Der Staat als Garant der Menschenwürde

Zur verfassungsrechtlichen Bedeutung des Artikels 79 Abs. 3 GG für die Identität des Grundgesetzes

By (author) Albert Janssen

Book cover: Der Staat als Garant der Menschenwürde

Extent: 85 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Law

Series: Beitrage zu Grundfragen des Rechts

Language: German

Hardback (Out of print)

(January 2019)

ISBN: 9783847109617

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $38.00

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Albert Janssen skizziert die Entwicklung des Artikel 79 Abs. 3 GG anhand verschiedener Schwerpunkte (u.a. demokratischer Bundesstaat, sozialer Rechtsstaat, offener Verfassungsstaat) und gibt einen Ausblick, warum diese bedenklichen Entwicklungen in der deutschen Verfassungswirklichkeit eine Ruckbesinnung auf die Identitat des Grundgesetzes fordern.


According to the so-called eternity clause of the German Constitution (article 79(3)) the protection of the human dignity and the fundamental state structural principles of article 20 of the German Constitution shall not be abolished by any parliamentarian majority. The correct definition of the content of this protected identity of the Constitution can only be realised if the mentioned state structural principles are understood as a clarification of the guarantor’s position of the state which is committed to respect and to protect the human’s dignity in accordance with article 1 (1) of the German Constitution. In addition, the interpretation of article 79(3) of the German Constitution has to consider the particular historicity which results from the character of this regulation as an expression of the constitutional power of the German people. However, the defined constitutional identity of the Constitution is permanently challenged as demonstrated in the appendix. For this reason, Albert Janssen concludes his thoughts with several reform proposals for the Constitution.

  • By (author) Albert Janssen