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Das Bundesverfassungsgericht
Germany's Federal Constitutional Court

Report Abstracts in English

Note: The case reports listed below are English translations and abstracts of the official press releases issued by the Federal Constitutional Court to announce its judgements. You will find English summaries only to the judgements of the Court that are believed to be of particular international interest. A complete listing of the News Bulletins issued by Germany's Federal Courts is accessible on this server in German.

1998 English Abstracts

(02.04.98) Complaints Against the Euro are Clearly Unfounded

(26.02.98) Tobacco Warnings Regulation is Constitutional

(17.02.98) Regulations for Free "Brief Television Reports" are Unconstitutional

(16.02.98) State Constitutional Courts have Jurisdiction over Federal Procedural Laws

1997 English Abstracts

(08.10.97) Transfer to Special School is not Disability Discrimination

(09.07.97) Possession of Cannabis Products Remains a Criminal Offence

(05.06.97) Appeal of former Criminal Judge in East Germany is rejected

(07.05.97) East German Professors Retain Academic Membership Rights

(10.04.97) Basic Mandate Clause is Constitutional

(10.04.97) ‘Overhang’ Mandates in Electoral Law are Constitutional

1996 English Abstracts

(12.11.96) Convictions of Former Members of East Germany's National Defence Council and Border Guard are Valid

(05.09.96) No Restitution for Business Expropriated in 1945

(14.05.96) New Political Asylum Law Found Constitutional

(22.02.96) Lawyer Restrictions in the New "Bundeslaender" found Unconstitutional

1995 English Abstracts

(10.01.95) Shipping: The Second Register Law and Hiring Local Workers
(04.01.95) Are Fixed Rent Prices Constitutional?

1994 English Abstracts

(22.12.94) Lawyer Restrictions in the New "Bundeslaender"
(15.12.94) The Deckert Case: No Tolerance for Holocaust Denial
(10.11.94) Issuing Regulations without a Cabinet Meeting
(04.11.94) Former East Germany: Who will pay for the damage to the farmlands?
(25.08.94) "Soldiers are Murderers"
(21.07.94) TV Cameras in the Courtroom
(12.07.94) Can German troops join in UN operations?
(20.06.94) The Right to Scientific Research vs. Animal Rights
(16.03.94) Forced treatment for Substance Abusers

1993 English Abstracts

(12.10.93) The ‘Maastricht’ Judgement

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