Courts of Austria
Ordinary courts for civil and criminal cases, administrative courts for disputes with public authorities, and a Constitutional Court that stands apart from both.
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Ordinary courts (civil and criminal)
Administrative courts
Stands apart from the chain of appeals
Worth knowing
- The administrative courts in their present form date from 2014. Before that, administrative appeals went to tribunals inside the administration.
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