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The German Basic Law, enacted in 1949 after total defeat and the experience of totalitarian barbarism, has become a model for constitutions around the world and a prominent example of modern constitutionalism. It features five fundamental principles - democracy, rule of law/Rechtsstaat, the social state, republican government and federalism - each expressly guaranteed and protected against constitutional amendment. As such the German Basic Law is a prime example of a cooperative and predominantly executive federalism characterised by a high degree of unitarianism and equality of its member states. The institutional structure, featuring the principle of the separation of powers, is a parliamentary system of government, in which the Chancellor and the political parties play leading roles. The Bundestag remains a powerful Parliament, while the Bundesrat and the Prime Ministers of the Lander act as an important counterweight. The Constitutional Court, as interpreter of the Constitution and possessor of a broad range of competences, occupies an especially important position, acting as arbiter between the different Federal institutions as well as between the Federation and the Lander.In the field of fundamental rights the Court has achieved far-reaching constitutionalisation and juridification of the whole political system, while at the same time creating a strong and consistent system of individual freedom and the liberalisation of society.

Das vorliegende Werk ist kein konventionelles Lehrbuch des Staatsrechts, sondern eine systematische und interdisziplinäre Darstellung der durch das Grundgesetz konstituierten politischen Ordnung. Das 1949 erlassene Grundgesetz ist inzwischen zu einem Modell für Verfassungen in der ganzen Welt geworden, das sich durch besondere Merkmale auszeichnet: fünf grundlegende Staatsstrukturprinzipien (Republik, Demokratie, Sozial-, Bundes- und Rechtsstaat), einen unitarischen Bundesstaat, der einen kooperativen und zugleich exekutiven Föderalismus schafft, ein parlamentarisches Regierungssystem, ein machtvolles Parlament, das im Bundesrat und den Länderministerpräsidenten ein starkes Gegengewicht findet. Schließlich nimmt das Bundesverfassungsgericht als letztverbindlicher Interpret der Verfassung eine bedeutsame politische Position ein. Auf dem Feld der Grundrechte hat das Bundesverfassungsgericht nicht zuletzt eine weitreichende Konstitutionalisierung des gesamten politischen Systems bewirkt. Pünktlich zum 75-jährigen Jubiläum des Grundgesetzes liegt das Werk in einer umfassend aktualisierten und ergänzten Auflage vor.

The book edition of Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the middle of the 19th Century is the most complete and academically thorough collection of its kind. It contains constitutional documents from all over the world, written from 1776 to the end of the year 1849. This collection includes about 1,600 constitutions, amendments, human rights declarations, and draughts of constitutions that never came into force, from this period. These early constitutional documents were collected and examined in archives and libraries all over the world, as part of a project by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). Using the original documents, experts from American and European universities reconstructed the authentic constitution texts for each country, and annotated them in their respective original languages. Each volume contains a short introduction, a main part with the edited constitution documents of a country, comments and an index.

The unique value of the complete edition lies in its making all constitutions, from the early phase of modern constitutionalism, accessible in a reliable, authentic text version for the first time. These constitutions were widely scattered until now and, in many cases, unknown. In all, constitutional documents from about 50 countries in Europe and the Americas will be published in volumes for each country. Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the Middle of the 19th Century is a unique and fundamental source edition and an extensive documentation of constitutional history. At the same time, it supplements the microfiche edition Constitutions of the World 1850 to the Present.

The editor, Horst Dippel, is Professor of British and North American History at the University of Kassel, Germany.

The book edition of Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the middle of the 19th Century is the most complete and academically thorough collection of its kind. It contains constitutional documents from all over the world, written from 1776 to the end of the year 1849. This collection includes about 1,600 constitutions, amendments, human rights declarations, and draughts of constitutions that never came into force, from this period. These early constitutional documents were collected and examined in archives and libraries all over the world, as part of a project by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). Using the original documents, experts from American and European universities reconstructed the authentic constitution texts for each country, and annotated them in their respective original languages. Each volume contains a short introduction, a main part with the edited constitution documents of a country, comments and an index.

The unique value of the complete edition lies in its making all constitutions, from the early phase of modern constitutionalism, accessible in a reliable, authentic text version for the first time. These constitutions were widely scattered until now and, in many cases, unknown. In all, constitutional documents from about 50 countries in Europe and the Americas will be published in volumes for each country. Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the Middle of the 19th Century is a unique and fundamental source edition and an extensive documentation of constitutional history. At the same time, it supplements the microfiche edition Constitutions of the World 1850 to the Present.

The editor, Horst Dippel, is Professor of British and North American History at the University of Kassel, Germany.

