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Volume 89

Decisions

BVerfGE 89, 1-14Order of 26 May 19931 BvR 208/93Tenant’s right to occupy rented accommodation as a right to property within the meaning of Art. 14(1) first sentence of the Basic Law
BVerfGE 89, 15-27Order of 8 June 19931 BvL 20/85Limited tax exemption of wage supplements for night work performed on a regular basis
BVerfGE 89, 28-38Order of 8 June 19931 BvR 878/90Right of parties to be heard in the event of a judge’s self-recusal
BVerfGE 89, 38-47Judgment of 23 June 1993 2 BvQ 17/93Preliminary injunction; Bundeswehr participation in UNOSOM II (Somalia)
BVerfGE 89, 48-69Order of 23 June 19931 BvR 133/89Extended pension sharing under the law of obligations
BVerfGE 89, 69-91Order of 24 June 19931 BvR 689/92Circumstances under which a person who consumes cannabis may be required to undergo a medical-psychological assessment of their fitness to drive
BVerfGE 89, 91-98Order of 6 July 1993 1 BvR 1174/90Costs incurred when applying for a preliminary injunction are generally non-reimbursable if the Federal Constitutional Court orders the reimbursement of necessary expenses for the related constitutional complaint
BVerfGE 89, 98-101Order of 16 July 1993 2 BvR 1475/93Preliminary injunction to stop the border authorities from refusing to allow an asylum seeker to enter Germany (Indian national)
BVerfGE 89, 101-105Order of 22 July 1993 2 BvR 1507/93, 2 BvR 1508/93Preliminary injunction to stop the border authorities from refusing to allow an asylum seeker to enter Germany (Ghanaian national)
BVerfGE 89, 106-109Order of 27 July 1993 2 BvR 1516/93Preliminary injunction to stop the border authorities from refusing to allow an asylum seeker to enter Germany (Togolese national)
BVerfGE 89, 109-113Order of 6 August 19932 BvR 1654/93Preliminary injunction to stop the border authorities from refusing to allow an asylum seeker to enter Germany (Afghan national)
BVerfGE 89, 113-118Order of 17 August 19931 BvR 1474/92No renewal of a preliminary injunction; rejection of an application for preliminary injunction against an administrative court’s decision nullifying the suspensive effect in a case involving the Treuhandanstalt’s authorisation to sell a hotel
BVerfGE 89, 119-120Order of 14 September 19932 BvR 1952/93On whether persons entitled to submit a statement in constitutional complaint proceedings under § 94(3) of the Federal Constitutional Court Act may object to the related preliminary injunction proceedings (broadcasting of a TV advert by the Deutsche Volksunion during the Hamburg parliamentary election campaign)
BVerfGE 89, 120-131Order of 22 September 19932 BvR 1732/93Conditions under which criminal proceedings against a defendant who is unfit to stand trial may be continued in the defendant’s absence
BVerfGE 89, 132-144Order of 5 October 1993 1 BvL 34/81Exemption of legal entities incorporated under public law from the obligation to pay contributions to insolvency allowance insurance
BVerfGE 89, 144-155Order of 5 October 1993 1 BvL 35/81Impermissibility of insolvency proceedings against the assets of public broadcasting organisations
BVerfGE 89, 155-213Judgment of 12 October 19932 BvR 2134/92, 2 BvR 2159/92Maastricht Treaty
BVerfGE 89, 214-236Order of 19 October 19931 BvR 567/89, 1 BvR 1044/89Substantive review of surety agreements concluded between banks and indigent relatives of borrowers
BVerfGE 89, 237-243Order of 19 October 19931 BvR 25/93, 1 BvR 1620/92Landlord not entitled to repossess an entire flat if only needing part of the flat
BVerfGE 89, 243-265Order of 20 October 19932 BvC 2/91Electoral errors by political parties when nominating candidates; nomination of candidates by the CDU’s regional association in Hamburg for election to the 12th German Bundestag
BVerfGE 89, 266-275Order of 21 October 19932 BvC 7/91, 2 BvC 8/91, 2 BvC 9/91, inter aliaNon-recognition as a political party of a group that put forward constituency nominations (Independent Workers’ Party [German Socialists] – U.A.P.)
BVerfGE 89, 276-291Order of 16 November 1993 1 BvR 258/86Equal treatment of men and women when applying for a job
BVerfGE 89, 291-313Order of 23 November 1993 2 BvC 15/91Electoral complaint regarding the Federal Electoral Committee’s decision on the admission of parties and joint lists to the 12th German Bundestag elections
BVerfGE 89, 313-315Order of 2 December 1993 2 BvR 1041/88Objection to a cost fixing order issued by a judicial officer of the Federal Constitutional Court (travel expenses incurred prior to conclusion of the proceedings before the ordinary courts)
BVerfGE 89, 315-327Order of 8 December 1993 2 BvR 736/90Use of a glass partition when prisoners are visited by their spouses
BVerfGE 89, 327-328Order of 14 December 1993 1 BvF 3/88Suspension of abstract judicial review proceedings at the applicants’ request
BVerfGE 89, 329-339Order of 14 December 1993 1 BvL 25/88Admissibility of a referral seeking specific judicial review; on the different treatment under inheritance tax law afforded to enrichment from real property and ground rent
BVerfGE 89, 340-344Order of 14 December 1993 1 BvR 361/93Conditions under which a constitutional complaint may be admitted for decision in a case where the reasoning of the challenged court decision allows for different interpretations, one of which is not unconstitutional
BVerfGE 89, 344-346Order of 22 December 1993 2 BvR 2031/92Rejection of an application for preliminary injunction; illicit trafficking of cannabis products in not insignificant quantities
BVerfGE 89, 346-359Order of 26 January 19941 BvL 12/86On the constitutionality of lowering the income tax allowance for vocational training to DM 2100 for children aged over 18 if they do not live in the parental home (1984 and 1985 assessment periods)
BVerfGE 89, 359-364Order of 27 January 19941 BvR 1693/92Nomination of a Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court for election as Federal President neither leads to exclusion from judicial office nor indicates judicial bias
BVerfGE 89, 365-381Order of 8 February 1994 1 BvR 1237/85Differences in the amount of contributions between the various providers of public health insurance
BVerfGE 89, 381-398Order of 8 February 1994 1 BvR 765/89, 1 BvR 766/89Right to be heard in proceedings to adopt an adult; legal consequences of violating this procedural fundamental right

