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Pathways to Karlsruhe: A Sequence Analysis of the Careers of German Federal Constitutional Court Judges
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Abstract Judges of the German Federal Constitutional Court can be seen as both judicial and political elites. Yet, up to now there is no systematic work on the Court's' judges and especially their careers prior to their appointments. Using sequence analysis, I identify four relatively distinct clusters of ca... mehr
Judges of the German Federal Constitutional Court can be seen as both judicial and political elites. Yet, up to now there is no systematic work on the Court's' judges and especially their careers prior to their appointments. Using sequence analysis, I identify four relatively distinct clusters of career characteristics: academia, administration (and administrative courts), ordinary jurisdiction and politics. Judges whose career background is limited to the judicial sphere mostly advance from a level below the Länder to the Länder and then on to the federal level, while those with a background in politics or administration switch less often among them. Furthermore, I find little evidence to suggest that differences in the judges' career paths can be
explained by reference to the body that elected them (Bundestag or Bundesrat) or the party that nominated them (CDU/CSU or SPD). The article also illustrates the possibilities of sequence analysis for elite studies.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Bundesverfassungsgericht; Richter; Karriere; Eliteforschung; Biographie; Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Klassifikation
Justiz
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2016
Seitenangabe
S. 25-53
Zeitschriftentitel
German Politics, 25 (2016) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2015.1124266
ISSN
1743-8993
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
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