@article{2015:reutter:verfassung,
title = {Verfassungsgesetzgebung in Brandenburg},
year = {2015},
note = {Decision-making in matters of constitutional change seems hardly to
comply with the rules associated with a parliamentary form of
government . Constitutional changes require - at least - a two third
majority in parliament . Thus, normally at least one party in
opposition has to support bills aiming at amending the constitution .
Due to these formal requirements the standard approach explaining
law-making in parliamentary governments seems inap- propriate to
explain the essential aspects of constitutional politics . However,
constitutional politics in the state of Brandenburg between 1992 and
2013 show many features of ma- joritarian decision-making in
parliamentary systems . In addition, in the Landtag of Brandenburg
constitutional amendments are dealt with in the same way as
“normal” bills . Overall, in Brandenburg constitutional politics
is similar to the one in the Bundestag re- gardless of some specifics
. [ZParl, vol . 46, no . 1, pp . 116 - 135]},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {116--135},
author = {Reutter, Werner},
volume = {46},
number = {1}
}