Garbiele Britz (born 1 October 1968) is a German jurist who is currently serving as a justice of the Federal Constitutional Court and is a professor for Public law and European Union law at the University of Giessen.[1][2]

Gabriele Britz
Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
Assumed office
2 February 2011
Nominated bySPD
Preceded byChristine Hohmann-Dennhardt
Personal details
Born
Gabriele Britz

(1968-10-01) 1 October 1968 (age 55)
Seeheim-Jugenheim, West Germany (now Germany)
Alma mater

On 17 December 2010 she was elected by the Bundesrat on the proposal of the SPD to succeed Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, who retired from the first Senate in January 2011, as a judge of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.[3] She took up the post on 2 February 2011.[4] Britz is married to Frankfurt local politician Bastian Bergerhoff (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). They have a son together.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Prof. Dr. Gabriele Britz". Federal Constitutional Court. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Neue Richterin am Bundesverfassungsgericht". Allgemeine Zeitung. Rhein Main Presse. 17 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Allgemeine Zeitung - Neue Richterin am Bundesverfassungsgericht". 20 December 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  4. ^ Middeke, Andreas (1 January 2015). "Deutscher Richterbund (Hrsg.), Handbuch der Justiz 2014/2015". Deutsches Verwaltungsblatt. 130 (4). doi:10.1515/dvbl-2015-0414. ISSN 2366-0651. S2CID 183488284.
  5. ^ Rath, Christian (17 December 2010). "Porträt Gabriele Britz: Juristische Überfliegerin". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ Britz, Gabriele (2020). Kulturelle Rechte und Verfassung. doi:10.1628/978-3-16-158057-4. ISBN 9783161580574. S2CID 219809843.