Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

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constitution foundational legal charter supreme law

The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is the country’s foundational legal charter, establishing its democratic, federal, and constitutional order after World War II.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
German Basic Law 8
Grundgesetz 3
Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational legal charter ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
adoptedBy Parliamentary Council ⓘ
adoptionDate 1949-05-08 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
amendmentRequires two-thirds majority in Bundesrat ⓘ
two-thirds majority in Bundestag ⓘ
appliesTo Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
articleCount over 140 articles ⓘ
bindingOn all public authorities in Germany ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1949-05-24 ⓘ
cannotBeAmendedInRespectOf eternity clause contents ⓘ
contains eternity clause ⓘ
corePrinciplesInclude democracy ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
social state principle ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
definesStateAs constitutional state ⓘ
democratic ⓘ
social federal state ⓘ
empowers Federal Constitutional Court to review laws for constitutionality ⓘ
establishesFormOfGovernment parliamentary democracy ⓘ
establishesInstitution Bundesrat ⓘ
Bundestag ⓘ
Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal Chancellor of Germany

Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ
German Federal Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Federal Government of Germany

President of Germany ⓘ
surface form: Federal President of Germany
establishesStateStructure federal state ⓘ
eternityClauseProtects basic principles of the constitution ⓘ
democratic order ⓘ
federal structure ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
extendedTo Germany ⓘ
surface form: reunified Germany
extensionDateToReunifiedGermany 1990-10-03 ⓘ
firstSectionTitle Basic Rights ⓘ
guarantees equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
fundamental rights ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
protection of marriage and family ⓘ
right to asylum ⓘ
highestInterpreter Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ
historicalContext Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
post-World War II Germany ⓘ
influencedBy Bonn Constitution draft ⓘ
Weimar Constitution ⓘ
post-war Allied constitutional principles ⓘ
initiallyAppliedTo West Germany ⓘ
legalStatus supreme source of law in Germany ⓘ
legalSystem German law ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
placeOfAdoption Bonn ⓘ
predecessor Weimar Constitution ⓘ
prohibits abolition of the democratic basic order ⓘ
promulgationDate 1949-05-23 ⓘ
regulates federal legislative process ⓘ
legislative powers of federation and states ⓘ
relationship between federation and Länder ⓘ
state of defence ⓘ
state of emergency ⓘ
replaced Weimar Constitution ⓘ
requires respect for human dignity as inviolable ⓘ
shortName Basic Law ⓘ
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Grundgesetz

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → alsoKnownAs → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
foreign service law of Germany → basedOn → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Basic Law
President of Germany → constitutingInstrument → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
West Germany → constitution → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Bundestag → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Chancellor of Germany → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Government of Germany → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Vice Chancellor of Germany → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
this entity surface form: Grundgesetz
Basic Law → containsPart → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
this entity surface form: Organization of the Federation and the Länder
Bundestag → createdBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Parliamentary Council → enacted → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → establishedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court to review laws for constitutionality → establishedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
German Federal Cabinet → establishedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (1949)
Bavarian Ministry of Justice → follows → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Basic Law
Bavarian judiciary → follows → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Basic Law
Federal Ministry of Health → follows → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Ministry of Health (Germany)
this entity surface form: German Basic Law
Landtag of Hesse → follows → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Bundeswehr → governedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
German Navy → hasLegalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Innere Führung → influencedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Basic Law (Grundgesetz)
Landtag of Lower Saxony → isSubjectTo → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Bundesrat → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Bundesrat (Germany)
Bundesversammlung → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Defence Committee → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court to review laws for constitutionality → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
this entity surface form: German Basic Law
Federal Convention → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Federal Convention (Germany)
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs of Germany → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Basic Law
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Security Council of Germany → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Basic Law
German Federal Cabinet → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
President of the Bundestag → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Basic Law → nativeName → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
this entity surface form: Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Basic Law → nativeShortName → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject surface form: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
this entity surface form: Grundgesetz
German Civil Code → relatedTo → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Constitution (Grundgesetz)
Innere Führung → relatedTo → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Basic Law Article 1
Innere Führung → relatedTo → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Basic Law Article 20
Weimar Constitution → replacedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Parliamentary Council → result → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → shortName → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grundgesetz
Local Court of Nuremberg → subjectTo → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Basic Law