German Constitution

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1949-05-23
gptkbp:amendedBy 2023
gptkbp:amendmentProcess Requires two-thirds majority in Bundestag and Bundesrat
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:Federal_Republic_of_Germany
All German states
gptkbp:article1 Human dignity shall be inviolable.
gptkbp:article20 Defines Germany as a democratic and social federal state.
gptkbp:article79 Eternity clause (certain principles cannot be amended).
gptkbp:category gptkb:German
gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:law
gptkb:Government_of_Germany
gptkb:Politics_of_Germany
1949 in law
Legal history of Germany
1949 in Germany
Human rights in Germany
gptkbp:country gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:draftedBy gptkb:Parliamentary_Council
gptkbp:enteredIntoForce 1949-05-24
gptkbp:federalStructure Yes
gptkbp:guarantees gptkb:politics
gptkb:Federalism
gptkb:Separation_of_powers
Equality before the law
Freedom of expression
Freedom of religion
Human rights
Right to asylum
Rule of law
Social state principle
gptkbp:highestCourt gptkb:Federal_Constitutional_Court
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German Constitution
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Constitution_of_the_United_States
gptkb:Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
gptkb:French_Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen
gptkb:Weimar_Constitution
Basic Law for the Trizone
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:locationOfDrafting gptkb:Bonn
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Basic_Law
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 146
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Grundgesetz_für_die_Bundesrepublik_Deutschland
gptkbp:preamble Conscious of their responsibility before God and man...
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Weimar_Constitution
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Grundgesetz
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Basic_Structure_Doctrine
gptkb:German_Basic_Rights_tradition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6