The Constitutional History and the Study of History. The Basic Law and the Constitutional Court
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https://doi.org/10.63277/gsc.v50i.4673Keywords:
Constitutional History, Historiography of the FRG, Basic Law, Constitutional Amendments, Court RulingAbstract
The article analyzes how general historical reconstructions relate to the Basic Law and its application. The overall positive development of the Federal Republic of Germany is generally attributed to the favorable socio-political effects produced by the Basic Law, to the point that we speak of “constitutional patriotism”. Yet, the importance of the constitution and the significance of its interpretation, amendments, and court ruling are not perceived by studies of general history, or are perceived in a selective manner. Constitutional history deals with it specifically, but has limited means to clarify its extra-legal effects. Therefore, a history of the socio-political effects of the constitution must necessarily be interdisciplinary.
