Freiheit durch Gesetz

The German Basic Law (Grundgesetz) calls for the regulation and safeguarding of freedom through active legislation. Using its constitutional authority to monitor the fulfillment of this task, the Federal Constitutional Court has to compete increasingly with the legislator's power. By going back to the historic roots of the idea of freedom, Gerd Morgenthaler develops legal criteria for the protection of the parliamentary power to shape the legal system. With the help of these criteria he then analyzes the jurisdiction of the German Federal Constitutional Court.