Germany


Constitutional Background

All amendments up to and including those of 2021 have been incorporated into this consolidated ICL edition of the constitution. An annotated version of the ICL-edition is available as a book (ISBN 9-783-8370-0712-1) and the most recent annotated text in PDF-Format is available as a free download at http://ssrn.com/abstract=1501131.

History and News

  • 1 Jan 2021: Constitutional amendment (Art. 143h).
  • 8 Oct 2020: Constitutional amendment (Art. 104a, Art. 143h).
  • 21 Nov 2019: Constitutional Amendment (Art. 72, Art. 105, Art. 125b)
  • 4 April 2019: Constitutional Amendment (Art. 104b, Art. 104c, Art. 104d, Art. 125c, Art. 143e).
  • 20 July 2017: Constitutional Amendment (Art. 90, Art. 91c, Art. 104b, Art. 104c, Art. 107, Art. 108, Art. 109a, Art. 114, Art. 125c, Art. 143d, Art. 143e, Art. 143f, Art. 143g, Art. 21).
  • 1 Jan 2015: Constitutional Amendment (Art. 91b).
  • 27 Oct 1994: 42nd Constitutional amendment -- a major revision introducing, among other rules, affirmative action for women (Art. 3) and environmental protection (Art. 20a).
  • 28 June 1993: 39th Constitutional amendment -- a major revision restricting asylum provisions.
  • 24 June 1968: 17th Constitutional amendment -- a major revision introducing emergency procedures.
  • 19 March 1956: 7th Constitutional amendment -- a major revision ("Wehrpflichtnovelle") re-introducing the draft.
  • 23 May 1949: Constitution adopted under the name "Basic Law" ("Grundgesetz").

For methodology see: Comparing Constitutions and International Constitutional Law.
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