60 Years of the Basic Law and its Interpretation: An American Perspective

Authors

Peter E. Quint, University of Maryland School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Keywords

Federal Republic of Germany, Constitutional Court, Basic Law, Grundgesetz

Abstract

In commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the German Basic Law (Constitution) , the author discusses certain aspects of the Basic Law, in comparison with the Constitution of the United States, and examines important developments in the jurisprudence if the German Constitutional Court interpreting the Basic Law.

Publication Citation

57 Jahrbuch des oeffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart 1 (2009)

Disciplines

Comparative and Foreign Law | Constitutional Law | International Law

Digital Commons Citation

57 Jahrbuch des oeffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart 1 (2009).