By providing English translations of the following selected decisions, the Federal Constitutional Court aims to facilitate access to distinct lines of constitutional case-law for researchers, practitioners and anyone interested to learn more about the Court and its jurisprudence. The selection is not exhaustive, and the selection or the order in which the cases are presented should not be construed as a statement on the part of the members of the Court. This is an ongoing project; additional chapters will be added subsequently.
Selected decisions
Human Dignity
- 1 BvF 1/74, Judgment of the First Senate of 25 February 1975, Abortion I
- 1 BvL 14/76, Judgment of the First Senate of 21 June 1977, Life imprisonment
- 1 BvR 698/89, Order of the First Senate of 20 October 1992, The Evil Dead
- 1 BvR 2378/98, Judgment of the First Senate of 3 March 2004, Surveillance of private homes
- 1 BvR 357/05, Judgment of the First Senate of 15 February 2006, Aviation Security Act
General Right of Personality – Data Protection
- 1 BvR 209/83, Judgment of the First Senate of 15 December 1983, Census
- 2 BvR 1072/20, Order of the Second Senate of 12 April 2005, Seizure of electronic data
- 1 BvR 518/02 Order of the First Senate of 4 April 2006, Electronic profiling
- 1 BvR 370/07, Judgment of the First Senate of 27 February 2008, Remote searches
- 1 BvR 256/08, Judgment of the First Senate of 2 March 2010, Data retention
General Right of Personality – Privacy, Intimacy, Self-Determination
- 1 BvR 253/56, Judgment of the First Senate of 16 January 1957, Elfes
- 2 BvR 454/71, Order of the Second Senate of 31 January 1973, Secret tape recordings
- 1 BvR 536/72, Judgment of the First Senate of 5 June 1973, Lebach
- 1 BvR 1602/07, Order of the First Senate of 26 February 2008, Caroline III
- 1 BvR 3295/07, Order of the First Senate of 11 January 2011, Transsexuals VIII
European Law
- 2 BvL 52/71, Order of the Second Senate of 29 May 1974, Solange I
- 2 BvR 197/83, Order of the Second Senate of 22 October 1986, Solange II
- 2 BvR 2134/92, Order of the Second Senate of 12 October 1993, Treaty of Maastricht
- 2 BvE 2/08, Judgment of the Second Senate of 30 June 2009, Treaty of Lisbon
- 2 BvR 2661/06, Order of the Second Senate of 6 July 2010, Honeywell
International Law
- 2 BvG 1/55, Judgment of the Second Senate of 26 March 1957, Reich Concordat
- 2 BvF 1/73, Judgment of the Second Senate of 31 July 1973, Basic Treaty
- 2 BvM 1/76, Order of the Second Senate of 13 December 1977, Philippine Embassy
- 2 BvE 13/83, Judgment of the Second Senate of 18 December 1984, Stationing of nuclear weapons
- 2 BvR 1481/04, Order of the Second Senate of 14 October 2004, Görgülü
Rule of Law
- 1 BvL 23/52, Order of the First Senate of 24 July 1957, Hamburg Dog Tax Act
- 1 BvR 678/57, Order of the First Senate of 12 December 1957, Corrections to final and binding tax assessments
- 1 BvR 1170/90, Judgment of the First Senate of 23 April 1991, Land Reform I
- 2 BvR 2044/07, Order of the Second Senate of 15 January 2009, Corrections to the record that nullify procedural complaints