.g., Decisions of the Bavarian Supreme<br />
Court of Appeals in Criminal Matters, Entscheidungen des Bayerischen Obersten L<strong>and</strong>esgerichts<br />
in Strafsachen (BayObLGSt), or Decisions of the Court of Appeals in Criminal Matters,<br />
Entscheidungen der Oberl<strong>and</strong>esgerichte in Strafsachen (OLGSt).<br />
Parallel citations, especially if the decision was also published in one of the major journals (such<br />
as the weekly Neue Juristische Wochenschrift, cited NJW) are frequently used, but not required.<br />
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