Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany

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The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is the country’s foundational legal charter, establishing its democratic, federal, and constitutional order after World War II.

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Generate an image of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (The Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany is the country’s foundational legal charter, establishing its democratic, federal, and constitutional order after World War II.)

All labels observed (29)

Label Occurrences
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany canonical 132
German Basic Law 42
Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (71)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitution ⓘ
foundational legal charter ⓘ
supreme law ⓘ
adoptedBy Parliamentary Council ⓘ
adoptionDate 1949-05-08 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ⓘ
amendmentRequires two-thirds majority in Bundesrat ⓘ
two-thirds majority in Bundestag ⓘ
appliesTo Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany
articleCount over 140 articles ⓘ
bindingOn all public authorities in Germany ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1949-05-24 ⓘ
cannotBeAmendedInRespectOf eternity clause contents ⓘ
contains eternity clause ⓘ
corePrinciplesInclude democracy ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
rule of law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
social state principle ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
definesStateAs constitutional state ⓘ
democratic ⓘ
social federal state ⓘ
empowers Federal Constitutional Court to review laws for constitutionality ⓘ
establishesFormOfGovernment parliamentary democracy ⓘ
establishesInstitution Bundesrat ⓘ
Bundestag ⓘ
Federal Chancellor of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ
Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
Federal President of Germany ⓘ
establishesStateStructure federal state ⓘ
eternityClauseProtects basic principles of the constitution ⓘ
democratic order ⓘ
federal structure ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ
extendedTo reunified Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany
extensionDateToReunifiedGermany 1990-10-03 ⓘ
firstSectionTitle Basic Rights ⓘ
guarantees equality before the law ⓘ
freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of religion ⓘ
fundamental rights ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
protection of marriage and family ⓘ
right to asylum ⓘ
highestInterpreter Federal Constitutional Court of Germany ⓘ
historicalContext Allied occupation of Germany ⓘ
post-World War II Germany ⓘ
influencedBy Bonn Constitution draft ⓘ
Weimar Constitution ⓘ
post-war Allied constitutional principles ⓘ
initiallyAppliedTo West Germany ⓘ
legalStatus supreme source of law in Germany ⓘ
legalSystem German law ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
placeOfAdoption Bonn ⓘ
predecessor Weimar Constitution ⓘ
prohibits abolition of the democratic basic order ⓘ
promulgationDate 1949-05-23 ⓘ
regulates federal legislative process ⓘ
legislative powers of federation and states ⓘ
relationship between federation and Länder ⓘ
state of defence ⓘ
state of emergency ⓘ
replaced Weimar Constitution ⓘ
requires respect for human dignity as inviolable ⓘ
shortName Basic Law ⓘ
Grundgesetz ⓘ

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Referenced by (229)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

West Germany → constitution → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety → legalBasis → German Basic Law ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → shortName → Grundgesetz ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → alsoKnownAs → Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Bundestag → createdBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Bundestag → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Chancellor of Germany → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
President of Germany → constitutingInstrument → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Bundeswehr → governedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
German Federal Cabinet → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
German Federal Cabinet → establishedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany (1949) ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Ministry of Health (Germany) → follows → German Basic Law ⓘ
subject linked to: Federal Ministry of Health
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Bavarian judiciary → follows → German Basic Law ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Local Court of Nuremberg → subjectTo → German Basic Law ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Bundesrat (Germany) → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject linked to: Bundesrat
German Civil Code → relatedTo → German Constitution (Grundgesetz) ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Landtag of Lower Saxony → isSubjectTo → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Bavarian Ministry of Justice → follows → German Basic Law ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → nativeName → Grundgesetz für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ⓘ
subject linked to: Basic Law
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → nativeShortName → Grundgesetz ⓘ
subject linked to: Basic Law
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany → containsPart → Organization of the Federation and the Länder ⓘ
subject linked to: Basic Law
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Parliamentary Council → result → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Parliamentary Council → enacted → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → establishedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → legalBasis → German Basic Law ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → establishedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Constitutional Court of Germany → constitutionalDocumentInterpreted → Grundgesetz ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Weimar Constitution → replacedBy → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Defence Committee → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Security Council of Germany → legalBasis → German Basic Law ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
President of the Bundestag → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Convention (Germany) → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
subject linked to: Federal Convention
Bundesversammlung → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Vice Chancellor of Germany → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Germany → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Government of Germany → constitutionalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
foreign service law of Germany → basedOn → German Basic Law ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs of Germany → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
German Navy → hasLegalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Innere Führung → influencedBy → German Basic Law (Grundgesetz) ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Innere Führung → relatedTo → German Basic Law Article 1 ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Innere Führung → relatedTo → German Basic Law Article 20 ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Landtag of Hesse → follows → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Article 63 of the Basic Law → partOf → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Federal Ministers without portfolio (Germany) → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Article 62 of the Basic Law → partOf → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
Article 62 of the Basic Law → containedInDocument → Grundgesetz ⓘ
linked to: Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany
Federal Minister with portfolio → legalBasis → Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