The Federal Constitutional Court

First Senate - Constitutional complaints

2. Constitutional complaints lodged against					2007	2008
2.1. Decisions of the	a) courts of ordinary jurisdiction				1.910	2.147
	of them		2007	2008
		1. in civil matters (including matters of non-contentious jurisdiction)	1.863	2.107
		2. in criminal matters	47	40
	b) administrative courts				438	432
	c) social courts				354	398
	d) labour courts				139	148
	e) finance courts				95	81
	f) patent courts				3	4
	g) lawyers' disciplinary courts				--	--
	h) disciplinary courts, disciplinary courts for the professions				24	24
	i) Federal Court of Justice in lawyer and notary matters				29	25
	j) Land constitutional courts				14	26
2.2.	a) laws and ordinances (directly)				96	178
	b) legislative omission				1	2
2.3. other sovereign acts by:	a) European authorities				--	--
	b) supreme federal authorities				22	11
	c) Land authorities				57	36
	d) local government authorities				3	6
2.4. other general matters of challenge					119	94
					3.304	3.612
	of them:	with counsel			1.636	1.910
		without counsel			1.668	1.702