Law & justice
Bundesministerium der Justiz
Federal Ministry of Justice
Drafts the civil, criminal and procedural codes. It neither prosecutes nor judges: the courts are independent of it, and the prosecution services belong to the states.
What it does
- Supervising the offices that execute the law
- Drafting law and setting policy in a field
No counterpart recorded for France yet
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