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Announcements
02/14/2011
Pronouncement of judgment in the case "salary grade of professors"
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Press release (German)]
Andre Bucher
Die Gerechtigkeit
(Justice)
Recent decisions and press releases available in English
12/28/2011
Application in Organstreit proceedings on railway-owned real estate held inadmissible Parliament has no right of approval with regard to the sale of Deutsche Bahn AG assets
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12/07/2011
Amendment of legislation on undercover investigation in criminal proceedings held constitutional
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Press Release ]
10/28/2011
Temporary injunction regarding the euro rescue package: For the time being, no transfer of the Bundestag’s rights of participation to a so-called nine-member special panel
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10/26/2011
On the admissibility of a concrete review of statutes regarding an Act transposing European Union law
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10/20/2011
Another successful constitutional complaint lodged by a person committed to a psychiatric hospital as a measure of correction and prevention against compulsory medical treatment – legislation in Baden-Württemberg held unconstitutional as well
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09/16/2011
Application of the Schleswig-Holstein Land parliament in the dispute between the Federation and the Länder against the “brake on debt” inadmissible
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Press Release ]
09/09/2011
Decision regarding the protection of the fundamental rights of legal entities from the European Union and of distribution rights under the Copyright Act (imitation designer furniture)
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09/07/2011
Constitutional complaints lodged against aid measures for Greece and against the euro rescue package unsuccessful – No violation of the Bundestag’s budget autonomy
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Press Release ]
07/29/2011
Provision on the partial release, depending on the duration of studies, from repayment of a loan under the Federal Training Assistance Act is partly unconstitutional
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Press Release ]
05/04/2011
Provisions on Preventive Detention Unconstitutional
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04/20/2011
Complaint lodged by the federal chairman of DIE PARTEI concerning the scrutiny of an election is inadmissible
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04/15/2011
Successful constitutional complaint lodged by a person committed to a psychiatric hospital as a measure of correction and prevention against compulsory medical treatment aimed at achieving the objective of the measure – legislation in Rhineland-Palatinate held unconstitutional
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02/22/2011
Freedom of Assembly also Applies at Frankfurt Airport
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Press Release ]
02/18/2011
Cuts in the reduced earning capacity pensions are constitutional also where the pension payment starts before the recipient’s 60th year of age
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Press Release ]
02/16/2011
Decision regarding the requirement of safeguarding employees’ rights if the employer changes by virtue of law in the context of a privatisation
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02/11/2011
New case-law on the calculation of post-marital maintenance applying the so-called division-by-three method is unconstitutional
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01/28/2011
Prerequisites for the statutory recognition of transsexuals according to § 8.1 nos. 3 and 4 of the Transsexuals Act are unconstitutional
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01/26/2011
Termination of proceedings regarding the repatriation of asylum-seekers according to the Dublin II Regulation
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