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20. BVerfGE 120, 180 - Caroline III - celebrities’ right to their image (2008) S. 244-263

„… CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 1602, 1606, 1626/07 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the constitutional …” „… Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of JusticesPresident …” „… to the Federal Court of Justice for a new decision.4. […]REASONS:A.The constitutional complaints …”

3. BVerfGE 34, 269 - Soraya - damages for false press reports on personal life (1973) S. 36-47

„… claimed for non-material damage is compatible with the Basic Law.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR …” „… Court of 24 August 1962- 7 O 73/61 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate – with the …” „… the Basic Law. […][…]C.The constitutional complaint is unfounded.I.1. The court case that led to the …”

17. BVerfGE 87, 334 - Honecker - TV broadcasting of criminal proceedings (1992) S. 218-222

„… No. 17BVerfGE 87, 334 – HoneckerFEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 1595/92 -- 1 BvR 1606/92 -IN …” „… of 9 November 1992,here: application for preliminary injunctionthe Federal Constitutional Court …” „… , Seibertheld, on the basis of § 32 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act, on 11 November 1992:The presiding …”

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS S. 10-22

„… Federal Constitutional Court has developed a doctrine – based on general provisions on dignity and freedom …” „… the translation work undertaken by the Federal Constitutional Court. Faced with growing interest in …” „… Constitutional Court’s mandate as a citizens’ court: protecting individual self-determination and the free …”

5. BVerfGE 54, 148 - Eppler - statements falsely attributed to one’s person (1980) S. 56-62

„… factual circumstances giving rise to their claim [for injunctive relief].FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 …” „… - 4 U 117/76 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of …” „… Constitutional Court is only called upon to ensure that the ordinary courts observe fundamental right guarantees …”

31. BVerfGE 103, 21 - DNA Fingerprinting - databases of DNA profiles (2000) S. 398-409

„… No. 31BVerfGE 103, 21 – DNA FingerprintingFEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR 1741/99 -- 2 BvR …” „… of § 93c in conjunction with §§ 93a, 93b of the Fed-eral Constitutional Court Act in the version of …” „… Local Court […][…]3. The constitutional complaints of complainants nos. 2 and 3 are not admitted for …”

28. BVerfGE 138, 377 - False Paternity - former legal father’s right to information (2015) S. 372-379

„… statutory law.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 472/14 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the …” „… 27 September 2013 - 13a F 40/13 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –- 350 -with the …” „… Higher Regional Court.2. […]REASONS:A.The constitutional complaint concerns the question whether it is …”

22. BVerfGE 114, 339 - Stolpe/Stasi Dispute - injunctive relief against ambiguous defamatory statements (2005) S. 272-283

„… to retract.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 1696/98 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson …” „… Federal Court of Justice of 16 June 1998- VI ZR 205/97 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate …” „… constitutional complaint proceedings. The Federal Court of Justice held that the Higher Regional Court had …”

7. BVerfGE 35, 202 - Lebach - prisoner’s right to social reintegration (1973) S. 91-107

„… release from prison.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 536/72 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the …” „… of 8 June 1972 - 1 O 128/72 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation …” „… . […]REASONS:A.The constitutional complaint is directed against the civil courts’ rejection of the complainant’s …”

36. BVerfGE 152, 216 - Right to Be Forgotten II* - claim for dereferencing against search engine operator (2019) S. 460-476

„… to the precedence of EU law, the Federal Constitutional Court reviews the domestic application of EU …” „… , the Federal Constitu-tional Court fulfils its responsibility with regard to European integration under …” „… instead.3. Where the Federal Constitutional Court applies the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the …”

32. BVerfGE 27, 344 - Divorce Files - sharing personal data in disciplinary proceedings (1970) S. 410-414

„… strictly observes the requirement of proportionality.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 13/68 -IN THE NAME …” „… Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of JusticesPresident …” „… -12345[…]3. With the constitutional complaint directed against the order of the Higher Re-gional Court, the …”

10. BVerfGE 117, 71 - Life Imprisonment - prospect of release (2006) S. 122-137

„… CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR 578/02 -- 2 BvR 796/02 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedings onthe …” „… Code- 2 BvR 796/02 -the Federal Constitutional Court – Second Senate –with the participation of …” „… ) […]III.The complainants both filed constitutional complaints against the orders of the courts competent for …”

18. BVerfGE 99, 185 - Helnwein/Scientology - imputed group membership (1998) S. 223-233

„… Court.[…]REASONS:A.The constitutional complaint challenges the rejection of an action under private law seeking …” „… assertion.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 1531/96 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the …” „… Higher Regional Court of 20 June 1996 - 16 U 163/95 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate …”

24. BVerfGE 80, 367 - Diary-Like Notes - admissibility as evidence in criminal proceedings (1989) S. 311-321

„… proceedings.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR 1062/87 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the …” „… constitutional complaint ofMr B…,– authorised representative: … against a) the Judgment of the Federal Court of …” „… - Ks 9 Js 502/85 / 14 (Schw) B 3/86 -the Federal Constitutional Court – Second Senate –with the …”

39. BVerfGE 115, 320 - Profiling - electronic databases for profiling and searches (2006) S. 528-555

„… carried out. FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 518/02 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the …” „… 4092/01 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate – with the participation of JusticesPresident …” „… ) By the order challenged in the present constitutional complaint proceedings, the Local Court …”

Contents/Introduction

„… personalityEdited by the Federal Constitutional CourtKarlsruhe 20221. Auflage 2022© Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft …” „… Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court Volume 6: General right of personalityNomos …” „… Verlagsgesellschaft Baden-BadenDecisions of the Federal Constitutional Court Volume 6:General right of …”

8. BVerfGE 75, 201 - Foster Parents - child custody (1987) S. 108-115

„… Court.[…]REASONS:A.The constitutional complaint concerns court decisions ordering the complainant’s foster parents to …” „… certainty.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 332/86 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the …” „… Court - X 12/85 - issued on 30 July 1985the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the …”

23. BVerfGE 119, 1 - Esra - prohibition of a literary work (2007) S. 284-310

„… with freedom of the arts, the Federal Constitutional Court reviews the compatibility of the challenged …” „… personality.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 1783/05 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the …” „… I Regional Court of 15 October 2003 - 9 O 11360/03 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate …”

29. BVerfGE 44, 353 - Addiction Counselling Agency - seizure of client records (1977) S. 380-388

„… possession of drugs and may have acquired such drugs illegally.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR 988/75 -IN …” „… Constitutional Court – Second Senate –with the participation of JusticesVice-President …” „… THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the constitutional complaint of1. the Caritas Association …”

4. BVerfGE 49, 286 - Transsexuals I - legal sex (1978) S. 48-55

„… CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 16/72 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the constitutional complaint ofH …” „… 61/70 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate – with the participation of JusticesPresident …” „… considered immoral. In the order challenged by the constitutional complaint, the Federal Court of Justice …”

42. BVerfGE 129, 208 - The Telecommunications Surveillance Revision Act (2011) S. 628-647

„… (6) and § 160a of the Code of Criminal Procedure).FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR 236, 237 …” „… Federal Constitutional Court – Second Senate –with the participation of JusticesPresident Voßkuhle,Di …” „… the constitutional complaints were submitted by the Federal Govern-ment, the Federal Court of Justice …”

41. BVerfGE 125, 260 - Data Retention - service providers’ obligation to retain telecommunications traffic data (2010) S. 587-627

„… grounds expressly set out in the law. FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 256, 263, 586/08 -IN THE NAME OF …” „… December 2007 (BGBl I, p. 3198)- 1 BvR 586/08 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the …” „… constitutional complaints were submitted by the Federal Govern-ment, the Federal Administrative Court, the …”

2. BVerfGE 34, 238 - Secret Tape Recordings - admissibility as evidence in criminal proceedings (1973) S. 28-35

„… this extent, the matter is remanded to the Osnabrück Regional Court.[…]REASONS:A.I.The constitutional …” „… evidence at trial must stand back.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR 454/71 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn …” „… Order of the Osnabrück Regional Court of 3 May 1971 - 12 Qs 86/71 - the Federal Constitutional Court …”

35. BVerfGE 152, 152 - Right to Be Forgotten I* - name searches in online press archives (2019) S. 437-459

„… November 20191 BvR 16/131. a) The Federal Constitutional Court reviews domestic law that is not fully …” „… -FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 16/13 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the …” „… constitutional complaint ofMr T…,– authorised representatives: …against the Judgment of the Federal Court of …”

38. BVerfGE 115, 166 - Telecommunications Surveillance - covert investigation of a judge (2006) S. 505-527

„… protection by the right to informational self-determination.- 483 -FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR …” „… Order of the Karlsruhe Regional Court of 28 January 2003- 2 Qs 114/02 -the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… against the search order. […]4. The Third Chamber of the Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court …”

14. BVerfGE 97, 391 - Sexual Abuse Allegations - victim’s right to state their own name (1998) S. 188-196

„… Basic Law.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 131/96 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the …” „… Court of 22 November 1995 - 13 U 84/94 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the …” „… judgment is reversed. The matter is remanded to the Higher Regional Court.[…] REASONS:A.The constitutional …”

19. BVerfGE 119, 309 - TV Broadcasting from the Courtroom (2007) S. 234-243

„… Law.[…]REASONS:A.The constitutional complaint concerns the permissibility of filming in the court-room before and after …” „… before and after oral court hearings as well as during recesses.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR …” „… Court of 21 February 2007- 8 KLs 81 Js 1837/04 (25/05) -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate …”

30. BVerfGE 89, 69 - Mandatory Medical-Psychological Assessment - conditions for retaining driving licence (1993) S. 389-397

„… medical-psychological assessment report on their fitness to drive.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 689/92 -IN THE …” „… - 19 A 1674/91 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of …” „… ) of the Federal Constitu-tional Court Act). […]BVerfGE 89, 69- 370 -2526-2728-2930313233343536-4748 …”

34. BVerfGE 113, 29 - Seizure of Electronic Data - search warrant for entirety of law firm’s hardware and files (2005) S. 423-436

„… evidence.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR 1027/02 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the …” „… Hamburg Local Court of 7 May 2002- 164 Gs 737/02 - 5100 Js 85/02 -the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… satisfy these constitutional requirements.1. The Hamburg Regional Court argued that it was not possible to …”

