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The Federal Constitutional Court

Guardian of German Democracy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9747645
AutoresDonald P Kommers (University of Notre Dame, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume603
Fascículo1
Páginas111-128
Data de publicação2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716205283080
OpenAlexW2141545645
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas9

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court rivals the Supreme Court of the United States in protecting political democracy. Its jurisprudence of democracy has shaped the course and character of German politics while upholding the rule of law and defending the constitutionally prescribed “free democratic basic order.” In furtherance of these objectives, the Constitutional Court has invalidated regulations limiting the rights of minor parties and constitutionalizing measures designed to stabilize Germany's system of parliamentary government. These purposes have been served by constitutional decisions on voting rights, public funding of election campaigns, dissolution of Parliament, and proportional representation, including the limiting 5 percent clause. These decisions, along with a discussion of the Hessian Election Review Case—a reminder of Bush v. Gore—are calculated to make political representation both responsive and responsible and to anchor the political system firmly in the democratic values at the heart of the Basic Law

Democracy · Jurisprudence · Parliament · Political science · Politics · Supreme court · European and International Law Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law and Political Science

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Citações por ano0,64
Intervalo de citações2015 - 2025 (11)
Velocidade de citaçãorecent
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