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"They're not little adults": the struggle for proper and standalone children's rights in the German Basic Law
Germany amends constitution to include children's rights13 January 2021
Opposition politicians and child protection organizations essentially welcome the agreement between the Union and the SPD to include children’s rights in the Ba…
Coronavirus Lockdown-Measures before the German Constitutional Court30 April 2020
The strict responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany have triggered a slew of judicial challenges, including before the Constitutional Court. While the Cour…
Constitutional scholar reflects upon rising political pressure on courts26 September 2018
Dieter Grimm LL.M. ’65, a former justice of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany, returned to Harvard Law School on September 18 to speak on “Courts unde…
In Germany, legal experts urge updates to the Basic Law23 August 2018
Germany’s Grundgesetz, or Basic Law, is widely regarded as one of the best constitutions in the world. With Germany in ruins and disgrace just three years after…
Op-ed: What place should the environment have in the constitution?11 July 2018
On 10th July, French MPs will vote on a symbolic measure: an amendment championed by Ecology Minister Nicolas Hulot, which proposes to include “the preservation…
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