Volume 88

Decisions

BVerfGE 88, 1-4Order of 2 December 1992 1 BvR 1213/85Self-recusal of a Federal Constitutional Court Justice
BVerfGE 88, 5-17Order of 2 December 1992 1 BvR 296/88Exclusion of legal assistance in labour law cases
BVerfGE 88, 17-25Order of 2 December 1992 2 BvF 2/90, 2 BvF 4/92, 2 BvF 5/92Possible bias of a Federal Constitutional Court Justice
BVerfGE 88, 25-40Order of 15 December 19921 BvR 1534/92Preliminary injunction; allocation to VOX of two terrestrial broadcasting frequencies previously used by WDR
BVerfGE 88, 40-63Order of 16 December 19921 BvR 167/87Requirement that private primary schools only be approved if recognised as serving a special pedagogical interest
BVerfGE 88, 63-69Order of 22 December 19922 BvQ 14/91, 2 BvH 6/91Parliamentary group in a Land parliament lacks standing to file an application in a public law dispute within a Land concerning the adoption of legislation on a special committee’s legal status and powers (Saxony Act on the Legal Status and Powers of Special Committees)
BVerfGE 88, 70-75Order of 12 January 1993 1 BvL 7/92, 1 BvL 27/92, 1 BvL 49/92Inadmissible referral from a court; statutory provisions governing the inheritance of real property, buildings and rights equivalent to real property on the territory of the former GDR in cases where the succession occurred before the GDR’s accession came into effect
BVerfGE 88, 76-83

Order of 12 January

1993

1 BvR 1474/92Preliminary injunction; application to suspend the effect of an administrative court’s decision that denied preliminary legal protection in a case involving the Treuhandanstalt’s authorisation to sell a hotel
BVerfGE 88, 83-86

Order of 25 January

1993

2 BvQ 16/92, 2 BvQ 17/92Preliminary injunction; renewed suspension of the criminal provisions in the Act on Assistance for Pregnant Women and Families
BVerfGE 88, 87-103Order of 26 January 1993 1 BvL 38/92, 1 BvL 40/92, 1 BvL 43/92On the constitutionality of preventing transsexuals from changing their first name before the age of 25
BVerfGE 88, 103-117Order of 2 March 19931 BvR 1213/85Using civil servants to replace striking workers
BVerfGE 88, 118-128Order of 2 March 19931 BvR 249/92Formal requirements when filing an application for restoration of the status quo ante after missing the deadline to enter a protest against a default judgment
BVerfGE 88, 129-144Order of 3 March 19931 BvR 757/88, 1 BvR 1551/88Conditions that professors at comprehensive universities in North Rhine-Westphalia must satisfy before taking part in the doctoral examination process; obliging a professor of economics to teach ‘applied’ subject matter
BVerfGE 88, 144-144Order of 17 March 19931 BvR 720/90Renewal of a preliminary injunction; allocating a farm to one co-heir on the basis of the Real Estate Transactions Act
BVerfGE 88, 145-168Order of 30 March 19931 BvR 1045/89, 1 BvR 1381/90, 1 BvL 11/90Settlement of an insolvency administrator’s claims for remuneration and expenses incurred in the period after determining that the insolvency estate is insufficient to cover the costs of the insolvency proceedings
BVerfGE 88, 169-172Order of 7 April 19931 BvR 565/93Preliminary injunction; suspension of an administrative court’s decision on the accommodation of a homeless person
BVerfGE 88, 173-185Order of 8 April 19932 BvE 5/93, 2 BvQ 11/93Rejection of a preliminary injunction; deployment of German soldiers in NATO AWACS aircraft in the airspace of Bosnia and Herzegovina
BVerfGE 88, 185-187Order of 20 April 19932 BvQ 14/93Preliminary injunction; suspension of the deportation of a foreign national
BVerfGE 88, 187-198Order of 21 April 19931 BvL 1/90Inadmissible referral from a court; reversal of a guardianship order pursuant to § 1671(2) of the Civil Code in a case where the child has lived with a foster family for a prolonged period
BVerfGE 88, 198-202Order of 21 April 19931 BvL 24/92Inadmissible referral from a court; on lawyers using the additional designation Landwirtschaftliche Buchstelle (‘Agricultural Accountancy Office’)
BVerfGE 88, 203-366Judgment of 28 May 19932 BvF 2/90, 2 BvF 4/92, 2 BvF 5/92Abortion; provisions relating to criminal law, social security law and organisational law in the Act on Assistance for Pregnant Women and Families
BVerfGE 88, 366-381Order of 25 May 19931 BvR 345/83Registration of an approved stallion in the studbooks of private breeding associations
BVerfGE 88, 382-384Order of 25 May 19931 BvR 397/87On whether the costs for a legal opinion submitted in support of a constitutional complaint are reimbursable
BVerfGE 88, 384-408Order of 25 May 19931 BvR 1509/91, 1 BvR 1648/91Constitutional complaints against a law by which low-interest building loans granted in the GDR were retroactively adjusted to market conditions

Volume 87

Decisions

BVerfGE 87, 1-48Judgment of 7 July 19921 BvL 51/86, 1 BvL 50/87, 1 BvR 873/90, 1 BvR 761/91Taking account of child-raising periods in the statutory pension system (Trümmerfrauen case)
BVerfGE 87, 48-68Order of 7 July 1992 2 BvR 1631/90, 2 BvR 1728/90Legitimate expectations as regards the continued admissibility of an appeal when the law subsequently rules out the right to appeal without providing for a transitional framework; exclusion of objections in preliminary injunction proceedings for asylum cases
BVerfGE 87, 68-94Order of 8 July 1992 2 BvL 27/91, 2 BvL 31/91Saxony Disciplinary Tribunal for Judges lacks jurisdiction to review decisions of the Judicial Selection Committees regarding the taking on of judges from the former GDR
BVerfGE 87, 95-106Order of 8 July 19922 BvL 14/92, 2 BvL 15/92, 2 BvL 18/92Saxony Disciplinary Tribunal for Judges lacks jurisdiction to review decisions of the Public Prosecutors’ Appointment Committees
BVerfGE 87, 107-114Order of 24 August 19922 BvE 1/92, 2 BvE 2/92Combining two Organstreit proceedings for joint decision (decisions adopted by the Federal Government regarding its relocation to Berlin)
BVerfGE 87, 106-107Order of 24 August 19922 BvE 1/92, 2 BvE 2/92Rejection of a preliminary injunction (decisions adopted by the Federal Government regarding its relocation to Berlin)
BVerfGE 87, 152-152Order of 23 September 1992 1 BvR 720/90Renewal of a preliminary injunction (allocating a farm to one co-heir on the basis of the Real Estate Transactions Act)
BVerfGE 87, 114-151

