Peter Häberle on Constitutional Theory

Prof. Dr. Markus Kotzur LL.M.

doi:10.5771/9783845289519

Summary

Peter Häberle, one of the most eminent constitutional lawyers in Germany and beyond, has devoted over four decades of academic work to one central idea: that processes of constitutionalization are cultural processes and their outcome, the constitution, thus qualifies as an emanation of culture itself. The volume introduces six seminal centrepieces of Häberle´s constitutional cosmos to an English-speaking audience. His reflections on “Fundamental Rights in the Welfare State” introduced a “flexible dogmatic of human rights” according to which all human rights can be conceived social rights. “The open society of constitutional interpreters” and the classical piece on “Preambles in the text and context of constitutions” revolutionized constitutional interpretation theory. In his article on human dignity, Häberle paved the way for conceptualizing this notion as textual foundation of constitutional Democracies. The last two papers present the rationale for a cultural concept of constitutions and apply to the European plane, too. Get to know Peter Häberle as a scholar who wants to discover the world beyond positive law. Enjoy a fruitful journey of discovery!

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2018
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-4799-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-8951-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 323
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
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5. V. No access
6. VI. No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. I. Problem No access
  2. 1. 1. The welfare state in the text of the Basic Law (the "GG") No access
    2. 1. aa) General overview No access
        bb) Typology of welfare acts No access
        cc) Consequences for the idea of law with impact on fundamental rights No access
      2. b) Welfare administration No access
      3. c) Jurisprudence related to welfare No access
    3. 1. aa) General characterisation No access
        bb) State facing growing tasks and new forms of action, changes in both external and internal relations and on the expenses side. No access
        cc) Contents and limits (by fundamental rights) of the principle of efficiency in the realm of social welfare state No access
      2. b) „Performance-oriented society " No access
      3. c) Criticism of the social principle of performance from a welfare state and fundamental rights perspective No access
  3. III. Survey of doctrinal deficiencies with regard to fundamental rights with respect to welfare state activities concerning and having an impact on fundamental rights No access
3. 1. 1. 1. Discussion of problems of their relationship as preliminary issue No access
    2. 2. Consequences of an "open" fundamental rights legal doctrine No access
  2. 1. 1. "Dissolution" of the status theory No access
    2. 2. The status theory and the change of the freedom and property-formula No access
    3. 3. The status activus processualis No access
  3. 1. 1. Fundamental rights as social fundamental rights, freedom through fundamental rights and principle of a social state or, as the case may be, principle of equality No access
    2. 2. Fundamental rights as constitutional or, as the case may be, "state" targets, (also) as positive rules of competence No access
    3. 3. "Welfare state and welfare law component" of fundamental rights No access
    4. 1. a) General issues No access
      2. b) Legal protection in the narrower sense (judicial protection) No access
      3. c) Legal protection and protection of fundamental rights in a wider sense (ex ante) No access
  4. IV. Conclusio No access
1. 1. a) The previous issues of a Theory of Constitutional Interpretation No access
  2. b) New issues and thesis No access
  3. c) Developing the thesis, concept of interpretation No access
2. 1. a) Methodological preface No access
  2. b) Systematic tableau No access
  3. c) Description of the systematic tableau No access
3. 1. a) Possible objections, criticisms No access
  2. b) Legitimacy from the perspective of legal-, normative- and interpretation-theory No access
  3. c) Legitimacy through constitutional theory considerations No access
  4. d) Specifically: democratic theory reflections as legitimacy No access
4. 1. a) Qualification of legal interpretation – a new understanding of its task No access
  2. b) Especially: extent and intensity of judicial control – distinguishing through the degree of participation No access
  3. c) Consequences for the organisation and handling of constitutional procedure law No access
5. 1. a) Diverse goals and methods of interpretation with different participants? No access