33. BVerfGE 56, 37 - Bankruptcy Proceedings - compulsory disclosure (1981) S. 415-422

„… COURT- 1 BvR 116/77 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson the constitutional complaint …” „… Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of JusticesPresident Benda,Böhmer,Simon,Faller,- 393 …” „… objectionable under constitu-tional law if the courts interpret them to the effect that they must be …”

25. BVerfGE 90, 255 - Monitoring of Correspondence - screening of prisoners’ personal mail (1994) S. 322-328

„… 5(1) first sentence of the Basic Law).FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 1689/88 -IN THE NAME OF THE …” „… 3 Js 9665/85 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate – with the participation of …” „… objectionable under constitutional law that the criminal courts found the complainant’s letter to constitute …”

12. BVerfGE 142, 313 - Coercive Medical Treatment (2016) S. 149-161

„… become moot because of the death of one of the main parties.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvL 8/15 -IN …” „… - XII ZB 89/15 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of …” „… Federal Constitutional Court the question whether § 1906(3) of the Civil Code […] is compatible with the …”

11. BVerfGE 128, 282 - Coercive Treatment in Psychiatric Confinement under Criminal Law (2011) S. 138-148

„… permissible. - 116 -FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR 882/09 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingson …” „… . -the Federal Constitutional Court – Second Senate –with the participation of JusticesPresident …” „… Court dismissed the complaint on points of law as unfounded. […]III.In his constitutional complaint …”

27. BVerfGE 128, 109 - Transsexuals VIII - no surgery requirement (2011) S. 360-371

„… identify and in which they live under civil status law.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 3295/07 -IN THE …” „… Court of 30 August 2006- 70 III 101/06 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate – with the …” „… matter is remanded to the Higher Regional Court.4. […]REASONS:A.The constitutional complaint concerns the …”

13. BVerfGE 153, 182 - Assisted Suicide* - right to a self-determined death (2020) S. 162-187

„… person’s suicide. FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 2 BvR 2347/15, 2 BvR 651, 1261, 1593, 2354, 2527/16 -IN THE …” „… Suicide Services of 3 December 2015 (BGBI, p. 2177)the Federal Constitutional Court – Second Senate –with …” „… § 94(4) in conjunction with § 77 no. 1 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act. […]2. […]3. […]BVerfGE …”

44. BVerfGE 141, 220 - The Federal Criminal Police Office Act - counter-terrorism surveillance powers (2016) S. 684-733

„… Criminal Police Office Act- 663 -FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 966/09 -- 1 BvR 1140/09 -IN THE NAME …” „… Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of JusticesVice-President …” „… . Accordingly, the Federal Constitutional Court has underlined that the security of the state, as a constituted …”

37. BVerfGE 100, 313 - The Article 10 Act - telecommunications surveillance by intelligence services (1999) S. 477-504

„… sharing observe the principle of proportionality.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 2226/94 -- 1 BvR …” „… the Act of 17 December 1997 (BGBl I, p. 3108),- 1 BvR 2437/95 -the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… determined in the case-law of the Federal Constitutional Court. […]Art. 1(3) of the Basic Law defines the …”

43. BVerfGE 133, 277 - Counter-Terrorism Database Act I - sharing of data between police and intelligence services in a joint security database (2013) S. 648-683

„… Article 10(1) and Article 13(1) of the Basic Law.- 626 -FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 1215/07 -IN …” „… )the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of Justices Vice-President …” „… <369>). Accordingly, the Federal Constitutional Court repeatedly held that the further use [for other …”

16. BVerfGE 147, 1 - Third Gender Option - civil register entry for intersex persons (2017) S. 207-217

„… positive category other than male or female.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 2019/16 -IN THE NAME OF THE …” „… Law of 7 May 2013 (BGBl I, p. 1122)the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the …” „… ‘female’. To the extent that the Federal Constitutional Court did state in the past that our legal order …”

45. BVerfGE 154, 152 - Surveillance of Foreign Telecommunications* - Federal Intelligence Service’s powers to intercept communications of foreigners abroad (2020) S. 734-783

„… ensured that oversight is not obstructed by the third party rule.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR …” „… 2016 (BGBl I, p. 3346)the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of …” „… response to a list of questions provided by the Federal Constitutional Court regarding the technical …”

21. BVerfGE 63, 131 - Right of Reply - right to defend oneself against negative media portrayals (1983) S. 264-271

„… Federal Constitutional Court pursuant to Article 100(1) of the Basic Law.2. Making a right of reply in …” „… Article 2(1) in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Basic Law.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvL 20/81 …” „… Referral of the Hamburg Regional Court of 29 Ju-ly 1981 - 74 O 235-81 - the Federal Constitutional Court …”

15. BVerfGE 115, 1 - Transsexuals V - change of first name (2005) S. 197-206

„… been changed to correspond to their internally felt gender.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvL 3/03 -IN …” „… ) –the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of Justices President …” „… founda-tional decision by the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court of 11 October 1978 (BVerfGE 49 …”

Appendix - Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany S. 784-893

„… shall be declared by the Federal Constitutional Court.[Restriction of basic rights – Legal remedies](1 …” „… lodged with the Federal Constitutional Court.(3) Details shall be regulated by a federal law.[Public …” „… , mutatis mutandis.[Impeachment before the Federal Constitutional Court](1) The Bundestag or the Bundesrat …”

6. BVerfGE 65, 1 - Census - informational self-determination and modern data processing (1983) S. 63-90

„… the 1983 Census Act) is compatible with the Basic Law.FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 209, 269 …” „… 1982 (BGBl I, p. 369)the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of …” „… constitutional complaints and the questions posed by the Federal Constitutional Court in these proceedings, the …”

1. BVerfGE 27, 1 - Microcensus - disclosure of personal data for statistical purposes (1969) S. 23-27

„… (microcensus).FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvL 19/63 -IN THE NAME OF THE PEOPLEIn the proceedingsfor constitutional …” „… - Gs 168/63 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate – with the participation of …” „… proceedings and referred to the Federal Constitutional Court the question whether Art. 1(2) no. 2 of the …”

26. BVerfGE 109, 279 - Surveillance of Private Homes - inviolable core of private life (2004) S. 329-359

„… Basic Law) and the right to be heard (Article 103(1) of the Basic Law).FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 …” „… , p. 610)- 1 BvR 1084/99 -the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate – BVerfGE 109, 279- 308 …” „… Constitutional Court has repeatedly emphasised that it is incompat-ible with human dignity to treat persons as …”

9. BVerfGE 78, 77 - Public Announcement of Legal Incapacitation (1988) S. 116-121

„… personality (Article 2(1) in conjunction with Article 1(1) of the Basic Law).FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 …” „… ) –the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate – with the participation of JusticesPresident …” „… Constitutional Court the question of whether the mandatory public announcement of legal incapacitation on the …”

40. BVerfGE 120, 274 - Remote Searches - covert searches of private computers (2008) S. 556-586

„… with fundamental rights. FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT- 1 BvR 370/07 -- 1 BVR 595/07 -IN THE NAME OF THE …” „… - the Federal Constitutional Court – First Senate –with the participation of JusticesPresident …” „… Constitutional Court in its case-law, do not adequately take account of the need for protection arising from …”

TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS S. 1-3

„… BundestagBVerfG Bundesverfassungsgericht Federal Constitutional CourtBVerfGE Entscheidungen des …” „… Bun-desverfassungsgerichtsDecisions of the Federal Constitu-tional CourtBVerwGE Entscheidungen des Bun-desverwaltungsgerichtsDecisions …” „… corporationAVR Archiv des Völkerrechts (law journal)BAG Bundesarbeitsgericht Federal Labour CourtBGBl …”

TABLE OF COURT NAMES CITED S. 4

„… TABLE OF COURT NAMES CITEDFederal Constitutional Court Bundesverfassungsgericht BVerfG Local …” „… Court Amtsgericht AGRegional Court Landgericht LGHigher Regional Court Oberlandesgericht (in Berlin …” „… : Kammergericht)OLGFederal Court of Justice Bundesgerichtshof BGH Administrative Court Verwaltungsgericht VGHigher …”

TABLE OF LEGAL ACTS CITED S. 5-9

„… Gleichberechtigungsge-setz--European Convention on Human RightsEuropäische Menschen-rechtskonvention ECHRFederal Constitutional Court …” „… Pressege-setz--Introductory Act to the Courts Constitution ActEinführungsgesetz zum GerichtsverfassungsgesetzEGGVGJoint …” „… OrdinanceStraßenverkehrs-Zulas-sungs-OrdnungStVZOWeimar Constitution Weimarer Reichsverfas-sungWRVYouth Courts Act Jugendgerichtsgesetz JGGTable of Legal …”

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BVerfGK 5, 161 Order of the First Chamber of the First Senate of 5 April 2005 – 1 BvR 1664/04 “Görgülü III case” Binding effect of a decision of the European Court of Human Rights – constitutional requirements placed on the removal of a child from its foster family S. 724-731

„… senate of the Naumburg Higher Regional Court. 2. In other respects the constitutional complaint is not …” „… complaint with regard to this; the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht – BVerfG), by …” „… .2 letter b of the Federal Constitutional Court Act. It is appropriate to accept the constitutional …”

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„… Decisions of the Bundesverfassungsgericht – Federal Constitutional Court – Federal Republic …” „… Bundesverfassungsgericht – Federal Constitutional Court – Federal Republic of Germany Volume 5: Family-Related Decisions …” „… 1957-2010 Edited by the Federal Constitutional Court Karlsruhe 2013 BUT_Bundesverfassungsg_6851-9.indd 3 …”

BVerfGE 72, 122 Order of the First Senate of 18 June 1986 – 1 BvR 857/85 “Withdrawal of custody rights case” Safeguarding the status of children as holders of fundamental rights in the proceedings (supplementary curator) S. 231-244

„… First Senate of 18 June 1986 pursuant to § 24 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act …” „… constitutional complaint concerns orders which reversed a decision of the Local Court in the temporary injunction …” „… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 60, 79 (80 et seq.)). A complaint …”

BVerfGE 57, 170 Order of the Second Senate of 5 February 1981 – 2 BvR 646/80 “Pre-trial detention II case (correspondence by letter)” Decision regarding the monitoring of letters during pre-trial detention; written correspondence between adult children and their parents S. 166-190

„… been violated. The rulings of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) regarding …” „… Local Court admitted the charge of insult … and opened the main proceedings. II. The constitutional …” „… right under Article 2.1 of the Basic Law. The Federal Constitutional Court has no reservations that …”

