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"They're not little adults": the struggle for proper and standalone children's rights in the German Basic LawHolger Hestermeyer, 30 April 2020
Coronavirus Lockdown-Measures before the German Constitutional CourtAdem K Abebe, 14 December 2017
Constitution building in 2017 through the lens of ConstitutionNet’s Voices from the Field 26 September 2018
Constitutional scholar reflects upon rising political pressure on courts23 August 2018
In Germany, legal experts urge updates to the Basic Law
Germany ConCourt strikes down increased telephone charges for inmates as unconstitutional29 November 2017
The Germany Federal Constitutional Courton Tuesday ruled against increased prices for telephone calls for prisoners.
The complaint was brought by an inmate af…
German Federal ConCourt allows third gender in registry of births8 November 2017
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday called for a third gender option in the registry of births.
Intersex people, who are neither male nor fema…
Germany's top court: foreign terror suspects deportation is constitutional28 July 2017
In a decision published on Thursday, the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe said it saw no problem with the deportation of non-German citizens thought to pose at…
Germany’s Move to Deprive Anti-Democratic Parties of Federal Funding: An Effective Response to the Populist Wave?26 July 2017
A recent amendment to the Basic Law of Germany empowers the state to deprive anti-democratic political parties of federal funding. At first glance, this might a…
Op-ed: Will introduction of same-sex marriage require amendment of Germany's Constitution?11 July 2017
A vote was not necessary in the upper house of Germany's parliament, the Bundesrat, on Friday, because no state challenged the draft legislation. The original p…
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