Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany - Softcover

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The current version of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz) of 23 May 1949 is the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany. All amendments are included. The Basic Law has been subject of over 60 amendments since 1949. Among these amendments were the constitutional provisions for rearmament in 1956 and emergency legislation in 1968. Major constitutional reforms were enacted in 1994 following reunification and in 2006 and 2009 in order to reorganize the federalist competences and financial structures of Germany.

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Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany in the revised version published in the Federal Law Gazette Part III, classification number 100-1, as last amended by Article 1 of the Act of 28 March 2019 (Federal Law Gazette I p. 404).
The Parliamentary Council, meeting in public session at Bonn am Rhein on 23 May 1949, confirmed that the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, which was adopted by the Parliamentary Council on 8 May 1949, was ratified in the week of 16 to 22 May 1949 by the parliaments of more than two thirds of the participating German Länder.
By virtue of this fact the Parliamentary Council, represented by its Presidents, has signed and promulgated the Basic Law.
The Basic Law is hereby published in the Federal Law Gazette pursuant to paragraph (3) of Article 145.

Conscious of their responsibility before God and man,
Inspired by the determination to promote world peace as an equal partner in a united Europe, the German people, in the exercise of their constituent power, have adopted this Basic Law.
Germans in the Länder of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Thuringia have achieved the unity and freedom of Germany in free self-determination. This Basic Law thus applies to the entire German people.

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