BVerfGE 111, 307 Order of the Second Senate of 14 October 2004 – 2 BvR 1481/04 “Görgülü I case” Obligation to take into account the European Convention on Human Rights and the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, and the limits of such obligation, in the context of the principle that the judge is bound by statute and law (Article 20.3 of the Basic Law) S. 694-713

„… decision to another civil senate of the Naumburg Higher Regional Court. Apart from this, the constitutional …” „… ) The Third Chamber of the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court, by an order not stating …” „… sentence 1 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act (Bundesverfassungsgerichtsgesetz – BVerfGG), which …”

BVerfGK 4, 339 Order of the Third Chamber of the First Senate of 28 December 2004 – 1 BvR 2790/04 “Görgülü II case” Arbitrary review of an unappealable arrangement for access – binding effect of a decision of the European Court of Human Rights – weighing of consequences with regard to contact in the form of access S. 714-723

„… the Federal Constitutional Court Act in the version promulgated on 11 August 1993 (Federal Law Gazette …” „… –2 BvR 1481/04 – (reprinted in FamRZ 2004, p. 1857), the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… local court order. 4. After the constitutional complaint filed by the complainant against this, together …”

BVerfGE 6, 55 Order of the First Senate of 17 January 1957 – 1 BvL 4/54 “Taxation of households case” Article 6.1 of the Basic Law is a fundamental provision (binding value decision) and currently binding constitutional law S. 1-19

„… . The provision under § 80.4 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act (Bundesverfassungsgerichtsgesetz …” „… – BVerfGG) is not applicable if the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) received a …” „… Federal Constitutional Court Act prior to the entry into force of the Act Amending the Federal …”

BVerfGE 96, 56 Order of the First Senate of 6 May 1997 – 1 BvR 409/90 “Case concerning information about father’s identity” Decision regarding the obligation of a mother to provide information to her adult illegitimate child about the identity of the biological father S. 364-371

„… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 54, 148 (153-154); 79, 256 (268 …” „… decisions was not admitted for decision by a Chamber of the Constitutional Court (FamRZ 1989, p. 147). In …” „… its established case-law the Federal Constitutional Court has therefore emphasised that the …”

BVerfGE 79, 51 Order of the First Senate of 12 October 1988 – 1 BvR 818/88 “Foster parents case” Removal of a child from its foster family S. 287-300

„… (further development of a previous decision, Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen …” „… Hanover Local Court (Amtsgericht) of 25 April 1988 – 64 X R 15/88 –. 287 RULING: I. The constitutional …” „… constitutional complaint is the court decisions according to which the complainants in 1) and 2) – foster parents …”

BVerfGE 82, 6 Order of the First Senate of 3 April 1990 – 1 BvR 1186/89 “Unmarried civil partner as tenant case” Unmarried civil partner of a deceased tenant as “another family member” within the meaning of § 569a.2 sentence 1 of the Civil Code S. 311-319

„… Regional Court (Landgericht) of 11 August 1989 – 11 S 398/87 –. RULING: The constitutional complaint is …” „… for the non-constitutional courts and in principle not to be examined by the Federal Constitutional …” „… Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) as to its correctness (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court …”

BVerfGE 107, 104 Judgment of the Second Senate of 16 January 2003 – 2 BvR 716/01 “Parental involvement in proceedings under the Juvenile Court Act case” Exclusion of a father with parental rights from proceedings before a juvenile court which involve his son (§ 51.2 of the Juvenile Court Act) S. 591-610

„… Court Act … was also generally objectionable under constitutional law due to its lack of definiteness …” „… complainant extended his constitutional complaint to the orders of the Local Court and Regional Court of 16 …” „… against the decisions sentencing his son. According to the case-law of the Federal Constitutional Court …”

BVerfGE 99, 145 Order of the Second Senate of 29 October 1998 – 2 BvR 1206/98 “Hague Child Abduction Convention case” Hague Child Abduction Convention; accommodation of the best interests of the child in the special case of converse child return applications S. 386-401

„… Regional Court. EXTRACT FROM GROUNDS: A. The constitutional complaints relate to proceedings in accordance …” „… . IV. The Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) afforded the opportunity to submit a …” „… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 24, 119 (144); 75, 201 (218)). At …”

BVerfGE 76, 1 Order of the Second Senate of 12 May 1987 – 2 BvR 1226/83, 101, 313/84 “Entry of aliens to join family members living in the Federal Republic” Waiting periods for the entry of aliens (Turkish and Yugoslavian nationals) to join family members living in the Federal Republic of Germany S. 245-286

„… Court submitted opinions regarding the three constitutional complaints on behalf of the First Appellate …” „… Senate responsible for the law of aliens. … 254 V. The Federal Constitutional Court has requested that …” „… Constitutional Court recognises that an alien’s duty to exit also affects his family members entitled to stay …”

BVerfGE 99, 246 Order of the Second Senate of 10 November 1998 – 2 BvL 42/93 “Minimum child income case” Minimum child income for the 1987 assessment period to be allowed for in income tax S. 420-431

„… the orders of the Federal Constitutional Court of 29 May 1990 (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional …” „… to request a ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court on the legal validity of § 32.6 of the Income …” „… which the Federal Constitutional Court had developed in its rulings. Children’s fiscal minimum income …”

BVerfGE 31, 58 Order of the First Senate of 4 May 1971 – 1 BvR 636/68 “Spaniard case” Validity of fundamental rights (here: Article 6.1 of the Basic Law) for German international private law; freedom of marriage (act of marriage between a Spanish man and a German woman divorced by a German court) S. 100-121

„… constitutional law even if there was a strong domestic link. 4. As follows from the decision of the Federal Court …” „… are declared void by court decision … II. 1. The complainants jointly filed a constitutional complaint …” „… the decision issued against the male complainant (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court …”

BVerfGE 99, 300 Order of the Second Senate of 24 November 1998 – 2 BvL 26/91, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10/96, 3, 4, 5, 6/97 “Civil servants’ children case” (state’s obligation to take care of civil servants’ welfare and family) Remuneration of civil servants and judges with more than two children in the period from 1988 to 1996 S. 432-449

„… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE 44, 249; 81, 363). 2. The …” „… have been necessary in accordance with the rulings of the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… , the Federal Constitutional Court had found that the child-related salary elements had fallen behind …”

BVerfGE 60, 79 Order of the First Senate of 17 February 1982 – 1 BvR 188/80 “Case concerning the separation of a child from its family” Separation of a child from its family even where the parents fail without being at fault as the strongest encroachment on parental rights, only if principle of proportionality is strictly observed S. 191-202

„… constitutional right under Article 6.2 of the Basic Law. They argue that the Higher Regional Court has failed to …” „… Federal Constitutional Court suspended execution of the decision contested, until a decision was made on …” „… Constitutional Court of 9 February 1982 – 1 BvR 845/79 – preliminary print p. 18). When parents fail to fulfil …”

BVerfGE 55, 171 Order of the First Senate of 5 November 1980 – 1 BvR 349/80 “Custody case” Accommodation of the will of a child in a ruling on custody after divorce of the parents and ruling of the judge with jurisdiction on the question of the personal hearing of children under the age of 14 S. 156-165

„… the family courts with jurisdiction and in principle is removed from subsequent constitutional review …” „… the individual case, is in principle a matter for the non-constitutional courts with jurisdiction in …” „… the field, and is therefore removed from subsequent review by the Federal Constitutional Court. Only …”

BVerfGE 10, 59 Judgment of the First Senate of 29 July 1959 – 1 BvR 205, 332, 333, 367/58, 1 BvL 27, 100/58 “Case concerning parental power” Decision regarding the equality of the mother and the father (father’s final decision) S. 20-39

„… Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 1, 97 …” „… with Article 3.2 of the Basic Law; the Federal Constitutional Court has confirmed this view as regards …” „… the case-law of the Federal Constitutional Court on Article 3.2 and 3.3 of the Basic Law permit a …”

BVerfGE 108, 351 Order of the First Senate of 7 October 2003 – 1 BvR 246/93, 2298/94 “Case relating to the splitting advantage in case of spousal maintenance” Unconstitutionality of the consideration of fiscal advantages from a new marriage of a person obliged to provide maintenance in the assessment of the maintenance payable to the former spouse S. 669-680

„… are reversed. The case is referred back to the Waiblingen Local Court. 2. The constitutional complaint …” „… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 24, 289 (295); 51, 386 (395)). The …” „… well founded. The impugned rulings do not stand up to the constitutional-court review against the …”

BVerfGE 101, 361 Judgment of the First Senate of 15 December 1999 – 1 BvR 653/96 “Caroline of Monaco II case” Publication of photographs from the daily and private life of prominent persons – Caroline of Monaco S. 450-474

„… a constitutional complaint against the judgment of the Federal Court of Justice judgment as well but …” „… importance for the formation of the personality (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… complainant would like to infer such a right from former decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (see …”

BVerfGE 51, 386 Order of the First Senate of 18 July 1979 – 1 BvR 650/77 “Expulsion case” Expulsion of a foreign national convicted of a criminal offence who is married to a German woman and has a legitimate child with her S. 127-137

„… 241/77 (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …” „… Court Act (Bundesverfassungsgerichtsgesetz – BVerfGG)). A constitutional complaint against a judicial …” „… Administrative Court was also effective against her. Since the principle of subsidiarity of the constitutional …”

BVerfGE 80, 81 Order of the Second Senate of 18 April 1989 – 2 BvR 1169/84 “Case concerning the adoption of an adult foreigner” Right of residence of an adult foreigner adopted by a German S. 301-310

„… )). bb) The Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) does not merely examine such rulings …” „… Constitutional Court does not review whether it is also correct in other respects (see BVerfGE 18, 85 (92-93 …” „… – in the proceedings regarding the constitutional complaints 1. of Mr. O., 2. of Ms. O. – authorised …”

BVerfGE 22, 93 Order of the First Senate of 7 June 1967 – 1 BvR 76/62 “Maintenance I case” Taking Article 6.1 of the Basic Law into account in determining the maintenance of spouses living apart S. 40-44

„… - Fuerth Regional Court (Landgericht) of 15 December 1961 – 11 S 148/61. RULING: The constitutional …” „… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 17, 1 (21-22)). A housewife without …” „… Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), in accordance with its established case-law, may review judicial …”

BVerfGE 24, 119 Order of the First Senate of 29 July 1968 – 1 BvL 20/63, 31/66, 5/67 “Adoption I case” Substitution of parental consent to adoption S. 51-74