  2. b) Tasks for constitutional theory No access
6. 1. a) The thesis No access
  2. b) The specification No access
  3. 1. aa) The Europeanisation of legal sources No access
    2. bb) The desideratum of a European theory of methods No access
7. 1. a) The question of the participants No access
  2. b) The question of the form No access
1. 1. I. Human Dignity Clauses under International Law No access
  2. 1. 1. Historical Development in Germany No access
    2. 2. Comparison of German State Constitutions No access
    3. 3. International Comparison of National Constitutions No access
2. 1. 1. 1. Case Law of the Federal Constitutional Court No access
    2. 1. a) The Human Dignity Jurisprudence of the Bavarian Constitutional Court No access
      2. b) Other German State Constitutions No access
  2. II. The Human-Dignity Jurisprudence of Specialized Courts No access
3. 1. I. Pre-Constitutional and Constitutional Thoughts on Human Dignity No access
  2. II. A Multitude of Approaches and their Emphasis on Natural Law No access
  3. III. The Crucial Differentiation: Human Dignity as a Value and as a service rendered by the individual to the State No access
  4. IV. Unifying proposed Theories as a pragmatic Integration of theoretical Elements No access
  5. V. Critical Review No access
4. 1. 1. 1. The Problem No access
    2. 2. Identity Concepts No access
    3. 3. Conclusions No access
    4. 4. Human dignity in the Context of Fellow Citizens (so-called “relationship with “you”) No access
  2. 1. 1. Art. 1(1) BL and Fundamental Individual Rights No access
    2. 2. Art. 1(1) and the Governmental Mandate No access
    3. 1. a) The “Classical” Theory of Distinctions No access
      2. b) Transformations of Constitutional Language No access
      3. c) Human- and citizens’ Orientation of popular Sovereignty No access
    4. 4. Human Dignity as the (underlying) Fundamental Right to democratic Government No access
  3. III. Human Dignity in Cultural Transition No access
  4. 1. 1. The union of Defense and Protection, Freedom and Participation No access
    2. 2. Substantive and procedural laws to protect Human Dignity No access
    3. 3. Substantive and moral Protection of Human Dignity No access
    4. 1. a) Human Dignity and Self-Image No access
      2. b) The Necessity of Structure No access
      3. c) Examples No access
  5. 1. 1. Artificial Insemination, Genetic Modification No access
    2. 2. Human dignity of children during the incarceration of their mothers No access
    3. 3. The Right to Die in Dignity No access
5. E. Review and Outlook No access
1. A. “Constitution” (a legal positivist inventory) No access
2. 1. I. Domestic No access
  2. II. A constitutional outlook for Europe – Elements of European legal culture No access
  3. 1. 1) Keywords on the matter of “culture” No access
    2. 2) Initial distinctions No access
    3. 1. Detour: Cultural constitutional law in the EU No access
    4. 1. a) Initial propositions No access
      2. b) Insights No access
      3. c) Reservations and limits No access
3. 1. Outlook: the “future” of the national constitution in a globalised world No access
1. I. Preambles as a current problem No access
2. 1. 1. a) Early classical drafts No access
    2. 1. Detour: On the constitutional history of German preambles No access
    3. c) Other western, especially European constitutions – their openness towards international law and peoples No access
    4. d) European and International Law No access
  2. 2. The normative assessment of preambles in case law and academic literature No access
3. III. Preambles between colloquial and legal language No access
4. 1. 1. Citizen-orientated language culture as constitutional culture No access
  2. 2. The preamble as foundation and commitment No access
  3. 3. The link through time No access
  4. 4. Content concordance with other constitutional norms (especially education goals, guarantees for official holidays, oath clauses and commitment articles) No access
5. 1. 1. The inner connection between the different normative techniques No access
  2. 2. The normative binding force of preambles No access
  3. 3. Unity of the Constitution No access
  4. 4. Amendments to preambles in absence of the constitutional legislature? No access
6. VI. Constitutional political outlook No access
1. Introduction No access
2. 1. 1. The Historical Perspective No access
  2. 2. Special Review: European Politics and Legal Theories No access
3. 1. 1. Methods, Contexts, Leitmotifs, Theory and Case Law No access
  2. 2. Categories of Literature in Germany and Abroad; Previous Practices No access
4. 1. 1. The Beginnings No access
  2. 2. Cultural Studies: Questions and Conclusions No access
5. Outlook No access