Grundgesetz und Überstaatlichkeit

Basically, sovereign actions now only seem possible in an international jumble of objective constraints, political considerations and legal necessities. In view of this development, national constitutional law has at times become more an obstacle for politics than a standard for action. In considering this problem and the inconsistencies in the internationalization of intergovernmental relations, Frank Schorkopf's goal is to make the German constitutional state and its law comprehensible for the reader. He focuses on an understanding of the modern constitutional state in the relationship between universality and particularity. The key to an organization which enables the freedom of political sovereignty can be found in the development of a supranational balance of powers which is characterized by the state's wish for harmony as well as its willingness to become involved in conflicts.
»The publication of this work was sponsored by the Marga and the Kurt Möllgaard Foundation«.