Order of 23 September

1992

1 BvL 15/85, 1 BvL 36/87Reform of the law on allotments (maximum rent; lease extensions)
BVerfGE 87, 152-153

Order of 25 September

1992

2 BvF 4/89, 2 BvF 5/89Withdrawal of applications in abstract judicial review proceedings
BVerfGE 87, 153-181

Order of 25 September

1992

2 BvL 5/91, 2 BvL 8/91, 2 BvL 14/91Basic tax-free allowance under income tax law
BVerfGE 87, 181-206Order of 6 October 1992 1 BvR 1586/89, 1 BvR 487/92Advertising restrictions in regional public television (Hessischer Rundfunk)
BVerfGE 87, 207-209

Order of 14 October

1992

2 BvE 14/90No recognised legal interest in bringing Organstreit proceedings after the applicant ceased to hold a seat in the Bundestag
BVerfGE 87, 209-233Order of 20 October 1992 1 BvR 698/89Confiscation of a horror movie video cassette before completion of the film rating procedure initiated by the distributor under the Protection of Young Persons Act
BVerfGE 87, 270-273Order of 3 November 19921 BvR 402/87Objection to a cost fixing order in constitutional complaint proceedings; parties represented by two lawyers cannot have the costs reimbursed for both
BVerfGE 87, 273-282

Order of 3 November

1992

1 BvR 1243/88Arbitrary decision-making and the principle that judges are bound by law and justice; hearing fee for conciliation hearings before a labour court
BVerfGE 87, 282-287

Order of 3 November

1992

1 BvR 137/92No violation of the right to one’s lawful judge; failure to obtain a legal decision in a landlord and tenant case
BVerfGE 87, 287-331Order of 4 November 19921 BvR 79/85, 1 BvR 643/87, 1 BvR 442/89, inter aliaOn whether the profession of lawyer is compatible with other professional activities
BVerfGE 87, 331-333Order of 11 November 1992 1 BvQ 19/92Preliminary injunction; on a radio reporter’s right to attend the trial of Erich Honecker
BVerfGE 87, 334-341Order of 11 November 1992 1 BvR 1595/92, 1 BvR 1606/92Preliminary injunction; measures to enable TV coverage of the Erich Honecker trial
BVerfGE 87, 341-347Order of 16 November 1992 1 BvL 31/88, 1 BvL 10/92, 1 BvL 11/92Inadmissible referral from a court; substantiation requirements for a renewed referral concerning a law that the Federal Constitutional Court had already found to be constitutional on an earlier occasion – Ban on night baking
BVerfGE 87, 348-362Order of 16 November 19921 BvL 17/89Amendment of a final decision on pension sharing under public law in a case where the pension rights accrued during marriage underwent significant change (§10a(2) of the Act on Hardship Cases in Pension Sharing Following Divorce)
BVerfGE 87, 234-269Judgment of 17 November 19921 BvL 8/87Means test for unemployment assistance
BVerfGE 87, 363-394Order of 17 November 19921 BvR 168/89, 1 BvR 1509/89, 1 BvR 638/90, 1 BvR 639/90Ban preventing bakeries and patisseries from night baking, night deliveries and Sunday baking
BVerfGE 87, 394-399Order of 24 November 1992 2 BvR 2033/89Reimbursement of expenses after a complainant has submitted a declaration to terminate the constitutional complaint proceedings (state funding of municipal voter groups)
BVerfGE 87, 399-413Order of 1 December 1992 1 BvR 88/91, 1 BvR 576/91Punishment for refusing to move away from a public assembly dispersed by the police

Volume 86

Decisions

BVerfGE 86, 1-14Order of 25 March 19921 BvR 514/90Freedom of expression in the case of statements in a satirical magazine (‘born murderer’, ‘cripple’)
BVerfGE 86, 15-27Order of 25 March 19921 BvR 1859/91Exhaustion of legal remedies when the situation under ordinary law is insufficiently clear; cases in which assets lost by the original owners under the pressure of Nazi persecution were then expropriated from the subsequent owners (in the Soviet-occupied zone) under occupation law or on the basis of sovereign acts by occupying powers
BVerfGE 86, 28-45Order of 25 March 19921 BvR 298/86

Appointment of official experts is not contingent upon any specific need for their appointment

Here, the order in which the decisions appear does not follow the file number sequence.

BVerfGE 86, 46-51Order of 31 March 1992 1 BvR 720/90Preliminary injunction; allocating a farm to one co-heir on the basis of the Real Estate Transactions Act
BVerfGE 86, 52-59Order of 7 April 1992 1 BvL 19/91Inadmissible referral from a court (amount in dispute in custody proceedings related to a divorce case)
BVerfGE 86, 59-65Order of 7 April 1992 1 BvR 1772/91Landlord’s right to repossess rental housing (lack of permission for change of use when intending to amalgamate a flat with an adjacent flat that has become vacant)
BVerfGE 86, 65-71Order of 5 May 19922 BvH 1/92Preliminary injunction; background checks on staff of the members of the Saxony Land parliament
BVerfGE 86, 71-80Order of 12 May 19921 BvL 7/89Inadmissible referral from a court (pension sharing only under the law of obligations in cases involving foreign pensions)
BVerfGE 86, 81-89Order of 12 May 19921 BvR 1467/91, 1 BvR 1501/91Employment relationships of staff working at the Building Academy and the Academy of Agricultural Sciences of the GDR
BVerfGE 86, 90-122Order of 12 May 19922 BvR 470/90, 2 BvR 650/90, 2 BvR 707/90Prerequisites for laws that reverse earlier territorial reforms (Lower Saxony Act on the Restructuring of the Town of Aschendorf and the Municipalities of Langförden, Vörden and Mulsum)
BVerfGE 86, 122-132Order of 19 May 19921 BvR 126/85Protecting freedom of expression when a trainee is taken on as an employee
BVerfGE 86, 133-148Order of 19 May 19921 BvR 986/91Violation of the right to be heard (court decision based on legal aspects that a conscientious and well-informed party could not have foreseen; failure to address the core of a factual submission of central importance to the proceedings); claim for interim relief under the Property Act
BVerfGE 86, 148-279Urteil vom 27. Mai 19922 BvF 1/88, 2 BvF 2/88, 2 BvF 1/89, 2 BvF 1/90Finance equalisation among the Länder
BVerfGE 86, 280-288Order of 2 June 1992 2 BvR 1401/91, 2 BvR 254/92Conditions under which asylum seekers who do not speak German may be reinstated to their former procedural position after missing the application deadline under § 10(3) second sentence of the Asylum Procedures Act
BVerfGE 86, 288-340Order of 3 June 1992 2 BvR 1041/88, 2 BvR 78/89Probationary suspension of the remainder of a life sentence for murder
BVerfGE 86, 340-355Order of 3 June 19922 BvR 1041/88, 2 BvR 78/89Dissenting opinion of Vice-President Mahrenholz
BVerfGE 86, 355-369Order of 3 June 19922 BvR 1041/88, 2 BvR 78/89Dissenting opinion of Justice Winter
BVerfGE 86, 369-381Order of 24 June 19921 BvR 459/87, 1 BvR 467/87Tax treatment of social security pensions and civil service pensions (on the interpretation of BVerfGE 64, 11)
BVerfGE 86, 382-390Order of 24 June 19921 BvR 1028/91On the need to exhaust all remedies in preliminary injunction proceedings if prior recourse to other courts in the principal proceedings would cause the complainant severe disadvantage; on the granting of preliminary injunction by the ordinary courts prior to the Federal Constitutional Court rendering a decision in the principal proceedings based on the assumption that a statutory provision is unconstitutional – Gravel and gravel sand as freely mineable mineral resources under the Unification Treaty
BVerfGE 86, 390-396Judgment of 4 August 19922 BvQ 16/92, 2 BvQ 17/92Preliminary injunction; interim suspension of the criminal provisions in the Act on Assistance for Pregnant Women and Families