„… : 1. The principles developed in Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des …” „… Law (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …” „… provision to be constitutional, factually justified and welcome. … Equally, the views in the courts are …”

BVerfGE 42, 95 Order of the Second Senate of 6 April 1976 – 2 BvR 61/76 “Pre-trial detention I case (visiting permission)” Permission for spouses and children of pre-trial detainees to visit outside general visiting days S. 122-126

„… subject to restrictions that are unavoidable (see Decisions of the 124 Federal Constitutional Court …” „… ). The Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) has drawn from this a series of legal …” „… reversed and the case had to be referred back to the Local Court (§ 95.2 of the Federal Constitutional …”

BVerfGE 53, 224 Judgment of the First Senate of 28 February 1980 – 1 BvL 136/78, 1 BvR 890/77, 1300, 1440/78, 32/79 “Divorce law case” Dissolution of marriage according to the new law because of breakdown of marriage – also irrefutably presumed after three-year separation –; application to “prior marriages”; hardship clause S. 138-155

„… Court (Amtsgericht) of 1 December 1978 (11 F 19/77) – 1 BvL 136/78 –; II. concerning the constitutional …” „… the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) the question of whether § 1565.1 sentence …” „… court cannot be concurred with. The constitutional complaints are unfounded. I. 1. The provision …”

Appendix The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany S. 852-936

„… Constitutional Court. [Restriction of basic rights – Legal remedies] (1) Insofar as, under this Basic Law, a …” „… unconstitutional. The Federal Constitutional Court shall rule on the question of unconstitutionality. (3) Details …” „… Constitutional Court. (3) Details shall be regulated by a federal law. [Public sittings – Majority decisions] (1 …”

BVerfGE 97, 332 Order of the First Senate of 10 March 1998 – 1 BvR 178/97 “Graduated kindergarten contributions case” Kindergarten contributions graduated by family income S. 372-385

„… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE 6, 32 (36); 80, 137 (152 …” „… Bavarian Constitutional Court (Bayerischer Verfassungsgerichtshof), hence, the Bavarian Kindergarten Act …” „… March 1998 – 1 BvR 178/97 – in the proceedings regarding the constitutional complaint I. of Ms. S., II …”

BVerfGE 113, 88 Judgment of the First Senate of 7 June 2005 – 1 BvR 1508/96 “Parental support case” Constitutional limits where children are required by the social assistance funding agency to pay support for their parents as the result of an assigned right S. 732-746

„… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 6, 32 (37 et seq.); 74, 129 …” „… constitutional law that the Federal Constitutional Court may intervene in response to a constitutional complaint …” „… regarding the question of the constitutional limits on the interpretation of laws concerning support and …”

BVerfGE 109, 256 Judgment of the First Senate of 18 February 2004 – 1 BvR 193/97 “Joint family name case” Unconstitutionality of § 1355.2 of the Civil Code, which prohibits spouses who wish to have a joint family name as their married name the selection of a married name acquired through previous conclusion of marriage S. 681-693

„… Regional Court. 4. The constitutional complaint of the complainant re 2 is dismissed as inadmissible. 5 …” „… the married name in the German Democratic Republic. 2. a) After the Federal Constitutional Court had …” „… (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 84, 9 …”

BVerfGE 93, 373 Order of the Second Senate of 16 January 1996 – 2 BvL 4/95 “Case involving a divorced couple’s simultaneous membership of a municipal council” Simultaneous membership of former spouses of the municipal council of a municipality with not more than 20,000 inhabitants S. 355-363

„… order of 25 April 1995 and submitted to the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) for …” „… the Basic Law and § 80.2 sentence 1 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act …” „… the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE 11, 266 (272 …”

BVerfGE 121, 69 Judgment of the First Senate of 1 April 2008 – 1 BvR 1620/04 “Parental duty of contact case” Decision regarding the compulsory enforcement of an adjudged duty of contact pursuant to § 1684.1 of the Civil Code S. 804-825

„… German Constitution and its Court: Landmark decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany in …” „… opinion was being prepared because the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) had on …” „… . The Federal Constitutional Court saw no statutory foundation for this (see Chamber Decisions of the …”

BVerfGE 84, 168 Order of the First Senate of 7 May 1991 – 1 BvL 32/88 “Case regarding custody rights for children born out of wedlock” Joint parental custody for children born out of wedlock S. 320-335

„… guardianship court suspended the proceedings and submitted the matter to the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… Code is constitutional. … 2. The President of the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof …” „… judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court of 24 March 1981 (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional …”

BVerfGE 107, 150 Judgment of the First Senate of 29 January 2003 – 1 BvL 20/99, 1 BvR 933/01 “Case regarding parental custody for children born out of wedlock” § 1626a of the Civil Code is currently compatible with Article 6.2 and 6.5 of the Basic Law, lack of a transitional arrangement for old cases is unconstitutional S. 611-632

„… Regional Court. 2. The constitutional complaint of the complainant re 2 is dismissed as inadmissible. 3 …” „… reasoning that after the Federal Constitutional Court had issued a call (see BVerfGE 61, 358) for a new …” „… , the family court suspended the proceedings and submitted the question to the Federal Constitutional …”

BVerfGE 108, 82 Order of the First Senate of 9 April 2003 – 1 BvR 1493/96, 1724/01 “Biological father case” Decision regarding the legal position of the (putative) natural, but not legal, father and the constitutionality of §§ 1600 and 1685 of the Civil Code and § 1711 of the Civil Code old S. 642-668

„… back to the Leverkusen Local Court. 4. … EXTRACT FROM GROUNDS: A. The constitutional complaints relate …” „… court held, was at present still constitutional and in the case of the complainant it applied by analogy …” „… Law of Parent and Child makes it necessary for the Federal Constitutional Court to subject the new law …”

BVerfGE 117, 202 Judgment of the First Senate of 13 February 2007 – 1 BvR 421/05 “Secret paternity test case” Decision regarding the right of the legal father to know that his child is biologically his and the obligation of the legislature to make available a suitable procedure S. 759-778

„… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 35, 202 (220)). In this connection …” „… the secret paternity test, all that the complainant stated before the non-constitutional courts to …” „… Basic Law if the courts, on the ground of violation of the right to informational self-determination of …”

BVerfGE 106, 166 Order of the First Senate of 29 October 2002 – 1 BvL 16, 17/95, 16/97 “Case involving the advantage acquired through additional counted children” Decision regarding the equal treatment of different forms of family under the law on child benefit S. 577-590

„… Federal Constitutional Court the question for a ruling as to whether § 3.3 sentence 1 of the Federal Child …” „… the reasoning stated at II 1, and submitted to the Federal Constitutional Court the question for a …” „… and submitted to the Federal Constitutional Court the question for a ruling as to whether § 3.3 of the …”

BVerfGE 23, 258 Order of the First Senate of 7 May 1968 – 1 BvR 133/67 “Duty to promote families case” Decision on the duty of the state to promote families S. 45-50

„… – GG). Order of the First Senate of 7 May 1968 pursuant to § 24 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act …” „… residence (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …” „… affects the state when it is in the role of the provider of benefits. The Federal Constitutional Court …”

BVerfGE 127, 132 Order of the First Senate of 21 July 2010 – 1 BvR 420/09 “Case regarding custody rights of fathers of children born out of wedlock” Decision regarding the parental right of the father of a child born out of wedlock; incompatibility of § 1626a.1 no. 1 and § 1672.1 of the Civil Code with Article 6.2 of the Basic Law S. 826-851

„… Constitutional Court considered the constitutionality of the legislative concept of § 1626a of the Civil Code on …” „… Parent and Child entered into force on 1 July 1998 (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… the Federal Constitutional Court, pursuant to the Act for the Implementation of Family-Law Decisions …”

BVerfGE 118, 45 Order of the First Senate of 28 February 2007 – 1 BvL 9/04 “Childcare maintenance case” Incompatibility of the different assessment of childcare maintenance because of the care or bringing up of children born in and out of wedlock (§§ 1570 and 1615 l.2 sentence 3 of the Civil Code) with Article 6.5 of the Basic Law S. 779-803

„… circumstances making the time limit appear grossly inequitable. The Federal Constitutional Court rescinded the …” „… of the Federal Constitutional Court (Kammerentscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGK) 2 …” „… lodging a constitutional complaint. 2. After granting legal aid, the Local Court rejected the action. It …”

BVerfGE 99, 216 Order of the Second Senate of 10 November 1998 – 2 BvR 1057, 1226, 980/91 “Equalisation of family burdens case” Exclusion of parents living in marital community from tax deduction of childcare costs as an extraordinary expense resulting from gainful employment and from granting of the household allowance S. 402-419

„… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 82, 60 (85); 87, 153 (169 et seq …” „… Finance Court of 15 March 1991 … III. With their constitutional complaints the complainants … [i]ndirectly …” „… Court makes clear the constitutional principle of income taxation by ability to pay in the duty …”

BVerfGE 104, 373 Judgment of the First Senate of 30 January 2002 – 1 BvL 23/96 “Double family names case” Exclusion of double family names S. 515-529

„… the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 84, 9), the …” „… Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht – BVerfG) ruled that § 1355.2 sentence 2 of the …” „… difficult, the Federal Constitutional Court expanded the option open to the parents such that they could …”

BVerfGE 28, 324 Order of the First Senate of 27 May 1970 – 1 BvL 22/63, 27/64 “Marriage clause case” Incompatibility of the marriage clauses in the orphans’ pension in social pensions insurance with Article 6.1 of the Basic Law S. 75-99

„… ruling by the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) on “whether the characteristic …” „… Constitutional Court on the matter of “whether § 1267.1 of the Reich Insurance Code is compatible with the Basic …” „… Länder (states) on civil servants and remu- 1 see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court …”

Index S. 937-956

„… proceedings · representation of minors 231 · supplementary curator for 240 constitutional court, supervision …” „… to knowledge of the parentage of the child/of the paternity 761-765, 774 Federal Constitutional Court …” „… rubble women 336, 340 – Federal Constitutional Court’s judgment 498 rule of law, principle of 57, 72, 143 …”

BVerfGE 61, 358 Judgment of the First Senate of 3 November 1982 – 1 BvL 25, 38, 40/80, 12/81 “Joint custody case” Decision regarding the exclusion of the joint custody of divorced parents S. 203-219

