Reichsjustizamt

Reichsjustizamt () was the highest authority of the law in the German Empire, and was the predecessor of ''Reichsministerium der Justiz'', the Reich Ministry of Justice.

Reichsjustizamt was under the jurisdiction of the ''Reichskanzler'' or Imperial Chancellor as Department IV from 1875 until 1 January 1877 when it became independent. Under Reichsjustizamt were the Imperial Court, the Imperial Bar, and the Imperial Patent Office. An Undersecretary of State managed the Reichsjustizamt. It continued becoming the ''Reichsministerium der Justiz'' in 1919.

{| align=center border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding="2" style="border:1px #FFDEAD;" | style="background:#FFDEAD" align="center" colspan="4" | Undersecretary of States of the Reichsjustizamt |- ! width="350" style="background:#FFDEAD" | Name ! width="350" style="background:#FFDEAD" | Period of Office |- |style="padding:2px 15px; background:#FFF8DC;" |Heinrich Friedberg (1813-1895) |style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center" |21 December 1876 - 30 October 1879 |- |style="padding:2px 15px; background:#FFF8DC;" |Hermann von Schelling (1824-1908) |style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center" |19 November 1879 - 31 January 1889 |- |style="padding:2px 15px; background:#FFF8DC;" |Otto von Oehlschläger (1831-1904) |style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center" |19 February 1889 - 2 February 1891 |- |style="padding:2px 15px; background:#FFF8DC;" |Robert Bosse (1832-1901) |style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center" |2 February 1891 - 24 March 1892 |- |style="padding:2px 15px; background:#FFF8DC;" |Eduard Hanauer (1829-1893) |style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center" |2 April 1892 - 30 April 1893 |- |style="padding:2px 15px; background:#FFF8DC;" |Rudolf Arnold Nieberding (1838-1912) |style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center" |11 July 1893 - 25 October 1909 |- |style="padding:2px 15px; background:#FFF8DC;" |Hermann Lisco (1850-1923) |style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center" |25 October 1909 - 5 August 1917 |- |style="padding:2px 15px; background:#FFF8DC;" |Paul von Krause (1852-1923) |style="background:#FFF8DC;" align="center" |7 August 1917 - 13 February 1919 |} Provided by Wikipedia