The book edition of Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the middle of the 19th Century is the most complete and academically thorough collection of its kind. It contains constitutional documents from all over the world, written from 1776 to the end of the year 1849. This collection includes about 1,600 constitutions, amendments, human rights declarations, and draughts of constitutions that never came into force, from this period. These early constitutional documents were collected and examined in archives and libraries all over the world, as part of a project by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). Using the original documents, experts from American and European universities reconstructed the authentic constitution texts for each country, and annotated them in their respective original languages. Each volume contains a short introduction, a main part with the edited constitution documents of a country, comments and an index.

The unique value of the complete edition lies in its making all constitutions, from the early phase of modern constitutionalism, accessible in a reliable, authentic text version for the first time. These constitutions were widely scattered until now and, in many cases, unknown. In all, constitutional documents from about 50 countries in Europe and the Americas will be published in volumes for each country. Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the Middle of the 19th Century is a unique and fundamental source edition and an extensive documentation of constitutional history. At the same time, it supplements the microfiche edition Constitutions of the World 1850 to the Present.

The editor, Horst Dippel, is Professor of British and North American History at the University of Kassel, Germany.

The book edition of Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the middle of the 19th Century is the most complete and academically thorough collection of its kind. It contains constitutional documents from all over the world, written from 1776 to the end of the year 1849. This collection includes about 1,600 constitutions, amendments, human rights declarations, and draughts of constitutions that never came into force, from this period. These early constitutional documents were collected and examined in archives and libraries all over the world, as part of a project by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). Using the original documents, experts from American and European universities reconstructed the authentic constitution texts for each country, and annotated them in their respective original languages. Each volume contains a short introduction, a main part with the edited constitution documents of a country, comments and an index.

The unique value of the complete edition lies in its making all constitutions, from the early phase of modern constitutionalism, accessible in a reliable, authentic text version for the first time. These constitutions were widely scattered until now and, in many cases, unknown. In all, constitutional documents from about 50 countries in Europe and the Americas will be published in volumes for each country. Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the Middle of the 19th Century is a unique and fundamental source edition and an extensive documentation of constitutional history. At the same time, it supplements the microfiche edition Constitutions of the World 1850 to the Present.

The editor, Horst Dippel, is Professor of British and North American History at the University of Kassel, Germany.

Die sechs Bände der Verfassungsdokumente Deutschlands umfassen mehr als 100 Texte von der Napoleonischen Zeit bis zur Paulskirchenverfassung von 1849. Sie erscheinen in der Reihe Verfassungen der Welt vom späten 18. Jhs bis Mitte des 19. Jhs., einer einzigartigen Quellenedition. Sie bietet eine für den Zeitraum vollständige, auf authentischer Textbasis annotierte und indizierte Sammlung von historischen Verfassungstexten. Band V enthält 33 Verfassungsdokumente deutscher Einzelstaaten in alphabetischer und chronologischer Folge von Nassau bis Sachsen-Hildburghausen.

The book edition of Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the middle of the 19th Century is the most complete and academically thorough collection of its kind. It contains constitutional documents from all over the world, written from 1776 to the end of the year 1849. This collection includes about 1,600 constitutions, amendments, human rights declarations, and draughts of constitutions that never came into force, from this period. These early constitutional documents were collected and examined in archives and libraries all over the world, as part of a project by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). Using the original documents, experts from American and European universities reconstructed the authentic constitution texts for each country, and annotated them in their respective original languages. Each volume contains a short introduction, a main part with the edited constitution documents of a country, comments and an index.

The unique value of the complete edition lies in its making all constitutions, from the early phase of modern constitutionalism, accessible in a reliable, authentic text version for the first time. These constitutions were widely scattered until now and, in many cases, unknown. In all, constitutional documents from about 50 countries in Europe and the Americas will be published in volumes for each country. Constitutions of the World from the late 18th Century to the Middle of the 19th Century is a unique and fundamental source edition and an extensive documentation of constitutional history. At the same time, it supplements the microfiche edition Constitutions of the World 1850 to the Present.

The editor, Horst Dippel, is Professor of British and North American History at the University of Kassel, Germany.

Auch die Rechtswissenschaft ist durch grundlegende Paradigmenwechsel gekennzeichnet. Selbst wenn diese lange zurückliegen, wirken sie teilweise bis heute nach. Das Recht steht in einer stetigen Spannung zwischen Tradition und Innovation, zwischen Beharrung und Fortschritt, die in den Rechtsgebieten unterschiedlich aufgelöst wird. Die Beiträge, entstanden aus einer Vorlesungsreihe zur Feier des 275-jährigen Bestehens der Universität Göttingen, reflektieren sachlich und biografisch die Rolle der Rechtswissenschaft in der Entwicklung aufgeklärten Denkens. Es geht um den historischen Beitrag der Göttinger Rechtswissenschaft zum allgemeinen Rechtsdenken in der Moderne.