„… after divorce. In view of the fact that a submission to the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… parental custody. It submitted the matter to the Federal Constitutional Court for review of the …” „… parental custody and submitted the matter to the Federal Constitutional Court for review of the …”

BVerfGE 103, 89 Judgment of the First Senate of 6 February 2001 – 1 BvR 12/92 “Marriage covenant case” Judicial review of agreements in a covenant of marriage concluded with a pregnant woman prior to the conclusion of marriage S. 475-490

„… Stuttgart Higher Regional Court. 2. … 475 EXTRACT FROM GROUNDS: A. The constitutional complaint relates to …” „… law and to lend it concrete form in individual cases. The Federal Constitutional Court can only …” „… Federal Constitutional Court apply in the instant case. b) The principle of freedom of action guaranteed …”

BVerfGE 105, 313 Judgment of the First Senate of 17 July 2002 – 1 BvF 1, 2/01 “Civil Partnerships Act case” Correction of an adopted bill; right of approval of the Bundesrat; compatibility with Articles 6.1, 3.1, 3.3 sentence 1 and 14.1 of the Basic Law S. 541-576

„… Bavaria and the Free State of Saxony were unsuccessful before the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… for statutes becomes meaningless. In the Federal Constitutional Court’s further development of caselaw …” „… the approval of the Bundesrat, by the case-law of the Federal Constitutional Court, extends to the …”

BVerfGE 103, 242 Judgment of the First Senate of 3 April 2001 – 1 BvR 1629/94 “Long-term care insurance case” Long-term care insurance contributions for childcaring and child-raising members of social longterm care insurance S. 491-514

„… duties imposed on it by the judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) of 7 …” „… July 1992 (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …” „… carried out through fiscal law and child benefit. The Federal Constitutional Court had already confirmed …”

BVerfGE 105, 1 Order of the First Senate of 5 February 2002 – 1 BvR 105, 559/95, 457/96 “Post-marital maintenance case” Equivalence of family work and gainful employment in the assessment of post-marital maintenance S. 530-540

„… referred back to the Karlsruhe Higher Regional Court. 4. … EXTRACT FROM GROUNDS: A. The constitutional …” „… Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 35, 382 (408); 103 …” „… circumstances in terms of the law on maintenance. 4. It is a matter for the non-constitutional courts to judge …”

BVerfGE 107, 205 Judgment of the First Senate of 12 February 2003 – 1 BvR 624/01 “Family insurance case” The constitutionality of family insurance (§ 10 of the Fifth Book of the Code of Social Law) S. 633-641

„… through the state system (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des …” „… November 2002 – 1 BvR 624/01 – in the proceedings regarding the constitutional complaint I. of the minor S …” „… . directly against a) the order of the Federal Social Court (Bundessozialgericht) of 25 January 2001 … –, b …”

BVerfGE 115, 259 Order of the First Senate of 28 March 2006 – 1 BvL 10/01 “Maternity protection period case” Incompatibility with Article 6.4 of the Basic Law of the employment promotion law in force between 1998 and 2002, according to which periods in which mothers interrupted employment requiring the payment of social security contributions because of the prohibitions under maternity protection law were not taken into account in the calculation of the qualifying period for receiving unemployment benefit S. 747-758

„… protection under Article 6.4 of 748 the Basic Law (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… Court (Bundessozialgericht), which stayed the proceedings and submitted to the Federal Constitutional …” „… BVerfGE 60, 68 (74)). This also applies to the area of social security (see Federal Constitutional Court …”

BVerfGE 66, 84 Order of the First Senate of 10 January 1984 – 1 BvL 5/83 “Maintenance priority case” Priority under the law of maintenance for the divorced spouse with care of children S. 220-230

„… Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 57, 361 et seq.)). A …” „… Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), the legislature had to proceed on the basis that the equal …” „… the new wife. The Federal Constitutional Court does not have to decide whether the legislature has …”

BVerfGE 87, 1 Judgment of the First Senate of 7 July 1992 – 1 BvL 51/86, 50/87, 1 BvR 873/90, 761/91 “Rubble women case” Allowance of child-raising periods in the statutory pensions insurance of wage-earners and salaried employees (“rubble women”) S. 336-354

„… Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) on widowers’ pensions (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional …” „… Article 6.1 of the Basic Law (see Federal Constitutional Court, loc. cit., pp. 81-82). Accordingly, it is …” „… course of the reform (see Federal Constitutional Court – BVerfG, Order of 5 November 1991 – 1 BvR 1256/89 …”

Index of Statutes S. 957-962

„… – § 3.3 sentence 1 of the 577 Federal Constitutional Court Act – § 31.1 of the 704 – § 34a.2 of the 286 …” „… the 100 ‑101, 103, 115-116, 120 J Juvenile Court Act – § 51 of the 594 – § 51.2 of the 592, 598 …”

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„… XIX Judges of the Federal Constitutional Court, 1951–2007 Judge Position FIRST SENATE: BUNDESTAG …”

BVerfGE 74, 244 Order of the First Senate of 25 February 1987 pursuant to § 24 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act – 1 BvR 47/84 “Case concerning the participation in religious instruction by pupils with another religious belief” Decision on the participation of pupils with another religious belief in religious instruction by the responsible religious community. S. 277-283

„… . Order of the First Senate of 25 February 1987 pursuant to § 24 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act …” „… Constitutional Court Act (Bundesverfassungsgerichtsgesetz – BVerfGG) that admissibility must be denied for …” „… system (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts …”

Explanations of Abbreviations in the Court’s Case Numbers S. 15-18

„… of the Basic Law (§ 13 no. 1 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act) Forfeiture of fundamental …” „… Law (§ 13 no. 3 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act) Scrutiny of elections and of the status as a …” „… ) (§ 13 no. 4 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act) 5. BvE = Cases pursuant to Article 93.1 no. 1 of …”

BVerfGE 42, 312 Order of the Second Senate of 21 September 1976 – 2 BvR 350/75 “Church officer as member of the Bundestag case” Granting leave of absence to ministers and church officers for the duration of a term of office as a member of parliament in the Bundestag or in the legislative bodies of a Land. S. 126-146

„… constitutional law. 2. The Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) is bound by the …” „… interpretation of a provision of the Land (state) constitution by the Land constitutional court. However, the …” „… Federal Constitutional Court may overturn a decision of the Land constitutional court which is based on a …”

Hans-Jürgen Papier Preface by Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Hans-Jürgen Papier S. 12-14

„… Constitutional Court This is the fourth in the German Federal Constitutional Court's series of subject-based …” „… churches. The members of both Senates of the Federal Constitutional Court have once again collected the key …” „… Constitutional Court (Amtliche Sammlung). The subject of the law of the churches and of freedom of faith is one …”

BVerfGE 35, 366 Order of the First Senate of 17 July 1973 – 1 BvR 308/69 “Cross in the courtroom case” Placing crosses in the courtroom. S. 106-111

„… necessary to await the decision of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) on another …” „… Law. … III. 1. On the application of the complainants, the Federal Constitutional Court issued a …” „… . The remaining constitutional complaints are admissible. … II. The refusal of the administrative court …”

BVerfGE 99, 100 Judgment of the Second Senate of 13 October 1998 – 2 BvR 1275/96 “Guarantee of church property (St. Salvator church (Salvatorkirche)) case” Surrender of the St. Salvator church in Munich (Church of the Transfiguration of the Saviour) to the Free State of Bavaria for transfer to the “Holy Metropolis of Germany”. S. 322-337

„… application by non-constitutional law, initially in the non-constitutional courts. 4. If a right protected by …” „… May 1996. IV. The complainant filed a constitutional complaint with the Bavarian Constitutional Court …” „… against the judgment of the Bavarian Higher Administrative Court of 25 October 1995. The constitutional …”

BVerfGE 52, 223 Order of the First Senate of 16 October 1979 – 1 BvR 647/70 and 7/74 “School prayer in state schools case” Voluntary interdenominational school prayer in interdenominational schools outside religious instruction. S. 186-203

„… Constitutional Court (Staatsgerichtshof) had found in the judgment of 27 October 1965 … that the fundamental …” „… constitutional complaint against the judgment of the Federal Administrative Court. The subject of the complaint …” „… suspended pending a ruling of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht). Under the special …”

BVerfGE 93, 1 Order of the First Senate of 16 May 1995 – 1 BvR 1087/91 “Classroom crucifix case” Freedom of faith and the affixation of crosses or crucifixes in schoolrooms. S. 300-321

„… crosses in courtrooms. Yet the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) saw the obligation …” „… Court rejected the suit. II. The constitutional complaint is brought directly against the orders issued …” „… exhausted the legal remedies (§ 90.2 sentence 1 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act …”

BVerfGE 57, 220 Order of the Second Senate of 17 February 1981 – 2 BvR 384/78 “Trade-union access to church institution case” Access to charitable institutions of the churches by outside union representatives. S. 234-247

„… capable of being violated (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des …” „… admissible constitutional complaint, the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) is not …” „… fundamental right that have been challenged occurred. The court may, rather, examine the constitutional …”

BVerfGE 108, 282 Judgment of the Second Senate of 24 September 2003 – 2 BvR 1436/02 “Headscarf case” Headscarf in class. S. 397-438

„… constitute a lack of aptitude. The non-constitutional courts based their decisions on a changed attitude to …” „… this, see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court, Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …” „… itself, the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) has a duty to determine the scope and …”

BVerfGE 102, 370 Judgment of the Second Senate of 19 December 2000 – 2 BvR 1500/97 “Jehovah’s Witnesses case” S. 338-356

„… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 24, 236 (247); 99, 100 (118 …” „… the Federal Administrative Court violates the complainant’s constitutional right under Article 140 of …” „… adjudicating on an admissible constitutional complaint, the Federal Constitutional Court …”

BVerfGE 70, 138 Order of the Second Senate of 4 June 1985 – 2 BvR 1703, 718/83 and 856/84 “Labour law in church hospital case” The effectiveness of notices of termination of employment given by church institutions to employees in their service for the violation of ecclesiastical obligations of loyalty. S. 248-268

„… the Constitution, is respected. The Federal Labour Court failed to recognise this constitutional …” „… , the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) is not restricted to investigating whether …” „… the court, in coming to a decision in labour-law proceedings, observed the constitutional principles …”

BVerfGE 44, 59 Order of the First Senate of 8 February 1977 – 1 BvL 7/71 “Church tax after resignation of church membership case” (in supplement to BVerfGE 44, 37) Levying church tax on a person who resigned church membership until expiry of the calendar month following the declaration of resignation of church membership. S. 162-169

„… Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) that the churches may only levy church tax on their members (Land …” „… Church Tax Act to be constitutional. … B. – I. The submission is admissible. The Administrative Court has …” „… explained in a manner meeting the requirements of § 80.2 sentence 1 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act …”

BVerfGE 44, 37 Order of the First Senate of 8 February 1977 – 1 BvR 329/71, 217, 2237/73 and 199, 217/74 “Church tax after resignation of church membership case” Statutory period (“consideration period”) for the effectiveness of a declaration of resignation of church membership; “subsequent taxation” of a person who has resigned church membership. S. 147-161

„… constitutional. As the Federal Administrative Court (BVerwGE 35, 90) had already ruled, the provision was an …” „… ideological convictions (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des …” „… , 217/74 – in the proceedings on the constitutional complaints 1. of lawyer B. against a) the judgment of …”

BVerfGE 32, 98 Order of the First Senate of 19 October 1971 – 1 BvR 387/65 “Freedom of faith and failure to lend assistance case” Extended application of the fundamental right to freedom of faith to punishment for failure to lend assistance. S. 84-91

„… . The Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) does not have to examine in the context of …” „… the constitutional complaint the full extent of judgments of the non-constitutional courts for legal …” „… errors (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …”

BVerfGE 83, 341 Order of the Second Senate of 5 February 1991 – 2 BvR 263/86 “Bahá’í case” Consideration of freedom of religion in interpretation and application of provisions of the Civil Code regarding associations (registration of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís in the register of associations). S. 284-299

„… constitutional complaint – against both orders of the Local Court. … The Higher Regional Court is accused of …” „… capacity (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …” „… . In accordance with the case-law of the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), the …”

BVerfGE 105, 279 Order of the First Senate of 26 June 2002 – 1 BvR 670/91 “Sect warning case” Fundamental right of the freedom of religion and ideology (Article 4.1 and 4.2 of the Basic Law as a barrier to the information activity of the Federal Government – Osho Movement). S. 377-396

„… Administrative Court to the extent of the rescission. In other respects, the constitutional complaint is rejected …” „… the constitutional complaint, the complainants oppose the court decisions referred to. They complain …” „… Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 19, 129 (132); 24, 236 (247); 99 …”

BVerfGE 19, 206 Judgment of the First Senate of 14 December 1965 – 1 BvR 413, 416/60 “Church construction tax case” Unconstitutionality of the Baden church construction tax. No transfer to a religious society of sovereign powers vis-à-vis persons who do not belong to any religious society. S. 37-48

„… (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE)) 4, 7 …” „… Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), in accordance with which the individual articles of the Basic …” „… touch on the area of these fundamental rights. The Federal Constitutional Court has decided that the …”

BVerfGE 73, 388 Order of the Second Senate of 23 October 1986 – 2 BvL 7, 8/84 “Church money case” Empowerment of the church corporate bodies entitled to levy tax to determine the nature and amount of church money in mixed-faith marriages. S. 269-276

„… proceedings and submitted the following question to the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht …” „… . The statement of the Federal Constitutional Court, in accordance with which the Land legislature may …” „… the limits of the statutes valid for all (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court …”

BVerfGE 33, 23 Order of the Second Senate of 11 April 1972 – 2 BvR 75/71 “Oath refusal case” Protection of the religious conviction which refuses to take the oath of a witness even without invoking God. S. 92-105

„… contradictions between its individual provisions (see Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… propose such a legal amendment as early as May 1968 in a statement to the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… Senate of 11 April 1972 – 2 BvR 75/71 – in the proceedings on the constitutional complaint of Rev. Werner …”

BVerfGE 19, 226 Judgment of the First Senate of 14 December 1965 – 1 BvL 31, 32/62 “Mixed-marriage church tax case” An employee who is not a member of a church entitled to levy tax cannot be obliged by state law to pay church tax for his or her spouse who is a member of a church, or to be liable for the spouse’s church tax debt. S. 49-56

„… Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) on whether § 6.2 and 6.4 of Act No. 587 on the Administration of …” „… . As found by the Federal Constitutional Court in the simultaneously pronounced judgment in the …” „… tax. In accordance with the above-mentioned judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court, a law which …”

BVerfGE 104, 337 Judgment of the First Senate of 15 January 2002 – 1 BvR 1783/99 “Permit for ritual slaughter case” Permit for ritual slaughter for Muslim butchers. S. 362-376

„… Administrative Court. … EXTRACT FROM GROUNDS: A. The constitutional complaint concerns the grant of exemption …” „… on this regulation do not stand up to review by the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… (Bundesverfassungsgericht). I. 1. The [Federal Constitutional Court’s] basis for review is, first and foremost, Article 2.1 …”

BVerfGE 24, 236 Order of the First Senate of 16 October 1968 – 1 BvR 241/66 “Rag collector case” Guarantee of the right to organise collections for church or religious purposes and to announce them from the pulpit. Freedom of faith and freedom to profess a belief for associations with not all-embracing, but only partial care for the religious or ideological life of their members (Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth). S. 67-75

„… Regional Court. … 4. [The complainant [re 2.] objects to this by means of his constitutional complaint …” „… Basic Law (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …” „… Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), the collection by the complainant [re 1.] was also permissible …”

BVerfGE 19, 268 Judgment of the First Senate of 14 December 1965 – 1 BvR 606/60 “Church tax for mixed-faith spouses case” The splitting principle enshrined in German church tax law (assessment of church tax in mixed-faith marriages in accordance with the combined income of both spouses) is unconstitutional. S. 57-66

„… constitutional complaint against the judgment of the Hamburg Finance Court. She complains that the impugned …” „… German Länder (states). The prerequisites of § 90.2 sentence 2 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act …” „… Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) in its judgment of 14 December 1965 in proceedings 1 BvR 571/60 …”

BVerfGE 104, 305 Order of the First Senate of 11 December 2001 – 1 BvF 1/96, 1 BvR 1697, 1718, 1783/96, 1412/97 “Proposal for a settlement on the arrangement of religious instruction in Brandenburg (LER case)” Proposal for a common settlement: Provision of the Brandenburg School Act on the subject Life Skills, Ethics and Religious Studies. S. 357-361

„… Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) their fundamental willingness to reach a common …” „… : III. Agreement to settle the sets of proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court on the …” „… applicants and complainants of the proceedings pending before the Federal Constitutional Court 1 BvF 1/96, 1 …”

BVerfGE 19, 1 Order of the First Senate of 28 April 1965 – 1 BvR 346/61 “Exemption from fees for religious communities case” Exemption of the New Apostolic Church from fees in accordance with § 8.1 no. 4 of the Prussian Court Costs Act. S. 27-36

„… . … 2. In the constitutional complaint lodged against the order of the Higher Regional Court, the …” „… Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 18, 385 (387)). They …” „… provision allows of more than one interpretation, the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht …”

BVerfGE 53, 366 Order of the Second Senate of 25 March 1980 – 2 BvR 208/76 “Hospital law and church self-determination case” Secular order on the structure and organisation of hospitals that are operated by religious societies, or institutions that are on an equal footing with them or associated with them, as a violation of the constitutional guarantee of the church’s right of self-determination (Hospital Act of the Land North-Rhine/Westphalia). S. 204-233

„… Basic Law (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …” „… Constitution. … 2. The Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) gave the Landtag (state …” „… Constitutional Court is not restricted in the substantive review of the case to investigating whether one of the …”

Selected Provisions of the Basic Law S. 439-454

„… forfeiture and the extent thereof shall be determined by the Federal Constitutional Court. Article 19 …” „… (Competences of the Federal Constitutional Court) (1) The Federal Constitutional Court shall rule: … 4a. on …” „… personality insofar as he does not violate the rights of others or offend against the constitutional order or …”

BVerfGE 30, 415 Order of the First Senate of 31 March 1971 – 1 BvR 744/67 “Church tax liability case” Linking liability to pay church tax to baptism and place of residence. S. 76-83

„… 1965 (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts …” „… the constitutional complaint of the businessman Werner M. – authorised representative: lawyer …” „… … – against 1. the judgment of the Higher Administrative Court (Oberverwaltungsgericht) for the Länder (states …”

BVerfGE 46, 73 Order of the Second Senate of 11 October 1977 – 2 BvR 209/76 “Church institution and works constitution law case” Works council in a charitable Catholic hospital. S. 170-185

„… decisions of 4 October 1964 and of 16 October 1968 (Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… Senate of 11 October 1977 – 2 BvR 209/76 – in the proceedings on the constitutional complaint of the …” „… the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) of 14 November 1975 – 1 ABR 12/75 –, b) the order of …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-11

„… – Federal Constitutional Court – Federal Republic of Germany Volume 4: The Law of Freedom of Faith and …” „… the Law of the Churches 1960-2003 Edited by the Federal Constitutional Court Karlsruhe 2007 1 …” „… Numbers XV Judges of the Federal Constitutional Court, 1951-2007 XIX 1. BVerfGE 12, 1 Order of the First …”

BVerfGE 12, 1 Order of the First Senate of 8 November 1960 – 1 BvR 59/56 “Solicitation for resignation of church membership case” Anyone promising tobacco to fellow inmates in order to induce them to resign church membership does not enjoy therefor protection of freedom of faith (Articles 4 and 5 of the Basic Law). S. 23-26

„… BvR 59/56 – in the proceedings on the constitutional complaint of the art historian and graphic …” „… designer …, against the order of the Sixth Criminal Senate of the Federal Court of Justice …” „… (Bundesgerichtshof) of 28 December 1955 – StE 2/52 (AK 115/55). RULING: The constitutional complaint is rejected as …”

BVerfGE 41, 29 Order of the First Senate of 17 December 1975 – 1 BvR 63/68 “Christian interdenominational school in the Baden tradition case” Christian interdenominational school according to the tradition of the Land Baden-Württemberg. S. 112-125

„… Decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court (Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts – BVerfGE) 34 …” „… by the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht) in the Concordat judgment (BVerfGE 6 …” „… constitutional law. 5. … Order of the First Senate of 17 December 1975 – 1 BvR 63/68 – in the proceedings on the …”

