Basic Law

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constitution legal document

Basic Law is the constitutional charter of the Federal Republic of Germany, establishing its fundamental political and legal order.

Aliases (1)

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ×52

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitution → legal document →
adoptedBy	Parliamentary Council →
adoptionDate	1949-05-08 →
appliesToJurisdiction	Germany →
articleNumberRange	Article 1 to Article 146 →
cameIntoForce	1949-05-24 →
containsPart	Basic rights → Federal Constitutional Court → Federal Government → Federal Parliament → Federal President → Legislation → Organization of the Federation and the Länder → Transitional and concluding provisions →
country	Federal Republic of Germany →
definesGovernmentSystem	parliamentary democracy →
definesStateForm	democratic and social federal state →
entrenchedProvision	federal structure of the state → human dignity is inviolable → principle of democracy → principle of rule of law → principle of social state →
establishesInstitution	Bundesrat → Bundestag → Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → Federal Government of Germany → Federal President of Germany →
extendedTo	reunified Germany →
extensionEffectiveDate	1990-10-03 →
guaranteesRight	asylum right → equality before the law → freedom of assembly → freedom of association → freedom of expression → freedom of religion → human dignity → property rights → protection of marriage and family →
hasAbbreviation	GG →
inspiredBy	Weimar Constitution → post-war constitutionalism →
language	German →
legalStatus	supreme law of Germany →
nativeName	Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland →
nativeShortName	Grundgesetz →
originalTerritorialScope	West Germany →
preambleMentions	German unity → responsibility before God and man →
promulgationDate	1949-05-23 →
shortName	Basic Law →
subjectOf	constitutional jurisprudence of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany →	shortName