Home›Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe›Western EuropeGroupWestern EuropeWestern Europe gathers the modern judges of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Germany's Federal Constitutional Court, whose sixteen-judge, two-senate bench and long institutional history since 1951 make it the single largest national cluster in this subcategory, anchors the group, alongside France's Constitutional Council, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, and the constitutional and supreme courts of Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland.FactsBrowse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedJudges of Western European constitutional courts, exemplified by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court, the supreme constitutional court for the Federal Republic of Germany. 1Formation YearWell-attested1951 CE 1Browse ByAll Western EuropeWestern Europe48 entriesWestern EuropeFilter Results48 entriesRoleAllCriminal law scholar (1)Former judge (1)Historian, magistrate and writer (1)Judge (1)Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belgium (1)Judge, academic and civil servant (1)Jurist (2)Jurist and judge at the Federal Supreme 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Constitutionnel (Constitutional Council of France) (10)Constitutional Court of Belgium (1)Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland (1)Supreme Court of the Netherlands (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 48Alain JuppeModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksAndreas VosskuhleModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksAnn-Katrin KaufholdModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksAstrid WallrabensteinModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksCarlo BronneModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe1 linkChristine LangenfeldModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksDaniel ZappelliModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe1 linkDieter GrimmModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe1 linkDineke de GrootModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksErnst BendaModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksErnst-Wolfgang BockenfordeModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksFientje MoermanModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksFrancois PilletModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksGebhard MüllerModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksGeorges VedelModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksGünter SpinnerModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksGuy CanivetModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksHans-Jürgen PapierModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksHeinrich Amadeus WolffModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksHenning RadtkeModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksHermann Höpker-AschoffModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksHolger WöckelModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksInes HärtelModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksJacqueline GouraultModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksJacques MezardModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksJosef WintrichModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksJutta LimbachModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksKonrad HesseModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksLaurence VichnievskyModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksLaurent FabiusModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksMartha NiquilleModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksMartin EifertModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksMiriam MeßlingModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksPeter Frank (jurist)Modern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksPhilippe BasModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksRhona FetzerModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksRichard FerrandModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksRoman HerzogModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksSigrid EmmeneggerModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksStephan HarbarthModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksSusanne BaerModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksThierry HoscheitModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe1 linkThomas OffenlochModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksUdo Di FabioModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksUdo SteinerModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksWinfried HassemerModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksWolfgang ZeidlerModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksYvonne OttModern Constitutional and Supreme Court Judges of Europe2 linksSources1. Federal Constitutional Court Germany (Wikipedia)tier 2WikipediaIntroductionThe Federal Constitutional Court (German: Bundesverfassungsgericht [bʊndəsfɐˈfasʊŋsɡəˌʁɪçt] ; abbreviated: BVerfG) is the supreme constitutional court for the Federal Republic of Germany, established by the constitution or Basic Law (Grundgesetz) of Germany.Federal Constitutional Court, established year factThe institution was established in 1951.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.