Volume 85

Decisions

BVerfGE 85, 1-23Order of 9 October 19911 BvR 1555/88Protection of statements expressing an assessment of factual events; scope of the burden of substantiation when making factual claims of a disparaging nature – ‘Critical Bayer Shareholders’
BVerfGE 85, 23-36Order of 9 October 19911 BvR 221/90Protection of questions under the freedom of expression; genuine and rhetorical questions
BVerfGE 85, 36-68Order of 22 October 1991 1 BvR 393/85, 1 BvR 610/85Review of ordinances governing intake numbers for university courses
BVerfGE 85, 69-79Order of 23 October 1991 1 BvR 850/88Holding an unregistered assembly (at short notice) in the open air
BVerfGE 85, 80-93Order of 5 November 19911 BvR 1256/89Equal treatment of children born in and out of wedlock under the appeal system for maintenance disputes
BVerfGE 85, 94-97Order of 5 November 19911 BvR 1087/91Preliminary injunction; crosses in the classroom
BVerfGE 85, 97-108Order of 7 November 19911 BvR 1469/86Advertising ban for Lohnsteuerhilfevereine (societies that offer assistance with wage tax matters)
BVerfGE 85, 109-117Order of 19 November 1991 1 BvR 1521/89Reimbursement of expenses for constitutional complaint proceedings in cases where the complainant submits a declaration to terminate the proceedings because the constitutional issue has been resolved by the public authorities
BVerfGE 85, 117-126Order of 19 November 1991 1 BvR 1425/90No reimbursement of expenses for constitutional complaint proceedings if a constitutional complaint is filed against a law already challenged by other constitutional complaints
BVerfGE 85, 127-130Order of 28 November 1991 2 BvR 68/91Preliminary injunction; temporary moratorium on the deportation of asylum seekers
BVerfGE 85, 130-134Order of 3 December 1991 1 BvR 1730/91Preliminary injunction; on whether the owner of land expropriated under the Ordinance on the Reconstruction of Berlin is entitled to have the land returned under the Act on the Settlement of Unresolved Property Issues
BVerfGE 85, 134-147Order of 12 December 1991 2 BvL 8/89Reimbursement of costs arising from the execution of custodial sentences in prison and psychiatric detention (Bremen Psychiatric Confinement Act)
BVerfGE 85, 148-164Order of 12 December 19912 BvR 562/91On the extent to which procedural errors in the counting of votes must be reviewed when a tight election result within a constituency is subjected to electoral scrutiny
BVerfGE 85, 164-165Order of 17 December 19912 BvG 1/86Termination of proceedings after withdrawal of the application in a Federation/Länder dispute
BVerfGE 85, 165-166Order of 17 December 19912 BvL 17/91Inadmissible referral from a court (failure to substantiate the relevance of the questions)
BVerfGE 85, 167-176Judgment of 19 December 1991 1 BvR 454/91, 1 BvR 470/91, 1 BvR 602/91, inter aliaPreliminary injunction; employment relationships of staff working at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR
BVerfGE 85, 176-191Order of 8 January 19922 BvL 9/88On whether the limitation of a civil servant’s claim to accident compensation from their employer after being injured in a work-related accident is constitutionale
BVerfGE 85, 191-214Judgment of 28 January 19921 BvR 1025/82, 1 BvL 16/83, 1 BvL 10/91Night work ban for female workers
BVerfGE 85, 214-219Order of 28 January 19921 BvR 1054/91Landlord’s right to repossess rental housing; tenant’s own assessment of their housing needs in respect of the alternative housing offered to them
BVerfGE 85, 219-226Order of 28 January 19921 BvR 1319/91Extent to which the owner’s legitimate interest in repossessing rental housing from a tenant must be substantiated in the termination letter
BVerfGE 85, 226-238Order of 11 February 19921 BvR 890/84, 1 BvR 74/87On whether voluntary youth workers are entitled to full pay from their employer during periods of special leave for youth work
BVerfGE 85, 238-247Order of 11 February 19921 BvL 29/87No reduced VAT rate for the carriage of passengers in private hire vehicles
BVerfGE 85, 248-264Order of 11 February 19921 BvR 1531/90Interpretation of the advertising ban for doctors in cases involving editorial press articles about doctors
BVerfGE 85, 264-328Judgment of 9 April 19922 BvE 2/89Financing of political parties
BVerfGE 85, 329-337Order of 12 February 1992 1 BvL 21/88Inadmissible referral from a court (failure to mention that the relevant provision could readily be interpreted in conformity with the Basic Law)
BVerfGE 85, 337-353Order of 12 February 1992 1 BvL 1/89On litigants being exposed to potential costs in the form of court and legal fees that are disproportionate to their interest in the proceedings (referral concerning the constitutionality of provisions governing the calculation of the amount in dispute in proceedings under the Apartment Ownership Act)
BVerfGE 85, 353-360Order of 10 March 19922 BvH 3/90Parliamentary group in a Land parliament lacks standing (in public law disputes within a Land) to file applications to the Federal Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of Land legislation
BVerfGE 85, 360-385Judgment of 10 March 1992 1 BvR 454/91, 1 BvR 470/91, 1 BvR 602/91, 1 BvR 616/91, inter aliaEmployment relationships of staff working at the Academy of Sciences of the GDR
BVerfGE 85, 386-405Order of 25 March 19921 BvR 1430/88On whether Deutsche Bundespost’s collection of data using trap and trace devices and dialled number recorders amounts to interference with the fundamental right to the privacy of post and telecommunications

