German Constitutional Law: Introduction, Cases, and Principles

by Christian Bumke, Andreas Voßkuhle, Andrew Hammel (Translator)

Overview

This revised and fully up-to-date English translation of the 7th edition of the Casebook Verfassungsrecht includes a new outline of the German constitution, the BVerfG Court, and its jurisprudence. It condenses more than six decades of constitutional jurisprudence in order to familiarize readers with the style, technique, and language of the Court. As well as an analysis of the general principles of German constitutional law, the book covers the salient articles of the German Constitution and offers relevant extracts of the Court's most important decisions on the provisions of the Basic Law. It provides notes and discussions of landmark cases to illustrate their legal and historical context and give the reader a clear understanding of the principles governing German constitutional law. The book covers the fundamental rights catalogue of the Basic Law and offers a comprehensive account of its intellectual moorings. It includes landmark jurisprudence on the equal treatment of same-sex couples, life imprisonment, the legal structure of property, the right to assembly, and the right to informational self-presentation. The book also covers the provisions and respective case law governing the state structure of Germany, for instance the recent decisions on the prohibition of the far-right German nationalist party, and the Court's jurisprudence on European integration, including the most recent decisions on the OMT-program of the European Central Bank.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192535627
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	02/21/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	624
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Christian Bumke is Professor of Public Law and Foundations of Law at Bucerius Law School, Hamburg. His published work includes The Development of the Fundamental Rights (2009). Andreas Voßkuhle is the President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, and Professor of Public Law, General Theory of the State, and Legal Philosophy at the University of Freiburg. He has published widely on comparative constitutional law and the cooperation of constitutional courts.

Table of Contents

1. General Theory of Fundamental Rights
2. Art. 1 para. 1 GG: Human Dignity
3. Art. 2 GG: Protection of the Right of Personality
4. Art. 3 GG: Equality Before the Law
5. Art. 4 GG: Freedom of Faith and Conscience
6. Art. 5 GG: Freedom of Communication, Art, and Science
7. Art. 6 GG: Marriage and Family
8. Art. 7 GG: School
9. Art. 8 GG: Freedom of Assembly
10. Art. 9 GG: Freedom of Association
11. Art. 10 GG: Privacy of Correspondence, Posts, and Telecommunications
12. Art. 11 GG: Freedom of Movement
13. Art. 12 GG: Occupational Freedom
14. Art. 13 GG: Inviolability of the Home
15. Art. 14 GG: Property
16. Art. 16 and 16a GG: Protection from Extradition and Deprivation of Citizenship, and Asylum Law
17. Art. 19 para. 4 GG: Legal Remedies for Violation of Rights by Public Authority
18. Art. 20 GG: Preface
19. Art. 20 GG: Democracy
20. Art. 20 GG: The Social State
21. Art. 20 GG: The Federal Principle
22. Art. 20 GG: The Rule of Law
23. Art. 21 GG: Political Parties
24. Art. 23 et seq. GG: International Integration
25. Art. 28 para. 2 GG: Autonomy of Municipalities
26. Art. 33 GG: Equal Citizenship, Civil Service
27. Art. 38 et seq. GG: Organs of the Federal Government
28. Art. 70 et seq. GG: Legislation
29. Art. 80 GG: Issuance of Executive Orders
30. Art. 83 et seq. GG:The Execution of Federal Laws and the Federal Administration
31. Art. 92 et seq. GG: Jurisprudence
32. Art. 103 GG: Right to a Lawful Hearing, Ban on Retroactive Punishment, and Ban on Multiple Punishments for the Same Crime