The Federal Constitutional Court

Announcements

Andre Bucher
Die Gerechtigkeit
(Justice)

06/30/2009

Pronouncement of judgment in the case "Treaty of Lisbon"
[Press Release (German)]

Recent decisions and press releases available in English

06/30/2009

Act Approving the Treaty of Lisbon compatible with the Basic Law; accompanying law unconstitutional to the extent that legislative bodies have not been accorded sufficient rights of participation
[ Press Release | Decision]

05/05/2009

Statutory restriction to "double married name" compatible with Basic Law
[ Press Release ]

04/28/2009

Number-of-units taxation standard of the Hamburg Gaming Machines Tax Act incompatible with the principle of equality
[ Press Release ]

03/24/2009

Reasoning of the denial of the motion for a temporary injunction moved by an electricity producer falling under the Renewable Energy Sources Act
[ Press Release ]

03/19/2009

Application for a temporary injunction in the matter of "data retention" succeeds in part
[ Press Release ]

03/03/2009

Use of voting computers in 2005 Bundestag election unconstitutional
[ Press Release ]

02/19/2009

Motion for a temporary injunction moved by an electricity producer alling under the Renewable Energy Sources Act denied>
[ Press Release ]

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