Constitution of Germany (1949)

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 23 May 1949
gptkbp:amendmentProcess Requires two-thirds majority in Bundestag and Bundesrat
gptkbp:author gptkb:Parliamentary_Council
gptkbp:category gptkb:German
1949 in law
Legal history of Germany
1949 in Germany
Constitutions of Germany
Documents of 1949
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 23 May 1949
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:Federal_Constitutional_Court
gptkb:Federal_Republic_of_Germany
gptkb:Separation_of_powers
Parliamentary democracy
Federal system
Rule of law
Social state principle
Basic rights
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Constitution of Germany (1949)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
gptkb:French_Constitution
gptkb:Weimar_Constitution
gptkb:Allied_Occupation_Authorities
German Basic Law tradition
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:legalSystem gptkb:Federal_Constitutional_Court_of_Germany
gptkbp:locationSigned gptkb:Bonn
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 146
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Grundgesetz_für_die_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland
gptkbp:preamble Conscious of their responsibility before God and man...
gptkbp:prohibits Abolition of constitutional court
Abolition of democratic principles
Abolition of federal structure
Abolition of human dignity
Abolition of rule of law
Abolition of separation of powers
Abolition of social state principle
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Weimar_Constitution
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Grundgesetz
gptkbp:significantAmendments 1990 (Reunification)
1956 (Defense)
1968 (Emergency Laws)
2006 (Federalism Reform)
gptkbp:subjectOf gptkb:German_reunification
European integration
Constitutional amendments
Human rights protection
Emergency laws
Federalism reform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colombian_Constitution_of_1991
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7