Volume 84

Decisions

BVerfGE 84, 1-5Order of 19 February 19911 BvR 287/86On the reversal of both an administrative act that violates one of the complainant’s fundamental rights as well as the following judicial decisions despite the possibility of the administrative act being subsequently upheld if the proceedings were continued in the ordinary courts (reduction of child benefit)
BVerfGE 84, 9-25Order of 5 March 1991 1 BvL 83/86, 1 BvL 24/88Objection to the rejection of an application for the fixing of costs (lawyer’s fees for filing an application for a declaration of enforceability vis-à-vis a cost fixing order issued by a judicial officer of the Federal Constitutional Court)
BVerfGE 84, 6-9Order of 5 March 1991 1 BvR 440/83Surnames of married couples and the principle of equal rights
BVerfGE 84, 25-33Judgment of 10 April 1991 2 BvG 1/91Refusal of the Land Lower Saxony – contrary to an instruction by the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety – to carry out a nuclear planning approval procedure for the conversion of former iron ore mine ‘Konrad’ into a repository for low-level radioactive waste
BVerfGE 84, 34-58Order of 17 April 1991 1 BvR 419/81, 1 BvR 213/83Extent of reviewability of (law) exam results – Lower Saxony and Hamburg
BVerfGE 84, 59-82Order of 17 April 1991 1 BvR 1529/84, 1 BvR 138/87Centralised exam for medical students in the form of a multiple choice test; judicial review of exam results
BVerfGE 84, 82-89Order of 23 April 1991 1 BvR 1443/87Requirement of a finding of fault when imposing sanctions pursuant to § 890 of the Code of Civil Procedure
BVerfGE 84, 90-132Judgment of 23 April 19911 BvR 1170/90, 1 BvR 1174/90, 1 BvR 1175/90‘Expropriations under occupation law or on the basis of sovereign acts by occupying powers (1941-1949)’ in the former Soviet-occupied zone; leeway enjoyed by the legislator when designing a system of compensation for such measures
BVerfGE 84, 133-160Judgment of 24 April 19911 BvR 1341/90Constitutional complaint against the provision in the Unification Treaty placing GDR public servants ‘on hold’
BVerfGE 84, 160-168Order of 24 April 1991 2 BvL 6/90Inadmissible referral from a court (legal effects of a writ of execution issued without the court reviewing whether the claim to be executed was illegal or immoral)
BVerfGE 84, 168-187Order of 7 May 1991 1 BvL 32/88Loss of the mother’s right and obligation to exercise parental custody when an illegitimate child is declared legitimate
BVerfGE 84, 188-191Order of 29 May 19911 BvR 1383/90Violation of the right to be heard (court-imposed requirements for the submission of facts that a conscientious and well-informed party could not have foreseen)
BVerfGE 84, 192-197Order of 11 June 1991 1 BvR 239/90 On whether an incapacitated person is obliged to disclose their incapacitation when concluding a tenancy agreement
BVerfGE 84, 197-203Order of 11 June 1991 1 BvR 538/90On whether tenants enjoy termination protection under social tenancy law even if they knowingly concluded their tenancy agreement with a commercial sublessor
BVerfGE 84, 203-212Order of 11 June 1991 1 BvR 772/90Denial of access to a public meeting for persons intending to disrupt the meeting
BVerfGE 84, 212-232Order of 26 June 1991 1 BvR 779/85Lockouts aimed at preventing partial or selective strikes may be restricted in accordance with proportionality considerations
BVerfGE 84, 233-238Judgment of 27 June 19912 BvL 3/89Inadmissible referral from a court (on the constitutionality of a provision enabling taxpayers to disclose income from capital assets in order to gain exemption from prosecution and the associated tax exemption for capital assets under the 1990 Tax Reform Act)
BVerfGE 84, 239-285Judgment of 27 June 1991 2 BvR 1493/89Unequal taxation of income from capital assets
BVerfGE 84, 286-289Order of 9 July 1991 1 BvR 986/91Preliminary injunction suspending the effect of a regional court’s judgment on planning permission for a plot of land that had been transferred to the public property of the GDR
BVerfGE 84, 290-303Order of 10 July 1991 2 BvE 3/91Placing the assets of political parties that were active in the former GDR under the administration of the Treuhandanstalt
BVerfGE 84, 304-341Judgment of 16 July 19912 BvE 1/91Request by a group of MPs representing the political party Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus/Linke Liste (PDS) to be recognised as a parliamentary group and to have their status as a group treated in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the German Bundestag
BVerfGE 84, 341-344Order of 5 September 1991 2 BvR 349/91Preliminary injunction; suspension of the execution of a prison sentence until a decision is issued on the constitutional complaint filed in the principal proceedings
BVerfGE 84, 345-348Order of 21 September 1991 1 BvR 1466/91Preliminary injunction; suspension of the compulsory enforcement of a court settlement concerning the vacation of an apartment until a decision is issued on the constitutional complaint filed in the principal proceedings
BVerfGE 84, 348-365Order of 8 October 19911 BvL 50/86On negative rental income from partially owner-occupied duplex houses being non-deductible from wage tax
BVerfGE 84, 366-372Order of 8 October 19911 BvR 1324/90Requirement of effective legal protection when a residential tenancy agreement is terminated; blanket-type grounds for termination under § 564b(1) of the Civil Code; landlord’s right to repossess rental housing
BVerfGE 84, 372-381Order of 9 October 19911 BvR 397/87On the umbrella organisation for Lohnsteuerhilfevereine (societies that offer assistance with wage tax matters) publicly disclosing the number of its member societies
BVerfGE 84, 382-387Order of 9 October 19911 BvR 227/91Interpretation of the tenancy termination provisions in cases where the landlord is prevented from generating profit from (selling) the property

