Skip to main content Accessibility help

We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.

Close cookie message
×
  1. Home
  2. Journals
  3. International Journal of Legal Information
  4. Volume 17 Issue 2
Journal Home
Refine listing

Refine listing

Access:
Publication date:

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

Volume 17 - Issue 2 - Summer 1989

Contents

Page 1 of 3

Articles

  • The Influence of the West German Constitution on the Legal System of the Country

  • Juergen Christoph Goedan
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    28 February 2019, pp. 111-122

  • Article 1 of the Basic Law the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany, reads as follow:

    1. “(1) The dignity of man shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority.

    2. (2) The German people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world.

    3. (3) The following basic rights shall bind the legislature, the executive and the judiciary as directly enforceable law.”

    This article answers, in a nutshell, all the questions one might raise regarding the influence of a constitution on the legal system of a country.

Bibliographies

Notes and Comments

Periodical Reviews

International Documentation

Book Reviews

The International Bookshelf

Page 1 of 3