Die integrierte Staatlichkeit der Länder

The principle of the federal state is one of the unchangeable constants of the German Basic Law. This makes it necessary to ascertain the content of the so-called »statehood« of the federal states (the »Länder«) with respect to the central state. Also, the European integration, gearing towards continuous change, repeatedly calls for re-measurements and re-evaluations of the guarantee of the federal principle. Ines Gillich develops a conceptual framework to break down the elements of statehood of the »Länder« and examines whether this concept is preserved or relativized in the process of European integration.