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Decisions

BVerfGE 83, 1-24Order of 17 October 1990 1 BvR 283/85Limitation of fees for lawyers in proceedings before the social courts
BVerfGE 83, 24-36Order of 30 October 1990 2 BvR 562/88Court proceedings concerning the permissibility or continuation of deprivations of liberty must include all the safeguards associated with judicial proceedings under the rule of law and must guarantee the right to be heard
BVerfGE 83, 37-59Order of 31 October 1990 2 BvF 2/89, 2 BvF 6/89Foreigners’ voting rights in municipal and district elections in Schleswig-Holstein
BVerfGE 83, 60-81Judgment of 31 October 19902 BvF 3/89Foreigners’ voting rights in the borough council elections of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
BVerfGE 83, 82-88Order of 13 November 1990 1 BvR 275/90On a landlord repossessing a flat while granting tenancy for an alternative flat in the same building
BVerfGE 83, 89-111Order of 13 November 1990 2 BvF 3/88100% reimbursement limit on healthcare costs for civil servants
BVerfGE 83, 111-118Order of 14 November 1990 1 BvL 10/89Inadmissible referral from a court (delimitation of jurisdiction between family courts and guardianship courts for decisions regarding custody and access rights
BVerfGE 83, 119-129Order of 14 November 19902 BvR 1462/87Imposition of community service pursuant to § 56b(2) no. 3 of the Criminal Code
BVerfGE 83, 130-155Order of 27 November 1990 1 BvR 402/87Freedom of the arts in the case of publications that are seriously harmful to minors (‘Josefine Mutzenbacher’); procedure to determine the composition of the Federal Review Board
BVerfGE 83, 156-158Order of 29 November 1990 2 BvE 13/90Inadmissible applications in Organstreit proceedings against decisions issued by the Federal Electoral Committee under § 18(4) no. 2 of the Federal Elections Act
BVerfGE 83, 158-161Order of 1 December 19901 BvQ 12/90Preliminary injunction (organisation of a street theatre parade – the ‘Anachronistic Procession’)
BVerfGE 83, 162-174Order of 11 December 1990 1 BvR 1170/90, 1 BvR 1174/90, 1 BvR 1175/90Preliminary injunction (provision in the Unification Treaty on ‘expropriations under occupation law or on the basis of sovereign acts by occupying powers [1945-1949]’)
BVerfGE 83, 175-181Order of 12 December 1990 2 BvE 3/89Discontinuation of Organstreit proceedings after the parties involved waived their right to a decision on the merits following an out-of-court settlement (Bundestag committee of inquiry on the supply of submarines or submarine design documents to the Republic of South Africa)
BVerfGE 83, 182-200Order of 9 January 1991 1 BvR 207/87Retired civil servant lacks standing to take legal action against his ex-spouse being granted a pension under the pension sharing system
BVerfGE 83, 201-216Order of 9 January 1991 1 BvR 929/89Protecting a right of first refusal in accordance with Art. 14(1) of the Basic Law (repeal of the right of first refusal under the General Prussian Mining Act)
BVerfGE 83, 216-238Order of 23 January 1991 2 BvR 902/85, 2 BvR 515/89, 2 BvR 1827/89On whether an individual can claim to be in immediate danger of political persecution due to persecution of other members of their group (Yazidis)
BVerfGE 83, 238-341Judgment of 5 February 19911 BvF 1/85, 1 BvF 1/88North Rhine-Westphalian broadcasting law (institutional guarantee that the WDR public broadcasting organisation will continue to exist and evolve; approval and structuring of private broadcasting within the Land; two-pillar model for local broadcasting; composition of broadcasting councils; regulation of school broadcasting)
BVerfGE 83, 341-362Order of 5 February 19912 BvR 263/86Taking freedom of religion into account in the interpretation and application of Civil Code provisions relating to associations (entry of the Spiritual Assembly of the Baháʼís in the register of associations)
BVerfGE 83, 363-395Order of 7 February 19912 BvL 24/84Levy imposed in the districts and towns of Rhineland-Palatinate to finance hospital construction
BVerfGE 83, 395-400Order of 19 February 1991 1 BvR 1231/85On sickness benefits being tax-free only if paid out from the public purse and not from private sources

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Decisions

BVerfGE 82, 1-6Order of 3 April 1990 1 BvR 680/86, 1 BvR 681/86Use of Nazi symbols in a satirical image (§ 86a of the Criminal Code)
BVerfGE 82, 6-18Order of 3 April 1990 1 BvR 1186/89On whether the non-married civil partner of a deceased tenant qualifies as an ‘other family member’ within the meaning of § 569a(2) first sentence of the Civil Code
BVerfGE 82, 18-29Order of 4 April 1990 1 BvR 750/87Simultaneous use of the professional titles Kammerrechtsbeistand (a non-lawyer provider of legal services who has been admitted to a bar association) and Architekt
BVerfGE 82, 30-42Order of 5 April 1990 2 BvR 413/88Exclusion or possible bias of a Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court (for drafting an expert opinion on the constitutionality of the legislation at issue prior to being appointed to the Court)
BVerfGE 82, 43-54Order of 19 April 1990 1 BvR 40/86, 1 BvR 42/86Criminal conviction for insult in the case of an ambivalent statement (Strauß placard case)
BVerfGE 82, 54-59Order of 10 May 1990 1 BvR 559/90Preliminary injunction (suspension of a decision by the North Rhine-Westphalia Higher Administrative Court that rejected a preliminary injunction to enforce the participation of the North Rhine-Westphalian regional branch of DIE GRÜNEN (Green party) in a TV debate related to the Land parliamentary election)
BVerfGE 82, 60-105Order of 29 May 1990 1 BvL 20/84Introduction in 1983 of reduced child benefit for higher earners is unconstitutional
BVerfGE 82, 106-126Order of 29 May 1990 2 BvR 254/88, 2 BvR 1343/88Violation of the presumption of innocence when criminal proceedings are terminated pursuant to § 153(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure; presumption of innocence and decision on expenses pursuant to § 467(4) of the Code of Criminal Procedure
BVerfGE 82, 126-156Order of 30 May 1990 1 BvL 2/83Same notice periods for blue-collar workers as for white-collar employees (§ 622 of the Civil Code)
BVerfGE 82, 156-158Order of 30 May 19901 BvL 4/85Inadmissible referral from a court (same notice periods for blue-collar workers as for white-collar employees (§ 622 of the Civil Code); lawsuit against a dissolved GmbH & Co. KG that had been deleted from the commercial register)
BVerfGE 82, 159-198Order of 31 May 19902 BvL 12/88, 2 BvL 13/88, 2 BvR 1436/87Special levies on the agriculture, forestry and food industry in accordance with the Agricultural Marketing Fund Act to promote the sale and consumption of products from those sectors
BVerfGE 82, 198-208Order of 12 June 1990 1 BvL 72/86Unconstitutionality of tax-free child allowances for the income tax assessment periods 1983 to 1985
BVerfGE 82, 209-236Order of 12 June 1990 1 BvR 355/86Inclusion of a private clinic for the mentally ill in the hospital plan (Bavaria)
BVerfGE 82, 236-271Order of 26 June 1990 1 BvR 776/84Criminal punishment for breach of the peace and coercion after calling for an airport blockade which degenerated into violence (‘Runway 18 West’ at Frankfurt Airport)
BVerfGE 82, 272-285Order of 26 June 19901 BvR 1165/89Calumny and freedom of expression; protection of personality rights (Strauß interview)
BVerfGE 82, 286-305Order of 10 July 19901 BvR 984/87, 1 BvR 985/87Composition of the Saarland Constitutional Court after two members reached the end of their term of office; alleged violation of the right to one’s lawful judge in abstract judicial review proceedings
BVerfGE 82, 306-309Order of 10 July 19901 BvR 751/90Preliminary injunction (suspension of a notice issued by the president of a higher regional court regarding the withdrawal of a lawyer’s admission to practise)
BVerfGE 82, 310-316Judgment of 10 July 1990 2 BvR 470/90, 2 BvR 650/90, 2 BvR 707/90Preliminary injunction (prerequisites for a preliminary injunction in respect of municipal laws that reverse earlier territorial reforms)
BVerfGE 82, 316-321Order of 18 September 1990 2 BvE 2/90Legal status of MPs during the adoption and parliamentary ratification of the Unification Treaty (‘accession-related amendments to the Basic Law’)
BVerfGE 82, 322-352Judgment of 29 September 19902 BvE 1/90, 2 BvE 3/90, 2 BvE 4/90, 2 BvR 1247/90First all-German Bundestag election after reunification (5% hurdle; joint lists)
BVerfGE 82, 353-383Order of 17 October 19902 BvE 6, 7/90Preliminary injunction (number of signatures necessary to submit constituency nominations and Land party lists for the first all-German election)

