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52. Constitutional courts

BACHOF, O., The West German constitutional judge between law and politics. 11 Texas International Law Journal 403-419 (1976)

BLAIR, P.M., Federalism and judicial review in West Germany. Oxford 1981

BLUMENWITZ, D., The Federal Constitutional Court of Germany and Foreign Affairs. An introduction for the American reader to the Court decision of July 31, 1973, in: HESS, F.W. (ed.), German unity. Documentation and commentaries on the Basic Treaty. Kansas City, Miss. 1974, pp. 11-22

BRINKMANN, G., The West German Federal Constitutional Court: political control through judges. 1981 Public Law 83-104 (1981)

CAPPELLETTI, M./ COHEN, W., Comparative constitutional law, cases and materials. Indianapolis, New York, Charlottesville, Vir. 1979

containing i.a. translations of excerpts of the following decisions of the Federal Constitutionnal Court.

  • BVerfGE 4,331 (1956) – judicial independence   p.335
  • BVerfGE 4,412 (1956) – “natural judge”         p.363
  • BVerfGE 9,89  (1959) – notice and fair hearing p.268
  • BVerfGE 9,124 (1959)  right to counsel        p.485
  • BVerfGE 10,264 (1960)  right of action         p.221
  • BVerfGE 17,86  (1965)  notice and fair hearing p.264
  • BVerfGE 17,294 (1965)  “natural judge”         p.367
  • BVerfGE 21,132 (1967)  notice and fair hearing p.266
  • BVerfGE 22,83  (1967)  right to counsel        p.462
  • BVerfGE 39,1   (1975)  abortion reform law  case   p.586

and of decisions of German superior civil courts on
illegally obtained evidence.

HAHN, H. J., Trends in the jurisprudence of the Federal Constitutional Court –
16 American Journal of Comparative Law 570-579 (1968/1969)
26 American Journal of Comparative Law 631-644 (1978)

HASE, F./ RUETE, M., Constitutional court and constitutional ideology in West Germany. 10 International Journal of the Sociology of Law 267-276 (1982)

IPSEN, J., Constitutional review of laws, in: STARCK, C. (ed.), Main principles of the West German Basic Law. Baden-Baden 1983, 107-137

JUENGER, F.K., The German constitutional court and the conflict of laws. 20 American Journal of Comparative Law 290-298 (1972)

KOMMERS, D.P., Judicial politics in West Germany – a study of the Federal Constitutional Court. Beverly Hills, Calif. 1976

KUTSCHER, The role of the Bundesverfassungsgericht in insuring equality under the law, 9 Yearbook of Public Law (German edition) 197, 1960

LAW ON THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [Bundesverfassungsgerichtsgesetz – BVerfGG], as published on 3 February 1911 (excerpts); containing also the RULES OF PROCEDURE of the Federal Constitutional Court as amended by the decision of 5 December 1978, Documents on politics and society in the Federal Republic of Germany, issued by INTER NATIONES. Bonn 1982 (with an introduction by Gotthard WÖHRMANN pp. 5-27)

LEIBHOLZ, G., The Federal Constitutional Court in the constitutional system of the Federal Republic of Germany, in: Legal essays. A tribute to Frede Castberg Oslo 1963, pp. 495-511

McWHINNEY, E., Constitutionalism in Germany and the Federal Constitutional Court, with an introduction by Gerhard LEIBHOLZ. Leyden 1962

— Federal Constitutional Courts and their judges, as instruments of a democratic policy, in: BRACHER, K.D./ DAWSON, C., Die moderne Demokratie und ihr Recht, Festschrift für Gerhard Leibholz, 2 Bde. Tubingen 1966, Bd. 2 S. 513-530

— A supreme court in a federal state – its organisation and philosophy. 7 Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart (Neue Folge) 155-166 (1958)

MURPHY, W.F./ TANENHAUS, J., Comparative constitutional law – cases and commentaries. London 1977
containing the following decisions of the Federal Constitutional Court in English:

  • BVerfGE 1,14  (1951) Southwest Case         p.208
  • BVerfGE 2,1   (1952) SRP Case               p.602
  • BVerfGE 4,7   (1954) Investment Aid Case    p.278
  • BVerfGE 5,85  (1956) Communist Party Case   p.621
  • BVerfGE 6,55  (1957) Joint Income Tax Case  p.339
  • BVerfGE 6,84  (1957) Bavarian Party Case    p.578
  • BVerfGE 6,309 (1957) Concordat Case         p.225
  • BVerfGE 7,198 (1958) Movie Boycott Case     p.528
  • BVerfGE 8,51  (1958) Party Contribution Tax Case               p.581
  • BVerfGE 8,105 (1958) Atomic Weapons Referendum Case            p.229
  • BVerfGE 12,1   (1960) Tobacco Atheist’s Case p.466
  • BVerfGE 12,205 (1961) Television Case        p.212
  • BVerfGE 12,354 (1961) Volkswagenwerk Case    p.280
  • BVerfGE 20,56 and
  • BVerfGE 20, 119 and
  • BVerfGE 20, 134 (1966) Party Finance Cases    p.583
  • BVerfGE 30,1   (1970) Privacy of Communication Case              p.659
  • BVerfGE 30,173 (1971) Mephisto Case          p.538
  • BVerfGE 36,1   (1973) Basic East-West Treaty p.232
  • BVerfGE 39,1   (1975) Abortion Reform Law Case                   p.422

RESS, G., Review of international treaties and measures of the European Community by the German Federal Constitutional Court. 8 South-African Yearbook of International Law 1-19 (1982)

RUPP, H.G., Judicial review of international agreements: Federal Republic of Germany. 25 American Journal of Comparative Law, 286-302 (1977)

— The Federal Constitutional Court and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. 16 St. Louis University Law Review 359 ff. (1972)

RUPP-von BRÜNNECK, W., Admonitory functions of constitutional courts. Germany: the Federal Constitutional Court. 20 American Journal of Comparative Law 387-403 (1972)

SINGER, M., The constitutional Court of the German Federal Republic: jurisdiction over individual complaints. 31 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 331-356 (1982)

WADA, H., Continental systems of judicial review. 31 Jahrbuch des öffentlichen Rechts der Gegenwart (Neue Folge) 29-73 [59-72] (1982)

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