Index of Statutes S. 467-471

„… Constitutional Court Act – § 13 no. 8a and § 90 of the 324 – § 80.2 sentence 1 of the 144 – § 90.1 of the 110 …” „… Membership Act Prussian Constitution – Article 12 of the 9 – Article 14 of the 9 Prussian Court Costs Act …” „… Administrative Courts – § 123 of the 283 S School Regulations for Elementary Schools in Bavaria: see …”

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Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Kinga Zakariás - The main lines of the jurisprudence of the Hungarian Constitutional Court

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Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Kinga Zakariás Organisational, functional and procedural changes of the Hungarian Constitutional Court 1990–2020 S. 17-44

„… operation of the Constitution-al Court.Article 24 of the FL establishes that the Constitutional Court shall …” „… Za-kariás, ʻAre Law Clerks a Latent Chamber of the Constitutional Court?ʼ in Zegre-Organisational …” „… exception of courts, these bodies may petition the Constitutional Courtto eliminate the conflict of …”

Nóra Chronowski, Boldizsár Szentgáli-Tóth, Attila Vincze 25. Decision 22/2016. (XII. 5.) AB – Constitutional Self-identity of Hungary S. 441-458

„… this proceeding is notonly an option, or a form of politeness for national constitutional courts,but …” „… between the CJEU andnational constitutional courts based on the principles of equality and colle-giality …” „… constitutional courts and the CJEU.Regarding ultra vires acts and the reservations in favour of fundamentalrights …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 1-16

„… HungaryGFCCGerman Federal Constitutional CourtHCCHungarian Constitutional CourtECHREuropean Convention on Human …” „… The main lines of the jurisprudence of the Hungarian Constitutional CourtFruzsina Gárdos-Orosz …” „… Rights15ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rightsold HCC ActAct XXXII of 1989 on the Constitutional CourtHCC …”

Márton Sulyok, Kinga Zakariás 20. Decision 28/2014. (IX. 29.) AB – Police Image I. S. 359-376

„… (judicial) review of ordinary courts’decisions through the new constitutional complaint procedure …” „… Supreme Court, i.e. the Kúria.2 Through Order 3246/2014. (X. 3.) AB (in terms of the constitutional …” „… differentiates between ‘genuinely’new fundamental rights, put forward by a constitutional court beyond …”

Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy 24. Decision 3/2015. (II. 2.) AB – Proportionality S. 427-440

„… isunproportionate.Taking into consideration that the court did not evaluate the above-described constitutional aspects of …” „… Con-stitutional Court on the annulment of the judgment of the Budapest-CapitalAdministrative and Labour Court …” „… ConstitutionalCourt on the constitution-conform interpretation—article 28. of the Fundamen-tal Law in the focus] (2015 …”

Petra Lea Láncos 29. Decision 10/2020. (V. 28.) AB – Changed Capacity S. 505-520

„… reviewproceedings before it, the Kúria suspended its proceedings and petitionedthe Constitutional Court that it …” „… when conducting its assessment.The Constitutional Court may directly apply findings of the …” „… on which thejudicial petition is based, due to which the Constitutional Court expresslybuilt on the …”

Bernadette Somody 8. Decision 37/2011. (V. 10.) AB – Special Tax II. S. 169-182

„… Constitutional Court’s established case law, the tax’sprimary function is to make natural and legal persons …” „… különadóügyében’ (2012), 3 (10).13 See Deák, ‘Pioneering Decision of the Constitutional Court of Hungary to …” „… kü-lönadó ügyében: az emberi méltósághoz való jog és a visszamenőleges adóztatás’[The Constitutional Court’s …”

Lóránt Csink 10. Decision 33/2012. (VII. 17.) AB – Forced Retirement of Judges S. 197-210

„… ’ [»Marbury’s acquittal« Analysis of the Constitu-tional Court’s Jurisdiction through the Case of the Age Limit …” „… Alkotmánybíróság határozata a bírói hivatás felső korhatáránakszabályairól’ [Decision of the Constitutional Court …” „… inpractice. Consequently, judges had to request the renewal of their statusindividually at courts.It was also …”

Péter Gárdos, Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz 22. Decision 34/2014. (XI. 14.) – Foreign Currency Loan S. 393-412

„… the sufficient period of preparation bythe Constitutional Court—which also demonstrates that the …” „… leu loans (although theRomanian Constitutional Court subsequently ruled this practice …” „… devizahitelekről. A szerződésiszabadság régi-új korlátai” [The Decision of the Constitutional Court aboutForeign …”

Bernát Török 27. Decision 1/2019. (II. 13.) AB – Disfigurement of a Soviet War Memorial S. 473-486

„… jurisprudencein the constitutional assessment of non-verbal expressions. The SupremeCourt of the United States …” „… been committed.In their constitutional complaint challenging the court decisions, thepetitioners …” „… that it is up to the courts to decide whetheran act is a deed enjoying strong constitutional protection …”

Tímea Drinóczi 12. Decision 45/2012. (XII. 29.) AB – Transitory Provisions S. 227-242

„… ‘opendoor’, ‘slide-law’ or a law ‘withering away the powers of the ConstitutionalCourt’.27The ‘one …” „… changed.Aftermath of the Decision‘Since 2010, the Constitutional Court has consistently stressed the limita-tions of …” „… . 29.) AB határozat’ [Decision ofthe Constitutional Court on the Constitutionality of the Transitional …”

Ádám Békés 28. Decision 3/2019 (III. 7.) AB – Illegal Immigration S. 487-504

„… waived thepreviously stricter constitutional court practice, and reference to decisionsbefore 2012 is …” „… constitutional court and the changes ininterpretation.Since the outset, the HCC has been examining and taking …” „… Constitutional Court has included an examination of theindecision of the legal facts by stating that the …”

Gergely Deli 14. Decision 4/2013. (II. 21.) – Five-pointed Red Star S. 261-274

„… .) AB and found it to be constitutional. The reasoninglisted five arguments supporting one another …” „… any restric-tions on the freedom of expression. In the Court’s opinion, the threat ofthe restoration …” „… worn a totalitariansymbol in public by the Pest Central District Court,8 the Budapest Region-al Court9 …”

Tamás Ádány, Réka Varga 4. Decision 53/1993. (X. 13.) AB – International Crimes S. 103-120

„… corresponding to the defi-nitions of war crimes in international law.6 The Constitutional Court decision on the …” „… alkotmánybírósági eljárásokban’ (2013), 10–13, 30–31, 35.31 ‘However, the Constitutional Court gives a special place …” „… Constitutional Court granted to the generally recognizedrules, and actually »opened« the Hungarian legal order to …”

Miklós Könczöl 5. Decision 60/1994. (XII. 24.) AB – Lustration S. 121-134

„… that latter, the reasoning made it clear that ‘[t]he Consti-tutional Court in this decision thus uses …” „… , the HCC ruledthat ‘[a] constitutional court’s examination of »public interest« served by a law […]is …” „… Alkotmánybíróság első tíz évének gyakorlatában’(1999), 44 f. ‘The Constitutional Court can be criticised mainly for …”

András Jakab 3. Decision 11/1992. (III. 5.) AB – Retroactive Transitional Justice S. 85-102

„… ordering that ‘The Con-stitutional Court declares that the Law on the Prosecution of SeriousCrimes …” „… Constitutional Court’3. Decision 11/1992. (III. 5.) AB – Retroactive Transitional Justice89(ABH 1992, 77, 84 …” „… Constitutional Court examinedthe constitutionality problems of the law separately and independently ofthe fact …”

Statistical Account S. 539-544

„… 320 273 390 301 289 238 11705001000150020002500The workload of the Constitutional Court 1990-2011 …” „… * Botond Bitskey, Secretary General of the Hungarian Constitutional Court5391990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 …” „… 31 32 22 25 17 26 26 21 27 30 25 26 25 25 32 63 275 98 440 556Constitutional complaint 8 8 16 18 6 20 …”

Máté Jenő Kiss, Mihály Filó 6. Decision 22/2003. (IV. 28.) AB – Euthanasia I. S. 135-152

„… Non-divisibility Approach of the ConstitutionalCourt and What Follows from It] (1998) 3 Fundamentum, 23.János Kis …” „… and András Sajó, ‘Amicus curiae az Alkotmánybírósághoz’ [AmicusCurie to the Constitutional Court …” „… azAlkotmánybírósághoz’ [The Right to Euthanasia: Petition to the ConstitutionalCourt] (2003) 1 Fundamentum, 125.Sándor …”

András Osztovits 17. Decision 36/2013. (XII. 5.) AB – Transfer of Cases S. 313-330

„… conditions laid down in Article 27of the Constitutional Court Act; consequently, it cannot be challenged bya …” „… constitutional complaint underArticle 27 of the Constitutional Court Act, thus the latter was not to beconsidered …” „… osztrákalkotmánybíróságok joggyakorlatában’ [The Right to a Lawful Judge in theCase‑law of the Federal Constitutional Court …”

Kinga Zakariás 16. Decision 32/2013. (IX. 22.) AB – Secret Intelligence Gathering S. 293-312

„… to theexceptionality of constitutional complaint, the Court should have exam-ined whether the …” „… Transitions. The HungarianConstitutional Court and the Right to Human Dignity (Hart, Oxford – PortlandOregon …” „… secret information gathering, of the so-called ‘exception-al’ constitutional complaint, which may be …”

Gábor Schweitzer 15. Decision 6/2013. (III. 1.) AB – Legal Status of Churches S. 275-292

„… delegated to the courts—andmore precisely to the Supreme Court (Kúria)—since this solution wouldmeet the …” „… following a motion toexamine the anti-constitutional nature of Act CCVI of 2011 on the rightto freedom of …” „… name of the constituentsof the Hungarian nation, the constitutional power proudly recalled thatSt …”

István Ambrus, Attila Lápossy 11. Decision 38/2012. (XI. 14.) AB – Homelessness S. 211-226

„… German and Hun-garian Constitutional Court Practice] (Pázmány Press, Budapest 2019)11. Decision 38/2012 …” „… Supreme Court(Kúria)—which was based on the motions of the Commissioner for Funda-mental Rights—prevented …” „… the rule of law in constitutional criminal law. The panelmade it clear that it is not constitutionally …”

Zoltán Tóth J. 1. Decision 23/1990. (X. 31.) AB – Death Penalty S. 45-62

„… elements recognised also by the Constitutional Court—as the specificcontent of the absolute right to …” „… pages long.2The petition, dated 17 January 1990, was worded as follows: ‘HonorableConstitutional Court …” „… termination of life and human dignity,as well as the right ensuring them. Thus, the Constitutional Court …”