Volume 81

Decisions

BVerfGE 81, 1-12Order of 3 October 19891 BvL 78/86, 1 BvL 79/86Right of each spouse to enter into transactions serving to appropriately provide the necessities of life for the family, with effect also for the other spouse
BVerfGE 81, 12-22Order of 3 October 19891 BvR 775/86On whether a record production company is entitled to prohibit the rental of its records
BVerfGE 81, 22-28Order of 3 October 19891 BvR 1245/88Requirements for a complaint challenging the denial of leave to appeal before the Federal Finance Court, lodged on the grounds that the Federal Finance Court deviated from its established decision-making practice in denying leave to appeal
BVerfGE 81, 29-40Order of 3 October 19891 BvR 558/89Landlord not required to consider a commercially used property as an alternative option when repossessing rental housing
BVerfGE 81, 40-52Order of 4 October 19891 BvL 32/82, 1 BvL 6/83Inadmissible referral from a court (on whether the transfer of taxi concessions is immoral)
BVerfGE 81, 53-57Judgment of 12 October 1989 2 BvF 2/89Preliminary injunction (voting rights of foreigners in municipal and district elections in Schleswig-Holstein)
BVerfGE 81, 58-70Order of 10 November 1989 2 BvR 403/84, 2 BvR 1501/84Internal flight alternative in cases where asylum seekers are threatened by regional political persecution related to their religious affiliation (Yazidis)
BVerfGE 81, 70-97Order of 14 November 1989 1 BvL 14/85, 1 BvR 1276/84Obligation that private hire vehicles immediately return to their operational base after completing assignments; record keeping of assignment data
BVerfGE 81, 97-108Order of 14 November 19891 BvR 956/89Violation of the right to be heard; rejection of submissions in deviation from the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure
BVerfGE 81, 108-122Order of 29 November 1989 1 BvR 1402/87, 1 BvR 1528/87Repeal of § 34(4) of the Income Tax Act without any substitute provision (reduced tax rates for ancillary earnings from academic, artistic or literary activities)
BVerfGE 81, 123-131Order of 29 November 19891 BvR 1011/88Violation of the right to be heard; persons may not be heard under conditions that increase the risk of them failing to take note of relevant information
BVerfGE 81, 132-138Order of 29 November 19892 BvR 1491/87, 2 BvR 1492/87Punishability of an act that was temporarily exempt from punishment in the period between the act being committed and the court rendering its decision
BVerfGE 81, 138-142Order of 30 November 19892 BvR 3/88Inadmissible constitutional complaint (no recognised legal interest in bringing an action because the issue challenged with the constitutional complaint has become moot)
BVerfGE 81, 142-156Order of 20 December 19892 BvR 958/86Significance of a person being tortured due to asylum-relevant characteristics in determining whether they are granted asylum; no claim to asylum if asylum seekers intend to continue pursuing the terrorist activities in Germany that they previously carried out in their home country (Turkish nationals of Kurdish ethnicity)
BVerfGE 81, 156-207Judgment of 23 January 19901 BvL 44/86, 1 BvL 48/87On the obligation of an employer to reimburse the unemployment benefit and unemployment assistance (as well as the contributions to statutory health and pension insurance) paid by the Federal Employment Agency to an employee who had paid contributions for many years before reaching the age of 59
BVerfGE 81, 208-228Order of 23 January 19901 BvR 306/86Foreign performances by foreign performers only covered by copyright protection in Germany if reciprocity is guaranteed
BVerfGE 81, 228-242Order of 23 January 19901 BvL 4/87, 1 BvL 5/87, 1 BvL 6/87, 1 BvL 7/87Extent to which fines imposed for agreements that violate antitrust law may be deducted from income tax
BVerfGE 81, 242-263Order of 7 February 19901 BvR 26/84On a commercial agent’s non-competition obligations entered into without compensation
BVerfGE 81, 264-274Order of 21 February 19901 BvR 1117/89Rejection of new claims and defences during the appeal on points of fact and law (§ 528(2) of the Code of Civil Procedure)
BVerfGE 81, 275-278Order of 6 March 1990 2 BvL 10/89Inadmissible referral from a court (obligation of persons conscripted for military service to disclose information for security clearance purposes)
BVerfGE 81, 278-298Order of 7 March 1990 1 BvR 266/86, 1 BvR 913/87Criminal punishment for denigrating the national flag
BVerfGE 81, 298-309Order of 7 March 1990 1 BvR 1215/87Criminal punishment for denigrating the national anthem
BVerfGE 81, 310-347Judgment of 22 May 1990 2 BvG 1/88On a directive from the Federal Environment Minister instructing the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister for Economic Affairs, Medium-sized Business and Technology to examine the procedural requirements for partial approval of the fast-breeder nuclear reactor in Kalkar – adopting the legal view put forward by the Federal Environment Minister – and to refrain from commissioning an expert opinion on the fast-breeder’s safety concept
BVerfGE 81, 347-362Order of 13 March 1990 2 BvR 94/88Granting of legal aid if the decision in the principal proceedings (here: an asylum case) depends on the answering of difficult, previously unresolved legal questions
BVerfGE 81, 363-387Order of 22 March 19902 BvL 1/86On the setting of child-related salary add-ons for civil servants in remuneration grade A 11 who are married with more than two children at a level appropriate to their office
BVerfGE 81, 387-391Order of 3 April 1990 1 BvR 269/83On the reimbursement of lawyer’s fees in constitutional complaint proceedings (in which two lawyers filed a constitutional complaint and then represented each other in the subsequent proceedings)

