Grundrechtsinnovationen

Gerrit Hornung analyzes the development of written fundamental rights and their interpretation from a new perspective: innovation theory. Fundamental rights innovations occur as radical or incremental innovations. The author describes examples of innovations for constitutional amendments and the interpretation by constitutional courts. Based on the results of contemporary innovation research, it is possible to draw conclusions for the understanding of fundamental rights, their relationship to each other, the competence to create »new« fundamental rights and the value of an up-to-date catalogue of those rights in constitutional texts.