István Ambrus 19. Decision 23/2014 (VII. 15.) AB – Concurrent Three Strikes S. 345-358

„… have arisenin our country as well. In this, the courts—as if exercising the powerto grant …” „… constitutional requirementaccording to which it is almost impossible to transpose a legal institutionof …” „… provision established in thewake of such implementation being in conflict with the constitutional …”

Orsolya Szeibert 7. Decision 154/2008. (XII. 17.) AB – Registered Partnership I. S. 153-168

„… partner-ship had been discussed in only one previous decision of the Constitu-tional Court. The starting point …” „… same-sexpartners. The Constitutional Court made efforts to determine the mainfeatures of the new partnership and …” „… Partnership I.159Secondly, the Constitutional Court investigated whether the new insti-tution of registered …”

Gábor Polyák 9. Decision 165/2011. (XII. 20) AB – Media Content S. 183-196

„… public authority.To be constitutional, the regulation must be a necessary and proportionaterestriction on …” „… : remit and financing (2015), 65.Gábor Polyák184in the Media Act, as it violates the constitutional …” „… therefore the constitutional extent of the restrictionvaries from medium to medium [Article 61 (2) of the …”

István Ambrus, Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz 30. Decision 15/2020. (VII. 8.) AB – Fear-mongering II. S. 521-538

„… ministerial Reasoning ‘theDecision of the Constitutional Court did not rule out the possibility tore-regulate …” „… uninterpretable and inapplicable in the lightof the practice of criminal courts, and the norm is sufficiently …” „… which the expressed opinion violates constitutional rights,or in which an immediate threat to the right …”

András Koltay 23. Decision 19/2014. (V. 30.) AB – Liability for Online Comments S. 413-426

„… exemption.PetitionAccording to the facts established in the court proceedings on whichthe constitutional complaint was based …” „… . Although the Estonian court of firstinstance applied the legislation on e-commerce, classifying the news …” „… por-tal’s service provider as a hosting provider, the Court of Appeal and theSupreme Court decided on the …”

Márton Varju 18. Decision 3194/2014. (VII. 15.) AB – Tobacco Retail S. 331-344

„… compensation.Nevertheless, the constitutional provisions acknowledged the special placeand role of the state in the national …” „… , it established that the constitutional concept must bedistinguished from the concept of property in …” „… individuals,6 which latter core value has to be afforded constitutional pro-tection irrespective of the …”

Gyula Bándi 26. Decision 28/2017. (X. 25.) AB – Natura 2000 S. 459-472

„… practice—refers to EU law: ‘there isno obstacle to the Constitutional Court referring to the specific provisionsof …” „… to the core of the problem: ‘the Con-stitutional Court affirms that the regulations should be taken …” „… Environmental Law, 7.Gyula Bándi, ‘The Case of the Hungarian Constitutional Court with Environmen-tal Principles …”

György Vókó 21. Decision 32/2014. (XI. 3.) AB – Size of the Prison Cell S. 377-392

„… courts,as well as from the legislation in force, that the overcrowded conditionsof detention, which are …” „… needs must be provided for by the detainer by virtue ofthe latter’s constitutional obligation. Treatment …” „… the Administrative Court of theCapital City, incorporating Article 137 (1) of the Decree 6/1996. (VII …”

Boldizsár Szentgáli-Tóth, András László Pap 13. Decision 1/2013. (I. 7.) AB – Voter Registration S. 243-260

„… principle of democracy from EU- and constitutional law perspectives,and project no. 134962 of Hungarian …” „… November 2012, in regards to which the President of theRepublic used his ‘constitutional veto’ powers …” „… in the contextof another, the Court acknowledged that the active registration system(where voters …”

Kinga Zakariás 2. Decision 64/1991. (XII. 17.) AB – Abortion I. S. 63-84

„… andHungarian Constitutional Court Practice] (Pázmány Press, Budapest 2019)Kinga Zakariás84 …” „… constitutional amend-ment. The new text of the communist Constitution declared in Article57 the institutional …” „… point of view, butalso pointed out the constitutional framework which limits the possibili-ties for …”

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Christian Boulanger, Anna Schulze, Michael Wrase - Die Politik des Verfassungsrechts

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Ralf Rogowski Constitutional courts as autopoietic organisations S. 123-136

„… 123 Constitutional courts as autopoietic organisations Ralf Rogowski Der Beitrag beschreibt …” „… Kopplungsbereich von Recht und Politik analysiert. The chapter proposes to conceptualise constitutional courts …” „… , constitutional courts are autopoietic organisations that are capable of generating sufficient cognitive …”

Oliver W. Lembcke Autorität der Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit – eine Skizze in vergleichender Absicht S. 37-67

„… perspective of comparative empirical research on constitutional courts, it is not only their formal …” „… approaches to the separation of powers. In that regard, constitutional courts require authority – the …” „… defining quality of constitutional court power. Viewed from a neo-institutional perspective, it is evident …”

Roland Lhotta Verfassungsgerichte im Bundesstaat: Das judizielle Management von föderalen Interaktionsstrukturen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, der Schweiz und Österreich S. 89-123

„… modernen Bundesstaat. The author provides an outline of constitutional courts and constitutional review …” „… . In these political systems, constitutional courts and the highest federal courts respectively form …” „… Verfassungsgericht, Wien. Mc Whinney, Edward (1986) Supreme Courts and Judicial Law Making: Constitutional Tribunals …”

Gábor Attila Tóth, Kriszta Kovács Aufstieg und Krise: Wirkung der deutschen Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit auf Ungarn S. 317-342

„… the past and present of the Hungarian Constitutional Court with the institutional design and practice …” „… of the German Federal Constitutional Court. It consists of four parts. The first part sets out the …” „… separate constitutional court, the authors of the Hungarian constitution partly followed the German model …”

Sascha Kneip Verfassungsgerichte im Prozess der Demokratisierung − Der Einfluss des Bundesverfassungsgerichts auf Konsolidierung und Qualität der bundesdeutschen Demokratie S. 137-167

„… that courts – in particular constitutional courts – can make in consolidating young democracies and on …” „… view the contribution that constitutional courts can make to the consolidation of young democracies …” „… . In doing so, it draws on the considerable literature concerning the role of constitutional courts in …”

Christian Boulanger Rollen und Funktionen der Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit − eine theoretische Annäherung S. 67-89

„… academic writing on constitutional courts makes explicit and implicit use of the term ‘role’, this term …” „… better understanding of how constitutional courts have developed in different countries. One reason for …” „… and the Design of Constitutional Courts, Theoretical Inquiries in Law, Jg. 1: 49 ff. Goffman, Erving …”

Michael Wrase Verfassungsgerichtsforschung auf der Schnittstelle zwischen Rechts- und Politikwissenschaften – Überlegungen am Beispiel des Bundesverfassungsgerichts S. 19-37

„… of constitutional court behaviour to be captured. As a consequence, for example, decisions of …” „… constitutional courts and their legal doctrine may be subject to a multidimensional analysis, i.e. incorporating …” „… perspective of comparative empirical research on constitutional courts, it is not only their formal …”

Theo Öhlinger Die Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit in Österreich − Der Wandel von Funktion und Methode in einer neunzigjährigen Geschichte S. 241-259

„… Constitutional Court was established in 1920. During its comparatively long period of existence it has developed …” „… Austrian Constitutional Court, Zeitschrift für öffentliches Recht, Jg. 24: 115 ff. Eberhard, Harald (2005 …” „… Court of Austria: Modern Profiles of an Archetype of Constitutional Review, The Journal of Comparative …”

Michael Wrase, Christian Boulanger Die Politik des Verfassungsrechts – Beiträge für ein Forschungsprogramm S. 7-18

„… Gegenwart, München: 469 ff. Grimm, Dieter (2009) Constitutions, Constitutional Courts, and Constitutional …” „… Revolution and Constitution: The Roles of the Hungarian Constitutional Court, in Tóth, Gábor Attila (Hg …” „… (2008) Judging Russia: Constitutional Court in Russian Politics, 1990−2006, Cambridge. 18 Voigt …”

Tarek Naguib Halbdirekte Demokratie und Rechtsstaat im Konflikt: Quo vadis? − Einblicke in die eidgenössische Kontroverse zum Umgang mit menschenrechtswidrigen Volksinitiativen und verfassungswidrigen Bundesgesetzen S. 283-317

„… constitutional court) of federal law. 284 I. „Vox populi, vox Dei“!? Kantonale und kommunale Erlasse, die …” „… compares the past and present of the Hungarian Constitutional Court with the institutional design and …” „… practice of the German Federal Constitutional Court. It consists of four parts. The first part sets out …”

Uwe Kranenpohl Was macht eigentlich Karlsruhe? Die Entscheidungsfindung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts aus sozialwissenschaftlich-empirischer Perspektive S. 167-187

„… perspective, the German Federal Constitutional Court seems undoubtedly ‘political’. Its important role in the …” „… rooted in the specific style of problem-solving established by the Federal Constitutional Court …” „… schließlich empirisch plausibilisiert. There is no doubt that the German Federal Constitutional Court is an …”

Thomas Gawron Das ferne Gericht − Wirkungsanalysen zum Verhältnis zwischen Bundesverfassungsgericht und Verwaltungsbehörden S. 216-240

„… decisions of the German Federal Constitutional Court – at least in German-language literature – is …” „… Constitutional Court on administrative action beyond the ambit of an individual case. It seeks to build on the …” „… Constitutional Court Decisions. Judical Orders and the Federal Legislature, in: dies. (Hg.), Constitutional …”

Judith Wyttenbach Gerichtliche Normenkontrolle in der Schweiz S. 259-283

„… constitutional court to review cantonal primary and secondary legislation (both concrete and abstract review …” „… constitutional review. Federal statutes have to be applied by cantonal and federal administrations and courts …” „… judicial review (by a constitutional court) of federal law. …”

Gary S. Schaal, Kelly Lancaster, Alexander Struwe Deutungsmacht und Konfliktdynamiken − Eine Analyse der Akzeptanz von Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts S. 187-216

„… German Federal Constitutional Court is an important engine of societal integration. Time and again …” „… , through its authoritative interpretation of constitutional norms, the Federal Constitutional Court has …” „… . Discourse theory-based analysis of the news coverage of Federal Constitutional Court decisions provides an …”

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis S. 2-6

„… Schweiz und Österreich 89 Ralf Rogowski Constitutional courts as autopoietic organisations 123 Das …”

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