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Decisions

BVerfGE 80, 1-39Order of 14 March 19891 BvR 1033/82, 1 BvR 174/84Use of multiple choice tests for state examinations in medicine
BVerfGE 80, 40-48Order of 14 March 19891 BvR 1308/82Principle of subsidiarity in relation to preliminary injunction proceedings that deal with the law governing examinations (use of multiple choice tests for state examinations in medicine)
BVerfGE 80, 48-53Order of 15 March 19891 BvR 1428/88Landlords not obliged to sue tenants for rent arrears prior to initiation of eviction proceedings due to payment default
BVerfGE 80, 54-59Order of 5 April 1989 2 BvL 1/88, 2 BvL 2/88, 2 BvL 3/88Inadmissible referral from a court (referral seeking review of a higher court’s interpretation of a provision; violation of the right to be heard in criminal proceedings)
BVerfGE 80, 59-67Order of 6 April 1989 2 BvL 8/87Inadmissible referral from a court (job allowance granted to teachers qualified to teach at secondary level 1 and those qualified to teach at primary and lower secondary schools when employed in advanced secondary schools)
BVerfGE 80, 68-74Order of 6 April 1989 2 BvL 4/89Inadmissible referral from a court (restrictions on residence permits for asylum seekers)
BVerfGE 80, 74-81Judgment of 11 April 1989 2 BvG 1/89Preliminary injunction; Federal Government’s approval of the EC Broadcasting Directive
BVerfGE 80, 81-96Order of 18 April 1989 2 BvR 1169/84Residence rights of an adult foreigner adopted by a German national
BVerfGE 80, 96-103Order of 20 April 1989 1 BvL 7/88Inadmissible referral from a court (obligation of employers to reimburse the Federal Employment Agency for unemployment benefits paid to older, long-serving employees after termination of their employment)
BVerfGE 80, 103-109Order of 9 May 1989 1 BvL 35/86Determining the amount in dispute in order to calculate the court costs and lawyer’s fees in divorce cases
BVerfGE 80, 109-124Order of 1 June 19892 BvR 239/88, 2 BvR 1205/87, 2 BvR 1533/87, 2 BvR 1095/87Fines imposed for stopping or parking offences in cases where the driver of the vehicle cannot be identified (§ 25a of the Road Traffic Act)
BVerfGE 80, 124-137Order of 6 June 1989 1 BvR 727/84Conditions under which a periodical may be delivered via the Deutsche Bundespost newspaper delivery service
BVerfGE 80, 137-170Order of 6 June 1989 1 BvR 921/85Horse riding in the forest
BVerfGE 80, 170-182Order of 6 June 1989 1 BvR 803/86, 1 BvR 1065/86Equalisation of accrued gains from farming in the event of divorce
BVerfGE 80, 182-188Order of 6 June 1989 2 BvL 6/89Inadmissible referral from a court (criminal punishment of asylum seekers who repeatedly disregard restrictions on their right of residence)
BVerfGE 80, 188-235Judgment of 13 June 1989 2 BvE 1/88Legal status of an independent MP in the Bundestag
BVerfGE 80, 235-241Judgment of 13 June 19892 BvE 1/88Dissenting opinion of Justice Mahrenholz
BVerfGE 80, 241-244Judgment of 13 June 19892 BvE 1/88Dissenting opinion of Justice Kruis
BVerfGE 80, 244-257Order of 15 June 1989 2 BvL 4/87Criminal liability for violations of an enforceable but not yet incontestable prohibition of an association
BVerfGE 80, 257-268Order of 21 June 1989 1 BvR 32/87Maximum age limit for appointment as a lawyer-notary may only be set by the legislator, not by administrative order issued by the Land justice department
BVerfGE 80, 269-286Order of 4 July 19891 BvR 1460/85, 1 BvR 1239/87On partnerships between lawyer-notaries and tax consultants and between lawyer-notaries and Kammerrechtsbeistände (non-lawyer providers of legal services who have been admitted to a bar association)
BVerfGE 80, 286-296Order of 4 July 19891 BvR 537/87Exclusion or reduction of a divorced woman’s maintenance claims on grounds of gross inequity despite her caring for the shared child
BVerfGE 80, 297-315Judgment of 5 July 19891 BvL 11/87, 1 BvR 1053/87, 1 BvR 556/88Provision exempting divorced persons from having their pensions reduced – under certain conditions – if the ex-spouse with whom they were obliged to share their pension dies before they do
BVerfGE 80, 315-353Order of 10 July 19892 BvR 502/86, 2 BvR 1000/86, 2 BvR 961/86Concept of political persecution; persecution due to involvement in a separatist movement as political persecution; political persecution in civil war; internal flight alternative (Tamils)
BVerfGE 80, 354-360Order of 11 July 19892 BvL 11/88Fulfilment of national service obligations either through military service or – for conscientious objectors – through civilian service
BVerfGE 80, 360-367Judgment of 26 July 19891 BvR 685/89Preliminary injunction; approval of the immediate execution of a mining operation plan (Cappenberg Castle)
BVerfGE 80, 367-383Order of 14 September 1989 2 BvR 1062/87On whether an accused’s diary-like notes may be used as evidence at his trial